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ce gale Cs Sak ce gl ee alt oe? Sea cn ted sae dee AED ee ~ ios ee UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Milwaukee, Wisconasiz December 17, 1969 CONF IRENTIAL ABBOTT WOWARD HOFFMAN Lectures (T) ard of Wisconsin State C) e v uden nter Program Bo University (WSU), Superior, Wisconsin, scheduled the appearaace | of Abbott Howard Hoffman on Novenber 17, 1969, The Lectures Committee purportedly is comprised of students who have spent @® great deal of time in selecting speakers for the school year of 1969-70 with an alleged dosire to provide a diversified, well balanced program, He stated the program booklot prepared by the Rothwell Student Ceater reflects that Hoffman, alias Free, is the acknowledged “non-leader" of the Yippies, has written his porsonal story of the "Battle of Chicago," what caused it, what really happened and what he feele he won or lost. Hoffman's record of the battle is called “Revolution for thc Hell of It" and is the record of the confrontation between the police and young men and women of various political allegiances who gathered im Chicago from all ovcr the United States to protest the war in Vietnam. Among others appearing at WSU during the eeheal year under this program are Ralph Nader, Dick Grogory, Roger Nudd, Russ Burgess (a psychic who gives the audience an unorthodox look at ESP) and Bill Russel) of the Boston Celtice fane. \ irre, ______.ege............._____... ae ure ua ETAT Hoffman did ac. appear | h Rovember if, achedule cause of bad air travet \\ conditions from Chicago via Northwost Airlines and Worth Central Airlines. He stated Hoffman apegarod op Docombur IHG at the Rothwell Student Ceater, WSU, an ed to a group of about 400, with about half of the audience being lukewarm or inclined to | support Hoffman, but he atatcd thesc poople case fros all over the Duluth, Minsesota aad Superior, Wisconsia area and there were relatively few of the WSU atudents who supported Hoffuan at least openly. ie ssid the atudenta ho has contacted were alnost wnanimous in stating that Hoffman did not impresn the audience a great deal. Re stated Hoffman delivered an attack sgainat the goverment, the judicial system and education. Ho called for the establishneat of a “now nation, dedicated to love.” | gonringiers Ay . xcluved from automatic dewa- ,/AL NIP gradifg aad declasaification “ [DDANTT EE - 193 ENCLOSup. FORT TOR SoA DUA EST ey De a errant ope eae erence i opt finden ote cots FR age ae ate