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~* eatiehedl ee ee endeatinirinet aber arek cere anh be ( (Mount Clipping in Space Below) LAWRENCE LIPTON What ABOUT the Yippte Festi- val of Life sclieduled for August 25-30 in Chicago? Who's going? Who isn’t going? Who will be there? Acccrding -to a telephone con- versaiion | had with Abbie Hoff- man who, with Jerry Rubin and Ghers on the East Coast first proposed the idea and are acting as coordinators, the plan is togo forward with the festivalasitwas . first announced, «A transcript of my phone con- vyersation with Hoiiman follows: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS HOFFMAN: cule of events: hol eet at a ae AUGUST CU 24h there will non-violent dissent, defense a- gainst mace, etc. There will be an information Looih set up In Lincoln Park, Aimost all our activities are focused on Lincotn Park, AUGUST 24th Mayor Daley is going to do flreworks on Lake Michigan, AUGUST 25th afternoon: wel- coming of the Democratic dele- gates In downtown hotels, Exact p:ans to be announced, Thereare theater skits planned and things like that, August 25th p,m,: music festival, Lincoln Park, _ AUGUST 26th a.m: workshops in underground communications, drug provlems, how to live free, guerrilla theater, draft resis- tance. self-defense, how toset up communes, etc, Workshops deal- img with problems t inat we face as an alternative community, Work- shop leaders should eali943-5285, There will also be scensrio ses- sions to plan smail-group pcti- vilies, LIPTON: Why do you call them seenurio acssions? H: We think In terms of theater, Treaster Groups will plan theater skits, ae + te rs I'll give you asche- | training classes in karate, woh, he hk ob ed L: This is for strect thettvr?-— Yes, We have no idea how many of those groups are coming in, We cot three thousand Ietters in July alone, at the New York office, And we couldn't coordinate all the stuff, . AUGUST 26th p.m.: Beach party on the lake across from Lake Park, called North Avenue Beach: folk singing, barbeques, swimming, lovemaking, : AUGUST 27th dawn; poetry, mantras, religious ceremony ied | by Allen Ginsberg, AUGUST 2%thafternoon: Work- shops and scenario sessions, Also film showings and mixed media even! at the Coliseum, 1514 South Wabash Ave, August 27th, even- ing: benefit coacert in conjunction ‘with the National Mobilization Meee ee tiling at thin Matieannen. ale Committee gl alike TOuSeuii, asd Lincoin Park nomination and ral- ly for Pegasus, the pig. And LBJ irtiday party, AUCUST Zath, dawn: poetry and fulk singing, beach area, Aug- ust 28th, afternoon: Yippie Glym- pics, Miss Yippie contest, We're boycotling the regular Olympics and having our own, Pin the tail on the donkey, pin the rubber on the Pope, a folit-rolling contest, 4 diets 2 airiy Cope Gearers’ CoNnVSMUSNK, We're going to iry and get the dealers together and have the price lowered, Andother normal, healthy games, AUGUST 28th, the night that Humphrey gets nominated, plans will be announced at a later date, There is a mobilization rally Scheduled for Grant Park at 4 p.m, ‘dane dealers’ convention t Do vou intend te do anything a4, es Pw a Ar Wake GRU F Sanens ouiside Convention Hall, or inside? H: There isa march scheculed | et Convention Hall, These arcihe mobilization’s plans and there Is alot of difference of opinion, Our feeling Is that people living in _Lincoin Park will do lots of dif- ferent things, Some people will slay in the park, Some witi-ge-on- the march, some will zo down- town WPI ATL ——.., {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) -Page 7 Los Angeles Froe Press Jos Angeles, Calif. Date: Edition: Author: Lawrence Lipton Edite: Art Kunkin tile ty ippfos to Visit Hog Capital" Is 8/16-22/68 Character: or Clasaeification: Submitting Office: eXPLOSURE ——- — enamel |