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Abbie Hoffman — Part 5

234 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Mar 23, 1969 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 234 pages OCR'd
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; C. 0 ej . "Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman will be speaking 8:30 p.m. — Saturday in 113 McGregor. Author of Revolution for the Hell of It, Hoffman has been arrested thirty times since earning a masters degree in psychology from Berkeley six years ago. ; “He was instrumental in creating the chaos surrounding the Chicago convention, and recently caused havoc at the HUAC : investigations by arriving dressed in an American flag shirt. Hoffman is planning to speak on what's happening, to show the Yippie film about Chicago, and to spring a few surprises, he says." On March 17, 1969, dvised that on March 16, 1969, ABBIE HOFFMAN addresse of appréximately 30 to 35 persons at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and was scheduled to address a meeting at Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio, at 12:30 p.m., March 17, 1969. The source advised that HOFFMAN's appearance was possibly in conjunction with the solicitation of support for a demonstration in sympathy of the "Presidio 27" scheduled to be held in front of the Federal Court House, Dayton, Ohio on March 18, 1969. The "Presidio 27" are 27 United States Army enlisted men currently on trial for Fatiny at the Presidio United States Army Stockade, Presidio, Califo ° 1D as >:-::-: that he was in attendance during part of HOFF e talk at Antioch College en eo March 16, 1969, and advised that he did not hear HOFFMAN mention a the planned demonstration on March 18,1969. He stated that in on: his talk HOFFMAN attacked the "establishment" and called for everyone "to do their thing", meaning to behave as they indivi- @Gually wished. On March 19, 1969 SR <i sed that he had deter- mined that the person who ac t for HOFFMAN while at Antioch College was ERIC MENKEN, an Antioch College student affiliated with an organization known as "Anarchists Anonymous," Antioch College. The source advised that after departing the. Yellow Springs and Fairborn, Ohio area HOFFMAN went to Rio Grande College, Rio Grande, Ohio and then returned to New York, _ Wew York, via car; the owner of which is not known to the source. c~u--- i" 36 VUNFIDENTIAL SO re ee NE ee ne re ee wee re et ee oe" Le, 2 ee, renee =
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