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Yippie + t . “ By MAY KEIPER deuryel ord Courier State Corresper:tent RENSSELAER “Tis morning I had my 39th arrest in New! York,” Abbie Hoffmda, Yippie leader, announced as he spoke to approximately 1,500 persons in St. Joseph’s College fieldhouse Tuesday night. He was greeted: with boos, shouts and catcalls until he fi- nally shouted, “Go ahead and boo, I’ve got my 400 bucks.” The Yippie film of the Chi- cago Democratic convention riots was shown and when the picture of Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago was flashed, shouts and applause drowned out the commentary. More catcalls and bos Breeted the film’s final ccm- mentary that “the Yippies din’t hate America — They feel trat America has been betrayed.” ‘Signs reading “Anarchy is lishment” were held up by members of the student body at the beginning of Hoffman’s taik. Hoffman was scheduled to speak at 9 p.m. and the St. Jo- seph alumni fieldhouse was three quarters full by 8:20 p.m. “They give us labels of Hippie and Yippie so that they can feed you that heron cafled edu- cation and build you a wall-to- wall mind,” Hoffman said. "You know," he added “In the-Hall of Justice — Justice is in the halls.” HONORARY POLICEMAN In a humorous sidetight Hoff- lice gave him the shirt he was yefring and had made him an hor orary member. 4 ‘Hoffman said that now the U.S, have the 40-hour week. = then it will have che four hour week and then the four-minute week, but “We are working for full unemployment.” dead — Long live the Estab ° man stated that the Chicago po’ a et teens Leader we ee ee Caicalls ats te Gets Box —_— Joseph} mee H» told the students, “You TECHNOLOGY ABUNDANCE are brainwashed by education,” and referring to his philoso shy, he gdded, ‘All work is dirty — you sell your souls out.” - i “Abraham Linciln was a Yip- i pie. He didn't believe in the es-; jtablishment — so he changed| it," Hoffman told the_ jeering: students. ' Many people believe that the’ Yippies are against America, “but the Yippies are the only Americans left,” he shouted. | Hoffman comes from the low- er East side of New York where, he said, are the slums and all the minority groups, and 10,000 tons of garbage. **Look at Chicago,” he shouted. “The ‘whole world’ is watching.” “We went to Chi- cago to show reality In, this coutitry — the reality we face eve ‘y day of our lives.’ : “The future—well—it’s up for grads,” he concluded. Under Student Association re- quirements, Hoffman had to be willing to answer questions from the floor in order to set up a true learning situation. ‘ The first question was, “If no-j body is supposed to work, who is supposed to pick up the gar- bage?” and Hoffman answered, “Spiro Agnew.” In answer to the question, “What is the function of the po- lice?” Hoffman said “1 — own _property; 2 — protect people who own property, and 3 — beat the — out of people who don’t own property.” . , “When questioned aboutr hist frecuent use of profanity, Hoff- mat, answered, “You ¢on’t think 1 learned this language in’ the suburbs — I learned it from cops. I like copa.” .--.-°- then asked to outline what he revolution he was locking 'o1 would provide, Hoffman said thit “the vast technology of America should be available in abundance to everybody.” ‘ The questioner then continued that then someone would have to “work” and Hoffman said, “What you call work, I call ‘love’.” . Members of Hoffman's move- ment distributed copies of a pa- per “Student Action, the Stu dent Happenings of a World- Wide Movement.” The Student Association ¢x- plained that Hoffman was brought here in an effort to tive $s. Joseph’s students a chi.nce to.see all sides of the conter2po- rary political spectrum. Earlier this year G. Edward Griffin of the John Birch Society spoke on the Supreme Court. The Student Association publi- cly thanked the administration at St. Joseph’s for its co-oper- ation and openmindedness in the face of local pressure for al- lowing Hoffman to appear. . The association pointed out that the appearance of Griffin and Hoffman did not neces- sarily represent the view of el- ther St. Joseph’s College or its Student Association. .At the conclusion of the qles- linn period, Hoffman was ‘1us- tled to a waiting car and inme- diately left the city. His des;ina- tion was unknown. ; ; een nn ———_— --