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CONFIDE \. ITAL Abbott H. Hoffman aka Kee on the evening © ” » various groups from the Lower Eastside of New York City, including the Youth International Party (YIP) and the Eastside Service Organization (ESS0) would participate in the closing off of St. Mark's Place between end a rd Avenues in New York City, with a stolen playstreet sign. hat at 9 PM a one pound magnesium flash bomb was/ignited on a rooftop which would be a en "signal from GOD", signaling the beginning of of the street and closing it to traffic. that the purpese of this activity would be e ty of New York into providing services to hippies and to close St. Mark's Piace to through traffic. ye that it was learn a y Ho ad gone to icago to Look over the possibility tor August 25, 1964. He reported tnat it was a very bad scene. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) sponsored 4 ch-in" on Rockefeller Chapel lawn, University of Illinois, on May 10, 1968. Among those appearing were Abner Hoffman, a Yippie teader who stated that the current electoml politics 1S a game that is decided ahead of time. He urged the stopping of the present system in favor a a directly representative government. He also suggested ways of using words that attracted the news media like, change the "H" in Hippie to "Y" for Yippie. This change was 100% successful in getting national publicity thanks to the news media. a CONFIDENWLAL -. &§