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Abbie Hoffman — Part 5

234 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Mar 23, 1969 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 234 pages OCR'd
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cONFIRENTIAL © a WY 100-161645 The "Journal and Courier" a Lafayette, Indiana, news- paper in ite April 16, 1969 issue, carried an article entitled, 'yippie Leader Gets Boos, Catcalls at St. Joseph's", which stated in part as follows: “this morning I had my 39th arrest in New York,' Abbie Hoffman, Yippie leader, announced as he spoke to approximately 1,500 persons in St. Joseph's College fieldhouse Tuesday night. "He was greeted with boos, shouts and catealls until he finally shouted, 'Go ahead and boo, I've got my 400 bucks.’ "The Yippie film of the Chicago Democratic convention riots was shown and when the picture of Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago was flashed, shouts and applause drowned out the commentary. "tLook at Chicago,' he shouted. 'The whole world is watching.’ 'We went to Chicago to show reality in this country - the reality we face everyday of our lives.' 4 Tv zt . ‘g . : oat mn a ee 7 "t7he future - well - it's up for grabs, ‘ he concluded. “Under Student Association requirements, Hoffman had to be willing to answer questions from the floor in order to set up a true learning situation. aa: "The first question was, 'If nobody is supposed to work, 1} who is supposed to pick up the garbage?’ and Hoffman answered, 4 'Spiro Agnew. ' ; "In answer to the question, 'What is the function of the m, police?! Hoffman said 'l1 - own property; 2 - protect people who own property, and 3 - beat the - out of people who don't owm property. ' "When asked to outline what the revolution he was looking for would provide, Hoffman said that ‘the vast technology of America should be available in abundance to everybody. ' 9 CONFINES TIAL see el te
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