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Bbott Howard Hoffman . — Part 15
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Others on the program were GEORGE REEDY, formerly
associated with the administration of LYNDON B. JOESSON,
as Press Secretary; GERMAINE GREER, author; SOb-CLINSKY,
community organizer and author; and PERRY WOLF, associated
with the production of the CBS television program "The Selling
of the Pentagon" » (we
The subject was queried by the moderator regarding
his recent experiences in the demonstrations in Washington,
DC. He was critical of the series of intimidating actions
used to oppose the demonstrations; the 12,000 illegal arrests;
the interference with the rock concert over the weekend there
just prior to the demonstrations. He stated he would not
really be tried for what occurred, since he had little to do
with the organization of these demonstrations. He was charged
with assault, however, this is the usual charge, standard
procedure, when one is clubbed by a cop. He advised he was
confident he would be acquitted of that charge. He agreed
that the defendants in the recent so-called Conspiracy 7 trial
were doing well, describing the trial as highly political
in nature, and the law as one which was inhibitive of free
speech. {y)
In subsequent exchanges of conversation the subject
denied being a "leader" of any of the actions in Washington.
He verbally attacked REEDY'S former job with the Johnson
administration as one which had been to lie and cover up for
JOHNSON'S policies. The kids in Washington had been more
open about their power concepts, as opposed to backroom
politics. (x)
The subject had noted when "running through the
streets" that Washington had not been like Chicago, that even
the "hard hats" in Washington had been giving the peace sign.
He felt it was not proper, referring the world position of
the United States, for a country with one-sixteenth of
the world's population to control one-half of the world's
resources as we do. He noted that we ow half of Canada, and
attacked as illusions the views of OLINSKY that effective changes
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