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PAGE TwO ABBIE HOFFMAN SPOKE BEFORE APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT BOD\: IN THE GYMNASIUM OF ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY BROOKLYN CENTER NINE SIX SCHERMERHORN STREET BROOKLYN NY FROM ELEVEN FORTY FIVE AM TO ONE PM. HOFFMAN IN HIS REMARKS SPOKE MAINLY ON THE "CHICAGO SEVEN* TRIAL AND THE OUTDATED COURT SYSTEM. HE ALSO GAVE HIS GENERAL VIEWS ON RELIGION AND THE DECADENT SOCIETY IN AMERICA. HE DID NOT ADVOCATE ANY VIOLENCE DURING HIS SPEECH AND NO INCIDENTS OR ARRESTS WERE MADE. HOFFMAN STATED THAT ANY FEES RECEIVED WOULD GO TO THE APPEAL FUND FOR THE *CHICAGO SEVEN" WHICH WILL COST APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. NO ADMISSION WAS CHARGED TO THE STUDENTS ON THIS OCCASION ALTHOUGH A FEE WAS PAID TO HOFFMAN FOR HIS APPEARANCE. IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES FROM STUDENTS HOFFMAN STATED THAT DONATIONS COULD BE TURNED OVER TO HIM AFTER THE MEETING. END PAGE TwO