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§ + ' “at Ae J = t wy roo-r6uis ~ =, ° CONFIDENTIAL "tSpeaking on Alex Bennett's WMCA radio show, Hoffman said the film will be called "The Seditious Movie" ("because - we're notallowed to make seditious speeches"). It will star all seven defendants, their lawyers, and a number of "sympathetic" v celebraties including Dustin Hoffman (no relation), he said. tem ime "tThe Yippie leader revealed that he sent a telegram to Judge Julius Hoffman (also no relation) yesterday afternoon offering the judge $100,000 to play himself in the film. The prosecutor and assistant prosecutor have also been offered money to appear. "sPhe picture will be directed by Nick Ray ("Rebel Without a Cause"), Hoffman (Abbie, that is) and Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman said. It will be filmed this spring in New York on a studpd set that will be an exact replica of the Chicago courtroom where the trial took place.'!" “The New York Times" a New York City daily newspaper, in its April 25, 1970,issue on page 17, contained an article entitled "Abbie Hoffman Barred From White House Tea". This article which jis datelined "Washington, April 24" stated as follows: "Abbie Hoffman, the Yippie leader who was a defendant in the Chicago Seven trial was turned away from the White House: today when he tried to attend @ teagiven by Tricia Nixon. / "He was accompanying Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane, a rock group. Miss Slick had been invited to the event, which was given for alumnae of Finch College. "Mr. Hoffman, conservatively dressed and without his beard, said he was Miss Slick's ‘bodyguard and escort.' but a White House Policeman would not permit him to enter the grounds, saying, 'This is strictly for females.' “CONFIDE TIAL