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NY 100-161445 "The Boston Globe" in its July 31, 1971 issue contained an article entitled, "Sticky-fingered Abbie Hoffman strikes back at booksellers" which stated in part as follows: wee me ne ne a ee te ~ "Abbie Hoffman, the author of 'Steal This Book,' has just stolen a book from Charles E. Lauriat Co, inc., a bookstore at 50 Franklin st. in downtown Boston, "The book is a handsome illustrated volume of Currier & Ives prints. It is called ‘The World of Currier & Ives,' and it retails for $15. Hoffman has picked it up i while discussing with a clerk why Lauriat's 1s not stocking ‘Steal This Book' and then to the clerk's astonishment, has walked out of the store with the book tucked under &n arm. ¢ Fy aid "Not quite sure he is seeing right the clerk has foliowed Hoffman out of the store, staring as Hoffman Saunters down the street. Hoffman turns and favors the clerk with what must be described as an ‘obscene gesture. ' "The encounter is one of several highlights of a morning with Hoffman, a morning that began with an interview on 'The Paul Benzaquin Show' and closed with a frantic search for ‘Steal This Book' in a back room of the Harvard Coop Society, 1400 Massachusetts av., Cambridge. “Where the -- do you keep it, in the safe?' said Hoffman, rummaging through an assortment of cardboard cartons while several Coop employees stood by with hands on hips, laughing nervously. "Hoffman's interest in ‘Steal This Book,' his fourth book, transcends the average author's concern with the fate of his work. It is, infact, becoming an obsession, As the New York Times Book Review stated several weeks ago, there is what appears to be a ‘'conspiracy' among publishers, distributors and retail outlets to keep ‘Steal This Book’ off the shelves. x 3. z. 3 -60- aes nn ET AAT RE TN a EAS LTT SIE rem