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Py rs x . home if * a Se ES hae halk lel NY 100-161445 mace Been al ha Pit nA tt - + Teli, Tom Forcade, who has filed suit against Hoffman for $8000for allegedly falinig to compensate him for editing a large part of the book and arranging its printing and distribution, said Haber's research was the most important share of the work. ‘This book is a collection of ways to rip things off,' he said, ‘It's not a piece of prose,' "Maintaining that Haber's contribution was worth ‘a few hundred dollars,' Lefcourt argued that Abbie merited his name on the cover as author and was also responsible for the book's success, " Any sales this book has had are because Abbie has spent nine hours every day promoting it,’ Lefcourt said. "He's pulled off the promotion of the century in an atmosphere of censorship. *" "The New York Times,” in its September 2, 1971 issue on page 31, contained an article entitled, “Abbie Hoffman Accused Before 'Court' of Peers," which stated in *part as follows: "Did Abbie Hoffman steal some of the labors that went into the creation of 'Steal This Book,' his anti- Establishment best-seller that, among other things, instructs its readers on ways to thrive without working. "That was the question yesterday before a three- man panel of Mr, Hoffman's countercultural peers, who convened at the Washington Square United Methodist Church in an attempt to settle a dispute between the Yippie leader and Tom Forcade. The latter contends he edited the book and says he has not been paid, "!This is an experiment in justice,' explained Dr. Howard Levy, the former Army captain who was court-martialed for hia refusal to help train Green Berets, He was one of the three arbiters who had been agreed upon by both Mr. Hoffman and Mr, Forcade,