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FD-302 Mev. 215-64 _ 7 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 7 uv Dote____ April 18, 1969 Abby Hoffman was invited to speak before the student body at this institution about two months ago. This request was made through a New York City booking agency. The tvtal fee to be paid was $600, plus travel expenses. Hoffman's speech was made at 9:00 PM, April 15, 1969, in the St. Joseph's College gymnasium. A total of approximately 1,000 attended this speech. Approximately 100 people in the audience were nonstudents. About 50 to 75 of these were of the long-haired, hippie-type. The speech lasted a total of about 70 minutes. The first 20 minutes was a movie showing selected scenes from the riots which transpired at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, during 1968. Hoffman then spoke about 30 to 40 minutes, using many four-letter obscene words. He proved to be a poor speaker, but he made several clever state- ments. His speech was apparently not prepared; he spoke generally at random against established order in contemporary society, and he advocated revolution but did not mention violence. Generally speaking, Hoffman made the platform of the “Yippie” party the central issue of his speech. The audience was generally hostile and most unsympathetic with Hoffman. He did not discuss free love. Roffman mentioned during his speech that he was not free to move about the country because he is under indictment. He said he had been indicted on a number of counts, but that he would beat them all. a 2 < recalled that Hoffman remarked sometime during er the speech that this was the most hostile audience before which he bad ever appeared. 4/16/69 1868 _renenelaer, Indiana en Indiana Indianapolis 100-1757 ee This document conteins netther recommendetiens ner conclusions of ; FSI. 0 ls the property ef the FBt and is losned te your ogency: ttand Its contents ere not to be disittbuied oviele your agency.