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. \ , . ’ “ye, | _ aif - NY 100-161445 f° ia we qv. REVOLUTIONARY STATEMENT On the evening of May 11-12, 1968, the At Random" television program was aired on CBS- TV, Channel 2, Chicago, with Moderator JOHN MADIGAN. Among the participants on part two of this program was an individual identified as ARBIE HOFFMAN who identified himself as a representative of the YIP who was in Chicago for a teach-in. During the discussion, HOFFMAN stated that he had participated in the recent Columbia University uprising in New York. At one point, Moderator MADIGAN asked.the general question, "Does anyone believe that the communist element was in any way behind the recent student uprising around the country?". HOFFMAN asked MADIGAN what he meant by a communist and MADIGAN replied that to use the standard définition, "Anyone who advocates the overthrow of the U.S. Government". HOFFMAN stated, "In that case, I am a communist". MAIGAN asked HOFFMAN if he was in favor of the overthrow of the United States Government and HOFFMAN replied that he was in favor of the overthrow of the United States Government by any means possible. V._MISCEILANEOUS -On August 25, 1967, "News Day", a Long Island, New York daily newspaper in an article entitled "New York's Hippies" reported that ABBIE HOFFMAN led a demonstration in the visitors gallery of the New York Stock Exchange on August 24, 1967. The demonstration was reportedly by a group of “Hippies" celebrating the death of money. On October 11, 1967, a representative of the BSS, NYCPD advised that ABBIE HOFFMAN a "Hippie" took part in a demonstration at the New York Stock Exchange on Avgust 24, 1967 which was a protest against the war in Vietnam and ° that during this demonstration the "Hippies" threw money on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. ~32- a aS ee ee sa AE a mmIRT TS ae cm . vse Pod oe uae . . Soave, . . ae Aan Oe Se we ., a ty. ~ SPOR ONE fe oe Oe SEX PSNR CLOT EEO SSE SW REO TE Oe DO FOR CT ESS aE Pr Tek mE CY NCSC TOT OTE SO 2 a vENOUE aC ay epee