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ane ant at aad a ee ele Ne Oe ae ge ( co - {. | e) — CONFIDANTIAL NY 100-161445 The records of the United States District Court, Chicago, Illinois, in the case entitled, "The United States of America vs. David T. Dellinger, et al" reflect that on February 20, 1970, Judge JULIUS J. HOFFMAN sentenced the subject to five years in the custody of the Attorney General or the United States or his designated representative and fined phim $5,000,00 plus court costs. Judge HOFFMAN in sentencing the subject, stated that the subject's past actions and his statements in court showed him co be clearly a dangerous person and accordingly, the subject was committed without bail. The "Daily News", in its February 21, 1970 issue on Page 2, contained an article entitled, "Chi 5 Are Slapped with 2 Others 5s". This article which is datelined "Chicago, February 20 (UPI)" stated in part as follows: "U.S. District Court Judge Julius J. Hoffman pronounced sentences of five years in prison and $5,000 fines today on five militant protest leaders convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots during the 1905 Democratic National Convention. “The prison terms~-ordered to run concurrently with terms already meted out to the five men for contempt of court-- were the maximum allowable under the law. Hoffman could have imposed fines of $10,000 each. “The sentences were imposed on David T. Dellinger, 53, Rennard C. (Rennie) Davis, 29, Abbott (Abbie) Hoffman, 32, Jerry C. Rubin, 33, and Thomas E. Hayden, 29. “The defendants smiled, clapped one another on the back and quipped with each other during the sentencing. Abbie Hoffman, yippie clown to the last, shouted to the judge as he was led away; "“'It ain't whether you win or lose, Julie, it's how you play the game'. "When the yippie leader was fined $5,000, he (meaning $3, ooy7e could you make that three and one haif meaning > ?'