◆ SpookStack

Oe eT eee a ne 2. What was the reason for the sudden formation of a so-called Y,I, P. collective on May 3, 1972, when previously Hoffman and Rubin had repeatedly stated that they would be inactive? 3. The Yippies have taken a series of suites on the top floor ofthe Albion Hotel for the summer. Where did the money come from, and why is it being wastec on decadence when the Yippies have utterly failed to spend money on real needs ? 4. The Yippies have a large plush office in the Miltown Medical Center which they have taken for the summer, equipped with the latest office equipment. This office is usually empty and several rooms are unused entirely. It opens at 9 and closes at 5. Why is this office and equipment not being used for the movement or to relate to the community? Where did the money come from? Why is the money being wasted on carpets and panneling ? 5. On June 8, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Ed Sanders concluded a deal with Paperback Library; a subsidiary of the Kinney Cerporation, a subsidiary of the Mafia, for a’quickie paperback to come out on September 20 about Mami. Their advance on this book was $33, 000. Where did the money go? 6. Hoffman, Rubin, Nightbyrd, Sanders, and others have been in N. Y. negotiating more book contracts. Sanders has already sold a book to Avon. Nightbyrd's Yippie Survival Manual has been offered to Paperback Library. Why are they spending all their energy marketing Miami and none on doing Miami? Where is the money going? 7. Repeatedly they have’used their uniquely privileged access to the media to attack the Demo demonstrations and to attack other movement people. Why? They have repeatedly used the straight media to brandtwo members of Y.1. FP. / Zippie and the Zippies in general as "police provacateurs or madmen", Howeve1 both of these people have been in the movement longer than most people in the Yippies, are higly respected among those who have worked with them. The Yippies have never requested a security check on these people, and there is no inaication tnat either of them are any crazier than any other movement person. Why are they continually using the straight media for character assasinations, which inevitably are confused with the position of the entire movement ? 8. It was agreed that all negotiations with the city would be done by the Coalition. Yet, ina series of secret talks with the city and county last week, they separately made some kind of deal for the use of Lummus Park as the site for their "cultural fair." What did the Yippies give the city in return? Why did they negotiate secretly and separately? Why, other than granting the Democratic Party Flamingo Park as a "free speech" area, was the only other permit granted in Miami Beach given for the Yippies' event? How did they know the results of the city council meeting the night before it happened? atte 9. On June 15, the Yippies in a surprise press conference announced that they were cancelling plans for demonstrations during the Demo Convention an were beginning work on the Republican. Why? They did not consult anyone. Why? They attempted to leave the impression with the media that they spoke for the Youth International Party in toto, and the movement in general. Why~ They have begun no work on the Republican Convention yet. Why? CON IAL