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Chicago 7 deliberating for a verdict and was expected to continue in Lawyers session late this evening. The sentence against Kun- stler, a veteran of many civil rights suits, was the longest Face Jail one imposed during the trial and may set a precedent. The total time was four years and Kunstler Gets 13 days. In a highly unusual state- 4-Year Term ment from the bench, Hoff- man declared that behavior such as Kunstier's encourages For Contempt crime in the United States. By William Chapman _!,-- "Unorthodox" Comment Wushingtor. Post Staff Wrtter/J. Hoffman acknowledged that CHICAGO, Feb. 15 —FA he was about to make an "unorthodox" comment and defense lawyer in the Chi- then said: cago conspiracy trial was "We hear lots about crime sentenced to more than four in this country. There is a lot years in prison today for of crime ... I am one of those who believes that the fact contempt of court. crime is on the increase is due Judge Julius J. Hoffman in large part to the fact that cited William M. Kunstler for waiting in the wings are law- 24 different items of contempt yers willing to go beyond their during the long trial and said, professional responsibilities in "I have never heard a lawyer the defense of clients." say to a judge the things you He added, "The fact that have said to me." such a defendant knows that Another defense lawyer, such a lawyer is waiting in the , was sen- wings has a stimulating effect tenced to • more than 20 on the increase in crime." months for contempt. The sen- A battery of lawyers began tences for both attorneys were assembling today to fight the stayed by the Judge until May contempt sentences on appeal. so they will be free to defend Their main argument will be the seven men whom they rep- that a trial judge lacks author- resent in the case. ity to sentence defendants or _Defendants Jaded lawyers for contempt summa- But three more defendants rily after a trial is over. were sentenced for contempt See TRIAL, A9, Col. 6 and taken promptly to jail today. The four others were sentenced and jailed yester- day. , The iurv, meanwhile, was xespetated Prue The "" defendants in the riot con- They are, seated, , and standing Weiner, , and spiracy trial at en earlier press conference. from left, , , Lee . Their trial began in September.

• - • By assadmted Prelim Ac Waited Prelim Intarnationetl Federal Judge Julius J. Hoffman, left, sentenced "Chicago Seven" defendant Jerry Rubin, center, and defense attorney William M. Kunstier for contempt. TRIAL, From Al The three defendants sen- happened in Hitler's Germany They contend that summary tenced for contempt today was done by judges who wore conetmpt—without a jury— were Jerry Rubin, her 25 robes and quoted the law." can be imposed only during a months and 23 days: Lee Wei- Weinersarcastically trial for purposes of keeping thanked the judge for wiping ner, for two months and 18 out his own last notions that the procedure orderly. days, and John Froines, for Kunstler told the judge his "the courts are a forum in five months and 45 days. which justice is available." behavior In court was a reac- Rubin, the bearded Yippie tion to what he considered In each case, Judge Hoff- leader, explained he had man found the men behaved "repressive" actions by the yelled such words as "Ge- court. in a manner designed to "sabo- stapo" and "Hitler" during the tage the functioning of the ju- He said he was not ashamed trial because "everything that of his conduct. "I have tried dicial system." with all of my heart faithfully to represent my clients in the face of what I considered and still consider repressive and unjust conduct toward them," Kunstler said. Many of the citations against Kunstler and Wein- glass were for their refusal to cease arguing motions after Hoffman ruled against them. Others were for what the judge called "insults" to the court, such as when Kunstler protested that the binding and gagging of a former defend. ant, Bobby G. Seale, amounted to "medieval torture." Kun- stler drew three months for that outburst. He drew a six-month sen- tence for persisting in asking •what Hoffman called "objec- tionable, leading questions" of • •Mayor Richard J. Daley. Virtually all of Weinglass' citations were for pressing' legal points after the judge had ruled against him. Speaking to the judge today, Weinglass admitted error on some points but insisted that in most instances he had been forced to argue after the Judge's rulings because he had not been given an opportunity to discuss his motions or objections fully. Hoffman accused him of lack of respect for the court. Weinglass responded, "In this matter of respect, I might say I had hoped that after 20 weeks of this trial the court would know my name." Judge Hoffman repeatedly Ina called him "Weintraub" or other names having similar sounds. Even as the argument went on today, the judge re- ferred to him again as "Wein. traub." Near the end, the wife of one defendant and a girl on the defense legal staff walked from the Courtroom shouting. The legal aide, a black girl named Mickey Leaner, . shouted to the judge, "You are I a fascist and a racist pig." iP War, Trial Protesters Leave 420,000 Names By Martin Well They marched single file in mittee, which said it gathered Wastiteston Post Staff Writer a thin, cold drizzle after hold. most of the signatures, along About 400 p r ot estere, ing a 40-minute rally in snow- with a west coast group called marched to the west gate of covered Lafayette Park to pro- People for Peace. the White House yesterday to test the Chicago Conspiracy Rally speakers included fur- deposit 37 cartons of postcards, capped former Sen. Ernest letters and petitions they said trial and call for an immediate Gruening (A-Alaska), David bore 420,000 signatures calling withdrawal from Vietnam. Hawk, a moratorium coordina- for a fast end to the Vietnam The rally was sponsored by tor, and Dick Davis, brother of war. the Vietnam Moratorium Com- Rennie Davis, a conspiracy trial defendant. At the close this weekend of their trial on charges of con- spiring to disrupt the 1068 Democratic convention, Davis and other defendants were sentenced for contempt. "We must all he in contempt of people who wage this un- just war . of racists ... (of) people who jail our dissenters and leaders," Dick Davis said yesterday. A dozen persons displayed broad black and yellow ban- ners reading "All in Con- tempt." Enthusiastic despite the ele- ments, much of the crowd clapped frequently, their gloved hands producing a muf- fled, thumping kind of ap- plause. There were shouts of "Right on!" The walk to the White House with the cartons of sig- natures began about 3 p.m., under • the watchful eye of about two dozen policemen who inspected the contents of the cartons before permitting bearers to proceed. A Moratorium spokesman said a request to meet with a White House representative to deliver the signatures had been turned down. The Presi- dent was in Florida yesterday. Demonstrators quietly stacked the red, white and blue cartons, adorned with the peace symbol, near the west gate. When the demonstrators left, secret service men took the cartons into the Executive Office Building. While most of the demon- strators had walked slowly to- ward the west gate, some of t hose bearing "All in Con- tempt" banners primarily sup- porters of the Chicago de. fendants had dashed ahead, shouting, "Smash the state." At that point 20 police mo- torcycle officers rolled slowly down Pennsylvania Avenue, single file. But there was no incident. The small group, many of them winded, walked away after reaching the gate. By Harry Naltoharan—The Pienehincton Pont Thirty-seven boxes containing signatures were left at the White House yesterday.