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Abbie Hoffman — Part 32
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HOWARD MILLER: Well, it seems to me that there
are fewer desertions in this
United States Army over in Viet,
North, South Vietnamese than
there are in the Second World War,
and these statistics proven by
onl. ree me re a,
w
ABBIE HOFFMAN: We were in Europe and countries
there now, probably 50,000 in
Sweden, probably another 50,0006
in Canada, there were at least
10,000 in France, all through
; Eurone...-.
(Simultaneous) - _
ABBIE HOFFMAN: I'il say this. Right here in
Chicago and this is really unusual, .
we talked to a draft resistence
. worker here. Now out of a hundred
soar percent that have sent their greetings
= tetter, hundred percent young men,
well. a. 30 percent know that they're
getting out, you know, they're missing
some teeth or you know, they're batty
or, you know they got something.
They know they're getting out. Okay.
A, of the rest, 50 percent of that
want baa poate
ees chunk don't even bother showing up.
| In other words, only !8 percent of
_ the people show up and are willing
Po, io go into the army to fight this
— war. Half don't even show up, I
a: mean that's, that's never happened
4 a, a, ¥ don't know maybe the Civil
» | War wasn’t too popular,
a HOWARD KILLER: We're going to be hack in just a
3 moment on "Chicago."
» ROWARD MILLER: We're a little bit late, thant: @ © . su.
BE ABBIE, thanks ANITA for heing here
ioe and we'll see you tomorrow night on
"Chicago." Goodnight.
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