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rea Ro m XY j ABBOTT HOWARD HOFFMAN had little to do with the organization of these demonstra- tions. He was charged with assault, however, this is the usual charge, standard procedure, when one is clubbed by a copy. He advised he was confident he would be acquitted of that charge. He agreed that the defendants in the recent s0-called Conspiracy 7 trial were doing well, describing the trial as highly political in nature, and the law as one which was inhibitive of free speech, In subsequent exchanges of conversation Hoffman denied being a “leader” of any of the actions in Washington. He verbally attacked Reedy's former job with the Johnson ad- ministration as one which had been to lie and cover up for Johnson's policies. The kids in Wachineton hag boon more ‘open about their power concepts, as opposed to backroom politics. He had noted when "running through the streets" that Washington had not been like Chicago, that even the "hard hats“ in Washington had been giving the peace sign. He felt it was not proper, referring the world position of the United States, for a country with one-sixteenth of the world's population to control one-half of the world's resources as we do. He noted that we own half of Canada, and attacked as illusions the views of Olinsky that effective changes can be wrought by working within the system. He accused Olinsky of being a tame system radical, a safety valve maintained by the system to show a semblance of per- wmissivenvss. He noted he hated to see Olinsky attack them {himself and Anita) and side with LBJ's press secretary. When directly questioned by Reedy if he was a revolutionary he replicd he was a Young Republican. He was questioned as to his finances, and noted she had given $25,000, earned from book royalties for a Blafk Panther Party (BPP) members bond, and the individual had/promptly "split". He made brief reference to his support for/ radio station WPAX, described as a source of radical and ltural news, however, the subject matter then changed, ,