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’ 1 —+- ee Abbie Hoffman —s - Aw Days Are Numbered” a by BETSY BLAND Pablic Ralations Bireeter Wejring a Chicago Police De- partrient shirt that he received as aa honorary membder of the force, the charismatic leader of the Youth International Party Ab- bie Hoffman met chants of ‘We Love Daley’’ from an audience of studeats of St. Joseph’s Col- lege in Rennselaer, on Tuesday April 15. Hoffman met the hostility of the crowd with his own express- - fon of defiance. ‘‘I just had my 39th arrest in New York;'"-- jeers, ‘I sent three cops to the hospital wien they tried to ar- rest me;"'--mere jeers. “Then today one of your students hit me vith some Jello’. -laughter. Bul Hoffman wasn’t going to rely. alone on his persuasion , to awaken the world to the New Left philosophy so vividly pro- jected in last sumincs’s Demo- cratic Convention in Chicago. “Political Pigs, Your Days are Nuntered” was a short film on ‘Flower Power’’ that caused mixed reactions from a crowded gymnasium a rience. The grin on Hoffman's face was that of a man convinced that he wasld have the last laugh whea ‘The Revolution’? was through, and had brought under New Left Control all the ‘'waste- ful, lazy, materialistic citizens” that prevented the American Dream from becoming a reality. The campus was premred for ~ The St. Soseph’s College Stu- dent Association had offered $409 to the ‘‘non-leader’’ to aiake an aprearance. ‘'Why are you angry at me for deing here?’ Abbie asked. “‘Why did you ask me to. come?"” . “We cculdn’t get Adolph Hit. ler!’’ shouted the crowd, waving their signs of protest. ‘‘We just wanted to laugh at you,’® thev yeiled to the man who Stood ‘alcne on the platform, pacing bak and forth, occasionally of FBI agents who acconpany hima, since he is presently. under inzittme.:*, Student Association sectetary Bill Carrigan, a senior from Chicago, spoke of the mood of ,the audience. ‘We've got a car ‘gassed ip for a fast get-away; he said he’s hand'ed right-wing crowds before, but this is dif- ferent. Father Banat, our Col- lege President wasn’t concerned ‘abou? anything but the security “problem.”” ; The crowd became gradually More passive and sat with mouths agape andeyes wide opea as Hot- man ‘71 in his characterts- tically conp ailing manner to im- \part the “Yippie’* phi' sophy that has managed to make its impact Motivate nimbe-s of disenchan- ted youth nation «ride. He took the position of ‘ntimf- \dating and caustically speaking ‘of the Institutionalized Soctety ‘and all its implica‘ions that have Abbie, all right, According to~seolisaated youth. “Théir dream a student who had spent some time’ with the radical, all the ° eggs that Renssetaer had instock had heen bought in case ne wus too: much for a predominantly ‘Daley Estabiishment-oriented , Stroup of students. isn’t our dream, technotogical : 14 cee A Le TE gee Em Re eer re, me ee oe ee | “Political | Pigs, Your 4 we Ao oe. cmt pe a ee ee DR oe