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a a C: a | cond pa T IAL Florida, wher orida, wher pe had given a speech, Hoffman ‘was brimming with plans fo crusade to Vietnan, where the youth of the world would negotiate & peace - ‘or else’ ", according to the article. He was noted to have said to the press at O'Hare ‘ upor his arrival that American members of his party - ‘Students, lawyers and doctors" - would confer in the next four months with their counterparts in Japan, Mexico and Latin America, co- Ordinate plans and then journey to Vietnam to work out details ABBOTT HOWARD HOFFMAN So ey ~ for a peace treaty. n The article relates that Hoffman had stated that if a U.S, troops are not out of Vietnam by April 25, (no year noted),. - then the Yippies (Youth International Party) would arrange to be a in Washington, D.C., en masse on May 1. Hoffman, according to : this article, was not explicit about the nature of this demon- “¥ Stration, describing it once as an "attack" and later as a ns “confroutation'’. When asked by a reporter what form the ‘attack" would take, the article quotes him as stating, ‘We have lots of a wen pons ". Hceffman reportedly was in Chicago for hearings to begin November 19, 1970 on whether any of the jurors in the Chicago — 7 Conspiracy trial received improper cCinmmunications during their c deliberations. Regarding these hearing;, Hoffman had stated, cr. ‘We always thought the jury is the highest authority in the - courtroom, but Judge What's-His-Name (Foffman) didn't think so." The article had continued that Hoffman described four of the jurors as Sympathetic to the defendants during the tria?, and TO noped that at the hearings they would reconiirm their Sympa thy. oa ‘We always had the feeling that if the jury had corsidered all , the evidence we would have been freed. So I hope those jurors stick to their guns", he is quoted as s <ating. At one point, the article describes Hoffman further as at times somber and at times bursting into unexplained _ laughter. He had interrupted the brief press co:ference on One occasion to state, "Man, have I got a headache, Jas any- hivwiy hare wnt any ante ft ePeey mero Eve aly atic. On November 19, 1970, and November 20, 1970, Hoffman was observed by Special Agents of the Cnicago Office of the FBI, in the United States District Courtroon of Judge Julius Hoffmr, CONFIDENTIAL ~4-