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- pee apport Hole ) : RE: ABBOTT Oss Cy a Below article was taken from the March 18, ae 1969 Final Edition of the "Journal Herald," a daily a newspaper in general circulation in Dayton, Onis, page 25; ' | | 7 Yippie Unleacder Trades ‘Pearls’ Re Wiliam W. Barringer 4 yo a Se apart ot on ee 1% ; poate neeka bd . 1 Seurnal Meratd Giall Uriter Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin's ‘Robin’ in the Dynamie Due of Yipgivrdom, alighted on the Wright State campus yesterday, found a pitel of grass, eycballed the thin crowd of well-fed col- Jegians ‘around him and concluded gloomly: “There won't be any ‘ trouble here.” s Noffman appeared as part of the school’s “Artists and Lec- ' turers” sevies, whereby he was to trade pearls of wisdom for _ pearls of rreat price or, at Jeast, enough to get back to New York City, It was an astute trade, but then Hoffman js wise in the ways of the sirect. . He has been in the forefront of numerous Yippie (Youth Inter national Party} demonstrations. A record of prestigious arrests . (Chicago and Washington being the status jatis these days) has placed Hoffman In the peculiar position of being a national leader _ ine theoretically leaderless group. : FOR AN “UNDISCLOSED amount.” the bushy-beaned advocate of anarely-according-to-the-Marx-brothers took a bludgeon-like wit ~ to society's folbles, presumably in search of some soft-white-under= belly laughs. . c Somehow, (he targets seemed too obvious—like drive-in mortu- aries—and one couldn’t help but fec] Will Rogera did it tetter more than 30 years azo. . . Some free samples: @ On-the Walker report of violence in Chicago: “Tho reports keep getting better and the situation keeps getting worse.” ae @ On cunspiracy charges against the Yipples for thelr role in - _ the Chiengo ruckus: “Hell, they say they can prove & conspiracy against us, and they can’t prove one ozainst James Earl Ray.” © ON TUF Central Intellizence Agency, Federal Bureau of In-- vestigation ast assorted snoopers; “The New York Times says U.S.‘ sples are gathering information to fest thelr chiefs can’t read . - ¥ all.” | oye Bie hae as ~aemene 4 ( . . me © On- marijuana: “We smoke it because it’s fun. We sent 30,000 jernis ‘iiransiation: joints; trensistion: marijuana cigarettes) - through the mails on St. Valentine's Day to people in theAewSork . elefaume-ehrectory—at random.” a . a , A ry e Pa L e ° ° P. ss) "4 . . 4\' ree ee ee 6 ee lr * » * = * ss . o- TT eda ee Cre ee eee ween ee 4 ~ = we te