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L: Are the Seed poopie doing ay” thing that is helpful to you? Tima- gine thet theyfre active. . . _H:_Yes, they are, ~~. L: Are they numerous? I don't know anything about the Seed or- ganization. H: It's like the L.A, Oracle, That kind of paper, They’re very “concerned about fa possibility of violence, They issued a slate- ment Saying that if people just ex- pected a five day festival of life, fuu and flowers they ought to re- think it, That there is a chance of violence, L: Are they cooperating with you? H; Oh yeah, they’re pulting outa special Chicago edition for that - week, About ten thousand copies, with maps and everything, As Is ihe Rat, N.Y, It’s putting out 100,000 copies, on such subjects as how to survive in Chicago. L: Is Last Village Other going to do anylhinz special? H: No, but I heard Ramparts is coming in and going to put outa daily newspaper, There was someone here from them, loohing for a priate, We'd also like to emphasize that there’s a 200, there’s a totem pole, there’s pic- nic facilities, and that Tancoln Park is adjacent to Oid Town, which is Chicage’s Creenwich Village avea, We're urging people to bring sleeping bags and to bring enough food to share, We're ently working on one night offree food, that barbeque night. L: Is there anything similar lo the Diggers’ there? . H: They hive a Hip Job Co-op, L: But they dor't feedand house? H: Nothing like L,A, or San Fraa- . cisco or New York, L: Are you polting any coopera- tion from Chiesacoans? H: Yes. There’s rv guy from a food company who Hkes what we are doing, There are people who “aTeoatchiatine their housescfe. storage space for banners and “twa ele meet ey ee L.: How about the media there? Hi; Thestre constantly postering FORE ERR HERRIOT EOE, TORRENS 2 pom gpe a7! ET r - : : - soe ™ firntis,s ase ee pa A SRO, A Ys nantd +, L: Have you had any appearances on the nedia? H: Censtlaaly, Krassner is going to be iaiking aboui it on the Les Cran»: Show in about a week, atso the Jounny Carson Show, We're on television every night here, We're trying fo arrange a mect- ing tomorrow with Alen Ginsberg and Mayor Dalcy lo talkavout (he permil, We also have soraclody in the Health Dopardacat working on afood slampprocram, There's a possibility we might get food stamps, But people should come prepared lo contribute, If groups fvom the L.A, area are coming they ought to nolify us, We're still looking for Hugh Romacy and Ken Kescy’s group, We're print. ing up a whole mep of Lincoln Park, It has pisees on it; like Church ofthe Free Spirit, Future City, Communications Center, Yippee Pentagon, Minstrel Area, Gru Town, Central Stage, Free Store. We Looe to have a free Store where people will donate sthing suits, seap, towels, food, We also have a hog farm, with the candidaic’s headquarters, L: Do you have any mimeograph machines or Gestetner? H: Yes, L: Why las communication becn SO sparse? Why haven't we re- telved more inforination from you? H: In New York we are twelve hundred dollars in debt, L: Have you recelyed any money from anyvwbore? H; Not much, We're having a benefit in New York in about a week, but we dart think we'll re- ecive four Uhousand from that, L: It might be necessary tohave one in Chicago also to make up the deficit, H: That'll probably yo into bail — TL: Do you have any Iezul<oit- nections there, Such #25 the ACLU? H: Yes, the ACLU fs filiaca suit Tuescay. An Injunclion agalust the city to let us use She-psck | -5'- tte at 0 area, We tried ty open an oftign ‘rhea ar the perk, bul the prob. Tein fs (hore’s ateleptoinne strike, °So we've iad lo operate fromm “apartuents and piones that are already there, L: ts there any tatk of movins the convention out of Chicseot il; No, i’sellrusaors, Thereare heavy preparations atthe Aniyhi- theatre, There ave 3,500 puard tsoups now training, There'Il be another 5,000 in Grant Park, The city makes no bones avout releas- {nz statements where they're co- ing to jail every bo-ly aintall kinds of tureais, Bul the thing thacmust be stressecis halifpoopte araii't fnto that scene icy are not going fo be tramplce on, Lincoln Park is ten mites away from the Amphi- tneafre, “The eiiy had to bold up people wiio stay in the parkas a monel of protest. They'll say, hey, look, these people stayed here, nothing happened to them, L: You say ithe Amphitheatre is being prepared for security, H: Heavy security, Barbed wire fences, they're de-foliating the trees eround here, theyre kuock- dpicors abandoned buildings aul OMNES Rel “aTong-"the highway. They—heven checkpoints sect upatl alougMichi- gan Blvd and Halsccad Sireet, L: Us the Black community dive al tals thas, so far as you know? H: Totaliy unpredictable, We've talked to sone Groups ana they're interested in coming to phe park and participating, as weil as some of the major bike groups here, the Oullaws, tiie Headhunters, L: How about the Black garg groups we've heard about? H; We've talked to them, but their position is they doa’t care what we do. We've gotten very little fecdback about whattney’re going to da that night, or that week, Just ie Mississippi Freo- dom Deinocratic Partly fs coming with a challenge, L: This we saw (sst night on television, They will cone, and theyll prehably pul on a cemon- eivatian fn fact tHavlli da more Bel being GEb Sees LeU Se Saw FF then Uiet, They'll demand boing wrotadin the conveatien, __ Aine aE AR el a ah ee te Se ARAN ot am mm