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Abbie Hoffman — Part 39
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“Cegtoas, and all tint.
wee The march to wheyey ™
Hs The International Arohithea-
Pte
fre, where the convention 45,
There ts definitely a march that
the mn@bilization is planning.
L: Those wlawishtoco7ln other
words Hs optional for those who
wish to goon the march?
H: Ail the events gre optional,
of course, .
L: What are you going to dowhen
you get there?
H: They plan to have a rally and
vigit, Our feeling is that poeple
who plan to go on thatmareh or to
participate in civil disobedience
in Govntown Chicage, as many
groups are planaing to do, ought
to be prepared for a very heavy
scone, There ere ten thousand
National Guerd treaps here,
Thore’s an eight foctbarbed wire
fenee witha raile clreumference
around the Ampnithestre and an-
other fence within that, Very
heavy scent,
AUGUST 29th and 30th: We have
unschecuied events, although we °
plan to sill be in the park.
L; What events?
H: We're unsure whal’s going to
happen that night, We do have
Plans to do a death of Yippie
ceremony, where we burn all the
posters and butions, etc.
L: Is that like tae decth of Hip-
pie? Does that mean that Yinpee
is oaly for this cecasion?
H: Our messase is that people
are free, They shouldn't have
Tabcls, ‘
L: But you’re not adopting the
Free Man label that they are in
San Francisco? Or ara you?
H: Well, birth of the free people,
L: Well, that's sim{lar to the
San Frenelsco eveat, But they
are keealng the name Free han,
syou-tinew,
H: We are working mataly on tie
prents of the first three days, and
— _
oe
See le
cet ek. at ert teeerimaetion,
be—bhe youll have the deaths 62”
Yippie, and tual will be the end
of this cvent?
Il Yes,
L: Who else is coming hosidos
Allen? That you Krow of,
H: Set, Sunshine is coming.
Burroagns, Genet. ,
L: Genet? [ dlan’t krow Le was
ta the country,
H: He's covering it for FSQUIRE,
Krassner, of course, Ed Saniers
ts eoring in tomorrow. e's the
music coordinator, There are two
croups of rock musicians, One
group of about twenty bands is
tolally committed to coming, no
malter what, Ancthor ercup often
(walch includes the heaviest
bands) Is conumitted to coming
only if we get apermit, They may
be talked Into coming onyway,
Ls Does that include the Air-
plane?
H: The Airplane never ivas com-
ing in the first place,
L: How about Country Joe?
He That would inchwk Country
Joe and the Fish, Ario Guihriels
in the second group. iwe greta
pernilt only,
L: How about the United Sates
of America?
H: I'm not sure where they are,
Ec’s going to start the cooreina~
tion from hese, They pledied to
come, but we haven’ Ubcen in touch
with them, Tits very difficutt for
us to give them information, Thoy
always ask you is theres perme?
Now concerning the permit sit-
uation, We've had numerous Gis-
cussions and negotiations with
Deputy Mayor David Sianl, The
city officials are very scared,
They dowt tnow what the helt to
do, sed we just impressed upon
then, the tremendous number of
peopte coming,
Li What about the tremendous
. tn fh wh Wa feat peneten
number of prope? What word do Steep fa the park, We toed thas Of
at strenguh is ia sumyers yok
the poilee woatll do any ling
you have that there will be acre
sottiag up infern.ation Lowiteadd ¢ number of prone?
prepiring maps ond training ses-
a es,
H:
There were tye thousand n-osia,
————g,
Fa *
-4.
faebhase: assumed from hestart
tisat you eat pet forether any
’ where from bys tothrec (howsand
Peopie in Chiraso alone,
H: Yeoh, they were at the rally
yesterday,
L; What aboutother cities, onthe
East and West Cotnts,
H: Weill, there are bike groups
coming In. T would expect 20-25,
000 poople from New York alone,
Every free bus is already booked
in New York,
L: Tiave you hat any indication
from the West Coast?
H: A guy named Super Joe, the
uy thot put the flowers in the
rifles at the Pealazon came in
yesterday and said thet a lot of
people feo Berkelcy had siready
started oul, We've gotten lotters
from L,A,, from the Coast and
: even from Cantda that say theyre
eee
coraing, Our facling fs that we
won't get a permit, but that they
will tolerate the event,
L: How aboul policing ihe event?
H: We plantonolice ttourseives,
Thats what the training session
is about,
L: Of cow : you'll iiave moci-
tors, bul did ihe ctly express any
view cau this fssue?
H: They have not given us any
real information, They're just
trying (o get infor mation fromus,
L: fs Jerry Rubin well cnoughto
ationd?
H: Yes, He'll be hore intwo more
days. M1] give you my own private
number: 312 area code 927-9244,
L; How about crash pads for peo~
pie coming, Is there any vriéante-
ment of this sort?
H: We're makint arrangenionts
with people that live near the park
for the housing of pecpie who
come before the 2th, AMer Ent
amwould rather have evar ypivy
af
pitas
‘if
We bad & tally yesterday, Hard are alot of poopie tiers
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