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ne m z a ( Se ee eee . "+ NY 100-161445 anount in this area he would abide by its decision. If not, he did not preclude a reinstitution. of his conventional suit in the courts. "Mr. Hoffman summed up his side of the case this way: ‘There's no doubt that Tom participated in some of the editing. The only thing we're haggling about is price,' "He said he had suggested to the judges that ‘under normal circumstances Tom would get $1,500, if ‘he were the only editor handling the book.' But, he charged, Mr. Forcade had done an ‘inadequate job,‘ and he had to get another editor, Bert Cohen, who is credited on the title page as ‘accessory after the fact,'. "ta group of us got the idea that the whole thing could be settled outside of the conventional legal bureaucracy, ' Mr. Forcade said. “The format, worked out by Mr. Weiner, called for both Mr. Forcade, a Washington-based correspondent for the Underground Press Service and Mr. Hoffman to have two hours to present depositions and witnesses. There was no cross- examination. No decision was panel plans to reconvene in a few days. - "One of Mr. Forcade's witnesses yesterday was Izak Haber, who also is threatening to sue Mr, Hoffman. Mr, Haber, a 22-year-old writer, who is listed in the book as 'co-con- Spirator,' contends that he compiled and wrote ‘Steal This Book' in exchange for 22 per cent of the royalties. "He, too, says that he has a contract. And he said yesterday that all he had received was $1,000. "Mr. Haber said he was about to file suit, but conventionally." cee em ee ped Ames ett on ER ne na a ne ee te at res