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Four Outlets

The hippie exists from four
outlets. He receives money from
home, sells papers, begs and
borrows, and receives donations
from groups such as the Diggers.
The Diggers were there
with the opening of Haight-Ashbury
and many feel that without
them the community would not
have survived. They are the social
workers of the society.
They began by opening their
doors to all who needed a place
to stay, and have continued by
opening The Free Store, and The
Free Clinic (where doctors from
the San Francisco area give generously
of their time for the
good of the hippie), and have
reached renown by their Free
Food in the park each day. But
now the Diggers are slowly being
replaced by a group called
the Switchboard. The Switchboard
is mainly concerned with
the communications system in
the Haight. News travels fast,