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ca ~ a Pw te oe te ot 3 : . . 7 7 aE Be et ae tN Ee rem ot panel Mae ereven oe . NY 100-162445 "Abbie Hoffman, a leader of the Youth International Party (Yippie), last night issued a call to Rutgers University students to march with him against the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D. C. Saturday to protest the trial of the 'Chicago Eight’. "Hoffman addressed a crowd of about 700 students in the Rutgers Gymnasium in place of Jerry Rubin, another Yippie leader originally scheduled to speak. Rubin was detained in Chicago following revocation of his bail. "Hoffman issued his invitation to- foin-the-Saturdcy - march on the ‘Department of Injustice' and described the Wash- ington Monument as ‘some kind of Freudian symbol'. Describing his flight from Chicago to Newark, he said he ‘was pretty stoned over Pennsylvania'. "Referring to the federal anti-conspiracy law against being in ‘a state of mind' to commit conspiracy when crossing state lines, Hoffman said, ‘This is the first time in history this nation ever passed legislation against a "state of mind".' "Sprinkling his speech with occasional four-letter words, Hoffman referred to President Richard M. Nixon as a tused-car dealer', "On the subject of the Chicago riot and conap{ racy trials, he said, ‘Fascism has already come when they staat arresting people for inciting the police to riot.' } “The jury, I wouldn't let my daughter marry any of them," said Hoffman. He was greeted with frequent laughter and applause. "He described Judge Julius J. Hoffman, presiding ‘trial judge, as a short, beld man who is ‘always drunk' and whose wife is on the board of the Brunswick Corp. ‘that makes bowling balls and special ammunition for Vietnam. ' “He said Judge Hoffman is called 'McGoo' by the Chicago defendants and is always late for the morning sessions. ah 9-