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at LTS 4 It ” FEDERAL CUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1/22/70 I Dor On Japunry 17, 1970, ABBOTT HOFFMAN, one of seven defendants currently on trial in Federal Court in Chicago, Illinois, appeared and made ea speech at the "Political Repression Conference,” at the Common Facilities Building, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa, The following is 2. trauseript of H@reuAN's cspecch: ; “actually, my name is Johnny Cash. It's a pleasure to speak to the inmates at the pittsburgh Fonitentiary here, I'm riding in. nbout a month and a half cause the seven is going to be moving over to Leavenworth, You try to get hin to cone here and do a frec concert, We'd appreciate that, Also send us a book on tunnels. We don’t plm to stay in too long, You shovlda't clap so much, The wind’s blowing this way. I might get it. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put you down like that, Rennic vas sorry he couldn't cone. He has to bone up because he's about to take the witness stand on one or two days. I took the stand and it's a very unusual trial because you're not able to say too much fron the witness stond, They call it self-serving statements, Thove'’s a thing that, sea, once you've said that you're not guilty, you can't say it any more because that goes towards your defense or sonething Ice that. It's a very unusual trial, Actually, everybody in this room is on trial slong with us, It's the first time the Federal governnent, it's fs first time the Fcderal governnont has decided to legislate egainst a state of mind and it was a lav, Sron Thurnend's tribute to Martin Luther King. It was passod in about two and one-half hours and sent on to the last president, I forget his namo, I ain't too political but (wh) he used to drink a lot, pick up dogs by the ears, and shit like that, Anyway, they passed this Yaw. it's the Civil EE | hs 1.4 5 5 On__2/17/70 a _Pittsburrh, Pa. Rites Pittsburgh 100-16555 Sis and ; . Cc ‘ i: $7 1/20/16 Dote dietnted__ 47 OVS EY This document conroins nelthes recommendations ner concluslons of the Pe” ts the property of the FBI ond Is leaned to your ogencys it ond its contents are net te be disteibuted outside your egency. 1” et iicisl MeL Preah is, |e