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Abbie Hoffman — Part 5
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Hoffman arrived at the St. Joseph's College auditorium
to speak at approximately 9:00 PM, CST. A movie of approxi-
mately 20 minutes was shown. The movie consisted of segments
showing Mayor Daley's misstatements during the Chicago convention
and other scenes of mainly a humaos mture. Hoffman used the
movie and used obscenities and jokes during the speech which
followed the movie primarily for the purpose of gaining the
attention of the audience which had been hostile when he
entered.
Hoffman was jeered on many occasions by the audience
of approximately 1,000 people. Basically, his only sympathizers
in the audience were a group of approximately 100 students from
Indiana University, Purdue University, and Wabash College.
In the audience were signs favoring Mayor Daley and the United
States Government. The crowd chanted "We Want Daley" when
Hoffman entered the auditorium. Hoffman's speech consisted of
his usual statements and he incurred such hostility throughout
the speech. The speech .concluded at approximately 1]:00 PM,
CST. No incidents of violence or prospective violence occurred
at any time.
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