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we bo ( L. He opened his presentati@n by introducing himself as "Abbie Hoffman", requesting first-aid by an alleged self- inflicted knife wound to his right buttock. He dropped hs | trousers to expose his back side to public view, and dabbed at the allged wound with what appeared to be a handkerchief sized American flag. He then blew his nose in the "fg" and proceeded with. his presentation. He expressed the opinion that the Chicago 7 trial, a trial held in Federal Court, Chicago, during the fall of 1969 in which he was a defendant, should have won An Academy Award above JOHN WAYNE and emphasized t'hat the trial was not fair because the jury was not a jury of peers. ? He said, "The average age of the jurors was 52. And you've got to be a registered vater to be on the jury. It's ironic that people who come to Chicago to protest a political system they don't believe in must be tried by people who believe in that system enough to register to vote". He defined a conspiracy as "A conspiracy is a very metaphysical thing. It means to breath together". He called the audiences attentiion to the scheduled protest march on May 1, 1970, at New Hawen, Connecticut, and described it as "The biggest riot the world hasever seen”. He directed a question to th6 audience asking who would come with him to New Haven ~ his answer was &,resouxting silence. His performance included anecdotes about the Chicago ‘7's trial with references to the presiding Justice Judge JULIUS J, HOFFMAN, comments on religions, slams at higher education, and reflections on the psychological quality of life in the United States. He said, "I haven't paid my tnxes in eight years". He said he liked living in the United Stutes. “I like the nation in which I'm living. The new Natim". Of the trial in Chicago he said that it was not a trial of eight, but of "our dreams, our visions, and our culture; 500,000 brothers and sisters were on trial there", 24S =~ CONFIDENTIAL