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- ladthaaiad NY 176-6 On the evening of May 11-12, 196%, at At Random television program which was aired on CBS-TV, Channel 2, Chicago, Moderator JOHN MADIGAN, was monitored by the Chicago Office. Among the participants on part two of this program was an individual identified as ABBIE HOFFMAN, who identified himself as a representative of the Youth International Party (YIP) who was in Chicago for a teach-in. During the discussion, HOFFMAN stated that he had participated in the recent Columbia University uprising in New York. At one point, Moderator MADIGAN asked the general question, "Does anyone believe that the comnunist element was in any way behind the recent student uprising around the country?". HOFFMAN asked MADIGAN what he meant by a communist and MADIGAN replied that to use the standard definition, "Anyone who advocates the overthrow ot the U. S. Government". HOFFMAN stated, "In that case, I am a communist". MADIGAN asked HOFFMAN if he was in favor of the overthrow of the United States Government and HOFFMAN replied that he was in favor of the overthrow of the United States Government by any means possible. A newspaper article in the "New-York Post" on September 5, 1964, quoted ARBIE HOFFMAN in part as follows: "They called us hardcore anarchists with plots to overthrow the government, well, that's not a secret. That's always been the case. What's the big deal? In Chicago we had two aims. One was to present the reality of America as we saw it as long-haired dropouts. And what we see in America as &@ police ptate. The second was to present the reality and beauty of struggling for a new societ’. - SSH YY evel ¥G