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, ner nusbana, ana anotner CorneiL student were filming and tape reiord- ing events in front of the Hilton when police charged into the ranks of the demonstrators "beating people and pushing people up against build- ings." She said a policeman hit her with his club about the neck and shoulders and beat across the nose a man who tried to help her. She also testified to having been "maccdl' twice while trying to film con- frontations. All six witnesser reportedly agreed that the police initi- ated the confrontations and used unnecarsary force. A film taken by Mrs. Diamant was shown to the court at the request of the defense-- portions of which the prosecution objected to as "clearly editorial. '' During the day, Attorney Leonard L Weinglass accused Judge Hoffman of showing favoritism when he refused to.permit Fred Card- ner, radical writer and editor, to continue to testify about what some of the defendants told him during the Convention. fied that Tom Hayden told him that two policemen threatened to kill him, and had begun to testify about a threat aliegedly made against the He had already testi- life of Abbie Hoffman. 8, '' On 11 December, the defense pr:esented as witncssee Allen Cinsberg, the Itpoetlt, and Phil Ocha, .proteet slnger. According to radio reports, the two nearly succekded in,turni.ng tbe court. into a sort of circus, what with chanting, singing, and playing on musical instrurnents;'ond did succeed in causing Judge Hoffman to adjourn the trial. As an account of Ginsbe'rg's confrontation with Judge Hoffman in court can best be appreciated in a s full detail as possible, a copy of the New York Times account is attached. Meanwhile, out of court, the defendants continued to pursue their outside activities- -speaking, writing, giving interviews, etc. Tom Hayden, whose latest book "Repression and Rebellion" has just come off the press, wrote in an article on the "conspiracy" trial which appeared in the Guardian on 29 November, "We are attempt- ing to create a political trial this time with wide international reper- _. cussions. I) H e commented Zhat the courts, which earlier, "protected our right to continue' the struggle", are "today.. more nearly the assembly points on the road to detention camps''; and he concluded his article: "Knowing that 'the decade of protest' is over, and our rulers have had their fair trial, can we do anything less than find the Covern- ment guilty and sentence it to death and go on with the building of a society of our own?" a -. ._ .... .._ . -... .,...., r C . . . , _. . .. '.:'.. . i. . - - .-A ._