Shall We Stand Alone or Together? 12-09-1966

By E l i j a h M u h a m m a d Messenger of Allah STANDING TOGETHER creates strength, but division causes weakness and weakness invites attack. Ignorance and fear keep the so-called Negro (Lost-Found Member of the Aboriginal Black Nation) divided.

THE IGNORANCE of the knowledge of self and kind and the knowledge of other than self and kind has produced the present weak leadership, namely, the Black preachers of the white man's Christianity.

Dedicated to Freedom, Justice and Equality for the so-called Negro.

The Earth Belongs to Allah

VOL. 6—No. 12

THE SLAVE-MASTERS were the makers of the Black preachers. During the time of servitude slavery, the slave-masters taught them to preach in order that they keep the so-called Negro a slave to the white man, physically and spiritually.

THEREFORE, TODAY, I do think hard of the poor Black preachers' past ignorance and division against his own people in favor of his master who is the enemy of all the Black people on the face of the earth—by nature.

I do not charge the white man with that which, by nature, he is made to do. But, I do blame the Black

preachers, if, having knowledge, they bow to that which is an enemy of God and the righteous. The white man offers that which will destroy me and my brothers.

THE BLACK preachers have been listening to this truth of white America and her enslavement of the LostFound Members of the Aboriginal Black Nation, for 35 years. So, there is no excuse for the Black preachers preaching such a doctrine as the w h i t e man's Christianity.

THE BLACK preachers, politicians a n d educators, see the rising of the black,

brown and yellow people on the face of the earth today.

They are pulling the nails out of the hands and the feet — the nails which held them to the cross of Christianity — which made them subject Nations to white Europe and America. They are freeing themselves. T h i s should make the American so-called Negroes and their leaders (Black preachers, politicians and educators) think sanely in the way of self. They should stand together and oppose being shackled to the same stake (slave-masters' children) to (Continued

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WE OFFER THE K E Y to unlock this slavery, ignorance and fear which locked our fathers in 400 years ago.

the unity which means our. so-called Negro who can be s a l v a t i o n J of help toward their own salThere are many good-i v a tion and the salvation of I hearted preachers, lawyers, their people. doctors, and e d u c a t o r s among us, but they are filled i t IS I S L A M that the with the fear of losing the united States of America hypocritical friendship and • wants to keep out of the sopromises of higher positions called Negroes' brains, beS H O U L D W E A L L O W such , ignorance and fear of our ! <° ffl ?es> that are corn- cause white America knows b y Islam will get for the enemy to keep us d i v i d e d - ! p a r a b l e t 0 t h o s e h e l d that white people.

Lost Found members of the to our shame and disgrace We see America falling. aboriginal nation, not a tembefore our brethern of the world of Black, brown, yel- She will not have enough porary high place among the low and other colors belong- high places for her own kind nations, but a permanent —not to think of having a high place among the naing to us? NO! few for a hated and despised tions of the earth. This we WE MUST STAND togeth- s e r v a n t (the so-called have proof of. White Amerier as other people and races Negro). ca would like to poison the are doing, today — against Orthodox Muslims of the being destroyed by t h e GOD IS AFTER us to give world against us, but if they wicked opponents of God u s ustice and beaven while we live, and drink the poison of theirs truth, freedom God is after our enemy to and our enemies, it would equality, for us. be long before they IT IS THE HEIGHT of ig- give those who oppose his not would see and understand aims and purposes, hell. norance for us to be divided the truth—that God is with Shall we stand together for in this modern day and time.

A F T E R KNOWLEDGE God's help and our salva- us to unite us with our brethhas come to him, pity should tion, or shall we stand alone ren of Islam throughout the not be shown to any so-called with the false promises and earth. The true sayings of Negro who accepts bribes false friendship of a 400 year the prophets that were written before we were ever T h e H o n o r a b l e Elijah M u h a m m a d tokens and promises which old enemy? brought to the western hemare against his own salvaIf we, the Muslims, hire a are too proud to be called white man's world) and of tion and that of his people. well qualified Attorney-at- isphere, must be fulfilled. by the Name of Almighty , how it is trying to deprive us There are no people, in or NOR WILL GOD SHOW Law to defend us, according Allah and prefer the name j of the salvation that is beof America, that show him pity. He has declared to the law of justice, in their out sympathy for the rise of the o f t h e d e v i l - y o u w i l 1 h a v e n o ' i n g o f f e r e d to us by God, in that He will fill hell with court, they will seek to ele- so-called Negro t h a t the a m ° n ^ t h e p e o p l e o f the Person of Master Fard such people—who know His vate him into a higher office. t h e Hereafter. ; Muhammad, To Whom Will and will not do it a n d ! S U C h as a judgeship. WeUnited States of America We must be called by the j praise is Due forever, who join on the side of His hired two of the best lawyers will not seek to oppose and enemy, the devil, to war in Los Angeles, Califor- keep away from our help. On Name of God in order to enTHIS this, the intellectuals of the ; ter into the life of the next THIS SALVATION w i l l against Him. nia, in 1962, to defend us so-called America Negro ! world. Only a fool wants to unite us together on a platLET US NOT BE so foolish against charges resulting form of permanent freedom, as to fight our Own God and from a brutal police attack. will agree with me. I t is the ; be called by the name of his truth and nothing but the enemy.

Every hour that you justice, and equality, our salvation and people—to In order to deprive us of a n d 1 hve brings us more DO WE STAND TOGETHthe derision and mockery of these lawyers' knowledge of truth.

LET US STAND together knowledge of this world (the j ER OR ALONE? us, by the enemy. the law and knowledge of She (white America) seeks our innocence, and in order —not divided. Do not at- i " to deprive me and my fol- to suppress the knowledge of tempt to stand alone, be7 lowers of friendship and" the guilt of our murderers, cause we are too weak to progress in the way of free- they made judges out of both stand alone. You must have dom, justice, and equality. Earl Broady and Lorin God and your whole nation with you. Your whole nation She (white America), trys to M i l l e r Another example of these I includes all people except oppose anyone who has good CAIRO—Finally, the West- way, turning the canal into intentions and who offers types of promotions can be the white race, regardless of sympathy to us, or tries t o ! s e e n in Joseph B. Williams' color or creed. They are ern world — which holds an "unusable ditch."

HOWEVER, the figures help us. They know that I i S g appointed to a ten ! willing to help us stand firm ; tightly to the assumption am teaching the truth which y e a / t e r m as a family court together, if we will accept that the rest of the world since nationalization show will open the eyes and ears | justice and in George Leigh- them. But, due to your fear ; c a n t attain efficiency ana the mettle of the Egyptians of losin g the white man'sacquire know-how by itself- in operating the canal: of my people. They will even ton's recent appointment — • The number of ships go so far as to exalt the so- both of whom have repre- favoritism, you will not ac- has had to admit that the Egyptians have run the Suez using the canal has incept them. called Negro leaders (pro- sented Muslims. creased by nearly 50 per The fall of the power of the Canal with amazing skill and fessionals, clergy, and policent—from 14,666 in 1955 IN PHOENIX, Arizona, we j white race ruling over the "clock-work precision." ticians), who are against me to 20,829 in 1965. hired a lawyer to defend us darker people of the earth t i nA^ UNITED T " " ™ l Press * V ^ nInterna^Cn and my followers. iro • Net tonnage has alagainst a federal govern- is inevitable. No sane m a n l l o n a l noted: most doubled as a result ONCE THEY learn that j ment bus driver who com- will dispute the above say"Today the of improvements that these intellectuals h a v e j p i e t e i y demolished my 1962 ings, but a foolish one or one 103-mile caraised t h e permissible spoken words of sympathy • Cadillac, and who almost fearful of what his enemy n a 1 linking draught of ships from 35 to me and my followers, or {billed the driver and his wife I would do. I say fear Allah the Mediterfeet in 1955 to 38 feet in if they think that these intel-j a n d t w o m 0 r e occupants — and come follow me. Allah ranean a n d 1965. lectuals will be persuaded a l l 0 f w h o m were Muslims. ! w i l l take away from you the Red Sea by the truth of God and the j I t i s a miracle that they j your fear and give you pow• A 70-fold increase in is a thriving salvation t h a t He h a s | a r e a i i v e today. During the 1 er to stand together with the cash yield. In the c o n c e r n brought to us, they will t r y j t r i a l t h e b u s driver told the i your kind. year preceding nationoperated alization, the Egyptian to sway them with offers of ; t r u t h a n d a dmitted that he WHITE AMERICA sees with almost treasury received nearhigher positions was at fault. Currently this what black America does clock work ly $3 million in royalties The white race of America case has been to court twice, not see — and knows what precision." from the old (imperialhas never wanted us to be and we are yet seeking a black America. does not When Presist) canal company. In Nasser united. This we all know. We third trial, in order to get know about her doom, and ident Gamal the fiscal year of 1965must unite and fight to the something for the loss of our J the salvation of b l a c k Abdel Nasser nationalized 1966, the government rebitter end, those opposed to property and for our person-j America, the Suez Canal, "experts" ceived $209.3 million in al injuries, which w a s i r e p e a t , every Black man, were quick to predict the cacanal revenues.

MUHAMMAD SPEAKS caused by the acknowledged woman, girl, or boy, who|nal operations would break THE EGYPTIAN Canal Published Weekly negligence of the bus driver. turns to Allah and to His true , down into chaos because the j Authority has spent $184 m i l Vol. 6—No. 12 Dec. 9, 1966 We hired a lawyer of our religion, Islam, and who re- ' Egyptians did not have the! lion on improvements in the own kind, H. B. Daniels, to ceives one of the Names of necessary technical and ad- last 10 years. This figure is seek justice in this case of ! Allah (God), will get into ministrative skills.

P u b l i s h e d by highly significant when comMuhammad's Mosque No. 2 injustice to us and since that. the Hereafter. Any one of Ten years ago, the Egyp- pared with the $47 million time, the court of Phoenix | the 100 Names of God means I tians, fighting efforts of Brit- spent on improvements dur6 3 4 E. 79th St., C h i c a g o , III., 6 0 6 1 9 has elevated him to the of- j good and will get you j ish and French forces to ing the 86-year administraA B e r d e c n 4-8622-23 fice of judgeship. This is i into the Hereafter, if you • seize the canal, sank 47 ships tion of t h e old canal 6 Months (26 i s s u e s ) f 5.20 is only a trick to buy off the • will accept them. But, if you i in the international water-1 company.

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Report Why 'Dollar Colonialism' Endangers African Freedom

By Charles P. Howard (UN and Foreign Correspondent) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. —As one looks at the political situation In Africa, one wonders what has happened to the cause of freedom and independence on that continent. Beginning with 1957, the independence cause moved forward in leaps and bounds. Britain seemed to move forward in the plan to grant independence "as soon as the African country was r e a d y . " She had already demonstrated this in Asia.

BY JANUARY, 1962, 29 African countries had received their so - called independence. T h i s does not include Ethiopia, Liberia and the United Arab Republic, which had become independent e a r l i e r .

Howard Francedivided French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa into 15 independent African states. They received their independence during 1960 — and almost simultaneously they came into the United Nations.

T r a d i t i o n a l colonialism seemed dead and Africa appeared to be on the march to complete independence, certainly i n the British and French areas. However, Portugal hung on to Angola and Mozambique, and S o u t h Africa still remained outside the fold.

So rapidly was the cause of freedom moving in Africa that the then British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made his famous "Wind of Change" speech in the South African Parliament on February 3, 1960.

MATURE African statesmen recognized the synthetic independence that had thus far been granted. Of all the F r e n c h African heads of states, President Toure alone chose real independence and refused to go along as an appendage to France, and President Nkrumah of Ghana, on the date of Ghana's independence said: "The independence of Ghana is inconsequential unless it is tied up with the freedom of all of Africa."

By 1963, African countries began to see the weakness of their alleged independence* and m o v e d toward creating unification machinery and set up the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

The great weakness of African independence was that

although African countries had black presidents, black parliaments, and other trimmings of independence, they never really were independent because the control of their natural resources and their economy remained in the hands of foreign colonial powers.

AS FAR AS the French states were concerned, their national budgets were drawn in France and France f i nanced the deficits.

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VIETNAMESE ORPHANS gather at singing session in U.S. compound for displaced persons, as 17-year-old girl sings sentimental songs. The vast majority of these youths' parents were killed by U.S. napalm attacks.

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BURUNDI, tiny, landlocked nation (arrow), bordering on the Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania, is the scene of constant, Belgium-inspired tribal conflicts.

Belgium Still Runs Burundi Despite Coup NAIROBI, Kenya — The Burundi army's overthrow of its 19-year-old king, Ntare V, was seen by free African leaders as no indication of future improvements in the dire plight of the tiny nation's oppressed people.

BELGIAN-INSPIRED conflicts between the Bahutus and the Watusis continue to plague efforts of black leaders to b r i n g about unity among the citizens.

Premier Michel Micombero installed the military in all key positions in the Government, after deposing the king, who had deposed his father, Mwambutsa IV, on Sept. 1.

Both Burundi and the adjoining republic of Rwanda, which made up the single territory of Ruanda-Urundi before they became theoretically independent in 1962, were under German and Belgian occupation.

BELGIUM however, still maintains a strangle hold on the tiny nations' mineral and agricultural wealth.

Some are held prisoner by American troops as Viet Cong suspects. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to escalate its genocidal w a r against the people of Viet Nam.

WASHINGTON — America's unrelenting quest for an even more lop - sided ratio of Negro cannon-fodder to feed into the Viet Nam slaughter mill has spurred the Pentagon to make a third revision in draft standards this year.

PROMINENT jurists, educators and social scientists throughout the country protest the basic illegality of the Viet Nam War, pointing out that the genocidal conflict is being conducted on the "backs of America's black youths."

One prominent New York attorney recently pointed out that under existing National Defense regulations the 1-Y classification can only be changed to active draft status in times of war or during a Congressionally - declared National Emergency. T h u s far, 1-Y's have been converted into combat soldiers without either.

A group of Midwest jurists are preparing a challenge of the right of the draft board to so increase its cannon fodder without resort to either a National Emergency declared by Congress, or a war declaration, which President Johnson " refuses to make.

NOW THE Pentagon is lowering its mental requirements to induct an even higher ratio of black youths.

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Barbados Is Made Free BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — After 361 years of oppressive British rule, Barbados, easternmost of the West Indies Islands, has become independent.

THE NEW nation is the western hemisphere's smallest, with an area of 166 square miles. The population is 245,000. With about 1,500 persons to the square mile, it replaces Haiti as the most densely populated nation in the hemisphere.

Prime Minister Errol Warner, 46 years old, received the c o n s t i t u t i o n a l instruments of independence from the Duke of Kent, representing the British crown.

Barrow's Democratic Labor party has been in power here since 1961.

Sugar and rum are the props of the island's economy. Many tourists come to see the nation's white sand beaches and verdant countryside.

U N E M P L O Y M E N T and overcrowding are two of the new nation's major problems. Barbadians, about 90 per cent of whom are of African descent, are known in the Carribean for the stately pace of their lives. I t is said they prefer a calm existence to the hurly-burly of powers like the United States.

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ment announced another lowering of mental standards for inductees and said more registrants currently classified 1-Y will be rescreened when administrative procedures are worked out.

ALTHOUGH BLACK people constitute only some 11 per cent of America's population, even the defense department admit Negro casualties in Viet Nam are between 25 and 35 per cent.

The most recent changes involve high school graduates and nongraduates who receive scores of 10 to 30 out of a possible 100. Ten is considered about the equivalent of a fifth grade education.

Youths scoring 10 to 15 on the armed forces qualification test will be forced to serve or go to prison.

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ON AUG. 1, the total resident population of the United LOUISVILLE, Ky.—There States (excluding armed forces abroad) was estimated has been considerable specuby the bureau of the census to be 196,039,000. This was an lation in the white press increase of 2,031,000 or 1 per cent from the estimate for about the reasons why JuAugust 1, 1965. lian Bond resigned from the * * # Student Nonviolent CoordiA U.S. artillery battery killed three Vietnamese vil- nating Committee (SNCC) lagers and wounded 14 in a mistaken shelling of a friendly but Bond did not quit becommunity, Tan Uyen, that just five months ago wascause of any rift with the orbombed accidentally by a U.S. Air Force F-100 Super ganization's national chairSabre jet. man, Stokely Carmichael. *

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THIS MOST populous city in the world grew by 4,242 THIS WAS made clear by last month to a total 11,008,757, the Japanese government Bond himself in a letter to The Southern Patriot, pubannounced. lished here by the Southern * * * C o n f e r e n c e EducationTHE POPULATION in the Paris area will more than al Fund. triple from 4.5 million now to over 14 million in the year Declaring that he wanted 2000, planning experts here said. "to set the record straight" * * * on his resignation as comABOUT 1.3 million workers won wage increases aver- munications director from aging 3.8 per cent annually in major collective bargaining SNCC, Bond wrote: settlements so far in 1966, the Labor Department reports. " I have no disagreement This compares with average pay hikes of 3.3 per cent in 1965, 3 per cent in 1964 and 2.3 per cent in 1963, the with Stokely Carmichael or other SNCC workers or with Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

SNCC's policies and pro* # * NOTED BRITISH historian Sir Denis Brogan, in an grams." article in Newsweek magazine declared, "The American In an evaluation of the civway of war (in Viet Nam) is bound to be like the American il-rights organization, Bond way of life. I t is bound to be mechanized like the Ameri- said: can farm and kitchen. (The U.S. Army) is the army of a " I believe now that SNCC nation of colossal business enterprises, often wastefully has been and will continue run in detail, but winning by their mere scale and by their to be the cutting edge of the ability to wait until that scale tells."

Southern — and hopefully * * * the Northern—movement."

THE UNITED States came under strong attack in BOND, elected and reParliament for having delayed grain shipments while elected to the Georgia House many Indians faced the threat of starvation.

Opposition legislators heatedly denounced what they of Representatives but decalled the "freeze" on grain shipments and accused Presi- nied his seat by white mem- SEEN HERE with SNCC national chairman, Stokely Cardent Johnson of trying to use food to bring improper pres- bers of that body in a case michael (left, in overalls) is Julian Bond (right) then comnow before the courts, as- munications director of the civil rights organization. In the sures on the Indian government. serted that peace and civil center background is John R. Lewis, former national chair* * * man of the group.

A CHAMBER of Commerce official said that "irre- rights are indivisible. " M y concern for the movesponsible" labor union action was sweeping away the ganization of blacks and/or of our problems."

Negro job opportunities that grew out of civil rights dem- ment is that those who see whites can make an effecSTATING that serious ef'peace' as one issue and onstrations here i n 1964. tive stand for some change forts must be made to "or'civil rights' another issue An arbitration board voided agreements with San on local, state and Federal ganize those white persons Francisco hotels requiring that percentages of jobs in must come to see that they levels. who so badly need organizaare the s a m e ; that the various categories be held for minority group members.

"The seizure of power by tion," Bond said he is conforces against freedom in * * * Mississippi and Alabama the powerless," he contin- vinced "there can be a fair THE HIGHEST net income per farm in the United often stand united against ued, "and the effective use and honest coalition—as opStates is in Arizona, a tidy $21,423. Realized net income freedom and self-determina- of it, whether i t forces itself posed to the March - On per farm has been consistently above $10,000 in Arizona tion in Viet Nam." against b a l l o t boxes or Washington type so common since 1950, and the level has been highest in the nation for banks, is (the) key, I be- in the movement — between17 years. Second and third places are held by Florida with UNDERLINING the i m - lieve, to reaching a solution whites and Negroes." $10,931, and California with $9,474. portance of the civil rights * * * movement entering politics THE NATIONAL Research Council urged a national RHODESIA, faced with the threat of mandatory United in order to give "a voice to campaign against accidental injuries, leading cause of Nations sanctions in December, is intensifying its drive the voiceless," Bond de- death among Americans between the ages of 1 and 37. to increase exports. clared that a "thoroughly The council, operating agency for the National AcadMost of the business is being done with two countries organized, democratically- emy of Sciences, called accidents "the neglected disease that have defied world pressure and continued to deal with run grass roots political or- ! of modern society."

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HARRY GOLDEN, editor and author, has proposed. that the government establish a 100-billion-dollar, 10-year j program to help American Negroes enter the mainstream •' of the nation's life.

Golden told a Senate government operations subcommittee that this could be considered an "indemnity" for United States failure to provide Negroes with the opportu nities afforded other minorities.

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Air. Jones' viewpoints in many ways represent the elan of the "new breed" of yowng black intellectuals who have maintained close relations with the anguished black oppressed.

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streets." The already high rate of Negro unemployment if not for the war, would have risen greatly. Anymore pressure on the unemployed w o u l d result in "rioting everywhere," he said.

"Whitey, ever since World War I I , has been trying to hold colored people down," Jones observed. He has been trying to keep them in check so that their new-found muscles will not be used to tear down his carefully-structured world control.

"The Vietnamese war is just the latest dupe of colred people they've had to bust. Since 1945, they've been in constant, constant tangles with colored people — Arabs, A f r i c a n s , Asians, Latin Americans."

Black people who are realistically aware of themselves and the white man in the world will not participate in the white man's war in Viet Nam or anywhere else, black poet, playwright and essayist LeRoi Jones has deTHE WRITER p o i n t e d clared. To do so means par- out that the black man participation in the ultimate de- ticipated in World War I I struction of self, lie reasoned. and the Korean War, and now participates in V i e t " I N AMERICA, if a black Nam. However, he said, man fights in this war, he many of those who are now I can't h a v e participating thought t h e y an u n d e r - had no way out.

I standing o f "Most of the time the who he is. . . young black brother thinks If he did, he (Continued on page 22) would know that his own best interests [are not (served by enjtering into i t .

I t is not an intelligent reJones a c t i o n to fight for somebody you know only w a n t s your destruction," Mr. Jones stated during a MUHAMMAD SPEAKS interview.

The war, the writer asserted, is very beneficial to the white people.

"The war is responsible for keeping the economy animated," he said. "We are still on a war economy — there is so much war-time inflation. The factories are making all those arms. There are all those defense contracts . . . I f it weren't for the war, t h o s e factories would be closed. T h e r e would be a whole lot m o r e white people out of work, and then there would be a serious problem."

In addition, the playwright went on, the war has helped POET, PLAYWRIGHT and essayist LeRoi Jones is one of new of apprehension in the environment of the white America, to take " a l l of those horrid breed of young black Americans whose voices are growing in Jones is shown in his Harlem office falking wi th co-workers. little black boys off t h e volume across the land and around the world, causing tremors

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of the West U N I T E D N A T I O N S , N . Y . — T h r o u g h sheer p o w e r a n d i n t r i g u e , t h e C h r i s t i a n W e s t was able t o b l o c k — f o r t h e 17th t i m e — t h e admission o f C h i n a , t h e largest n a t i o n i n t h e w o r l d , t o i t s seat i n t h e U n i t e d Nations. H o w e v e r , m a n y o f those A f r i c a n s who opposed A m e r i c a ' s p o l i c y t o o k a m o r e disc e r n i n g l o o k a t t h e basis o f A m e r i c a ' s o p p o s i t i o n to C h i n a .

Guinea, whose m i l i t a n t President Sekou T o u r e has m a i n t a i n e d a n i n d e p e n d e n t p o s i t i o n since his

c o u n t r y left t h e c o l o n i a l d o m i n a t i o n o f France, t o l d America d u r i n g the debate: " C h i n a , t h e greatest p o w e r i n A s i a , is a r e a l i t y t h a t n o p r o p a g a n d a can destroy. I t is t h e f i r s t ' p o w er o f color,' o n c e enslaved b y i n t e r n a t i o n a l i m perialists, t o acquire a mastery o f m o d e r n science a n d t e c h n o l o g y a n d t o a t t a i n heights o f k n o w l e d g e w h i c h c a n n o longer b e t h e m o n o p o l y o f t h e w h i t e a n d C h r i s t i a n nations o f t h e W e s t . " G u i n e a v o t e d f o r China's admission.

Why 17 African Nations Backed Bid to Seat China in UN

President Sekou Toure mission to the World Body, the P e o p l e s Republic of 1

By Charles P. Howard 773,613,372, is less than the China were referred to as (UN Correspondent) population of China itself, "client states" and states not UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. recently estimated by the free to vote their own wishes.

Under tremendous pressure UN as 800,000,000.

The great cold war issue exerted by A m e r i c a and Further, m a n y nations as far as Africa is concerned other imperialist nations, 16 opposing China's admission is designed to prevent Afriundeveloped African nations contain only a handful of can s t a t e s from adopting p e r s o n s , compared with practices proven successful were forced to oppose the China's one - fourth of the by China in the development admission of the Peoples Re- world's people. For example, of its natural resources, edupublic of China to the United Gambia with a population of cation of its people, solution Nations. However 17 other 324,000; Gabon with 450,000; of the food problem, and a African countries voted to Iceland with 185,000; Luxem- fiscal program that enables bourg with 319,000; Guyana China to be the only country seat China. with 600,000; Lesotho with in the world that can say that 733,000 and Botswana with it has paid off every penny TWO OPPOSING African 548,000. of its international debt and nations, Botswana and LesoAround the halls of the owes nobody anything. tho, both newly "independ- United Nations the day of the ent," are under the heels of decision,, those countries votTHE C H I N E S E people j the white supremacy regime ing against the admission of have been able to do this J in South Africa which, of w h i l e receiving crushing i course, opposes any progress blows from Western imperi- ! by non-white peoples. alism. I t is to deny the AfriAmerican and European can countries the example imperialists control the poliand association with Chinese tical and economic strucexperts that all the struggle tures of the other African to keep China out of the countries opposing C h i n a .

NEW YORK, New York— U n i t e d Nations and keep They are the Central African A group, angrily protesting China out of Africa is about.

Republic, Congo (Leopold- American intervention in When African countries ville), Dahomey, G a b o n , Vietnam sent four small box- unite and cease to be "client!

G a m b i a , Ivory Coast, L i - es ashes to President John- states" they will be able to j beria, Madagascar, Malawi, son, United Nations ambasNiger, Rwanda, Upper Volta sador Arthur Goldberg, Sec- get through the United Na-1 YOUNG CONGOLESE students in Peking reading dissertation tions proposals for their best in front of photo of Mao Tse-tung. It is to circumvent influence and Libya. retary of State Dean Rusk, interests rather than forever of China on Africa and Asia which has caused white Christian On the substantive propo- and Secretary of Defense fighting the battles of their west to put forth such near-hysterial efforts to keep China outsal "to restore all the rights Robert McNamara. side of the UN. owners and their bosses. to the Peoples Republic of China and expel the repre- THE BOXES contained the sentatives described as rep- remnants of discharge paresenting only Chiang Kai- pers, medals and combat shek," the vote was 46 in fa- ribbons, and officer promovor, 57 against and 17 absten- tion papers burned in New tions.

York on Veterans day, and in Philadelphia on IndependIRONICALLY, THE total ence day by members of the populations of all the na- Veterans and Reservists to tions opposing China's ad- End the War in Viet Nam. a b o u t the g r e a t message o f t r u t h in Wulumnud Sprate

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T h e Ordeal W i t h (Special to Muhammad Speaks) The miraculous recovery of Minister Clyde Rahaman, who was shot down on the streets of St. Louis, Mo., was described by physicians of Homer Phillips Hospital as " i n amazing defiance of their prognostications and "beyond medical comprehension."

remember seeing my wife, Beatrice, the nurses, Minister Leroy and Brother Secretary John A l i from Chicago. With them was Captain Raymond Sharrieff, Minister James and the Messenger's son, Emanuel Muhammad. They flew right down here and stayed, with my wife, at my bedside. They prayed with me and tried to encourage and comfort me."

MINISTER Rahaman's wife, Beatrice, said the doctors had expressed l i t t l e hope for his recovery. Physicians later told them that Brother John W. X Moore THE DEVOUT minister of had died of wounds and Muhammad's Mosques of Is- Brother Secretary Timothy lam No. 28, in St. Louis, and was in good condition.

No. 30, in Kansas City, Mo., " I was very weak from credits the miracle of his recovery to the "prayers, en- loss of b l o o d , " Minister couragement and comfort" Clyde continued. "As I reextended to him by the Hon- member, it s e e m e d as orable Elijah Muhammad, though I drifted back and forth in consciousness. The the Messenger of Allah.

During an interview in his turning point came the secSt. Louis home with a re- ond day. porter from MUHAMMAD " I don't know if it was SPEAKS, Minister C l y d e night or day; I was semitraced the tragic events of conscious when the phone the morning of Oct. 17, 1966: was handed me by my wife.

"Brother Timothy X Hoff- I could hear the soft, inspirman and I were on Grand ing voice of the Honorable Avenue around 8:30 a.m., Elijah Muhammad and from preparing to stop by Shabazz this moment on, everything Restaurant and then go to is crystal c l e a r in my the bank. Brother John X memory.

Moore met us on the way "He reminded me that Aland asked if the b a r b e r lah is our God and our reshops were open on Mondays. We told him they were ligion is Islam; he explained not open, just as we reached the type of environment we lived in the midst of; the i m Shabazz Restaurant. portance of his work and "THEN WE saw Andrew many, many things much Hoffman coming toward us.

(Continued on page 8) I turned toward the restaurant door and that's when Andrew shot Johnny twice.

Andrew t h e n shot me, turned and shot my brother, Timothy. The bullet, which I later learned was fired from a .38 caliber revolver, hit me in the right arm. As I fell, I shouted, 'Call the police; get the doctor.'

"Andrew walked over to me and I remember hearing him say, 'You're not dead.

I ' m going to kill you.' He put the gun just below my right temple and fired."

Minister Rahaman said he felt the blood r u s h i n g through his nose and mouth, but did not lose consciousness. " I BEGAN TO pray," he recalled, "and asked Allah to please spare my life. I told Him I wanted to continue helping His Messenger, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and told Him that I had no son, no one to carry on. The police came and put me on a stretcher and into an ambulance. They asked who shot me and I said Andrew Hoffman."

Minister Clyde s a i d he does not remember everything after that, although his wife and others said he never lost consciousness and was speaking rationally.

"While in the hospital, I

When Death W a s Knocking At the Door

FEARED LOST after falling victim to vicious shooting attack Oct. 17, Minister Clyde Rahamon of Muhammad's Mosque of Islam No. 29, St. Louis, Mo., was given "slim chance" of survival by physicians. He was shot in the left arm and through the right side of his head, the bullet entering just below his

CONVALESCING VICTIM of shooting attack, Minister Clyde Rahaman of Muhammad's Mosques of Islam in St. Louis, and Kansas City, Mo., and his courageous wife, Sister Beatrice. " I think my wife suffered more than I did," Minister Rahaman said. "It was a terrible ordeal for her and she was right by me all the way." The devoted Minister, who attributes his

temple and exiting from his left jaw. He attributes his miraculous recovery to the "prayers, concern and encouragement" extended him by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The devoted minister expects to resume his full duties within a month.

miraculous recovery to the "prayers, concern and encouragement" expressed by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, was was shot in the arm and through the head by a crazed gunman, the second bullet entering just below his right temple and exiting from his left jaw.

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SISTER LILLIE X Moore, wife of Brother Johnnie W. X Moore, who died of bullet wounds, Brother Johnnie's sister La Faune X, Secretary Timothy X. Hoffman, who was

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ence acceleration and noted the creation of an organization designed to unify African countries. T h e n and there they set about to destroy it all — and to date they have been eminently successful.

This column has repeatedly warned that it was a plan of the colonial powers n o t only to halt the independence drive in Africa, but to recolonize it. at least all of Southern Africa, and in this they also have been emiwounded but soon released from hospital, and nently successful.

It is worth taking a look his wife, Sister Delores X Hoffman seated in to see how this has been posShabazz Restaurant in St. Louis, Mo. sible. I n spite of their declarations of independence, British, French, American, German, D u t c h and South African capital has not only kept its stranglehold on the economy of Africa, but has

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eral times a day and often during late evening hours.

"They began to marvel at 'my miraculous recovery.'

They said they had never seen anything like it and asked if I could explain it. I told them I followed the teachings of the Messenger of Allah, and explained my clean life and clean eating habits.

He was shot at 8:30 a.m. and reached the hospital by 9:15 a.m.

" I WAS SO encouraged by his words that, without realizing it, tears welled up into my eyes. I began to tremble with elation as I listened to the inspiring teachings of the Messenger of Allah. My wife, seeing my high state of emotion, took the phone from me and a b r o t h e r helped me settle back in the bed.'

"BY 9:40 a.m. some 100 Minister Clyde recalled the doctors came to see him sev- Muslims were at the hospital inquiring about my condition," he added. "The doctors and nurses were moved to comment that they had never seen such love and I unity, nor such a tremen| dous response from people of j the city.

"They put us in a special ; room together—Timothy and 11—and the dietitian brought us trays of fruit every day and ordered a special diet since they knew we didn't eat pork."

Minister Clyde said he received thousands of cards, letters and phone calls, both f r o m Muslims throughout the country and from other people in St. Louis, Kansas City and Canton, Miss., his home town. " I RECEIVED l e t t e r s from the wardens of three Federal prisons, where I had been advancing the teachings of the Messenger of Al!lah — Leavenworth, Kans., ; Marion, HI. and Springfield, MINISTER CLYDE Rahaman's Mo. The wardens expressed boundless energy brings him to concern over the incident, Grand Avenue in St. Louis, inquired as to my health, Mo., despite doctors' orders wished me a speedy recovthat he remain indoors until ery and urged me to hurry fully recovered from shooting back and continue my work. attack. "My work in advanc"They said the inmates ing the teachings of the Hon- were pressing them to conorable Elijah Muhammad and tinue their inquiries concernthe cause of Islam comes ing my condition and when before anything else in the I would return. I was told T^ world," the minister declares. could send clippings from He said he is following the MUHAMMAD SPEAKS advice of the Messenger of newspaper, but still they Allah, who insisted that he will not permit the entire "take it easy" until strong newspaper to e n t e r the enough to go back to work. prisons.

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increased its hold. They have been able to do this by the use of several methods.

THE FRENCH with a complete control of the purses of the French African countries — and with an indoctrination of its French African leadership — have been able to carry out their end of African control rather easily.

The British created what t h e y call the "Commonwealth" and by trade pacts, financial agreements a n d the fact of their physical presence within the African countries, have w i e l d e d t h e i r influence, while the Americans extended t h e i r famous "dollar colonialism."

For example, they have either killed or otherwise destroyed every African leader who was unquestionably ded(Continued on page 22)

Find Negro Vote in South Key to Several Victories

fracture and required use of a cast for about two and a half weeks. He said his arm is functioning normally, but he still c a n n o t open his mouth very wide and the ATLANTA — The Southdoctors advised him not to ern Negro's vote was the continue his work for about margin of victory in the eleca month. tion of one United S t a t e s Senator, two Representatives HE SAID the most import- and at least one Governor ant factor contributing to his this fall, according to politispeedy recovery was the cal analysts. calls he received from the NEGRO voters also helped Honorable Elijah Muhammad and from his wife, Sis- defeat a racist sheriff in Selma, Ala.; helped to stall ter Clara Muhammad. the election of a Governor "She would call one day," in Georgia; put 20 Negroes he said, "and the Messenger in Southern legislatures and would call the next day. I helped a new name outpoll also talked with the Messen- a member of the Byrd famger's son, Herbert Muham- ily in Virginia. mad, which was very enThese are among the facts couraging. Brother Secreemerging from a still incomtary John Ali often called to see how I was progressing. plete study of the Nov. 8 general election by the Voter Education Project of the (Continued on page 22)

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The project promotes Negro voter registration and voter education in the South.

In the 11 states of the Confederacy, Negro registration was up from 2,174,200 in 1964 to an estimated total of 2,671,514 this fall.

AMONG the victors who owe their election to the Negro vote this fall are Winthrop Rockefeller, the Republican Governor-elect from Arkansas, two Democratic Senators-elect from S o u t h Carolina, and two Democrats elected to the house, Nick Galupanikus of the Fifth District of North Carolina and Ray Blanton of Tennessee.

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The gigantic Houston Astrodome has been selected as the site of the next world heavyweight championship title fight, it was announced h e r e by Herbert Muhammad, manager of champion Muhammad Ali. THE ASTRODOME won the right to stage Muhammad Ali's eighth title defense after beating out a host of other cities which were vying for the prized contest.

The fight brings together W o r l d Boxing Association (WBA) champion Ernie Terrell and the young Muslim champion of the w o r 1 d on February 6 in a bout which, one and for all, will clear up the heavyweight championship picture in America.

The Astrodome, w h e r e Muhammad A l i slaughtered the hopes of Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams to ascend the throne, has extended itself in hospitality and services to win over such cities as Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Louisville and Las Vegas, bringing the celebrated match to Texas with all its attendant auxiliary benefits.

Attendance at the Muhammad - Williams f i g h t had broken indoor records and the forthcoming long-awaited tangle with Terrell is expected to outstrip even that.

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Muhammad's acceptance of Terrell as the logical challenger again underscores the champion's pledge to seek out the best contenders in all nations and to avoid none.

MEANWHILE, Herbert Muhammad declared that, following the settling of the complications surrounding the site selection, Muhammad Ali will accept an invitation for an exhibition bout in H a w a i i on December 16, marking the first time in history a world heavyweight champion has accorded that island state the opportunity to see first-class pugilism in action.

"The champion is in excellent physical and m e n t a l condition—and we intend to keep him that way throughout his career," Manager Muhammad reported. " A c t u a l l y , Muhammad Ali's training for the Terrell fight will not begin officially until after the first of the year. He will follow t h e same training procedure we have found successful before —with the exception of even more c a r e f u l concentration," he said.

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A T L A N T A— Wherever World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali goes, he is constantly surrounded by highest level business and civic leaders.

TYPICAL OF the champion's recent tours was a recent Atlanta luncheon where talks over the possibility of a future A t l a n t a contest were held. On hand were many of the city's most outstanding leaders including Fulton County commissioners and members of the Atlanta Stadium authorities.

Among the most prominent figures at the luncheon was multi-millionaire owner of the Atlanta Falcons football t e a m and majority stockholder of one of the nation's l a r g e s t insurance companies Rankin Smith — who took special interest in the possibility of a fight promotion.

With Smith were his toplevel assistants Waymon Wright, an associate public relations director, Bud Erichson, d i r e c t o r , and Frank Wall, financial administrator.

OTHER GUESTS included Bill Lucus, of the Atlanta Braves Baseball club; Mrs. Anne Moses, executive secretary to A t l a n t a Mayor Ivan Allen; Dr. Benjamin Mays, president of Morehouse University; Dr. Vivian Henderson, president of Clark College.

MOREHOUSE PRESIDENT, Dr. Benjamin Mays, welcomes world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, who made a recent tour of Negro colleges and universities in the South.

ATLANTA MAYOR, Ivan Allen, appears highly pleased to receive autograph of world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, during the champ's recent visit to the fast-growing Southern city.

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By Abdul Basit Naeem I am writing this week's column in response to a letter I recently received from a Muslim brother in Pensacola, Fla. The letter suggested that I comment in this s p a c e on a memorandum sent to the brother— a member of the "Nation of Islam" in America, headed by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad—by a "representative of another, different Muslim movement" living in Pittsburgh, Penn.

By Elijah Muhammad Messenger of Allah The Devil's Opposition to Man (Black Man) and the Devil's Insinuations.

Chapter 7, 3rd Verse: Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord and follow not beside Him any guardians. Little do you mind.

7:4 And how many a town have We destroyed? For Our punishment came to it by night or while they slept at midday7:5 Yet their cry when Our punishment came to them was nothing but that they said: surely we are wrong doers.

7:6 Then certainly We shall question those to whom Messengers were sent and We shall question the Messengers.

7:7 Then surely We shall relate to them with knowledge and We are never absent.

7:8 And the judgment on that day will be just. So as for those whose good deeds are heavy, they will be successful.

Chapter 7, 26th Verse: O children of Adam we have sent down to you clothing to cover your shame, and clothing for beauty, and clothing that guards against evil. That is the best. This is the Message of Allah that they may be mindful.

This is referring to the white race, after they stripped off their clothes and were naked in the caves and hillsides of Europe to remind them today that they were given clothes to cover their body and shame, and then He clothed them with beauty, the clothing that guards against evil.

That is the Law and guidance of God that He gave to them through Moses and the Supreme Wisdom of how to protect themselves against mockery of civilizations — it was Supreme for their time.

Now with knowledge of decency and intelligence they have turned to the practice of going nude, partly nude, and acting indecent in order to tempt the world of Black Man to break the Law of decency and intelligence that their fathers were taught not to break.

THE memorandum, which he had forwarded to me and which I have since carefully studied, questions certain salient features of the U.S. Musl i m leader's teachings and philosophy.

Although I am forever eager to do Naeem my duty in defending the cause of Islam ; in America, I regret to injform my brother in Florida that I shall not answer the memorandum under reference. I will, of course, ex-

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This is to lead Black men and Black women astray rom the respect of God (Allah) and decent society of man, so they will find a place of divine chastisement and doom along with them (the white race).

In the following verse (27) Allah still warns them, and he Black people here are mentioned.

Chapter 7, 27th Verse: O children of Adam let not the devil seduce you as he expelled your parents from the garden, pulling off from their clothing that he might show them their shame. He surely sees you. He as well as his host from which you see them not. Surely He made the Devil's to be the friends of those who believe not.

Those who believe not is referring to the American so-called Negro (Black Man). The devil becomes their friends and guardians and they adopt indecency and the devil's way of civilization, and thus become the enemy of God and their Nation of righteousness (Black Nation). And therefore, their doom is that of the devil's (white man).

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T e a c h e r s End R a c e B a n BATON ROUGE, La.—Restraining to the end, the 20,000-member L o u i s i a n a Teachers association finally voted to open its membership to all races.

THE VIGOROUS discriminatory battle was climaxed when the parent National E d u c a t i o n association threatened to throw out the state group unless it dropped racial barriers in its membership.

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First of all, I do not wish to publicly comment on a document issued by another Muslim group because so doing might perchance give rise to a speculation (especially among our non-Muslim friends) that we, the Muslims, have nothing better to do than to engage in unnecessary controversies or debate with one another.

SURELY, I N theory, our beliefs and dogmas constitute an important part of our faith. I t is nevertheless, in the final analysis, our ACTIONS—how we lead our daily life and conduct ourselves in normal, everyday affairs—that distinguish us as "Allah's (righteous) people" and make us the true adherents of Islam.

Indulgence in arguments or discussion of issues that bear little or no relevance to our individual d a y-to-day existence as Muslims must therefore be deemed an extravagance and hence avoided.

Second, I happen to know a great deal about the Muslim organization which issued the said memorandum.

It is not an orthodox ("Sunni") group—in which case

its critique would certainly call for due and proper attention from this writer— and numerically it comprises but an insignificant fraction of the vast worldwide Islamic populace.

AS A MATTER of fact, the movement, which originated in India during the British rule 80 or 90 years ago and was the recipient of considerable overt British (European) s u p p o r t during its initial s t a g e s of development, commands little esteem, if any, in the eyes of Islamdom's top political, religious and cultural leaders. Its appraisal of the American M u s l i m movement or any aspects of its leader's doctrine must therefore be held ineffectual and inconsequential—and consequently undeserving of serious t r e a t m e n t in this space.

Now, of course, the opinions expressed above are entirely my own. As my readers are w e l l aware, while I am privileged to contribute to MUHAMMAD SPEAKS' columns, my writings printed therein do not comprise or reflect the official views of the "Nation of Islam" in America. How(Continued

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By E L I J A H M U H A M M A D Messenger of Allah The safest way of all to poured upon them. There eat, is to stop eating so of- are thousands, tens of thouten (three meals a day and sands, and hundreds of thoumeals between those three sands of herds of cattle and meals). I n the past, our ap- sheep and there are hundreds of thousands of fowls. petites were as the appe- Yet, Americans decorate tites of swine. The swine has their tables with the dino certain time to eat. I t will vinely prohibited flesh — the eat until it is sick and has swine, and represent themto lay down, but as soon as selves as being the true it finds a vacancy in its Christian followers of Jesus. stomach, it eats more food.

Americans have poison I t doesn't matter what kind whiskey and wine by the of food it may be; the swine eats anything. The swine's barrels and vats all over the life is very short, because it country, yet when this does comes here eating itself to not make them intoxicated death and death soon takes (drunk) and crazy enough, they resort to drugs (the poiit away. son weeds).

WE EAT TOO much and ALLAH HAS blessed them too often, and we eat the with so much bread that wrong foods (poison foods). they set whole fields of good Most of our d r i n k s are wheat on fire. They burn up poison. the wheat in order to obtain Allah has blessed America higher prices for it. They with the best of foods and are crazy over money and with good water that is plen- wealth. tiful. America has been Now today, Allah threatblessed with everything that ens America with all kinds she could desire, but after of plagues—not one kind, but all of these blessings, she Is many kinds. Allah withholds ungrateful and turns good the rains from her wheat things into bad, and wages a fields; sends terrific cold war against the God of good and snow upon her fertile and His people. bread basket areas; kills her After telling the slaves cattle, livestock and fowls; they were free, America and kills her fish that are inkept them here in order to land in ponds and rivers, prey upon them. Now today, with droughts. many of the slaves wish to ALL OF these plagues are be free of America, but her falling upon America bereply by her actions to our cause she is against God's wanting to be free is "ho." giving freedom, justice, and And America continues to equality to the so-called Negive the so-called Negroes groes, whose labor she has the same bad food and drink had for 400 years. Because that her (America's) fathers of America's having broken did in the days of servitude the Divine Law which proslavery. hibits eating swine flesh, AMERICA'S markets are and because of her having loaded with swine, and fed this forbidden meat to loaded with vegetables and her slaves and to other nafruits which are preserved tions of the earth, Allah and made to look beautiful (God), is now taking His by having poison chemicals blessings away from her.

Mississippi Shotgun

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ROLLING FORK, Miss. — Under cloak of darkness, a shotgun blast from a moving auto was fired into the home of a civil rights worker here, striking and half-blinding a 13-year old Negro girl.

Miss Jennie Willis was hit in the face and chest by the shotgun pellets and had to be taken to a Vicksburg Hospital where doctors removed her injured eye. " I DON'T see why anybody would want to hurt an innocent child," her mother, Mrs. Lillie Willis, said in an interview at her home. Mrs. Willis is a past president of

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She said she and a neighbor, Will McGee, had made a Thanksgiving day visit to nearby Louise and had just driven back to her home when the shotgun blast occurred. Mrs. Willis said her daughter had o p e n e d the front door and was hit by the birdshot.

Sheriff Johnnie Cooper of Sharkey County said today that his office had uncovered no clues. Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the State Highway patrol were also investigating.

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Curb 'Gun-Fanatic7 White Hunters in Africa to Save Dwindling Wildlife He said the parks would miles.

NEW YORK — Now that the indiscriminate and ruth- have a total of 1,150 square "They are all first-class less shooting of African wild- miles. wildlife areas," he said, life by American and Euro"They are all first-class "and all are in danger." pean gun fanatics has been wildlife areas," he said, HE SAID much money is curbed, such exotic crea- "and all are in danger." needed to establish roads, tures as the giraffe, lion, HE SAID much money is patrols to neutralize poachleopard and elephant w i l l I needed to establish roads, ers and a variety of equipprobably not vanish from the p a t r o l s to neutralize ment to maintain the integearth like the dinosaur. .poachers and a variety of rity of the parks. " I t is now or never," he THIS VIEW was expressed : equipment to maintain the pointed out. "Once the wildby J. S. Owen, director of the I integrity of the parks.

He said the parks would life is gone, it is gone forTanzania National P a r k s .

He said his appraisal was have a total of 1,150 square ever." based on a steadily growing KUWAIT INVITATION TO IRAQI PRESIDENT interest shown in conservaKuwait City, Kuwait (AAPS)—His Highness the Amir tion by leaders of some important newly independent of Kuwait, Shaikh Sabbah Al-Salem Al-Sabbah, has extended and invitation to the Iraqi President, Hon. Abdelnations in Africa.

Rahman Aref, to visit the State of Kuwait. The Iraqi presiHe supported a view, ex- dent, who has reportedly accepted the invitation, is pressed by other observers, expected to tour the highly progressive oil-rich state astride that African leaders want to the Arabian Gulf " i n the very near future." improve their nations' future economies by preserving the wildlife that attracts tourist d o l l a r s , pounds, francs, marks and other foreign currencies.

Conservationists have repeatedly warned that wildlife has a varying "survival threshold" and that when the PREFERRED LOCATION: SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST population of a species drops below this, the species is W E WILL BUY FULLY EQUIPPED likely to vanish forever.

TANZANIA, according to Owen, is "not exactly thriving economically," yet the AND WILL LEASE UP TO government has trebled her expenditures on national parks since independence in 1961, and now spends $400,(SMALL PLOTS NOT WANTED) 000 annually.

He said this was as much as Britain and three times as Payment In Cash or V2 Down In Cash much — expressed as a percentage of government revenue — as the U.S. PLEASE SEND ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION Owen said he wanted to esON YOUR FARM TO: tablish five new national parks in Tanzania. Besides the well-known one at Kilimanjaro, the other four Muhammad Mosque Of Islam # 2 would be an extension of the present Serengeti National 5335 S. GREENWOOD AVE. Park and development of the CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60615 proposed Tarangire, Mount Meru Crater, and Gombe P h o n e : PL 2 - 8 6 7 6 Strea National Parks.

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added, "we just won't argue or bicker with them.

ever, I must point out that my views here are at least " I N FACT, we'll completepartly based on the U.S. ly ignore them—though we Muslim leader's own advice shall not tolerate wilful or given to me some years ago. repeated attempts at creating confusion and hypocrisy " I T IS immaterial if the among the believers . . . I n Muslims of various lands or time, even the most skeptic of the orthodox school of will realize and bear witness thought understand me or that I alone hold the Divine not," I distinctly remember Key (God's own Final Soluthe Honorable Elijah Mu- tion) to the American black hammad telling me at the man's problems . . . " time. "With our t o t a l l y unique background (of centuries of the worst form of human slavery) and history GENEVA — The aging of of ( u n t o l d ) suffering and humiliation at the hands of a man can often be measa people the world has not ured better by the degree of previously known to be the his solitude than by the state 'real devils' . . . it will take of his arteries, a Swiss menfigure whom America and other imperialists them some time to recognize tal health specialist said reFEARED, EVEN HATED by many factions in cently. nations must deal with. Here he confers with my divine work."

-the West because of his independent stands, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) durUnited Arab Republic President, Gamal "Meanwhile," I further reD R . J . P. J U N O D told an ing the senator's tour of North Africa.

Abdel Nasser (I.), remains a powerful world call the venerable Messen- international m e e t i n g on ger advising me, in com- community psychiatry that plete earnestness, "we can- being deprived of family life not waste time . . . We must can be an "important" facobey every commandment tor in the decline of the aged. of Allah (God) and continue, "We must not forget," he come what may, with our said, "that the solitude of job of rescuing His (rightof President eous) people—the 22 million most aged people is not of DAR-ES-SALAAM — Mass by enemies of this country, in support organizations and myriad who, having failed to disrupt Nyerere.

American so-c a i l e d 'Ne- their choice but it is imposed thousands of people in var- the existing order of things, All secondary school stu- groes'—from u n d e r the on them in their later years ious regions of the Tanzan- have thought fit to utilize our dents in Tabora Region devils' domination and wick- by events." ian mainland recently ex-! students to carry out their wrote letters to the president ed rule." pressed their strong support abortive enterprise of pro- declaring "we are ready to D R . J U N O D said the "best " I f a few of our brothers, for President Julius Nyerere moting discord." join the national service." especially those in this solution" was to assure that and condemned Western The statement also re- Members of the T.A.N.U. wilderness, do not a g r e e the aged receive the aid they "imperialists" for instigatrequired in their own homes. district Committee at Kigoing some students to oppose quested the president to use ma, a town near Paka Tan- with us oi care to follow our a "steel broom to sweep out p r o g r a m , " the Honorathe government's "national the overt and covert ene- ganyika, sent a telegram to ble Messenger had further service program." the president supporting his INSURANCE mies" of the nation. action which stated "we conA U T O - FIRE - LIFE STATEMENTS have been SHABAZZ CARRYOUT A RESOLUTION w a s demn all colonial remissued, demonstrations and BUDGET TERMS nants."

AND SUPERMARKET rallies h e l d , resolutions passed in support of the FRANK L. WILLIAMS 1545 NEW JERSEY AVI., N.W..

Mass demonstrations and adopted, and thousands of president by the T.A.N.U. 4 3 0 2 S. P k w y .

C h i c a g o , III. 387-3066 letters written in support of Youth League, the Tangan- rallies were also held in LI 8-5871 OPEN 24 HOURS yika Women's Organiza- Mwanza, Kigoma, Shinyanthe president's program.

W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. In one statement support- tion, and the Tanganyika ga, Kilosa and other places. ing President Nyerere, the Parents Organization. All headquarters of the Tangan- stood staunchly behind the THE HONORABLE ELIJAH yika African Nyerere government. All National Un- condemned neo - colonialist to corrupt the Tanzaion said that efforts nian it"was"of "the j students, opinion that At the port of Tanga, stut h e demon- dents and pupils from 22 and primary stration held secondary (TIMES LISTED ARE LOCAL) by some stu- schools, marched in support AREA STATION DIAL. K C DAY TIME dents against of the government and the LISTEN t o ATLANTA—GRIFFIN, GA WERD 860 SUN. 5:00 P.M. Jj i t h e govern- national service plan. At ATLANTIC CITY—VINELAND, N. J W D V L 1270 SUN. 3:00 P.M. 3 l.M ment's n a - Mbeya, a town near the BALTIMORE, MD WSID 1010 SUN. 12:30 P.M. Nyerere tional service southern border, members BIRMINGHAM, ALA XERF 1570 SUN. 7:30 P.M. Defense BOSTON, MASS WILD 1090 SUN 6:45 A.M. plan " w a s of the Peoples Mr. BUFFALO, N.Y WUFO 1080 SUN. 10:30 A.M., alien to the Tanzanian code Force, police and school CHICAGO—EVANSTON, ILL WEBH-FM 93.9 SUN. 6:30A.M. of conduct and morals, and children, and thousands of DALLAS, TEXAS XERF 1570 SUN. 6:30 P.M. must have been instigated others joined the procession DETROIT, MICH WGPR-FM 107.5 SUN. l2:00NOON DURHAM, N.C WSRC 1410 SUN. 10:15 A.M. MUHAMMAD GARY, IND WJOB 1230 SUN. 5:30 P.M. HAMMOND, IN0 WJOB 1230 SUN. 5:30 P.M. HARVEY, ILL WJOB 1230 SUN. 5:30 P.M. HOUSTON, TEXAS XERF 1570 SUN. 6:30 P.M..

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A Glance At Scenes, Events Around the World i;N:::::::>:;i;i:>::::w;:::ww

BURNING QUESTION in minds of millions of people throughout world is posed by poem left on grave of Lee Harvey Oswald, whom the Warren Commission asserted was the lone assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Much controversy has been raised recently by

several books challenging the Commission's findings. The note says: LEE HARVEY OSWALD . . . Did he assassinate the President? . . . Was he truthfully accused? . . . Guilty, Yes? . . . Or was he innocent? . . . He has left all the world confused . . . signed . . . Jr.

SYMBOLIC RATIO of Negro-white troops fighting in Viet Nam? Asiatic diplomats have claimed information that "some 40 per cent" of all U.S. fighting men in Viet Nam are black.

African leaders declare "the U.S. would have backed out of Viet Nam long ago, but for

fact that manly black people from America are being killed and wounded in Viet slaughter mill." These two Gl's are attempting to smoke Viet Cong troops out of bunker near central coast of Viet Nam.

FUEL FOR THOUGHT? Every week officials at Minneapolis' Ninth Federal Reserve destroy thousands and thousands in currency â&#x20AC;&#x201D; getting rid of worn.-out bills. Each packet con-

tained 100 bills. Officials say old money is not entirely wasted: it burns at high temperature, helping to heat building.

MOST VALUABLE player in American League and one of hundreds of black athletes throughout America taking top honors in all fields of sports, Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles, is accompanied by his wife at hospital news conference. He is recovering from operation to remove cracked cartilage and bone chip from his right knee.

SHORT-LIVED SMILE? This is what many world obesrvers might say of Jordan's King Houssein's joyful countenance. The 31year-old monarch faces mounting pressure to take stronger measures against Israel as military action accelerates on the border between Israel and Jordan.

The Hon. Elijah Muhammad MESSENGER OF ALLAH

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Educator: W e Must Find New Ways to Teach Poor "School systems must find new and effective ways of teaching children from poor families, for we cannot survive the chaos that will surely follow ignorance, blight and unemployment," s a i d Chicago Schools Supt. James F. Redmond, widely consid-

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"SOCIETY can no longer bear the burden of an uneducated class," Dr. Redmond told a Boy Scout fund-raising event at Chicago's McCormick Place.

He addressed some 800 officials of the transportation industry at t h e luncheon meeting.

Dr. Redmond said i t was impossible to approach modern urban problems with oldfashioned tools.

"AS I approach the tasks of this great city." the newly appointed schools superintendent continued, " I find antiquated buildings, overcrowded high schools, a continuing need for elementary schools and a crying need to find new ways to educate the children and adults at the lower end of the economic scale."

Floods Hit E. Pakistan United Nations'

NEW PRESIDENT of 31-nation Asian Development Bank, TaDACCA, Pakistan — Damkeshi Watanabe, was elected at recent meeting of Inaugural aging floods have hit parts of Board of Governors in Tokyo, Chittagong and Rangpur disHe plans tour of Asian member trict in East Pakistan.

About 4,000 families and countries.

80 per cent of their dwellings have severely damaged by MEMPHIS, TENN. the floods, which are now reVISIT ceding in Chittagong.

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"THE SPECIAL Political lowing t h i s , Miss Konie Committee," Miss K o n i e worked as a probation offiDISCUSSING w o m e n ' s said, "deals with p e a c e cer in Zambia for two years. role in Zambian affairs, Miss keeping operations and t h e : i n 1963, just prior to Zam- Konie said that by the time settlement of disputes be- bia's independence w h e n a girl child is five or six she tween countries. The c o m the government was a coa- already is assuming some mittee strives to achieve j alition government, M i s s responsibilities in her home. unanimity through debate K o n i e was elected to the Since she is prepared quite After receiving her sec-; Legislative Council, sitting early in life to take part in the affairs of her home, i t is ondary education in C h i - on the government bench. pembi Girls' High School, a In December, 1964, Miss a relatively easy transition private institution in Zam- K o n i e c a m e t o t ^ e u n i t etod involve herself in affairs bia, she entered Swansea States to train for the for- on the community or nationUniversity in South Wales, eign service. She took spe- al level if she so desires. graduating in 1961 with a de-l cial courses in foreign af" I n every sphere of life ! fairs at American Univer- the Zambian woman particisity, Washington, D.C. After pates according to her interworking briefly in Los An- est and ability." geles for the British ConA member of a theatrical jsulate General, she returned group at home, Miss Konie i to Zambia and was subse- has done some acting and quently assigned to the looks forward to an enlargei Third Committee of the ment and development of the j United Nations. black theatre arts for the Zambian people. Prior to inRECALLING her work as dependence, the only theatre a probation officer in Zam- that received support was bia, Miss Konie commented the white-owned and con:on the teenage groups with trolled British theatre, she BROCHURES, CATALOGS, | whom she worked. She said: said.

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By Dr. Leo P. X McCallum The most effective diet for preventing tooth decay is given to you free of charge every time you buy this newspaper and read the life-giving words of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad in his column, "How to Eat to Live."

INDEED, W H A T you eat may be less important in preventing tooth decay than what you don't eat. Taking vitamins and minerals won't help prevent tooth decay—but eating fewer sweets will.

Bacteria plus sugar equals acid. We know today that these acids are the agents which destroy tooth structure.

We agree that the complete elimination of sugar from our diet is quite a difficult thing to do. However, at least the • amount eaten can be reduced. No harm to H i w ^ ^ H nutrition will come from cutting down on BB candies, syrups, jams and jellies, sweets''™* ened drinks, pies, cakes and cookies. Your Dr. Leo dental health, as well as your general health, certainly will be improved.

Take a look at the illustration in this column. Is there anyone in his right mind who believes it is all right to go around with a mouthful of diseased, bacteria-filled teeth like those shown? Do you think for one moment that you STAGNANT AIR pollution strikes Manhattan recently, as witnessed by photo taken from can be healthy with a mouth like that?

Empire State building looking South. Experts YET, I CAN assure you that many persons reading say air pollution index of 50 would endanger this column at this moment have a similar problem. After health of all inhaditanfs; the index reached all, I did not draw this picture. I t is an actual photo of 43.4 at time of this photograph. The Honorthe mouth of a patient who came to me for dental treatment.

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able Elijah Muhammad has repeatedly warned that Allah would turn the forces of nature against America in every conceivable manner in atonement for sins against black people.

4,000 See Cultural, Business Displays at Muslims 7 New York Unity Bazaar

(Pan African Press) the city. Lloyd Price's 15NEW YORK — A crowd of piece orchestra played sumore than 4,000 persons at- perbly and Dinizulu and his tended a giant Muslim Unity African singers and dancers B a z a a r held recently in rendered brilliant performRockland Palace. More than iances. Both groups received 60 booths were rented for thunderous ovations," he cultural, artistic, educational l said.

He added that there was a and commercial displays by community a n d business gala, sparkling atmosphere throughout the huge hall durleaders. ing the e n t i r e evening.

"THE BAZAAR was a tre- Never-seen-before creations mendous success," reported by black artists from across Minister Henry of Muham- the country were exhibited.

THE CONTROL of infections has cut Britain's death mad's M o s q u e of Islam "MINISTER Louis Farrakrate by 20,000 a year in the 15 to 44 age group, the Office here. han delivered a speech on of Health Economics said.

"We had some of the best j 'Economics and the B l a c k The independent organization said that about 325,000 entertainment available in Man,' and the world heavypersons owe their life to an abrupt change in mortality trends for the 15-44 group in the last 30 years. *

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THE REV. Martin Luther King Jr. said that if the United States can spend 20 billion dollars a year on the Viet Nam war, i t can spend "billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet."

weight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, appeared as a surprise guest.

"He electrified the audience for 20 minutes, speaking of the respect and honor he has received from all over the world since he became a follower of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad."

Minister Henry said other distinguished guests included Minister James of Muhammad's Mosque of Islam No. 25, Newark, N..J, and Mr. Abdul Basit Naeem, of Pakistan, lecturer and columnist for M U H A M M A D SPEAKS.

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By Harriett Muhammad (THIS IS I N ANSWER TO A LETTER PUBLISHED I N MY LAST COLUMN) Dear Mr. P. L .

The human need to belong —to be a part of a people or group is a very strong force.

It is one that should be respected. You are h a l f white and half Chinese. You will never be fully accepted by white people because of the physical difference that is present.

work that tends to bind socalled Negroes together regardless of racial mixtures or cultural differences, and that is our common sufferings and our shared social position in this country.

You may never truly feel like you belong to a group, because the number of people in this country who are half white and half Chinese is limited.

YOU MAY find that you will be able to get along with Orientals if you t r y to live with them and learn and YOU DON'T feel that you understand their ways and fit with the Chinese because habits. This is something of the cultural differences that would take time and that separate you. I n order effort. for most people to "feel" You cannot expect to spend like they belong to a certain a day or week with them and group, they must be one and feel like you belong — this the same in ethnic and cul- may take years. But you tural background. You can't may find a "group" of your separate one from the other own that way, for cultural and have the same feeling. differences can be successA so-called Negro from the fully subdued. cost allows China to compete with Japan in CHINESE INGENUITY and industrial progress U.S. may look like his AfriYou know one side of your is doubling the populous nation's export in- the field. Many other technical and industrial can brothers but cultural dif- ancestry and are not satis- come every three years. These blond dolls, advances are bringing China enormous exferences are present. I t is fied, so before you give up obviously for export to European market, are port-import revenue. the same between Euro- and consider yourself a mis- being mass produced in such volume their peans and white Americans, fit in life, try the other. between the Japanese and Something on your mind? of Islam I have met brothers Chinese, between Mexicans Write and tell me about it. and sisters that love me as and Brazilians, between peo- HARRIETT MUHAMMAD they do themselves I have ples of the same ethnic stock 4847 S. WOODLAWN AVE.

By Sister Josephine X Lewis [ fore, and I have become a also met teen-age brothers who live in different areas CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60615 that talk intelligently to me (Detroit, Michigan) \ better person. of the same country—the and respect me as being a same city.

Islam has brought me to BECAUSE I have learned young black woman.

Ugandan Political views, religious the knowledge of myself and how to treat my own people Independence kind, I am now a happier I know for sure that all beliefs, educational levels — I thank almighty God AlDAR ES SALAAM — Theand more progressive per- praise is due to Allah for lah for raising up the most all cause differences among people. So most of us in Ugandan people celebrated son. By following Allah's last raising up for us the most Honorable Elijah Muhammany situations feel like we the fourth independence of and greatest Messenger, the powerful black man here in mad to teach my people and may not truly "belong." their country with festivities Honorable Elijah Muham- the wilderness of N o r t h I the knowledge, wisdom and understanding that we need Your situation is not like that in Kampala and a resolution mad, my family has grown America. of the half white and half to intensify their efforts to- closer together than ever beSince being i n the nation in this day and time. black American because ward their struggle against there are so many people in white colonialism and opthis category until they form pression. a "group" of their own.

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By TYNNETTA DEANAR In his first report to the can Medical Association, Dr. THERE IS, OF course, greater significance to this en- Charles L . Hudson, of Cleve- House of Delegates, Dr. Hudtire discussion which again comes from the Messenger of land, told a meeting of the son referred to rioting this Allah. I f we would seek to know the depths of knowledge, AMA's policy-making House year in Cleveland, adding: we would not be the losers today. of Delegates that the medi" I WANT TO find out THE HONORABLE Elijah cal body should create volun- whether m y county medical Muhammad has taught us righteousness, to the call of teer medical forces to fight society was interested itself who seek to know the truth Islam and the prophets. disease in slum districts and in the medical care of these that some members of the Upon this w o r l d ' s condisadvantaged people."

Caucasian Race, because of science runs the blood sacri- areas of racial violence.

Admitting that "many of their acceptance of Islam ficed by many of the prophthe indigent and medically HE URGED "the AMA under the Caliphs and other ets sent to them as well as and state and county medi- indigent" will fit into the exleaders of Islam who domiisting programs of public cal societies (to) launch a health care, he declared: nated much of Asia, Africa, thousands of martyrs. continuing program under and parts of Europe many "The answer lies, I feel, i n WE MUST AWAKEN to predominantly private aus- a new focus on the people, centuries ago injected t h e spiritual impulse of their re- the truth of Messenger Mu- pices to improve existing not on the financing mechanligion i n t o the decadent hammad's teachings. Let us health-care services and es- isms." areas of the world i n which face the fact that we have no tablish new services where The Cleveland physician this race were the inhabi- accurate k n o w l e d g e by they do not exist for all perwhich to contest the superi- sons of whatever age, race, tants. or teachings of this g r e a t creed or color."

Islam did not come to man.

Dr. Hudson said he conAmerica until recent times, jsidered the program "a top Therefore, we s h o u l d and the White Race of this |priority AMA obligation." country are the descendents change our attitude of conThe program, according to tention to that of seeking to of the European people who | a spokesman for Dr. Hudson, know through questions and opposed Islam's spread and | "envisions teams of doctors organized t h e falsehood, study the nature of these going into areas, such as the teachings which have made ruthless propaganda a n d Watts district of Los Anslander against Islam which him the master authority on geles, and setting up i m the Religion of I s l a m i n has become the inherited litmunization p r o g r a m s or erary p o i s o n of much of America and the world. what the American people read of Islam today.

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Dr. Hudson must have had in mind the huge campaigns the AMA has mounted through the years i n lobbying against government help to the disadvantaged: "I F E E L WE have been overoccupied with constructing jurisdictional boundaries between the acknowledged private and public sectors of medical influence and activity."

I F ISLAM WAS so bitterly opposed by the Caucasian Race throughout their history and is now being similarly opposed by this same ATLANTA — I n tandem cline in the period. race which has always been with the reports noting the White Southern farmers the greatest and most mili- heavy black exodus from the dwindled f r o m 679,692 in tant opposers, i t should be South are the figures from 1959 to 576,394 in 1964 — a clear to our people in Amer- the National Sharecroppers 15 per cent drop for the five ica and the world that this Fund revealing that the Ne-years. race is today tactfully using gro farmer in the South is Most of those who left the that which he has always disappearing twice as fast farm were tenants — either hated—the spread of Islam as whites. sharecroppers (who share (a direct challenge to his the harvest with the owner) IT WAS noted that of the false world of Christianity) or those who pay cash rent.

718,900 farmers left in eight against the new rise of Islam, which is, for the first Southern states — Alabama, FORTY-TWO percent of time, pulling off the cover of Arkansas, Florida, Louisi- all N e g r o tenants in the the real devil, Caucasian ana, Mississippi, North Car- eight states of the South left Race as being the natural olina, South Carolina and the farms during the fiveborn enemy to truth and Tennessee — at the end of year period: from 119,620 to 1964, only 142,506 were black. 69,426.

U P R O O T E D BY W A R these V i e t n a m e s e w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n The NSF took its figures The black-white tenant gap are c a r t e d a w a y f r o m areas w h e r e U.S. n a p a l m has d e s t r o y e d S U P P O R T from a five-year agricultural was much smaller than the t h e i r homes a n d A m e r i c a n planes have s p r a y e d poison o v e r M U H A M M A D ' S population c o u n t by the overall black-white farmer c r o p s , a l l e g e d l y in e f f o r t t o keep f o o d f r o m hands o f V i e t MOSQUE OF ISLAM U.S. C e n s u s Bureau. Ne- d i v i s i o n . White tenants C o n g . French newspapers p o i n t o u t t h a t only t h e m o s t naive YEAR groes on the farms dropped abandoned the land at the f a i l t o r e c o g n i z e t h e w a r as U.S. aggressive g e n o c i d e a g a i n s t ECONOMIC from 210,591 in 1959 to 142,- rate of 33 per cent — from p e o p l e o f V i e t N a m .

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what group is in more need (Pan African Press) Dick Gregory, famed en- of entertainment at Christtertainer, civil rights advo- mas?"

He said he would not accate and avowed candidate for mayor of Chicago, said cept an invitation to enterhe will fly to North Viet Nam tain American soldiers in soon to discuss the possibil- South Viet Nam because, " I ity of entertaining American don't believe in killing,, and prisoners there during the that's what they are doing." proposed holiday cease fire.

He said he would not even "THE INVITATION to talk consider e n t e r t a i n i n g things over with North Viet wounded soldiers in S o u t h Nam authori- Viet Nam. Dean Rusk, U. S. secretary ties came f r o m Hanoi iof state, told reporters in through Ber- Chicago that he does not trand Rus- think Gregory will e v e r sell's office in i make the tour.

Paris,*' Greg" I don't think he will be inory said. " I vited to make such a tour," just spoke to said Rusk.

Lord RusRusk was reluctant to ansell's secre- i swer questions concerning tary. state department permission Lord Rus- for such a trip.

Gregory sell is t h e " I ' l l have to wait until that English philosopher and No- question comes up," he said.

STUDENTS OF the University of Islam, Chitook part in the International Evening are bel prize winner who has Gregory said he will make cago, displayed their diligent research in shown here. From left to right: Dorothy X been a caustic critic of the t r i p regardless of American aggression in Viet exhibits featuring various aspects of AsianSanders, La Weeda X Randle, Minister James whether the state departNam. African countries. Some of the students who Shabazz and an unidentified visitor. ment grants permission.

After a weekend night club " I don't know i f there will engagement in New York, be any reprisals, and I don't Gregory plans to fly to London, Paris a£d then to Hanoi. care," he said. " I ' M A PACIFIST and Gregory said the entertaindon't believe in war and in ment tour would cost him befighting," he said. "When tween $50,000 and $100,000, you have captured men who which he plans to raise by and came to visit hinj, both will be fully recovered soon cannot do any fighting and appearances in C h i c a g o (Continued from page 8) Hearing all these good wish- in the hospital and since his and I pray that I will have a who have lost their freedom, nightclubs. chance to prove the teaches and encouragement also release. ings of the Honorable Elijah Minister Clyde concluded helped."

Muhammad to all so-called Minister Clyde said the by saying that, though the Negroes in this country. I elements behind the shooting motive for the shooting recan never thank A l l a h mains a mystery to him. He may think they have killed enough for such a great his spirit and will to continue had not seen Andrew Hoffleader and teacher as the man since three years ago, assisting the Honorable Mu- Honorable Elijah Muhamhammad, but "they only DETROIT — Thousands of total, including cutbacks at when he left St. Louis for mad. black workers in General supplier plants, might reach California. "The newspapers, made my spirit stronger and which allege to quote from made me more determined.

Minister Clyde Rahaman Motors Corp. plants at Atlan- around 20,000. statements taken by the po- " I can see and can hear expressed his gratitude for ta, St. Louis and Willow Run, lice, say Andrew Hoffman and can think as I always Mich., face an indefinite lay LOCAL U N I T E D Auto came from California to St. did, and I know, without a the prayers of Muslims in St. off, union officials recently Workers Union officials usually get accurate information Louis to kill me, but didn't shadow of a doubt, that Al- Louis and Kansas City, Mo., said. who underwent a three-day of the number of layoffs exexplain why." lah is God, Who came in the fast in his behalf. He said ALTHOUGH NO definite pected, and an official of LoPerson of Master Fard MuHE SAID he would like to hammad, to Whom all praise there were some Egyptian Negro-white ratio to be laid cal 34 in Atlanta said 1,086 Muslims in St. Louis at the off was given, black union workers would be laid off express his gratitude to all is due forever. time of the barbaric shoot- leaders assert that General from the Chevrolet - Fisher the people of St. Louis who expressed concern over the "AND I HAVE long known ing. One of them, Brother Motors' traditional l a s t - Body plants there. The two tragic incident, and his spe- and still know that the Hon- Ahmed, donated blood to the hired - first - fired policy to- plants now employ 3,900. y cial gratitude to the Muslim orable Elijah Muhammad is critically wounded minister ward Negro w o r k e r s unAnother 200 hourly workers ministers across the country Allah's Messenger. I con- and also pursued the three- doubtedly would p r e v a i l , will be laid off at the Chevroday fast. who sent cards and letters stantly pray to Allah that I causing a vastly higher num- let p l a n t at Willow Run, ber of Negroes to lose work. Mich., Dan Greene, presiThe layoffs are part of a dent of UAW local 65 there, GM production cutback. Cor- said. The plant makes CorTASTY PASTRIES poration officials said earlier vair and Chevy I I cars and CAKES - PIES - BREAD that in December it will cut employs 1,350 hourly workers FRESH BAKED DAILY its production rate 3.7 per currently, making the i m 8 7 3 8 EAST F O R E S T cent from the current 20,000 pending cutback a 15 per DETROIT, MICH. P H O N E : 9 2 5 - 4 1 1 1 a day, with another 4.4 per cent work force reduction. cent production rate drop to At St. Louis, 950 to 1,085 SHABAZZ follow in January. will be laid off at the allied BEAUTY LOUNGE Although the big a u t o C h e v y and Fisher Body Specializing In maker has not disclosed the p l a n t s , according to Roy All Phases of Beauty Culture number of men to be laid off Hartzell, financial secretary 3 3 0 8 FENKELL ( A t Muirland) Detroit, Mich.

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(Pan African Press) I two ways of overcoming this "The containment of black exploitation of Negroes. One people in America's ghettos is to bring about effective has been a major project of open - housing legislation. real estate dealers and city Real estate dealers must officials throughout this cen- have one list of houses for tury. I n many cases laws sale or rent, instead of two have been passed to imple- —one for whites and one for ment this racist policy," said Negroes. This would have William Moyer of the Ameri- the effect of ending the color can Friends Service Com- tax burden suffered by nonmittee Housing Program, i n whites. an address on "The Conse"The second means of quences of Residential Seg- overcoming housing exploiregation," part of a two-day tation is to form unions, "Conference on the Crisis in much like trade unions, the City," sponsored by thewhich w i l l conduct rent University of Chicago. strikes, real estate boycotts, picketing and, hopefully, ne- ; " I N CHICAGO," he con- gotiations. There is no reatinued, "a typical Northern son why tenants and owners city determined to block Ne- cannot have the same relagro growth and progress, a tionship as labor and manlaw was passed in 1917 which agement. prohibited real estate deal"Only through effective j ers from selling or renting open-housing laws, or union- j housing to black people, ex- izing of tenants and buyers cept by a gradual, one-block- can the color tax be elimiat-a-time basis." nated."

He said extensive research shows that only six Chicago Negro families from 1917 to 1946 broke the racial barrier to move out of the ghettos into suburban communities, and two of these were physicians.

"Any student of Economics 101 knows that by limiting the supply, one can create an artificial demand," the noted sociologist added.

"THIS MEANS was employed i n 1917 and is being employed today to create a 'color tax' on housing for Negro buyers. At the present time, there are 18,000 houses for sale in the Chicago area, but only some 100 are availMachado cited his successIn the wake of New York's able to black people." referendum declining a ci-ful experience with similar Even these 100, due to the vilian-dominated police re- boards i n other cities at supply-and-demand c o l o r view board, a Puerto Rican tax, cost Negroes outlandish representative has u r g e d hearings on ways of improvprices, he added. that such a board be estab- ing relations between policemen and the community. " I t is important to recog- lished in Chicago. nize the correct definition of Police Superintendent 'slums,' Moyer said. "Slums LUIS G. Machado, direc- O. W. Wilson who opposes esare not a series of dilapi- tor of Region I I I , Migration tablishment of the board dated buildings, as is often Division, Department of La- said, "additional machinthought. They are a system bor, Commonwealth of Puer- ery" would not "come to of exploitation, a draining to Rico said means are grips with the real probaway of dignity, a dehumani- needed of letting people know lem," which was raising pozation of people." that an independent board liceman's level of education.

THE outspoken young so- can make recommendations HE SAID his department's cial scientist said there are to the police.

Urge Chicago to Set Up Police Review Board

Deny Negro G.l.'s JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.— Negro servicemen who are helping defend freedom in Viet Nam are among those most frequently denied their freedom in M i s s o u r i , the state Commission on Human Rights has reported.

SOME 31 per cent of the cases of discrimination i n places of public accommodation filed with the commission involved Negro military personnel, the commission said.

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PART I I : The Outlook of LeRoi Jones from page 5 )

rest of the world that it is not a race war. 'We've got all o u r colored brothers fighting, too," they tell the world. The minute they start telling Negroes 'you've got to go,' it makes their cover story very shaky."

unique, the writer declared.

"Most of the civil rights he has no choice," he said. leadership is following the "He doesn't know there are white people's solutions for alternatives. He thinks that the problems in America. all that can happen is that Many are serving only as he will go to jail—which in effective advisers to the most cases is true." whites about what's on colHowever, Mr. Jones said, ored people's minds — they " I think there are alterna- RETURNING TO the ques- are sort of like disaster tives now." He explained tion of whether or not a detectives." that some people in New black youth should enter the White leaders especially York have formed a "grow- service when ordered, Mr. need these Negroes now, Mr. ing group of young black Jones stated: Jones said, because Ameribrothers who are refusing to " I t is better to go to jail I ca is on the edge of a violent go into the service just by than to go to the war. I don't i black-white confrontation. saying ' I ' m a black man and object to white people going.

"Everyday, the possibility I can't—as a colored man— I really don't. I f they want i grows and grows because I fight against other colored to go, let the Chinese take don't see — really — anypeoples of the world.' " care of them. But I do ob- thing that exists to stop i t . " He added that very few of ject to them asking me or If such a confrontation these young men have been my son." does actually come, the writcalled to court yet since, the Mr. Jones called Whitney i er predicted, people who writer reasoned, "white peo- Young, Jr., executive direc- I have gained the reputation ple are not ready to fight j tor of the National Urban of working in civil rights for this cause on those terms I League, who recently re-the white man will be in yet."

Turned from a tour of Viet i trouble.

"To me, it seems that in Critics of the American po- Nam where he attempted to sition in Viet Nam often cheer black fighting men, "a | time of war those people I would be considered just out have claimed that the war sick, disgusting person.

"He is the white man talk- and out traitors. You can't has become a racist war.

This, according to Mr. ing in the disguise of a Ne- say that 'black power means Jones, is why the youths who gro. Young can be counted black death' like Roy Wilhave refused to fight the on to say anti-black things kins and still expect a cerwar—on grounds that they all the way down the line be- tain amount of response or will not fight against their cause finally he is an enemy allegiance from black peocolored brothers anywhere— of black people. He is a Ne- ple. That is, to me, a traithave not been prosecuted. gro who has just lost all his orous act. You would do the same thing to them, any "They (white Americans) soul." nation does."

However, Young is not have to make it seem to the (Continued

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'Negroes Don't Like Black U.S. Dollar Colonialism Endangers Africa Power Slogan/ Says Wilkins from page 8 )

j and rice. We sell these sur- Sukarno of Indonesia, it is WASHINGTON — " M o s t plus agricultural products to known that in one country Negroes don't like the 'black icated to real African inde| an underdeveloped country. ;an American Ambassador power' slogan used in atpendence, including the re; We permit the developing purchased several thousand tempting to rally members turn of the-caTural resources ! country to pay for these sur- ; subscriptions from a local of their race; it's too teenof his homeland, to the Af|plus agricultural products in i newspaper and distributed ageish," said Roy Wilkins, ricans, beginning with Luits local currency. Tt is pay- ; these subscriptions among executive director of the Namumba and up to the overable to the American Ambas- people of that country free tional Association for the throw of Nkrumah — and ! sado'r>He banks it in a local : of charge. Now, to begin Advancement of C o l o r e d they have been able to do it with, the purchase itself gave People (NAACP). bank. ^ . primarily with "dollar coloThe American Ambassador THESE SALES on-^occa- 1 nialism." great i n f l u e n c e with a "YOU CAN T handle the It is this "dollar colonial- ;sion come to two, - three, j friendly editor. When you 20,000,000 citiism" that is most subtle and : maybe four hundred million ^realize that in the vast ma- problems of zens with a dangerous to African inde- ^dollars. In one year's time, jority of cases in Africa the football - type pendence. Dollars supplied I the commodities a r e all major press of the African s l o g a n , " he to Mobutu, and dollars with- eaten up, but the money- is country is European-owned c o n t i nheld from the Lumumba gov- in the local bank. The next and European-directed, you ued. " M o s t : year the same process is reernment—dollars that were Negroes have i can well imagine the kind of rightfully theirs — enabled jpeated and the American propaganda and brainwashrelations with Ambassador places another Mobutu to subvert the Conwhites b u i l t ing that goes on under these golese army and overthrow : three or four hundred million j circumstances. up over : dollars in a local bank.

The Lumumba. many years By the same token that American Ambassador thus which t h e y THESE dollars were fur- i becomes the richest man in these funds are used to subJH don't want to nished by the American and ! the country. v e r t editors, it is also used Wilkins jeopardize. I t British Embassies and MoFor all practical purposes to influence other would-be (the slogan) butu was selected and placed j friendly (to the colonial powin power by this "dollar co- this money is often used for lers) citizens of an African isn't as bad as it sounds.

But it's mischievous." lonialism," and behind the • subversive activities in the country. overthrow of every liberal i country. I t is no wonder that Wilkins testified at a hearWITH THIS kind of hidden ing of a Senate Government African country can be found President N a s s e r of the United Arab Republic repuleverage, it is no wonder Operations subcommittee on "dollar colonialism."

A few days ago I said to diated the sale of American that African countries are ways to improve the lot of Ambassador Franklin Wil- surplus agricultural prod- Torn asunder and revolution slum dwellers. after revolution is the order liams, U.S. Ambassador to ucts.

He asserted that "no Neof the day.

ACCORDING to President Ghana (a Negro, incidentally), that I was very sorry that America had a Negro Ambassador in Ghana when Nkrumah was overthrown.

He replied that he was glad W GARY & HAM MOM).

I Ml America had a Negro Ambassador there at that time.

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Did he mean that it was betcivil r i g h t s m o v e m e n t is ter in Africa for a Negro dead, out of its ashes will SUNDAYS Ambassador to carry out rise a phoenix of violence anti-African activities usuand hostility because people 5:30 P.M. ally assigned to white diplocannot resign themselves mats? forever to the status quo," There is a law — Public predicted a renowned sociolLaw 480 — an act governing ogy professor. disposal of surplus agriculkc tural commodities, such as ADDRESSING THE Nawheat, cotton, dairy products tional Association of Inter(Continued

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gro in his right mind would d e l i b e r a t e l y choose violence" to achieve his objectives.

But he conceded there has been violence and probably will be outbreaks in the future. " I T E R U P T S when a situation becomes intolerable for reasonable men or when it has b e e n stimulated," he said. " I t has not been a weapon deliberately chosen by the Negroes themselves—they are too smart for that."

Wilkins agreed that his organization, now in its 57th year, and other civil rights groups are having great difficulty getting through to Negro y o u t h s in the big cities.

These youths, he said, tend to ask: " D i d you cuss out the white folks? No. Did you negotiate? Yes. Then you're no good. Get away from us."

WILKINS said the NAACP is trying to find ways to redirect such youths but on a $1,200,000 annual budget it is not easy.

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Movement group Relations O f f i c i a l s conference, C. Eric Lincoln, professor of sociology, Portland State college also noted that referendums have failed to produce a just civil rights law.

Civil rights gains, he said, have resulted only from m i nority population shifts to cities and* from some court decisions.

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Smoking-Related Deaths Rising in U.S. WASHINGTON — M o r e Americans are dying from diseases linked with smoking cigarets than ever before — and the rate is getting higher every year.

THIS GRIM fact was reported in statistics released by the Public Health Service.

Equally significant was the fact that while deaths are rising from the 11 diseases connected with smoking, the overall death rate in t h i s country is declining, the PHS release noted.

A total of 253 persons for every 100,000 Americans died from the diseases connected with smoking in 1950. By 1964, these same smokingrelated diseases were killing 349 of every 100,000 Americans.

The death rate from all diseases was declining from 964 per 100,000 in 1950 to 940 in 1964.

THIS MEANS that by 1964, and cancer of the esophagus, 37 per cent of all disease the mouth (other than the deaths in the United States lip), the bladder and other were caused by diseases urinary organs. bracketed with smoking. In 1950, only 26 per cent were THE REPORT declared caused by smoking-related the death rate had risen diseases. faster in these diseases The Public Health Serv- for non - whites than for ice report was based on a whites. In the 1950s, the prostudy of all deaths in the portion of smokers was continental U.S., from 1950 to roughly the same a m o n g 1964, with Alaska included whites and non-whites—but beginning in 1959 and Ha- more whites were heavy waii beginning in 1960. The smokers. study analyzed death trends The report defines a "heavy for diseases linked to cigaret smoker" as a person who smoking by the Surgeon Gen- smokes more than a pack of eral's Advisory Committee cigarets a day. on Smoking and Health "As a result of the large Listed as casually related migration of non-white ruralto smoking: Cancer of the farm families to urban areas lung, larynx, lip and chronic i during 1955-1964 and the rise bronchitis. Associated with in the socio-economic level but not clearly related to of the non-white population," s m o k i n g : Arteriosclero- the report said, "the color tic heart disease — includ- differential for the percenting coronary artery disease age of heavy smokers may —cirrhosis of the liver, em- have lessened over this 10physema, stomach ulcers year period."

Italy Seeks Ways to Cut Tobacco Use ROME—Although the Italian government earns 10 per cent of its total revenue from its tobacco monopoly, officials here disclosed that they are considering ways to limit cigaret smoking as a health menace.

THE MINISTRY of Health said, however, that its study of the question was only in a preliminary stage. No decisions have been reached.

The Honorable Elijah Mu-

hammad, more than 35 years ago, pointed out the deadly nature of smoking. He is c r e d i t e d with "curing" countless numbers of black people of the lethal habit through his teachings.

So far the Italian ministry's National H e a l t h Council has devoted most of its attention to measures short of establishing new bans or extending existing limitations on s: oking.

Instead, the ministry said,

DEADLY EFFECTS o f smoking c o n t i n u e t o be t a b u l a t e d b u t s t i l l , due t o pressure o f c i g a r e t a d v e r t i s i n g a n d lack o f any o f f s e t t i n g c a m p a i g n s s m o k i n g is i n c r e a s i n g . M o d e l B e t t y J e a n Brown o f C h i c a g o strikes t y p i c a l pose o f t h e w o m a n smoker.

it is considering such measures as improving the effectiveness of filters, using weaker tobaccos with a lower nicotine content, or reducing the temperatures for drying or toasting cigaret WASHINGTON — M o r e tobacco. than one-third of American adults suffer from osteoarthTHE MINISTRY state- ritis, about 37 of every 100 ment said these steps might adult civilians. be preliminary to possible further action to " l i m i t the ABOUT 23 per cent of the damage from smoking" by 37 cases range from moder(Continued on page 26) ate to severe. The National

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Most cases of osteoarthritis are mild under age 45, but from 45 up, the rates for moderate and severe cases increase steadily.

Although under age 45 the prevalence among men is greater, the disease does attack both men and women.

After age 55, women are more frequently affected.

RACIAL, REGIONAL or urban - rural differences in the incidence of the disease are said to be non-existent.

As yet no cure for arthritis has been discovered.

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China Sends Patrol Boats to Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzanian President Nyerere and second Vice-president Kawawa inspected four patrol boats, which were presented by the Chinese government as a g i f t to the Tanzanian government, recently.

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t e s t r e c e n t l y . A m e r i c a has y e t t o launch any s i g n i f i c a n t p a i g n t o p r e v e n t d e a d l y use o f t o b a c c o .

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SHOWING GREAT interest as officers of the Tanzanian marine police explained the equipment of the boats, the black chief-ofstate boarded the vessels at the Dar es Salaam port accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, Ho Ying.

After the inspection tour, President Nyerere received the Chinese ambassador at the state house.

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Pentagon Arm Says War to Last at Least Five Years WASHINGTON — Without The Vietnamese could lose than a million a radical change of Ameri- more can policy in Viet Nam, killed . . .

"The risk of Chinese enmothers with sons in their try into the war could inearly teens can look for- crease sharply if the Comward, not only to their in- \ munists were faced . . . by a duction into the armed serv- truly massive U.S. presence ice, but to the danger of a I there . . . I f we decided that |we must limit our commitb l o o d y death i n the Viet iment in Viet Nam even at slaughter mill, five years ! the price of our objectives . . . we would have to face from now. the strong possibility that, THIS portentious warning as happened at the time of stems from a study, "The Korea, a change in policy in Impossible Choices in Viet I; Viet Nam would have to be Nam," by S. J. Deitchman, brought about by a change of j Administration in the United Institute for Defense Analy- States." ses, a Pentagon "think factory," which appeared in the THIS recently declassified ! "computerized" m i l i t a r y Washington Post May 22. forecast, the most compre"Shortening the war to thehensive available, estimated order of five years," the - that at t h e then level study concludes, "could re- of operations (235,000 U.S. quire anywhere from half a troops) the war "would last" million to two million U.S. 20 to 30 years. I t did not say troops with casualties and which side, if either, would cost of like magnitude . . . win.

Award $10,000 Grant to Afro-American Museum A grant of almost $10,000 be issued for 1967 and 1968 was recently awarded to the i f matched by the museum. P R E D O M I N A N C E O F B L A C K t r o o p s in V i e t youths l e a d a line t h r o u g h t h e m u d o f a Museum of African Ameri- ; RALPH TURNER, Mu- N a m continues t o g r o w , as d r a f t r e q u i r e m e n t s jungle c l e a r i n g as t h e y pass a r t i l l e r y shell can History, in Chicago, byiseum treasurer, head of a are l o w e r e d t o d r a i n t h e f i n e s t o f A m e r i c a ' s casings hand t o h a n d t o a p l a t f o r m o f e m p t y the Wieboldt Foundation, special fund raising commit- b l a c k youfhs f o r s a c r i f i c e as c a n n o n - f o d d e r casings, t h e o n l y d r y s p o t a r o u n d s u i t a b l e f o r Announcement of the award i t e e - expressed definite as- in t h e V i e t slaughter m i l l . A b o v e t h r e e N e g r o ammunition storage. _ , ., surance that this money was made by museum d i r e c - ! w o u l d b e r a i s e d b u t g a i d tor, Mrs. Margaret Bur- "The goal in 1967 would be roughs. much beyond this and acSTRESSING THE spirit cording to the response the behind the grant, " A first- museum has b e e n getclass museum for a first- ' ting lately this is fully ments on the proposal to ad- but opposes the proposal that (Pan African Press) class citizen," Mrs. Bur-1 realizable."

UNITED NATIONS, N . Y . mit the People's Republic of the Republic of China be roughs said the money will j Mrs. Burroughs urged all be used to remodel, redeco- j interested in cultural under- —The perennially debated China to the UN, listed by expelled. rate, and redesign museum I standing to aid the museum proposal to admit the most the United Nations' Press United States: The view of rooms, displays and exhib- [ in realizing its goal. She said populous nation in the world Services, Office of Public In- the United States is that the its. She added that the mon- i n her appeal, "The black [to the United Nations, re- formation, were expressed in Assembly should reaffirm its the recent debate: previous decision that any ey will also provide token i community is badly in need cently defeated 57 to 46, with United Republic of Tan- proposal to change the reppayments for a minimum!of racial understanding." 17 abstentions, was argued staff. jThe Negro history research from many points of view on zania: The legal right of the resentation of China is an The Wieboldt Foundation j materials center has played the floor of the General As- People's Republic of China important question. to represent China in the made an immediate grant of educational host to thou- sembly.

United Nations is clearly es$5,500 to the museum. A sub- sands of black students and THE UNITED States will THE FOLLOWING state- tablished. T h e six - power vote against the resolution sequent grant for $4,000 w i l l ! adults. d r a f t should be opposed since there is nothing to co-sponsored by Albania and study. Submission of the pro- nine other states, because posal constitutes only delay- its purpose is the expulsion of the Republic of China. I t ing tactics. will vote in favor of the six$3.95 $6.50 Burma: I n the absence of power resolution for creathe representatives of the tion of a committee which, People's Republic of China, it is hoped, would determine $ 3 . 5 0 |M.G.T.HG.C.CF* world problems, and partic- the position of the Peking ularly Asian p r o b l e m s , government. whether political or military, Congo — Brazzaville: The cannot be dealt with effectively by the United Nations. United States has violated YUSUF A. X MANUFACTURERS Algeria: The t h e o r y of the Charter by its aggresTRADING AS: "two Chinas" is not in ac- sive war in Viet Nam. The $5.95 cord with legal realities, as People's Republic of China YUSUF A. X-CORPORATION C h i n a is one, indivisible is a peaceful state which $5.95 P.O. BOX 2846 threatens no one. The Nacountry.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20013 tionalist delegates should be PHONE: 387-3066 MAJOR threats to world expelled. peace are in Asia, and no so- Pakistan: The present polI know t h a t a l l of us like to help the N a t i o n a l C e n t e r , this is o n e w a y to help a n d to be r e c o g n i z e d a t the same t i m e . From e a c h N a t i o n a l t h a t I sell I will give one d o l l a r t o lutions can be found as long icy of the United Nations is the N a t i o n a l C e n t e r Fund. W i t h 2 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e , it will not t a k e long f o r the H o l y as powers alien to this area founded on several myths.

A p o s t l e t o g e t the C e n t e r a n d n o b o d y will be hurt. The l a p e l pin sells for only $ 3 . 5 0 a n d the continue to keep the People's The new six-power draft was M . G . T . a n d G . C . C . b a r pin sells f o r $ 6 . 5 0 , t h a t will n o t hurt a n y b o d y , a n d w e will h a v e the Republic of China outside another stratagem for decenter. the framework of interna- laying what was right. The If you h a v e one pin, y o u should buy a n o t h e r one, t o help t h e H o l y A p o s t l e g e t t h e C e n t e r . tional settlements. restoration of the rights of U p o n r e c e i p t of your order, it will usually t a k e a b o u t o n e w e e k b e f o r e it is f i l l e d a n d Togo: The government of the P e o p l e ' s 'Republic of r e t u r n e d to y o u (unless the order is s p e c i a l , or our volume of orders is h e a v y ) .

Please send c e r t i f i e d c h e c k s or money o r d e r s . . - , Togo is receptive to the pro- China would not do China a A Salaam Alaikum posal that Communist China favor nor defeat the policies Y o u r Brother, Y u s u f A X be admitted to membership, of any government.

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j and following close to the | dietary law that the Messenger has taught us.

In closing I can truthfully say I fully understand the parable about the raising of heard of Islam, and all praise the dead and the healing of is due to the teachings of the the lame, I bear witness that most Honorable Elijah Mu- there is one doctor and one hammad, now we are to- father to the so-called Negether and live in complete groes in the hells of North America and that is our peace and harmony.

We h a v e accomplished great leader, teacher and dimore in 2 years in unity than vine guide the most Honorwe would have as Christians able Elijah Muhammad. in twenty years.

Secondly, I was afflicted with bleeding ulcers, and due to the dietary laws the Messenger has given us, the ulcer condition I had is completely healed.

SAN FRANCISCO — The I KNOW that what cured site of Muhammad's Mosque my ulcers was fasting often No. 26 is being relocated from 1872 Post to the corner of Fillmore and Sutter in San Francisco.

Life Bears Witness to The Messenger's Teachings

By Brother Donald X Thompson While t h e r e are many blessings that Allah and Islam have bestowed on me, there are two major gifts that testify to the goodness and greatness of the teachings of the beneficent Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

FIRST OF all, I was a complete fool and drunk, I had left my wife and children although I had always neglected them.

We had been separated almost five years when I first

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By Sister Ivylyn X Mills result I enjoy a great peace adjoining f o u r-story build(New York, N.Y.) of mind and contentment. ing.

The Honorable Elijah MuDuring the l a s t two Islam is wide, Islam is broad, therefore space does hammad has led me to true months, the F.O.I, of Mosque not permit me to elaborate freedom. I am free from No. 26 has engineered a on the extent of the effect fear and lastly Islam has complete renovation of the Islam has had on my life. made a real woman of me. site, including the w a l l s , Nor can I tell of all the I am now able to face the chairs and floors.

The main auditorium will TOP S A L E S M E N O F M U H A M M A D SPEAKS newspapers in m a g n i f i c e n t things Islam world and say, "This is me, and the teachings of the a woman in Islam. Take me feature a 600-person seating Kansas C i t y , M o . , Brothers R o b e r t X (I.) and C e a s a r X, each Honorable Elijah Muham- as I am or leave me alone." capacity ( i n c l u d i n g the; sell u p w a r d s of 200 copies every w e e k . They b o t h have f u l l balcony) w i t h cushioned t i m e jobs and spend most of t h e i r t i m e o f f " n eellppiin g ft h e M e s mad have done for me.

WE WHO follow the HonHOWEVER I , can say the orable Elijah Muhammad seats, perfect acoustics, a senger of A l l a h in his w o r k t o a w a k e n t h e b l a c k man in Messenger has set me on the are aware that we have a spacious lobby and a special A m e r i c a . " road to success. I am now perfect man to lead us. Can nursery for small children.

Upon completion of the regainfully employed, working we not also be made perfect adjoining in a company whose busi- — i f we would but follow him, modeling, t h e building will have two large ness is my chosen field— word for word, line by line? banquet halls, a number of writing.

He is not self-centered in All praise is due to Allah his perfection and knowl- offices, kitchen and nursery for his many rich blessings. edge but rather desires to facilities and elevator servcopies of the newspaper (Special to Muhammad My immediate supervisor is see a people before him also ice to all floors. every week.

Speaks) one of my own, a man filled manifested in this holy perMUHAMMAD'S MOSQUE with pride and love of self. fection. We need no more No. 26 and building will be a KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The CEASAR, A construction Since embracing Islam I lose ourselves in error but welcome landmark in the two top salesmen of MU- worker, said he spends seven get along harmoniously with we can now eradicate all San Francisco black com- HAMMAD SPEAKS news- hours every Saturday and my co-workers. They have, error, if we would but strive. munity. Target date for the paper in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, "trying in my way in turn, extended to me their All praise is due to Allah grand opening is Sunday, are Caesar X and Robert X . to further the teachings of utmost respect and as a forever.

Both sell upward of 200 the Dec. 18.

Honorable Elijah Muhammad" in Kansas City.

He is 29 years old, married and has two children, both two - years - old, born 11

By Chester A. X Rhodes "square" and ignorant he where, know everything and we suffer. I t is teaching me months apart. His w i f e , (Detroit, Mich.) was. All praise is due to all powerful. I t erased fear, | who is responsible for filth, Silvia X, is also in the Naanger, pain and confusion , disease and senility; the in- tion of Islam.

To tell what Islam has Allah.

Brother Robert X, a cab done for me is as diffiIslam is the friend who from my heart. Islam is thejventor of disrespect, backcult as trying to describe has given me a sense of mother who found me aban- biting, gossip, disunity, ig- driver, said he spends four a rainbow to a man who has pride, identity and love for doned on the doorstep of ig- norance and confusion, hours each day "furthering never had the use of - his myself and my people that I norance, it has cared for j Islam identifies the author the cause of Islam" by selleyes. Islam is singularly never would have believed me, nurtures me and pro-!of immorality, lying, cheat- ing MUHAMMAD SPEAKS ;ing, stealing and murder. newspapers. He is married beautiful. Islam, as taught was in me. Islam has taught tects me. by the Honorable Elijah Mu- me to check my morals, Islam is the house of stone Islam has exposed the mas- and has one son, David, five hammad, is so uniquely curb my habits and better that keeps the big bad wolf ter of deception, the king of years old. His wife, Florence beautiful that it is almost my health. Islam imme- (devil) on the outside, huff- trickery and the lord of lies, X, is in the Nation. impossible to describe. Like diately changed the course ing and puffing.

Islam Islam has shown me that " I also spend most of mathematics, it cannot be of my life from a downward changed my life from a dry the man I once believed to every Saturday selling patold but must be broken trail of drunken misery to a cheese sandwich to a king's be a strong and wise was ac- pers," he told a MUHAMdown and shown—and the rising road of happiness and feast. I t put fuel on a dying tually the ignorant and wick MAD SPEAKS reporter. beauty is in the logic. success. ember and sparked a flame e d devil, Ceaser and Robert pointed to grow higher and higher, j I would go through four or out that their most imporAGAIN, WHAT makes IsISLAM, AS taught by the Islam has given me a desire f i v e newspapers trying to tant job was to encourage lam so hard to define is that Honorable Elijah Muham- to live and a willingness to define what Islam has done people to come into the there is nothing with which mad, took me—a groping, die in its behalf. for me, but only my true Mosque. to compare it. stumbling, hopelessly blind Muslim brothers and sisters "WE F E E L THAT if we To me Islam is like a man — by the hand and ALL PRAISES and thanks can really understand. One friend who came along and showed me a dazzling light are due Allah and His Mes- has to jump into the pool can get black people to read took the "Kick M e " sign off that grows brighter every senger, the Honorable Eli- and swim to see how fine the and hear the teachings of my back and stopped the day. Islam is the friend who jah Muhammad. Islam has water is. the Honorable Elijah Muworld from laughing at me. answered the countless ques- revealed to me my enemy.

All praise is due to Allah, hammad, the job is more Islam is the friend who took tions that filled my head.

It is teaching me the whys and we forever thank Him than half done. The Nation a foolish nobody — who Islam is the friend who in- and hows of this life and who for our beloved leader and of Islam is growing here and thought he was " h i p " — and troduced me to myself and it is behind the pains, mis- teacher, the Honorable Eli- we're helping in every way made him realize how taught me that I am every- eries, shame and hardships jah Muhammad. we can."

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Seeking Curb Urges Negro: Build Up On Smoking Race Pride (Continued

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actually reducing the conNEWARK, N . J.—Negroes sumption of tobacco.

There is a conflict of in-were told to throw the white terests in the government on world's standard of beauty the issue. The ministry of out of the window and begin Health indicated i t was con- taking justifiable pride in the cerned by possible health color of their skins, the texture of their hair and the hazards from smoking. shape of their features.

But the Ministry of F i "THE standard of beauty nance expects a revenue this year of almost $900,000,000 in America is light skin," from its monopoly on the to- noted Fred Means, co-chairbacco that 15,000,000 of 50,-man of the local employment committee of the Congress of 000,000 Italians smoke.

Racial Equality (CORE), "a THE MINISTRY of Health pointed nose, thin lips and said i t is considering a full- straight hair. scale campaign of propa" U g l i n e s s , " continued ganda against smoking. This Means, a former chairman would be aimed at youths of the Essex County (New who would be warned that Jersey) CORE, in a newsletsmoking might impair their ter, "is associated with dark health or their intellectual skin, a broad nose, thick lips development. and kinky hair. " I n vain attempts to meet the standard, Negroes bleach their skin, straighten their hair, de-emphasize their lips INSTRUCTIONS j in making up and segregate L E A R N T O R E A D T H E H O L Y Q U R A N I N i themselves according to the A r a b i c o n rapes. W r i t e : Languages L t d .

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MUHAMMAD SPEAKS

DECEMBER 9, 1966

More than 2 Million Left South

WASHINGTON—It is fashionable these days to point out with emphasis that discrimination against b l a c k Americans is rampant in all sections of the United States and i t is, — but the fact is that the black exodus is from the South to the North and West.

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but the overall percentages were greater.

The bureau said 17.9 per cent of black Americans lived i n the Northeast last year — compared with 16 per cent in 1960. The percentage of Negroes living i n the North Central last year was 20.2, but was only 18.3 in 1960.

While the greatest section of the black exodus migrates from the S o u t h , many Negroes, the reports pointed out, move West from Northern states.

THE U . S. Census Bureau and L a b o r Department studies underline the possible — if unlikely — fact that if Negroes continue to leave the WHILE AN official of the 11 states which comprise the Confederacy of the C i v i l bureau said the scramble of War at the present rate, Negroes to get out the South is "basically a matter of there will be virtually no jobs," civil rights leaders black Americans in the South know that the reason is much by the year 1970. broader.

The reports revealed that " I t covers the whole range more than 2 million Negroes of equal opportunity for left the South between 1960 which the Negro is presently and 1965. Sixty per cent of fighting," one of them said. the nation's Negroes lived in The movement of Negroes the South in 1960, but by 1965 in large numbers began durthe percentage of the black ing the manpower short- DECKED O U T I N his f i n e s t KKK h a n g m a n ' s f o r d c o n d u c t e d the rites. They m e t and t h e population still below the age in the North at the time r o b e , C l a u d W h e l c h e l ( l e f t ) a n d Miss M a x love b u g r o p e d t h e m w h i l e t h e y a t t e n d e d a Mason-Dixon Line dropped of World War I , and intensi- ine F a w c e t t , a p p r o p r i a t e l y a t t i r e d t h e c h i c r a l l y o f t h e Klan in B a l t i m o r e . W h e l c h e l a n d to 53.6. . fied during and after World d i s t a f f v e r s i o n o f t h e Klan r o b e , w e r e m a r r i e d his bride travevled from Philadelphia (in War I I , a bureau official as- in B a l t i m o r e , M d . , s u r r o u n d e d b y K K K Pennsylvania, not Mississippi) because t h e r e The ancient admonition, r o b e d w i t n e s s e s , w h i l e t h e Rev. C h a r l e s B r a d is no Philly c h a p t e r o f t h e K K K .

"Go West" — heeded years serted.

It was noted that approxiago by the white man — is being heeded by Negroes mately half the Negro popuAS A RESULT, the study Develop Zambian Coai Charge School Bias seeking a better way of life. lation now living in cities group said the high school LUSAKA, Zambia — ZamANN ARBOR, Mich. — Adropout rate among t h e s e The largest percentage of with the greatest number of bia's major coal deposit Negroes — New York, Chithe blacks leaving the South University of Michigan re- students is higher. Addition- will be the subject of a new go West, especially to Cali- cago, Philadelphia, Detroit, fornia. An estimated 8.2 per Washington and Los Angeles search team has found that ally, the student, who — indevelopment plan by a cent of the Negro population —were born elsewhere, pri- many students from lower non-college-bound tracks — French engineering company, Sofremines. The apresides in the West, while marily in the South. income Negro families are ge* lower grades than stu- pointment was officially anonly 5.7 per cent lived in that dents of similar intelligence IT ALSO was noted that unfairly excluded from col- who are preparing for col- nounced here recently. section in 1960.

AN ADVANCE team of migrating Negroes h a v e lege-bound courses of study lege even though the pre- technicians is expected early INCREASES in the North larger families, lower in(northeast and north central comes and less schooling and given little chance to up- college track is supposedly in December, followed by a more difficult. second team in January. grade their classifications. states) were not as sharp, than whites.

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What the Muslims Want ]•:•:

' .-'j This is the question asked most frequently by both the whites and the blacks. The answers to this question I shall state as simply as possible.

1. We want freedom. We want a full and complete freedom.

2. We want justice. Equal justice under the law. We want justice applied equally to all, regardless of creed or class or color.

3. We want equality of opportunity. We want equal membership in society with the best in civilized society.

4. We want our people in America whose parents or grandparents were descendants from slaves, to be allowed to establish a separate state or territory of their own—either on this continent or elsewhere. We believe that our former slave masters are obligated to provide such land and that the area must be fertile and minetally rich. We believe that our former slave masters are obligated to maintain and supply our needs in this separate territory for the next 20 to 25 years—until we are able to produce and supply our own needs.

Since we cannot get along with them in peace and equality, after giving them 400 years of our sweat and blood and receiving in return some of the worst treatment human beings have ever experienced, we believe our contributions to this land and the suffering forced upon us by white America, justifies our demand for complete separation in a state or territory of our own.

5. We want freedom for all Believers of Islam now held in federal prisons. We want freedom for all black men and women now under death sentence in innumerable prisons in the North as well as the South.

We want every black man and woman to have the freedom to accept or reject being separated from the slave master's children and establish a land of their own.

We know that the above plan for the solution of the black and white conflict is the best and only answer to the problem between two people.

6. We want an immediate end to the police brutality and mob attacks against the socalled Negro throughout the United States.

We believe that the Federal government should intercede to see that black men and women tried in white courts receive justice in accordance with the laws of the land—or allow us to build a new nation for ourselves, dedicated to justice, freedom and liberty.

7. As long as we are not allowed to establish a state or territory of our own. we demand not only equal justice under the laws of the United States, but equal employment opportunities—NOW! We do not believe that after 400 years of free or nearly free labor, sweat and blood, which has helped America become rich and powerful, that so many thousands of black people should have to subsist on relief, charity or live in poor houses.

8. We w . it the government of the United States to exempt our people from A L L taxation as long as we are deprived of equal justice under the laws of the land.

9. We want equal education—but separate schools up to 16 for boys and 18 for girls on the condition that the girls be sent to women's colleges and universities. We want all black childien educated, taught and trained by their own teachers.

Under such schooling system we believe we will make a better nation of people. The United States government should provide,

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free, all necessary text books and equipment, schools and college buildings. The Muslim teachers shall be left free to teach and train their people in the way of righteousness, decency and self respect.

10. We believe that intermarriage or race mixing should be prohibited. We want the religion of Islam taught without hinderance or suppression.

These are some of the things that we, the Muslims, want for our people in North America,

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What the Muslims Believe

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1. W E B E L I E V E in the One God Whose proper Name is Allah.

2. W E B E L I E V E in the Holy Qur an and in the Scriptures of all the Prophets of God. 3. W E B E L I E V E in the truth of the Bible, but we believe that it has been tampered with and must be reinterpreted so that mankind will not be snared by the falsehoods that have been added to it.

4. W E B E L I E V E in Allah's Prophets and the Scriptures they brought to the people.

5. W E B E L I E V E in the resurrection of the dead—not in physical resurrection—but in mental resurrection. We believe t":.- t the socalled Negroes are most in need of mental resurrection; therefore, they will be resurrected first.

Furthermore, we believe we are the people of God's choice, as it has been written, that God would choose the rejected and the despised. We can find no other persons fitting this description in these last days more than the so-called Negroes in America. We believe in the resurrection of the righteous.

6. W E B E L I E V E in the judgement; we believe this first judgement will take place as God revealed, in America . . .

7. W E B E L I E V E this is the time in history for the separation of the so-called Negroes and the so-called white Americans. We believe the black man should be freed in name as well as in fact. By this we mean that he should be freed from the names imposed upon him by his former slave masters. Names which identified him as being the slave master's slave. We believe that if we are free indeed, we should go in our own people's names —the black peoples of the earth.

8. W E B E L I E V E in justice for all. whether in God or not; we believe as others, that we are due equal justice as human beings. We believe in equality—as a nation—of equals.

We do not believe that we are equal with our slave masters in the status of "freed slaves."

We recognize and respect American citizens as independent peoples and we respect their laws which govern this nation.

9. W E B E L I E V E that the offer of integration is hypocritical and is made by those who are trying to deceive the black peoples into believing that their 400-year-old open enemies of freedom, justice and equality are, all of a sudden, their "friends." Furthermore, we believe that such deception is intended to prevent black people from realizing that the time in history has arrived for the separation from the whites of this nation.

If the white people are truthful about their professed friendship toward the so-called Ne-

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gro, they can prove it by dividing up America with their slaves.

We do not believe that America will ever be able to furnish enough jobs for her own millions of unemployed, in addition to jobs for the 20,000,000 black people as well.

10. W E B E L I E V E that we who declared ourselves to be righteous Muslims, should not participate in wars which take the lives of humans. We do not believe this nation should force us to take part in such wars, for we have nothing to gain from it unless America agrees to give us the necessary territory wherein we may have something to fight for.

11. W E B E L I E V E our women should be respected and protected as the women of other nationalities are respected and protected.

12. W E B E L I E V E that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master VV. F a r d Muhammad, July, 1930; the long-awaited "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahdi" of the Muslims.

We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besides HIM there is no God and He will bring about a universal government of peace wherein we all can live in peace together.