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ee bead u NY 100-161445 ' oo "TY turned around and walked out of the courtroom. Much to my surprise, the Commissioner did nothing. "It had been some day. I had been fingerprinted no less than 17 times and spent most of the time in various sets of handcuffs. As I was sitting in the airplane waiting to fly back to New York, the pilot made an announcement that the flight would be delayed 15 minutes. Five men entered the airplane. Four I recognized as members of the Chicago Intelligence Division that had been fcllowing me through the convention, the other identified himself as a U.S. Marshal. He handed me a piece of paper which began ‘Greetings: You are hereby commanded to appear before the House Un-American Activities:Committee...' It was like receiving a high school diploma. . "The time since Chicago has been filled with persistent government harassment. On three occasions, a phony Brink's truck stopped outside our Free Store on the ower East Side, a panel opens up and a camera begins taking photographs. I have been visited no less than five times by the FBI agents, twice by Justice Department officials, and once by the Internal Revenue Service. _ “On Tuesday, October 2, we appeared before HUAC. JERRY RUBIN wore a one-man, world-conspiracy, guerrilla costume complete with toy M-16 and live ammunition. I went as an Indian with feathers, hunting knife, and a bullwhip. I also carried an electric yoyo and dazzled the committee with tricks like: ‘Around-the-Capitalist-World', 'Split-the- Southern-Cracker', and 'Burning-Down-the-Town'. On the first day, the hearing was very dull. HUAC missed JOE POOL, and at one point I suggested we have five minutes of silence in his memory. When the committee refused, I accused them of being ‘soft on Communism'. I persisted in asking permission to go to the bathroom and pointing out to the committee the different people in the room who were carrying guns (811 capital guards, of course, but you never can tell, some sneaky Yippie might have rented a cop suit). JERRY walked around waving his gun and rettling his bells, while his girlfriend, NANCY, who wes dressed as a Halloween witch, passed out incense. "The committee drdgged on with boring testimony trying to link us to Communists (many of whom were active before we were born), and even at one point to LEE HARVEY OSWALD. The acting chairman of the committee made repeated warnings against ‘emotional outbursts'. By about three o'clock, I was so bored I couidn't take it any longer. I re ; ar s SN ee ge Ee ORK