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profeisor of psychology llLIlpcd Robert Levin, diatinctively dressed .in a costume similar t o that i n which a police sergeant had described Rubin as having been dressed while demonstrating i n Chicago, and demanded of the witness: "Are you absolutely certain this was not the man you saw?" The witness stated that he was certain-that Levin had on a motorcycle helmet with a-blce stripe down the nriddle, while Rubin had 1 ~ 0 1 ~ a similar football helmet; and that, besides, TRvin is several inches taller than Rubin. Later, at a news conference, the defense contended that Levin had been mistaken for Rubin at the demon- stretion i n Lincoln Park; and produced a third %ubln", a student named David Boyd, who said the Chicago police had chad- him for six days aad nights during the Convention, thinking he was Rubin. . A second undercover policeman testified that Abbie Hof+n ap- proached h i m i n G r a n t Park on 29 A w t 1968 and pointing t o a deputy police superintendent asked, "Are you wlth me? See that cat with the stars, if he don't talk we're going t o hold h i m and then we can do anything we want and the police won't bother us." (The xitness did nct see Hof- attempt t o follow up on his stcitcment.) Judge Hofftpan, who has taken a stern gositiou i n conducting the trial of the eight defendants .in Chicago ahd has freely indulged i n sarcasm and "stinging" rebukes i n dealing with the defendants and their lawyers, is receiving a critical press. The IJas York Times ran an article on 5 October: "The Judge Himself Bec0mes.m Issue in Chicago Trial"; an6 both Time and Life magazines have condemned him for his attitude i n "consistently overmiling defense motions" and - - '.' '* ...a . . - i n failing t o demonstrate impartiality. for a successful appeal, should the eight be convicted"; and thirteen ordering the orrest of four defense attorneys who sent telegrams i n withdrawiw from the case) asked the Illinois Bar Association t o ia- vestigate the JUage's actions, stating that ''Judge Hoffman's conduct can only serve t o weaken a basic American principle: The rigl'zt of even the most unpopular defendant t o adequate legal representation before an impartial Judge." According t o the Communist newspaper Daily Ilorld on 3 October 1769, "Judge Hofflnaats harassment has extended into the world of fashion."- i n that he barred fromthe courtroom a young female staff member for t h e defense because of 9mproper attire." The attractive looking young woman,who was pictured in the Daily World, liad on a micro-mini skirt some ten Inches or more above her bee. * a member 02 the national Conrmittee of the CPUSA, Arnold Johnson, was t o cover the "Conspiracy 8It trial for the Daily World.) Some legal experts, it has been reported, bellwe that his behavior has "already paved the vay members of the Hervard Law School (In objecting t o Judge Hoffmsn's * a . - - - ( I t has been reported that . rz,l .... 4' "- ..... -