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A =? inean we5 thet the Fstablishinent i | e Raye G& anaes LAWRENCE LIPTON One of tho yippics who had .taben os prominent part in the Battle of Chicago “street thea- ter” said to me when it was over, “Larry, we Fstaliishment is 4 pushover,” I knew lie DIDN'T mean that the puriuve power Gf tue Tstab- lishment Lad weakened to the point where it wes a pushover, because ha, like myself, had suffered from the militarized Folice ‘power of the Establish- Inent, Wat I understood him to vis (10 hon, atheact) surprising- ly tuinerstla to the YIP hind of revolionary activism, It was easy for me to see why he shold bave come to telision, As far bach if no! earlier, Mia,or Richard Drier of Chicazo bad panicked at repais his advisors brought tinceulied alinost en- tirely from 2 few underground Nawspoters— thet fhe vinnis n 5 tot myo ¥ipples such a con- ac Pahuare es réuuary, “4 ist, : ring ‘the Denio- came ea. Ee scented an 3 3 rot ta custenge ns geheld a 2ffa-lihe dictaroren 0, Chi and present him with ise toh onarchis‘ic deniaivts as free strech, free assembly and cue process of taw! He turned Chicazointganarm- ed carp and—the r.st is his- tory. But that was no’ the cad of the city” in cratic ccs und eee 4 long ~ ? fr Pe TRE COD WAYS matter, It is still mot the end ol the matter, far from it, The FRI and God and J, Edgar Hoover only knows how many sileuths ere cow gumshoeing all over the country. to try and build a case for con- Spiracy, incitement to riot and who knows what other hercsies and blasphemios against the *out- Side agitators” who slipped into Chicaro last August and plotted the overthrow of law and order, A team of FRI operatives— they always travel in pairs, asin 1 Spy and Mission Imypossible—- came to pay me a visit (last Thursday, Jan, 16, for the re- cord) in order to inquire what, if anything, I could teil them about ene of the accused, Abbie Hoft- lian, in addition to the long dis- tanan ta Hlephone inferviow To had tet CCat pie ated ei re a abate vith him Inst August and which was reported in the Los Angeles Free Press, Since this is the second time in two nionths that my coverage of the Chicago events has figured In govern. ments investizations, it would seem that the Freep has become a kind of historical source book for the secret machinations cf the political, social and cultural underground, The shleuthsome twosome isas old as Den Quixote ard Sancho Panza and Sheriock Holmes and Dr, Watson, The FRI variation on the theme is 2 friendly smil- Ing type who hes only your rigtits and your welfare in n.ind, backed nT t: L: WA aa oe on cay rh metals f {Mount Clipping tn Spoce Below) a ~ - fl . uv ' nea ro, hae earn" aa neous Ge ims wiser i Gsblad bees ee, oT fe