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— CONFIDENTIAL a WY 100-161445 recalled that the purpose of bringing HOFFMAN . svosepn's College was to give all aspects of the American political spectrum an opportunity to present their views. This should not, core rag mentee ca ve inter- preted to mean that any student or faculty member at St. Joseph's College is remotely sympathetic with HOFFMAN's views or those whom he may represent. advise attended the speech given by ABBIE on April 15, 1969, at St. Joseph's College. reception which HOFFMAN received was generally negative in nature except for a group of approximately 75 students who came from other universities such as Purdue and Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, HOFFMAN arrived at St. Joseph's to speak at approximately 9:00 p.m., Central Standard Time (CST). He was openly booed by the audience which was composed of approximately 1,000 people. "Pro-Establishment" signs were in view in the audience and a segnent of the audience chanted "We want Mayor Daley." The program began with the showing of a movie which consisted of film segments showing activity at the Chicago Convention in 1968. The film lasted approximately 20 minutes. HOFFMAN then spoke. His speech consisted of his usual statements and nothing vastly different from prior statements was made. There were several outbursts of booing and other forms of anti-HOFFMAN ‘ entiment from the audience. ee ay, acme poe ttl < ee Bi tent eleeemaes ath teeta es ove eee. on “ es ° ~ me Fee. e: