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i j -. . . . , - ? morality,-Hcrffman argued t h a t "it was not so sinister as your tone * , implies." Liberated zones, he contended, w c r e largely in "peoples minds." . . . Hoffman maintained that Yippies were nerfactly capable of policing thc'mselver and had n%t sought lawlessness in Chicago. They wanted police only to be more "permissive in andying laws about what Dcople did with their own bodies, 'I Hoffman said. * Schultz continued to suggest th'at Hoffman and other Yipoics really sought a virtual suspension cif Chfcago'lr laws, something the city .could not be expected to grant. . . During his sceond day of crosascxamination witness Hoffman attempted to show Schultz that his statements ahout impcndin&vio- lrncc befo-re the 1968 convention wwrc m c r c l y prcdictions, not directives to Yippies. the city had to bring in the A r m v and thc National Guard to protcct the safcty of the delegates and make it look as thaiigh the convention had to be hcld under military conditions?" asked Schiiltz. "No," . replied Hoffman. "You can do that now with a yo-yo in this country. You can see that from this courtroom - Dolice ail arnund.. . that was not a plan. country. It "Did you intcnd to crcatc! a atatc in which . I was aware that it would happen because 1.kncw this . On 31 December Judge Hoffman agreed to an carly r r c e s s when-witness Hoffman raid he fclt weak from his bout with hrenchi- tis. Another defendant, Ler Wcincr busied hims8lf dnring that day, autographing poster-sized cards at the defense tablc. The cards showed a photograoh of Weiner and a woman named Sharon, who had also signcd them, nude in a coital embrace. caption: "Make a New Year's revolution, kids ! It'll bring you closer together. The card's In-another gevclopmcnt, tho court was told of nossihlc! illegal activities by a jury mcmhcr, U. S. Attatncy Thomas Fotan prcscntcd affidavits from two camptts policcmcn a t Northern Illinois Iltiivrrsity ptating flint o n Deccnrkcr 18, aftc r a rocccli IW clcft*nrlant . Itctinic- D a d s , a flirt in Llic atrdiencr qlatccl tlmt h c r nlotlrcr WRS a . ji!ry nicmher anrl ailid h e r mothcr had told licr that "the- Govcrnmcnt has given no proof that wcelrl convict the Cliicaprl Srvc-n. " Altliouglr 0 the j u r y member was not nemcd, the affidavits wahahly refer to . Mrs. Jean Fritz who was named by defense-attorney Kiinstler on - - 23 December as the subject of a Government investigation. " Judge . . - . * 9 . - ... . .-