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} we See nn oe El lh NY 2100-16215 coNFIOg NTA “while demonstrations would still play a part in reinforcing awareness of issues, more traditional methods can help coaliticns of students, the poor and other minorities to achieve power on @ local level. ; "Hoffman expanded his discussion of politics to speculate on the coming election. Saying that he may go to the Democratic convention with Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm, he expressed a belief in a strong possibility of Edward Kennedy ending up as the Democratic candidate. ‘He's running a@ great campaign," said Hoffman, "he's making no mistakes and letting the others fight it out in the primaries.' "Hoffman went on to say that he thought that if Hubert Humphrey or Edmund Muskie get the nomination, there 4s a strong possibility of a’third party emerging. Hoffman also said that there will be demonstrations at the national conventions, especially the Republican convention. He said there are currently several organizers in San Diego planning demonstrations. , “Hoffman, who said he has more than 30 speeches scheduled in the next few months, noted a change in the mood of American campuses. 'Tney are more cynical, more disillusioned now,' he said, ‘this is behind a lot of the interest in mysticism and the heroin problem.! . "He also discussed narcotics and mentioned that he had recommended the shaving of heroin pusher's heads as a4 form of vigilante action. However, he predicted that legalization of marijuana would come in five to ten years. ‘The current laws have made outlaws of 28,000,000 people, according to the Nixon commission's report,' he said, referring to the recent estimate of marijuana use by the Presidential Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse. *yoffman reiterated a recent statement that the Mar y Sol pop festival in Puerto Rico was an insult t the island. He said that he had talked to the festival's promoters in an attempt to find out what kind of arrangements they had made for sanitation, medical care and other facilities. He . applauded recent laws on the mainland which enable authorities to prosecute unscrupulous festival promoters. ‘When you get several thousands people who have paid from $15 to $20 a piece for tickets and there's no music and no facilities, it's fraud. All festivals have been an attempt to recapture the CONFIMENTIAL - 9 - = Pe tee ele = So Se RY en me mm ee em a ae