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‘ ; consid NY 100-161445, | ; ; and HOFFMAN also indicated that they would announce that é they were going to fight TIMOTHY LEaRY*S recent arrest and conviction for possession of narcotics because they feel he is doing pioneer work in the right to pleasure. v VW), ,, I 05 00 tron 24, 1970, a press conference was held 2 e Hotel Diplomat from approximately 11:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. JERRY RUBIN and 4ABBIE HOFFMAN made no speeches, but sat in high back chairs bound and gagged as a joke, . RUBIN'S girlfriend, TIMOTHY PT LEaRY'S wife and MARTY KENNER, from the Legal Defense for BG the Panther 21, announced that the “Conspiracy” had raised 4 $65,000 through an investment in the Bank of america at i Santa Barbara, California, and that they would use the money C to bail out one of the Panther 21, They all mentioned the b | “Conspiracy-In" to be held in Central Park, New York City, 4 on Merch 29, 1970. 44 . The New York “Daily News", a NYC daily newspaper, issue of i March 25,1970 page 24,contained an article entitled “Yippies Raise 1006 for Black Panther Bail". ‘The article in part ‘ states “The Youth International rarty - better known as the Yippies ~ said yesterday that it had raised $65,000 to get r another of the 12 jailed Black Panthers out on bail. asked bor. where the money came from, Yippie leader ABBIE HOFFM:N said tO 'We got it from the Bank of America in Santa Barbara, i Co California. (That bank was burned to the ground February 25. during a student riot sparked by the cmviction of HOF lAN and four others in. the Chicggo 7 conspiracy case)----". ‘The article notes that HOFFMAN joked about the bail money. On April 2, 1969, the Grand Jury of the County of New York returned a le count indictment charging RICHARD MOCKE and others who are members of the Bre with conspiring to commit murder - arson; ; ‘ - ll - -CONFIDNTIAL