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ee ee ee Pe all” anton, | rey | Ag tree oe O oe vuiNFIDENIAL NY 100-161445 ; “The New York Times" in its March 1, 1970 issue on Page 1, contained an article by J. ANTHONY LUKAS entitled "Chicago 7 Freed on $155,000 Bail"; US Court of Appeals Acts-- Defendants Are Hailed After 2 Weeks in Jail". This article which is datelined "Chicago, February 28" stated in part as follows: "The seven defendants in the Chicago conspiracy trial were released from jail today in a total of $155,000 bond. "About five hours after the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted them bail, the seven men walked out of Chicago's Federal Building into a shouting crowd of supporters and newsmen. "While traffic backed up, the defendants held an impromptu news conference in the middle of Jackson Boulevard. They then went across the street to Christ the King Lutheran Church for a more formal session. "Brushing a hand over his newly cropped hair, Abbie Hoffman, one of the defendants, told newsmen: ‘They're going to have to cut off more than hair to suppress the revolutionary fervor growing among young people. They're going to have to cut off our heads.' "The defendants were released after one of their appeal attorneys posted $15,500, the required 10 percent of /the to&a) bond, with United States Commissioner James T. Balog. "Brought from their cells at Cook County Jail, where they have spent the last two weeks, the men appeared in Commis- sioner Balog's hearing room in the Federal Building. ° “Commissioner Balog read the conditions of bond to the defendants, warning them that the conditions could_be...... revised at the discretion of the Court of Appeals. He also warned them against ‘seditious speech,' although he did not make clear what restrictions would be placed on the defendants' public speeches. -17- vuNFIDEN AL Ne ee Sa . ee -2'8 . -_-