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...auto workers, brought the m o t o r w o r k s in t h e M o t o r City to an abrupt halt during a wildcat j o b a c t i o n . See p a g e 4.
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HEWS IH BRIEF H a n r a h a n c a n be s u e d ! A F E D E R A L A P P E A L S C O U R T ruled that f o r m e r State's A t t o r n e y E d w a r d V . H a n r a h a n m a y be sued f o r c i v i l d a m a g e s i n connection with the slaying o f t w o Black Panther party leaders during a police raid i n Chicago four years ago. Hanrahan, a n a s s i s t a n t a n d 14 p o l i c e o f f i c e r s w e r e a c q u i t t e d o n c h a r g e s o f obstructing justice i n the a f t e r m a t h o f the raid. T h e r u l i n g opens the w a y f o r r e i n s t a t e m e n t o f f o u r suits a s k i n g f o r a t o t a l o f $16million i n damages. T h e decision overruled a decision i n F e b r u a r y 1972, b y U n i t e d S t a t e s D i s t r i c t J u d g e J o s e p h S. P e r r y , w h o s a i d t h a t o n l y t h e 14 r a i d i n g p o l i c e m e n c o u l d b e h e l d l i a b l e .
T a n z a m R a i l r o a d completed C R E W S O F C H I N E S E engineers and laborers, aiding African n a t i o n s a s a s s i s t a n t s i n b u i l d i n g t h e $500 m i l l i o n T a n z a m Railroad, have reached the borders o f Zambia. T h e project, China's most ambitious overseas undertaking t o date i s t w o years ahead o f schedule. T h e 1,000-mile r a i l r o a d cuts through E a s t Africa, linking the Tanzanian capital of D a r es S a l a a m w i t h Z a m b i a ' s r i c h copper belt.
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A s k s t e e l u n i o n help i n S.A. T H E O H I O S T E E L W O R K E R has issued a challenge t o I . W . Abel, president o f the U n i t e d Steel W o r k e r s Union, t o undertake a campaign t o defend B l a c k trade unionists i n South Africa. T h e object i s t o free South A f r i c a n w o r k e r s w h o have been arrested for t r y i n g t o organize a steel plant there. T h e plant, w h i c h i s a runaway f r o m Steubenville, Ohio, i sa subsidiary o f Foote M i n e r a l s o f G r e a t B r i t a i n . T h e steel union i s affiliated w i t h the International M e t a l w o r k e r s Federation w h i c h h a s denounced S o u t h A f r i c a n a p a r t h e i d p r a c t i c e s . T h e f e d e r a t i o n h*z a l s o c a l l e d on its B r i t i s h affiliate t o j o i n the fight.
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Mayor Bradley's pendulum swinging? . . . . . . . Page 3 Abernathy's leadership bankrupt Page 3' Black Chrysler workers strike Page 4 Palestine Liberation front Page 5 U.N. studies world corporate influence Page 6 Farm worker killings Page 9 Muhammad Speaks after 12 years Page 10 Muslim cartoonist Gerald 2X Page 11 The early days of the Messenger's mission .. .Page 14 Chicago professionals witness successes Page 14 Deny "sickle cell" Blacks employment Page 15 Muslims file suit for prison rights Page 17 Black artist selection begins Page 20 Newark officials abuse Blacks Page 21 Nixon searching for China markets Page 22
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o t h e r w i s e foreign bases a r e a n countries w a s held i n Bandung e x c l u d i n g f a c t o r . I s r a e l w h i c h I n d o n e s i a i n 1955. On September 5-8, A l g e r i a w a s denied e n t r y t o e v e r y w i l l b e t h e host c o u n t r y f o r 80 A f r i c a n , A s i a n , A f r o - A s i a n o r President Sukarno w h o wa African, Asian, L a t i n non-aligned conference due t o later toppled b y a m i l i t a r y A m e r i c a n , a n d E u r o p e a n her i m p e r i a l i s t aggressive role coup engineered by t h e C I A a t states which will be attending she p l a y e d i n t h e M i d d l e E a s t a cost o f m o r e t h a n h a l f a the S u m m i t Conference ofN o n in s e r v i n g U n i t e d S t a t e s million innocent Indonesian Aligned nations. Fifty colonial interests, w i l l also be lives, w a s t h e host o f this liberation movements which conference. I n Bandung, excluded. are fighting for freedom a n d President Nasser emerged not independence i n different The n e w political factors only as a n Arab and African sections o f t h e globe w i l l be w h i c h have e m e r g e d i n t h e leader, but as a w o r l d leader. represented. w o r l d today, particularly t h e In the Algiers Non-Aligned DELEGATES O F t h en e w s u s p i c i o u s r e l a t i o n s h i p Palestine L i b e r a t i o n developed between the United Conference, half o f the w o r l d O r g a n i z a t i o n , t h e A f r i c a n States a n d t h e Soviet Union, population w h i c h produces t w o guerrilla o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d t h e e m e r g e n c e o f t h et h i r d s o f t h e o i l a n d o t h e r fighting colonialism and w h i t e D e m o c r a t i c Republic of China natural resources— which a r e s u p r e m a c y , a n d t h e P u e r t o as a m a j o r w o r l d p o w e r a n d a b e i n g stolen b y t h e W e s t e r n Rican I n d e p e n d e n c e new U N m e m b e r , m a k e this countries —. will b e r M o v e m e n t w i l l be among the new n o n - aligned conference presented. necessary and urgent. participants. Nations w h i c h belong t oa n y Changing relationships m i l i t a r y pact, W e s t e r n o r between t h e rich nations o f Muhammad Speaks Eastern, a r e n o t allowed t o East a n d W e s t a n d t h e poor Published Weekly attend. T h i s includes T u r k e y , nations Vol. IS No. 1 September 14,1973 I r a n a n d P a k i s t a n w h i c h and underdeveloped belong t o t h eCentral T r e a t y are t h e m a i n themes o f t h e Published by conference. T h e Organization ( C E N T O ) , a n Algiers MUHAMMAD'S T E M P L E NO. 2 extension of N A T O , as well as relatively slow progress of the 2548 S. Federal St.. Chicago, HI. 6061S Eastern Europe Warsaw Pact, anti - imperialist liberation Phone 225 -2322 w h i c h leaves Y u g o s l a v i a as the m o v e m e n t s i n Africa and L a t i n 6 Months 126 Issues I S6.50 A m e r i c a w i l l b e a m o n g t h e m a i n European participant. I Year (52 Issues I $13.00 i m p o r t a n t topics. States w h i c h are struggling to Second -Class Postage Paid The first Non-Aligned liquidate foreign military at Chicago. Illinois bases o n their soil, such a s Conference representing t h e and additional mailing offices. Cuba, a r e n o t excluded though first bloc o f a n t i - i m p e r i a l i s t By Ali Baghdadi
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By Robert 9X Special T o M u h a m m a d Speaks) L 3S A N G E L E S — A l t h o u g h b e i n g .- office l e s s t h a n t w o m o n t h s , T o m Bradley, newly-elected Black M a y o r l a s Angeles, has c o m e under heavy re f r o m w i t h i n t h e B l a c k m m u n i t y for w h a t has been t e r m e d i pro-Jewish political stance." D E S P I T E C L A I M S that he owes his .: t o r y t o t h e J e w i s h c o m m u n i t y , a n d charges o f political maneuvering :: o r a b l e t o t h e J e w i s h cause, M a y o r Bradley hasremained unavailable for c o m m e n t a n d n o statements have been issued on the subject. Several weeks ago, a n article reportedly appeared i n t h e Jewish Chronicle, a m a j o r Zionist organ lished i n London, c l a i m i n g that the M a y o r o w e d h i s v i c t o r y t o e f f o r t s : the Z i o n i s t P a r t y . The article reportedly listed t h e city's Jewish vote andlarge financial contributions a s t h e basis f o r t h e Zionists' c l a i m t o t h e M a y o r ' s victory. S E V E R A L E D I T O R I A L S appearing in local publications lashed ml at the Mayor for his " p r o J e w i s h " leanings. The M a y o r recently criticized Standard O i l Company f o r advising its e m p l o y e e s a n d s t o c k h o l d e r s t o . support t h e aspirations o f t h e A r a b people i n t h e i r quest f o r peace. Written b y Standard Oil's chairman, Otto N . Miller, the advice drew heated reactions that l e d t o standard's d o w n t o w n offices being smeared with paint: demonstrations with persons numbering i n t h e thousands; protests b y civic groups, and i n o n e instance, a m e m b e r o f t h e militant Jewish Defense League JDL) w a s arrested after a n informant notified police that a person w a s seen w i t h a m a c h i n e g u n
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entering the offices of the J D L . The J D L m e m b e r w a s released after officials were informed that the gun. t o b e used i n a d e m o n s t r a t i o n against Standard Oil, w a s not loaded. A T A L U N C H E O N speech before the Jewish Federation Council o f Greater L.A., Mayor Bradley reportedly criticized Standard O i l for advising i t s employees a n d stockholders t o support t h e aspirations of the A r a b people. The speech created a s t o r m o f controversy throughout t h e Black neighborhood a n d o n e editorial termed the "pro-Jewish" policy of the M a y o r a s " a m o s t stupid action for a public official.'' A r e c e n t m e e t i n g o f m o r e t h a n 300 Jews a t t h e Temple Israel i n Hollywood included support f r o m
m a n y top political figures, including Mayor Bradley, Supporters expressed unanimous sympathy towards a Standard O i l boycott. Rabbi M a x Nussbaum called
speeches the tactics o f t h e A r a b countries a " b l u f f " and accused Standard O i l of "knuckling" under to pressures f r o m the oil-producing countries. " J e w i s h blood w i l l n o t be sold f o r Arab o i l , " the Rabbi angrily announced. I M M E D I A T E L Y F O L L O W I N G the Hollywood meeting, another editorial was highly critical of Mayor Bradley's stance a n d responded i n caustic tones. "Bradley's criticism o f Standard Oil o f California, w h i c h asked company stockholders t o support the oil-producing Arab nations i n their aspirations f o r peace, c o m p l e t e l y ( C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 8)
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procedures i n their attempt t o break down white America's prejudicial barriers. SCLC has failed t o relate to C H I C A G O - N o w that D r . Ralph B l a c k A m e r i c a ' s s h i f t i n g issues, David Abernathy is firmly though i n thefuture they a r e going to entrenched, once again, as try, according to Abernathy. commander - i n - chief of the troops " T h e p r o b l e m s w e face today a r e in t h e c a m p o f t h e S o u t h e r n C h r i s t i a n j u s t a s c o m p l e x a n d i n s o m e cases, Leadership Conference (SCLC), most of t h e w e e p i n g a n d w a i l i n g a n d m o r e d e v a s t a t i n g — t e c h n i q u e s o f t h e 60s m u s t n o t b e t h e s t r a t e g y o f t h e gnashing of teeth — both p r o a n d con 70," h e said. — over Abernathy's alleged However, if Abernathy's " A Nation "resignation" h a s subsided, a n d a l l i s quiet i n S C L C ' s c a m p f o r t h e in C r i s i s " ( t h e convention t h e m e ) speech, w h i c h t h e president o f S C L C moment. gives every year, isa n yindication of ABERNATHY, NUMBER one SCLC's future, the organization will disciple o f slain civil rights activist, Dr. M a r t i n Luther King J r . , w h o m a r c h to the same " d r u m m e r " they h a v e m a r c h e d t o s i n c e 1957 w h e n inherited t h e presidency o f S C L C K i n g a n d A b e r n a t h y m a r c h e d side w h e n K i n g w a s a s s a s s i n a t e d i n 1968, by - side t h r o u g h t h e streets i n t h e was r e - elected president by popular hope of c u r i n g A m e r i c a ' s ills. a c c l a i m o f t h e near obsolete civil rights organization i n Indianapolis W H E N H EW A S talking A u g u s t 14 - 1 7 . "resignation - talk" i n July, Though most civil rights A b e r n a t h y said " t h e struggles have organizations have departed f r o m the left m e battered, tired and w o r n , for I m a r c h i n g p r o t e s t s o f t h e 5 0 s a n d 60s, bear o n m y body t h e m a r k s a n d m o v i n g o n t o m o r e sophisticated bruises o f t h e m o v e m e n t t o m a k e By Lloyd Hogan
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' m a r c h i n g shoe' men free..." "...' I f e e l n o w t h a t I h a v e a mandate from Martin — a mandate from God — and a mandate from Black America. A n d I say t o you now," h e emphasized, " t h a t I accept this challenge and this responsibility. And i fyou don't have any marching shoes, I suggest t h a t y o u stop o f f a t the nearest store a n d g e t some, because get a w a y Jordan — w e ' r e going to cross i t soon!" A F T E R R E A C H I N G a h i g h o f $4 million one year i n contributions following t h e assassination o f D r . King — SCLC previously h a d a v e r a g e d $ 1.2 m i l l i o n a y e a r — contributions had recently fallen off considerably, forcing a cutback o f its staff and p r o g r a m s . Abernathy laments t h e fact SCLC lost a great deal o f w h i t e support, because of a "diffusion of Black aims, a n e w focus o n local issues a n d a lingering hostility from the e r a of B l a c k m i l i t a n c y , " h e says. " W e w e l c o m e help f r o m white
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people," Abernathy continued. " B u t the burden must rest o n Blacks. W e opened t h e door t o opportunity f o r Blacks a n d a f e w people a r e afraid t h a t they w i l l lose w h a t they have. V e r y f e w people w h o a r e getting o u t of the d i t c h h a v e the courage t o r e a c h back a n d help their brothers still a t the b o t t o m . " Walter Morrison,aBlack columnist from a white Chicago daily, newspaper believes that the struggle for B l a c k i d e n t i t y i s n o longer i n t h e streets b u t h a s shifted t o t h e conference table where economic issues have taken t h e forefront, as B l a c k s seek t o " g a i n w h e r e w i t h a l t o e n j o y t h e i r gains, " h e said. "Because SCLC w a s so closely identified with t h e e r a o f demonstration," Morrison wrote in a recent column,"it i s n o t surprising that its ability t o attract attention and financing should have lessened once t h e r e s e e m e d t o b e less need f o r marches and protests."
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Workers support Chrysler plant takeover By N a t h a n i e l 1 0 X D E T R O I T , Mich. — Quite a l u m b e r o f d a y s have passed since saac Shorter a n d L a r r y Carter d i m b e d o v e r t h e 10 - f o o t f e n c e , mtered t h e cage and turned o f f t h e >ower a t t h e C h r y s l e r a u t o p l a n t o n Sast Jefferson A v e . V E R Y F E W workers have irgotten that eventful day and m a n y >main t o tell t h e s t o r y o f t h e fierce niggle. Nearly a l l o f the workers onclude that t h e struggle m u s t ontinue until there is a total change i the conditions, pay, and the w a y Hack workers a r e treated b y ompany officials.
The workers claim that Woosley was "overdoing" his job. H e didn't want t h eworkers t o take a break when break t i m e came. H e didn't w a n t benches i n the recreation area
A m o n g the important features that orkers complain of, a r e the nbearable conditions that have been reated f o r the Black w o r k e r s here, fespite t h e conditions t h a t e x i s t nroughout t h e plant, t h e m e n ontinuously pointed o u t that t h e eplorable situation that was allowed i b u i l d u p i n D e p a r t m e n t 9110 c a n n o t e excused b ythe company n o r c a n le union escape w i t h clean hands. I t w a s i n D e p a r t m e n t 9110 t h a t o n e E t h e m a i n reasons f o r w o r k e r iscontent reared its head recently. A rude, i l l - tempered white tpervisor — T h o m a s Woosley — who 'orkers around: h e often relied o n le gutter tactics and racial slurs of l e m o s t crude white racist.
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where t h e workers congregate a t break time. H e goes around snatching people's newspapers o u t o f their hands — harassing people — h e w a s r e a l l y overdoing his j o b , " one assembly line worker told Muhammad Speaks. T h e w o r k e r pointed o u t that drastic steps w e r e n o t t a k e n against Woosley i m m e d i a t e l y . Their first move w a s t o circulate a petition amassing m o r e than 200 signatures which were presented t o t h e UAW. • B u t the Union w a s taking their time, a n dt h e brothers wanted some immediate action to get rid of Woosley, so they took things i n their o w n hands." W h e n t h e power w a s shut off, both t h e company and union began t o see t h e need f o r change. Then, l a w m e n w e r e summoned. B u t this did n o t deter the determined w o r k e r s . " I stayed there until night," one spot welder remembered. " N o I didn't get scared, I just got hungry — w h a t could they do, w e w e r e together?" T o m a k e sure that n o o n e ' interfered with the shutdown, hour shortly after t h e power w a s cut, t w o Black m e n left t h e
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T o get the lights turned back on, t h e Chrysler officials went t o the U A W , and the union came hat-in-hand to t h e Black w o r k e r s and appealed t o t h e m , and promised amnesty f o r Shorter, C a r t e r and a l l the w o r k e r s involved. B u t they refused to take t h e Union's w o r d . " W e ' v e been sold o u t b y y o u before," the workers cried. " W e don't want tohear f r o m you, we want it from Chrysler —in writing!" It w a s a tough move, but Chrysler w a s loosing so m u c h m o n e y , t h a t they yielded. So they presented their position i n writing a n d t h e workers turned the lights back on. S o m e w o r k e r s still say that "nothing has changed." " T h e union ain't doing nothing; w e ain't getting n o representation f r o m the union — a l l were're getting is p r o m i s e s , " said o n e a s s e m b l y - line worker with three children. " W e a r e right down there b y t h e ovens. T h e y w e r e supposed t o p u t a n air conditioner in there over two years ago," the w o r k e r pointed out. " I n t h e s u m m e r , i f i t ' s 100 d e g r e e s o u t s i d e i t s 150 d e g r e e s i n h e r e , " s a i d a hydraulic - lift operator. Other sordid conditions also exist i n D e p a r t m e n t 9110 a s w e l l a s o t h e r a r e a s t h r o u g h o u t the plant.
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Palestine Front calls for immediate response G E R M A N Y — Pressure i s yond. officials, which regard O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , a n diplomatic efforts o f this sort mounting o r D r . George H a b a s h , t h e leader o f t h e o p e r a t i o n of t h e m a g n i t u d e o f as useless. Popular F r ; f o r t h e the one undertaken i n M u n i c h Moreover, other extremist L i b e r a t i o n o f P a l e s t i n e at t h e O l y m p i c s , o r t h e L o d groups such a s t h e B l a c k ( P F L P ) t o stage a spectacular A i r p o r t operation, i s the v e r y S e p t e m b e r o r t h e other r e p r i s a l f o r t h e a b o r t i v e thing that i s m o s t feared i n splinter groups engaged i n the I leli plot t o kidnap h i m f r o m responsible circles. T h e w o r l d i n t e r n a t i o n a l t e r r o r battle, I v l l i a n a i r l i n e r . T h e wide condemnation o f t h e agree with them. extremist wing of theMarxist action taken by Israel is Indeed, even i ft h e g r i up, w h i c h s p e c i a l i z e s i n v i e w e d a s a b l e s s i n g b y t h e m a i n s t r e a m o f t h e guerilla terror a t large, i s urging Arab governments. m o v e m e n t counsels restraint T H I S A T T I T U D E w a s t a k e n i m m e d i a t e action against t h e " — w h i c h i t has done officially Israelis a n d their A m e r i c a n by t h e editor - publisher o f t h e n e w s p a p e r A l Nahar — " I — t h i s i s u n l i k e l y t o b e h e e d e d backers. by the m o v e m e n t ' s exponents T H E EXTREMISTS, l e d b y a p p e a l t o a l l t h e P a l e s t i n i a n o f t h e p o l i t i c s o f a c t i o n a n d ' D r . W a d i h Haddad, t h e r i g h t C o m m a n d o s , so u r g e n t l y a n d despair. hand o f D r . Habash and t h e emphatically, t o control their B u t on the b r i g h t e r side o f t h e m a n who directs the ( P F L P ' s nerves and w r a t h . " W e d o n o t w a n t another ledger, t h e n e w s w a s s l o w l y international operations, argue that t h e Israeli action h a s K h a r t o u m ( a reference t o the leaked out that during the visit created t h e c l i m a t e for a cruel a c t i o n t a k e n a g a i n s t t h e of t h e A r a b Leader Y a s s e r reply. I t w a s the P F L P that various diplomats by m e m b e r s Arafat to the Y o u t h F e s t i v a l in S e p t e m b e r E a s t B e r l i n , h e d i d sign a n waged the hijacking war in the of t h e B l a c k g r o u p ) . W e d o n o t want agreement with the East Middle E a s t a n d engineered a n o t h e r M u n i c h , n o r d o w e G e r m a n s , t h a t they were t o the attack o n the passengers at w a n t a n o t h e r A t h e n s o r participate m o r e fully with Lod A i r p o r t last year. another Japanese o r n o n - r e f e r e n c e to technical W h a t has made t h e expected Japanese j u m b o jet. assistance and that some of the guerrilla reprisal a l l t h e m o r e T h i s editorial appearing i n A r a b wounded w o u l d be cared likely is that the P F L P i s a t one o f t h e most respected for i n E a s t G e r m a n medical the present i n the throes o f a newspapers o f t h e A r a b w o r l d facilities. p o l i t i c a l u p h e a v a l . B y h i sc e r t a i n l y r e f l e c t s t h e a t t i t u d e s , A L T H O U G H THIS w a s escape f r o m falling into t h e of t h e g o v e r n m e n t s o f E g y p t recently released, i tw a s hands o f t h e Israelis, D r . and Lebanon. W h a t has been H a b a s h h a s enhanced h i s t h e s o u r c e o f t h e A r a b stated as late as October o f position inside t h e o r g a n - resurgency today h a s been that last year that s o m e A r a b a n d ization. the U . S . has a t last been placed A f r i c a n wounded w e r e cared With i t s i n t e r n a t i o n a l in t h e position o f t a k i n g for by the E a s t Germans, and that some training was carried revolutionary complexes a n d positive against t h e actions o f o n by the E a s t G e r m a n A r m y . connections, t h e P F L P i s the Israeli government. equipped w i t h a f o r m i d a b l e H O W E V E R , T H I S i s n o t t o Thus preparing the African n e t w o r k o f agents, t e r r o r have m u c h bearing o n t h e a c t i v i s t s a n d s u p p o r t e r s thinking of the P F L P and it's throughout Europe a n d b e -
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By Joe Walker (M.S. New York Bureau) U N I T E D NATIONS—This world body i s d e m o n s t r a t i n g i t s a l a r m a t the "laissez-faire" conduct o f multinational corporations a n d t h e threats they pose f o r t h e sovereignty of n a t i o n s a r o u n d t h e globe. W I E L D I N G E N O R M O U S economic and political power affecting world trade, currency stability a n d foreign affairs, these financial giants have also been noted for their i n v o l v e m e n t i n m i l i t a r y and other intrique fostering their interests. Presently, the multinational corporations, t h em a j o r i t y and top ones w h i c h a r e based i n t h e U . S . , have practically no accountability t o a n y o n e b u t t h e m s e l v e s . A 195 p a g e report submitted by U . N . economists insists that "some form o f accountability t o t h e international community'" (which is widely v i c t i m i z e d b y t h e m ) needs t o be developed. Greater than t h e gross national p r o d u c t o f m o r e t h a n 80 n a t i o n s i n t h e w o r l d , a r e t h e p r o f i t s o f t h e 10 l a r g e s t multinational corporations. Eight of t h e s e 10 t o p w o r l d c o n g l o m e r a t e s a r e headquartered i n the U.S.. with the leading U . S . corporations as their m a j o r stockholders. O P E R A T I N G I N Third World countries, a r e a quarter of the U.S. based m u l t i n a t i o n a l c o r p o r a t i o n s w i t h 70 p e r c e n t o f t h e m r e a p i n g t h e i r
UNITED NATIONS, which has served principally as a forum for protest has sanctioned a study into the dange rs of western-based multi- national corporations whose power may hav e grown beyond the ability even of individual governments to control.
major profits from Central and South America andthe remainder—being obtained f r o m Africa. Asia a n d the Middle East. An investigation o f these powerful i n v e s t m e n t bodies h a s been ordered by t h e U . N . . a n d a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l panel of experts isbeing established to conduct i t . This action w a sprompted by Chile, whose government under Salvador A l l e n d e h a s been t h e object o f intrique and subversion conducted by the International Telephone a n d
T e l e g r a p h C o r p . i I T T • and Kennecott C o p p e r o f t h e U . S . facilities of both c o r p o r a t i o n s w e r e nationalized by Allende. B e s i d e s t h e t o p multinational c o r p o r a t i o n s , t h e U . S . harbors more t h a n h a l f o f t h e multinationals with y e a r l y s a l e s in e x c e s s o f $1 -billion. S t r a n g e l y , t h e U . S . supported the r e s o l u t i o n p r o p o s e d by Chile — first i n t r o d u c e d 18 m o n t h s ago — but the c h a n g i n g n a t u r e o f world events, the c r i t i c a l i n t e r n a l economic situation of t h e U . S . . a n d t h e dollar abroad, mav
As these enterprises continue to spread out. the political punch of their power is especially acute for non-white developing countries, indicates the U.N. report to a world body that has drastically changed in recent decades. Additionally, the U.N. report proposes that the global assembly could organize a group of knowledgeable administrators and technicians — including economists, lawyers, engineers, managers and others — to help governments throughout the world in their dealings with multinational corporations. Operations across national boundaries could be constructed to « B page 8 i
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interferes with private business and is out of line," the editorial stated. "Bradley is not only representing Jews in California — he was elected to represent all of the citizens of Los Angeles..." Without letting up in its vitriolic denunciation of the mayor, the article continued to question the leadership of Mayor Bradley. "...Standard Oil has as much right to ask for support of the Arabs right to live and sell oil to the United States as Bradley has to support killing Arabs in an effort to steal their land and wealth...If Jews call for the bombing of Watts, does Bradley say he will also call for bombing Blacks in Watts? His actions indicate he will..." CHARGES O F "pro-Jewish" activity on the part of Mayor Bradley was brought out in another editorial which appeared recently in a Hollywood publication. The article referred to the tactics of Deputy Mayor, Morrie Weiper, top Jewish aide. "Strong-arm, crude boss rule and political 'arm twisting' are being practiced by Mayor Tom Bradley in connection with the Tenth District Special Councilmanic election," the editorial charged. The Tenth District Councilmanic seat was vacated when Mayor
Bradley who represented the district was elected as Mayor of Los Angeles. "Bradley's top political aide, Morrie Weiner, has been telling political hopefuls all over the city that they had better support his handpicked candidate David Cunningham, or else!" — the editorial continued. CANDIDATE CUNNINGHAM who reportedly received the endorsement of Mayor Bradley for the vacated seat was listed as one of the speakers at the meeting held in Temple Israel, in
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WE THE MUSLIMS, a r e e n t e r i n g i n t o u n i v e r s a l c o m m e r c i a l business a n d w e h a v e t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e C o m m e r c i a l w o r l d , t o h e l p us. W E , THE M U S L I M S , have credit a n d friendship t h r o u g h o u t A s i a a n d A f r i c a . W E M U S T D O F O R SELF. W E , a r e n o t g o i n g t o b e a " l a z y L a z a r u s " l y i n g a t t h e rich man's gate. Y o u will starve to d e a t h w a i t i n g f o r crumbs f r o m the w h i t e m a n ' s t a b l e . W e d o not need t o w a i t to pick u p t h e c r u m b s f r o m t h e rich m a n ' s t a b l e , w e , t h e Black P e o p l e , h a v e a big w o r i anyway. THE EARTH BELONGS T O US, THE BLACK M A N , b u t w e must prove w o r t h y o f i t . C O M E FOLLOW ME. Your Brother, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, MESSENGER OF ALLAH, TO YOU ALL.
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article concluded. Although Mayor Bradley came forth with no s t a t e m e n t s , administrative aides close to him were quick to come to his defense. Administrative Coordinator, Ethel Narvid, issue with the reported statistics of heavy Jewish votes and huge contributions which the Jewish Chronicle is reported to have referred to in it boast.
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government development ministers, academic economists, labor union leaders, bankers, corporation executives and others—will listen to information from other experts on how to deal with these pressing problem. Already, the General Motors Corporation and the International Business Machines Corporation have indicated that they would voluntarily appear before the U.N. investigative body; but the overriding question that remains is whether the U.N., still too largely based on maintaining the status quo, can force multinational corporations to be accountable to anybody but themselves. Time, being the announcer — will tell.
MONEY NECESSARY W E N E E D M O N E Y f o r the fob o f self-help. W e , the Muslims, have been able t o m a k e ourselves c o n fident i n t h e eyes o f t h ew o r l d , a n d w e hope t o gain e n o u g h h e l p t o m a k e o u r s e l v e s self - h e l p e r s . B L A C K B R O T H E R S a n d Black Sisters, d o a l l t h a t you c a n t ohelp m e t o p u ty o u o n t o p o f civilization. Thank you. Allah bewith you. I am... Your Brother, EUJAH MUHAMMAD, MESSENGER OF ALLAH, TO YOU ALL.
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WASHINGTON,D.C — The death o f Nagi Daifullah, a Yemenite immigrant, and Juan D e LaCruz, both m e m b e r ' s o f Cesar Chavez's United F a r m Workers Union ( U F W ) h a s ignited nationwide sympathy and support for the beleaguered f a r m w o r k e r s and once again has demonstrated Chavez's skillful use o f t h e " P o w e r o f t h e UNITED FARM WORKERS representative, Mrs. E. Padilla of Washington D.C. chapter, calls for unity Picket." in support of farm workers at special memorial services for slain California picketers. (MS photo by GRAPE G R O W E R S i n C a l i f o r n i a h a v e l o n g f e l t t h e Lonnie Kashif) f a r as they a r e concerned a l l of higher-ups in t h e Teamster pressure of the f a r m w o r k e r ' s headed b yGeorge Meany. P r i o r t o the slaying, M e a n y the contracts a r e still "legally union, picketing for higher wages and A L L OFT H I S , h o w e v e r , t h e r i g h t t o n e g o t i a t e appeared less t h a n enthused b i n d i n g " a n d w e r e negotiated w i t h t h e f u l l k n o w l e d g e o f r estages the potentially contracts, and until recently about continuing support f o r acceded t o the moderate and the f a r m w o r k e r s b u t later humane demands of the U F W b o w e d t o m e m b e r s h i p after having suffered losses o n pressure w h i c h brought about t h e o p e n m a r k e t a s a r e s u l t o f a v o t e f o r $1.6 m i l l i o n f u n d nation-wide boycotts of grapes support for the U F W strikers. and lettuce, led bythe U F W . I n a recent ploy, however, the In a n attempt t o take a little growers conspired with of t h e heat o f f t h e T e a m s t e r s , Teamster Union officials and Frank E . Fitzsimmons, signed contracts p u t i n g T e a m s t e r boss, declared t h a t hundreds o f f a r m w o r k e r s o u t he w a s repudiating contracts of w o r k . w h i c h h i s field agents had, W h e n C h a v e z e m p l o y e d t h e n e g o t i a t e d s i n c e A u g u s t 9, w i t h " p i c k e t " a g a i n , h o w e v e r , 30 C a l i f o r n i a g r a p e g r o w e r s Teamster "goons" and without official union authoCalifornia local police started rization. to strong-arm t h e innocent The action was a n attempt t o unarmed farm workers, into resulting finally i n the brutal s w a y C h a v e z b a c k n e g o t i a t i o n s o v e r t h e c o n t r acts killing o f Daifullah a n d D e w i t h grape growers i n a n d LaCruz. Calif. T h e f a r m w o r k e r s accuse the a r o u n d D e l a n o , F i t z s i m m o n s d i d n o t r e p udiate police of m u r d e r i n g the t w o i n c o l d b l o o d a f t e r a r r e s t i n g t h e m m o r e t h a n 30 o t h e r c o n t r a c t s on assorted charges related t o signed w i t h g r o w e r s p r i o r t o the picketing. T h e w o r k e r s the August 9th date. also charged that t h e " I t doesn't m e a n anything", Teamsters brutalized a n d C havez responded. T h e f a r m intimidated the workers w h o w orkers "still don't have had been rightfully contracts," he said. demonstrating for their rights. F i t z s i m m o n ' s statements also T H E K I L L I N G S , however, conflict with t h e growers forced the A F L - C I O hiearchy interpretation of the contracts. to demonstrate their support for the f a r m w o r k e r s w h o a r e John Giumarra, a spokesman affiliated w i t h the l a r g e r u n i o n for t h e g r o w e r s , said t h a t a s EASTERN A N D AMERICAN
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explosive labor conflict, laden w i t h racial overtones. T h e U F W membership is predominately MexicanAmerican-Chicano, and has long been considered a threat to " b i g union philosophy" w h i c h opposes ethnically l e d unions. A t the death of Daifullah and De LaCruz, Chavez temporarily called a halt t o the picketing thus demonstrating the union's " n o n - v i o l e n t " character. I n the meanwhile, he called o n t h e A t t o r n e y General, Elliott Richardson to d i s p a t c h 100 F B I a g e n t s t o t h e California area w h e r e the f a r m w o r k e r s a r e being threatened and b r u t a l i z e d . -
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M u h a m m a d Speaks Newspaper, after 12 years, 5 2 5 issues, and tens of millions of copies of L i f e - g i v i n g t r u t h and eye-opening news to its readers enters its 13th year of publication, "Dedicated to F r e e d o m , Justice and E q u a l i t y for the so-called Negro..." and committed to w i n new readers, make new friends and help get the job done, recognizing: " . . . T h e E a r t h Belongs to Allah."
Muhammad Speaks Newspaper,Vol. 1, No. 1. October-November, 1961
P a k i s t a n M u s l i m describes the joys of b e i n g at M u h a m m a d S p e a k s
Wanted T w o Female Language Teachers to teach t w o t o f o u r students One: Native of Spanish speaking country. One: Native of A r a b speaking country. Week's salary for working t w o hours per day. Must present College o r University degrees w h e n interviewed. Report Directly to:
Messenger Muhammad 4847 So. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60615
By Abdul Basit Naeem W r i t i n g i n this space r e c e n t l y I had described some of the j o y s of w o r k i n g out o f t h e "Plant" — M u h a m m a d Speaks' headquarters here i n Chicago. Continuing o n t h e subject. I w o u l d like to m e n t i o n that even the physical aspects o f t h e " P l a n t " a r e exceptionally pleasant: T o passersby. the " P l a n t " m i g h t appear to be an "old building." F r o m inside, however, i t is modern through and through, complete with central a i r conditioning plus piped-in classical m u s i c in stereo. W h a t ' s m o r e , here i s a place o f w o r k for scores of m e n and w o m e n — not a l l o f w h o m , b y t h eway, a r e M u s l i m o r"registered" members of the U.S. N a t i o n of I s l a m — where you can find n o t t h e slightest trace o f s m o k e or foul tobacco odors. There is no swearing o r cursing o r e m p l o y o f other offensive usages. Conversely, visiting t h e various departments a n d offices w i t h i n t h e building, o n e only encounters t h e beautiful universal Islamic salutations (in Arabic): " A s - S a l a a m A l a i k u m " (peace b e unto you) o r " W a A l a i k u m A s - S a l a a m " (peace be unto you, too!). F o r those o f u s w h o m u s t
s o m e t i m e s take a coffee (or as i n m y case, t e a " b r e a k , " o r those w h o w o r k during late afternoon a n d evening hours, wholesome a n d nutritious Muslim meals c a n be had at t h e f o u r t h - f l o o r c a f e t e r i a . Managed byBrother Edward A l i ,a longtime follower o f the Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d , the cafeteria also features t h e w o r l d - f a m o u s Shabazz bean pie as well as " O m a r o n t h e N i l e " brand soft beverages. T h e r e i s , o f course, y e t another thrilling aspect t o being based a t M u h a m m a d Speaks headquarters: Y o u daily observe dedicated w o r k e r s doing a j o b , with diligence a n d irrespective o f t h e hours their specific duties d e m a n d of t h e m . There i s a transcendent spirit o f h a r m o n y and cooperation here that comes only f r o m k n o w i n g that each worker, whatever his personal station or individual assignment, i s a n important, integral part o f a great team, involved i n a mission and endeavor that isunequivocally unique and significant — " s e l l i n g " I s l a m (Freedom, Justice and E q u a l i t y ) t o the d o w n - t r o d d e n people o f A l l a h (i.e., American so-called "Negroes"), as taught a n d propagated b y t h e last Messenger, the Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d .
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Gerald ByNathaaidlftX DETROIT, Mich.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;In the early summer of 1963, a new social critic emerged on the scene of the Black world. With a real deep humor meshed with the biting tinge of reality, the wit of Gerald 2X burst on the scene causing real "belly laughter," and the Muhammad Speaks newspaper took on a new flavor with humor deeply rooted in the Teaching of Messenger Elijah Muhammad. SINCE THAT time, mm new M.S. reader is ever likely to forget the true life untonm; of Gerald ZX. Another important and unique feature of a Gerald 2X cartoon is the real funny material that he draws from, and even the greatest "friend" of issues be criticizes cannot bat laugh at the belly-busting wit of tins young Black cartoonist. THIS HUMOR is not only funny, but in a very deft manner it rips the cover off the oppressors of the Black man. As one veteran cartoonist told this reporter: "While the work of Gerald ZX cannot actually be classed as editorial cartooning, it goes much
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deeper than that; he is definitely a social commentator and one of the greatest of his era. "With canning accuracy, he deftly exposes the hypocrisy of white society with one stroke of the pen, and I would even say that white people who stumble across the work of Gerald 2X. find it impossible to muffle their laughter at the wit of this highly successful artist." E V E N B E F O R E he became a follower of Messenger Muhammad. Brother Gerald states that he always had a good sense of humor and a keen eye for the ridiculous. Recalling that eventful day when he showed three of his cartoons to the then Minister of Temple No. 1 Detroit, Brother Gerald had no idea that he was embarking on a career that would make him one of the most successful cartoonists in the world. Now, 12 years later, at the peak of a very important career. Brother Gerald sat in the living room of his five bedroom custom bungalow and s p o k e o f his e a r l y days as a cartoonist.
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Speaking o f t h e training he received a t the Society of A r t s and Crafts school here. Brother Gerald admits that his w o r k h a d been published f o r a number o f years when he first enrolled. H e r e , h e w a s able t o perfect his techniqueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but h e makes i t quite clear w h o h i s T e a c h e r is. " I k n o w that i f I a m successful it i s only because I a m a follower o f the Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d . I have to give t h e credit t o t h e Messenger f o r helping m e t o get m y m i n d together. " I f i t were not for the Teachings o f the Messenger, I w o u l d not be w h e r e I a m today. H i s Teachings have opened up a w h o l e n e w w o r l d o f ideas for the Black m a n . After studying the Messenger's Teachings, y o u a r e able t o see b o t h sides of a question." Speaking o f t h e role that h u m o r plays i n t h e Black m a n ' s life. Brother Gerald cautions that the plight ofthe Black m a n is not really funny; these a r e serious times w e live in. he points out. ALSO, Q U I T E a critic o f other trends that affect t h e
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lives o f B l a c k people. B r o t h e r G e r a l d h a s been a n accurate observer o f t h e clownlike "Super F l y " styles that m a n y young Blacks a r e adopting. Pointing out that an intelligent m a n does n o t dress like a c l o w n . B r o t h e r G e r a l d asks, '" W h y s h o u l d w e s t e p o u t t h e r e and look ridiculous ? "
itself Standing i n t h e quiet a i r conditioned setting o f his fivebedroom custom bungalow with t h e natural look o f Oriental Modern furniture meshed with t h e exquisite taste of E a s t e r n Black m o o r i s h design. B r o t h e r G e r a l d 2 X seems very oblivious o f h o w successful h e r e a l l y is.
T h e r e a r e also several other facets t o t h e complex figure called Gerald 2 X . that a r e w o r t h y of note. M a r r i e d s i n c e 1962, G e r a l d 2 X i s also t h e father o f eight beatiful Muslim children: Khalif, 9 months; Bayyinah, 2 years; M a w a h . 3; Abdul, 5; J a m i l a h . 6 : O m a r . 8; H a s s a n . 10: a n d Y v e t t e . 1 1 . Gerald 2 X also points w i t h husbandly pride t o t h e able assistance that has been given to h i m b y h i s beautiful w i f e of 12 y e a r s . S i s t e r B e t t y A . X . S h e deservers a lot of credit for m y success, h e said.
AS A F R E E L A N C E cartoonist whose w o r k appears in several other Black publications under pen names. Brother Gerald 2 Xh a s managed to capture other markets by softening h i s humor. B u t success has n o t d i m m e d the focus o f this m a s t e r cartoonist at a l l . Brother Gerald 2 X still states emphatically that " w e r e it not for t h e hard w o r k o f t h e Messenger, there would be n o Muhammad Speaks newspaper, a n d w i t h o u t the 40years o f hard labor o f t h e "Brother Eugene Majied has Honorable Elijah M u h a m m a d , also helped m e o u t a l o t , " h e t h e r e w o u l d be no G e r a l d 2 X . added. " W h e n I first began t o try t o draw, he w a s always " T h e cartoons a r e just m y helpful, a l w a y s encouraging s m a l l c o n t r i b u t i o n t o help t h e m e ; he is a beautiful brother t o Messenger open the eyes of our people." work with."
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Part IV of Messenger Muhammad's An Part IV B E C A U S E of the great and powerful work of this Great W H E E L , it lifts up wheels (people). This lifting of wheels could be referred to as small nations of the Black Man — nations who have been crushed by the wheel of enslavement, by the white slave masters. EZEKIEL, Chap. 1:21...The unity of T H E W H E E L , "When those went, these went; and when those stood and when those were lifted up from the earth,..." Which means people to be lifted up to higher places of position in the human families of the earth. EZEKIEL, Chap. 1:24...The great noise that E Z E K I E L said he heard, "And then they (the wheels) went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the v o i c e of the Almighty, the voice of speech,..." This gives us the knowledge that this is the work of the Almighty, in the Last Days—the Work of Lifting Up the people who were under the foot of
EZEKIEL, Chap. 1:25..."And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood..." Here, E Z E K I E L did not tell us what the Voice said. He did not give us the answer. He only said that it was A Voice from the firmament.
In t h e N a m e of Allah, Master Fard M u h a m m a d , to W h o m Praises a r e due forever; for giving us His Divine Messenger, and His Divine Message: In t h e past, many of us have studied the pages of history and compared t h e socalled g r e a t men and their g r e a t work for people. W e have studied in t h e devil's school, t h e rise and f a l l of races. In our textbooks they refer to it as t h e rise and f a l l of nations, but Messenger M u h a m m a d brings us t h e reality of things and t h e real t r u t h t h a t w e , t h e Black people, a r e t h e Original Nation of t h e planet e a r t h , and t h a t a l l other peoples— f r o m b r o w n to yellow, to rsd and to w h i t e — o r e r a c e s o f people. And as w i t h a l l races, whether they a r e a physical competition or a people—a race h a s a starting point and a finish line. But w e t h e Black people have no birth record and w e have no beginning and no end. For a t i m e , a people ( w h i t e ) ran a race which was 6,000 years long, and now t h e race is over for t h e w h i t e race. I t is t i m e , Messenger M u h a m m a d teaches us, t h a t Allah is Present to put us in our proper places. For 6,000 years, a people have t a k e n our
(TO B E CONTINUED.) DO NOT F A I L TO R E A D PART V O F E Z E K I E L ' S WHEEL IN NEXT W E E K ' S ISSUE. IT IS A LIVING TRUTH! Elijah Muhammad, Messenger of Allah to you all
place and ruled t h e peoples of t h e e a r t h . Continue to follow these articles of MESSENGER M u h a m m a d ' s on Ezekiel's Wheel, which a r e giving us deep understanding into t h e Wisdom of God and His Divine Plan for us, t h e Black N a t i o n : and t h e preparation He Has M a d e to place and protect us in t h e Divine Place t h a t He Has Ordained for us. All Praises a r e Due to Allah for His Divine Messenger and His Divine Message, The True and t h e Faithful. Let us now come f o r t h under t h e Divine Leadership of Messenger M u h a m m a d and cast out fear through t h e power of Allah and t a k e our places. Let us heed t h e teachings of Messenger Muhammad, which is t h e Best for us. Let Us know ourself and be ourself. All Praises a r e Due to Allah, for t h e knowledge of self, given to us by Messenger M u h a m m a d , and t h e courage to be ourself, through t h e power of Allah. DO NOT MISS PART V, OF MESSENGER M U H A M M A D ' S MARVELOUS ARTICLE, BRINGING US THE REALITY OF EZEKIEL'S WHEEL (OUR MOTHER PLANE). Margary
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Chapter 6 SECTION 11: Truth of Divine Revelation 92 And they honour not Allah with the honour due to Him, when they say: Allah has not revealed anything to a mortal. Say: Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light and a guidance to menâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you make it into (scattered) papers, which you show and you conceal much? And you are taught that which neither you nor your fathers knew. Say: Allah. Then leave them sporting in their idle talk. 93 And this is a Blessed Book We have revealed, verifying that which is before it, and that thou mayest warn the mother of the towns and those around her. And those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it, and they keep a watch over their prayers. 94 And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah, or says, Revelation has been granted to me; while nothing has been revealed to him; and he who says: I can reveal the like of that which Allah has revealed? And if thou couldst see when the wrongdoers are in the agonies of death and the angels stretch forth their hands, (saying): Yield up your souls. This day you are awarded a chastisement of disgrace because you spoke against Allah other than truth, and (because) you scorned His messages. 95 And certainly you have come to Us one by one as We created you at first, and you have left behind your backs what We
gave you. And We see not with you your intercessors about whom you asserted that they were (Allah's) associates in respect to you. Certainly the ties between you are now cut off and that which you asserted has failed you. SECTION 13: Gradual Progress 102 Wonderful Originator of the heavens and earth! How could He have a son when He has no consort? And He created everything, and He is the Knower of all things. 103 That is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but He; the Creator of all things; therefore serve Him, and He has charge of all things. 104 Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Subtile, the Aware. 105 Clear proofs have indeed come to you from your Lord; so whoever sees, it is for his own good; and whoever is blind, it is to his own harm. And I am not a keeper over you. 106 And thus do We repeat the messages, and that they may say, Thou hast studied; and that We may make it clear to a people who know. 107 Follow that which is revealed to thee from thy Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;there is no god but He; and turn away from the polytheists.
108 And if Allah had pleased, they would not have set up others (with Him). And We have not appointed thee a keeper over them, and thou art not placed in charge of them. 109 And abuse not those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest, exceeding the limits, they abuse Allah through ignorance. Thus to every people have We made their deeds fair-seeming; then to their Lord is their return so He will inform them of what they did. 110 And they swear their strongest oaths by Allah that if a sign come to them they would certainly believe in it. Say: Signs are with Allah. And what should make you know that when they come they believe not? 111 And We turn their hearts and their sights, even as they did not believe in it the first time; and We leave them in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
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The early days of Islam: the Glorious past' By Bro. Karriem Allah Temple No. 2 Part III
Honorable Elijah M u h a m m a d , had done f o rus; united us together a s w e were i n t h e times o f o u r ancient forefathers.
We. theM u s l i m s , hadlove for each other — a true love foro u r brothers and sisters i n I s l a m . W e stood together; w e allowed nothing to stand in o u r w a y o r t o c o m e between brothers a n d sisters i n those days, t h e early days. We. the Muslims, could never seem to l e a v e each o t h e r w h e n i t w a s t i m e to s a y . A s - S a l a a m - A l a i k u m . I t w a s hard t o break o f f f r o m one another. T h i s was w h a t I s l a m , as taught by the
We w e r e happy t o k n o w ourselves, loving ourselves, a n d w e were ourselves after 400 years o f separation f r o m ourselves. The Messenger said t h e e n e m y w a s the cause o f u s being blinded t o t h e knowledge o f ourselves. H e h a d separated u s o n h i s plantation. T h e prayers o f A b r a h a m a n d o u r first fathers w h o were brought t o t h e Western hemisphere by John Hawkins, were answered.
Allah remembered the promise H e made to Father Abraham, Messenger M u h a m m a d said, a n d H e , Allah, came alone, b y Himself, t o redeem us. O n H i s c o m i n g H e r a i s e d u p f r o m a m o n g us, t h e lost and found N a t i o n of I s l a m i n N o r t h A m e r i c a , t h e Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Allah poured out H i sw i s d o m upon the Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d and taught h i m t h e knowledge of t h e books: Bible a n d Holy Qur'an. I n those days w e . t h e M u s l i m s , s a w i n the Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d , our hopes and i n s p i r a t i o n . He was full of the spirit of Allah, his
Sender, a n d h e p u t t h e spirit o f A l l a h into us, the Muslims. W e took t h e w o r d w i t h the spirit o f Allah and also our Leader a n d T e a c h e r a n d p u t i t into o u r lost-found brothers a n d sisters. In theearly days w e had nothing but t h e word. T h e word w a s sufficient; w e took i t to our people. When i t w a stime f o rthe Temple meeting, the Muslims always hada T e m p l e full o f lost-found brothers and sisters f o r the Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d to teach. More is coming to you from the early days o f I s l a m i n N o r t h America.
B e i n g M e s s e n g e r of G o d , tremendous task, u n d e r s t o o d o n l y b y H i m By Minister Louis 6X Temple No. 6 PARTI "Oh Messenger deliver that which has been revealed t o thee f r o m t h y L o r d and Allah w i l l protect thee f r o m men."
To be the Messenger o fG o d is a tremendous task that is understood only b y h e w h o h a s been chosen f o r such a great and tremendous duty. I n m o s t instances there a r e guidelines or standards that w e m i g h t judge the work and mission ofa man; but how do w e judge, analyze a n d appraise that w h i c h has never before been? T o t r y and g e t a glimpse o r a peak
into this great and tremendous duty that Allah's last Messenger has been ordained t o p e r f o r m is t o take a look at the prophets and Apostles i n their w o r k a n d m i s s i o n t o deliver a people who have fallen f r o m the higher plane of c i v i l i z a t i o n t h a t w a s p r e s c r i b e d f o r them. We a r e taught from scripture that before the coming of God there would be a M e s s e n g e r t o p r e p a r e t h e w a y for G o d . T h a t same Messenger i s referred t o i n scripture as being t h e seal o f t h e prophets. H e i s also referred to in the Holy Qur'an as one who comes with consumating wisdom. To prepare t h ew a y for G o d is not
an o r d i n a r y o r usual w o r k ; f o r n e v e r before has God come to take over the e a r t h and to set up H i s K i n g d o m since the m a k i n g of the M a n of Sin o r t h e devil in the flesh (the white race.) Never before i n history has there been a m a n upon w h o m responsibility had been laid upon h i s shoulder t o take out a complete world and t o bring into being another world a t one and the same time. U p o n the shoulder of t h e L a s t M e s s e n g e r h a s been laid the judgement and resurrection. This is a t e r m i n o l o g y t h a t h a s o f t e n b e e n expressed a n d often been heard b u t never understood. (Continued Next Week)
Chicago professionals witness Muslim accomplishments Enthusiastic
"1 would like to say that just having returned from the hospital after a very, very serious siege with an illness and operations, this being my first real outing, I might say that today I felt a great spiritual uplift and I saw the fruits of the most H o n o r a b l e Elijah Muhammad's work. "I saw people who were inspired, who were friendly, who were w a r m , who expressed love and understanding and who had accomplishments beyond my wildest dreams. "I came and I saw and I believe that the real answer to our problem is self-help as taught by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad— and I say this from the bottom of my heart. — Russ Meeks, Search for Truth.
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"Well, I think that it was very impressive, very much impressive— and it's great to see Blacks who are on the move such as the Muslims are — building their own shopping centers, stores, attempting to build hospitals, housing, their own restaurants and what have you. "I think it's just great, and I think that there should be more of it and if Muslims or the Muslim religion is the key to Blacks being independent and have their own and control their own communities and destinies, then I think all Black people should be Muslims.—Roger Phillips, Al Johnson Associates, Public Relations.
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"Well, I think it should have been done, maybe, a long time ago. I believe that if you expose people to different things that they maybe hear certain negative things about, if you expose them to it then that eliminates the fear that they have and that makes them more apt to participate after the fear is gone. "That's why I think it was a great thing, you know I really think it's great because I've only been exposed to it recently, and there are many other people that haven't been exposed to it at all. "And this way, word of mouth can go around from here to there, you know, and hopefully some of those other people can come in like this. I would like to see a series of these exposures take place. — Al Johnson, Al Johnson Public Relations.
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"Oh fantastic! The whole experience—your courtesy, the detail, the freedom with which you showed us everything behind the scenes and all the information we gathered and The Temple is just beautiful "The impression when you walk in the door—that airiness, that light, that glow and then the ladies are so polite; even going through the security business, they are so polite, that nobody could object to it. "I expected of course that I would have a wonderful time, but I think that you have topped all my expectations in your arrangements for all of our courtesies; and I think I speak for everbody on the bus when I say that. Thank you. — Frances Matlock, National Council of Negro Women.
"I am more than impressed, i have always had a knowledge of some of the workings of the Message of Muhammad over the years, but today after having a full tour and being guided through the exploits and the achievements of what has been made, I'm even more impressed. "I certainly appreciated it having been done; it was the greatest thing for my son to be exposed to this — and my daughter, because it's not often in our lifetime that our youth are able to be able to go into business establishments whereas that we can proudly say that from the beginning to the end is all done by Blacks. — Millard Frazier, Black Beauty Boutiques
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Deny "sickle cell" Blacks employment By Lonnie Kashif (M.S. New York Bureau) WASHINGTON, D.C. Sickle-cell anemia — a hereditay disease a m o n g Black people — has become, not only a political "football" among politicians a n d a potential catch-phrase o r "medical" excuse f o r denying Black • people employment opportunities, i t h a s also become a n "explanation" f o r alleged I Q failings a n d "reason" f o r genetic experimentations on Blacks. WHILE SICKLE-CELL anemia is admittedly a serious disease, recent political a n d social attention given the t r a i t s of t h i s d i s e a s e a m o n g B l a c k people, h a s served t o distract and weaken the attention given to t h e o v e r a l l health plight of Blacks in America. A t the height of the sickle -cell p u b l i c i t y — p r i o r t o t h e 1972 national elections — political figures went about feigning their interest i n t h e health problems o f Blacks b y citing
their interest i n this hereditary had resulted f r o m sickle-cell disease. data which would have Since that t i m e , however, established t h e v a l i d i t y o r Blacks found having " t r a i t s " f a l s i t y o f t h e p r e v a i l i n g ( H b - A S ) o f sickle-cell a r e assumptions. N o w , a t least one e v e r y w h e r e a n d a r e being such study does exist w h i c h , i n labeled " i n f e r i o r " i n one f o r m f a c t , e x p l o d e s t h e m y t h or another. Across the country, s u r r o u n d i n g t h e p h y s i c a l city officials h a v e capability o f t h e sickle-cell contemplated a n d instituted trait carriers. m a n d a t o r y so-called sickleT h i s study w a s conducted b y cell " t e s t i n g " p r o g r a m s f o r D r . John R . M u r p h y associated school children. with the Department of Labor and industry, i n m a n y Medicine a t Western Reserve cases, n o w r e q u i r e testing f o r U n i v e r s i t y a n d U n i v e r s i t y sickle-cell — t h ediscovery of Hospitals o f Cleveland. Ohio. the t r a i t being p a r a m o u n t t o D r . M u r p h y selected h i s subjects f r o m t h e N a t i o n a l rejection for employment. Recently, a young Black w a s F o o t b a l l League, because, h e dismissed from t e c h n i c a l said, " o f t h e large n u m b e r o f flight t r a i n i n g a t the A i r F o r c e individuals a n d because these A c a d e m y because he had slight individuals have attained a traces of sickle-cell. T h e list of v e r y h i g h l e v e l of p e r f o r m a n c e a n t i - s i c k l e - c e l l t r a i t in this specific a c t i v i t y . " regulations grows longer as T H E R E S U L T S o f M u r p h y ' s the assumption t h a t siudy, recently published i n the "carriers" of the trait a r e American Medical Association significantly " i n f e r i o r " Journal showed that a physically o r mentally t o the significantly high percentage (6.7 p e r c e n t ) o f a t o t a l o f 579 average person. B lack football players tested UNTIL R E C E N T L Y , w e r e c a r r i e r s of the sickle -cell however, n o scientific study
trait. Obviously, among these were highly talented l i n e m e n and backfield runners. M u r p h y revealed that 20 of of t h e N F L ' s 2 6 t e a m s participated i n t h e study and s o m e 98.5 p e r c e n t o f t h e B l a c k players h a d their blood sampled. T h e results proved t h « t t h e s i c k l e - c e l l Uc»t " i s n o t detrimental to t h e development of athletic a b i l i t i e s , " h e said, adding t h e usual research-method qualification "as i t relates t o professional football." M u r p h y said that t h e true prevalence o f t h e sickle-cell t r a i t i n the Black population of the U . S . is n o t k n o w n ; "however, i t is not u n c o m m o n to see a f i g u r e o f 8 p e r cent t o 10 p e r c e n t q u o t e d a s t h e prevalence of this c o n d i t i o n . " H e considered significant, t h e 6.7 p e r c e n t a g e f o u n d a m o n g the football players as i t compares with other sicklecell test averages. Assuming, he said, t h a t t h e p e r c e n t a g e s are basically t h e same, this would indicate t h e lack o f
detrimental effect o f sicklecell trait on athletic ability. " I t i s of interest t o note that one o f t h e t e a m s i n t h e N F L plays one-half its games ata n a l t i t u d e o f m o r e t h a n 1,524 m e t e r s (5,000 f t ) . " N o n e o f t h e t e a m physicians, he said, " a r e aware of a n y problems relating t o t h e sickle-cell t r a i t " for Blacks playing a t the high altitudes. T h e studies, h e concluded, "indicate that the individuals with the sickle-cell trait a r e able t o p e r f o r m i n those kinds of p h y s i c a l a c t i v i t i e s r e q u i r e d to p l a y professional f o o t b a l l i n a manner similar t o that of individuals with (normal hemoglobin) H b - A A . "
B l a c k s cheated F O R T V A L L E Y , Ga. — A suit filed b y t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Justice recently, charged that Black voters seeking t o cast a b s e n t e e b a l l o t s i n a l o c a l 1972 election were n o tgiven t h e same assistance as white people a n d thereby h a d their voting rights violated.
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Muslims file suit for prison rights By Joseph Delaney (Special to Muhammad Speaks)
P A R C H M A N , Miss. —A civil action suit w a srecently filed in t h e U.S. D i s t r i c t Court for the N o r t h e r n D i s t r i c t o f Mississippi Greenville Division b y Lewis Myers, a young Black h u m a n rights attorney, i n behalf o f Black inmates here (Parchman Penitentiary) w h o ar followers o f t h e Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
prison administration i s still guilty o f t h e following violations: 1. — B l a c k M u s l i m s a r e n o t
allowed a n y religious paraphernali, i.e. recordings, pictures, F . O . I , information, and Muhammad Speaks
Newspaper. 2. — M u s l i m i n m a t e s a r e n o t allowed t o have a t least o n e pork - free diet a day. 3. — B l a c k M u s l i m s a r e n o t allowed access t o the services of a M u s l i m M i n i s t e r o n a personal basis f o r spiritual advice and consolation. 4. — M u s l i m s a r e a l l o w e d t o t o f e r m e n t w i d e l y i n 1968, a n d m eet f o r only onehour; they since that t i m e Black confidence i n the U . S . has been are n o t p e r m i t t e d t o m e e t during the week like the other rapidly going down hill. religions a t the prison f a r m . T H E P E A K o f t h e Blacks' 5. — I n o r d e r f o r a n i n m a t e t o belief i n t h e U.S. w a s during t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f attend the M u s l i m services, h e President Lyndon B . Johnson has t o w r i t e a n d request w h e n v a r i o u s k i n d s o f p e r m i s s i o n f r o m the Chaplain. l e g i s l a t i o n — c i v i l r i g h t s , U p o n i n f o r m a t i o n a n d belief, v o t i n g rights e t c . — w a s the chaplain arbitrarilya n d passed supposedly to better the capriciously a l l o w s i n m a t e s t o conditions of Blacks. H o w e v e r , attend t h e services. I n m a t e s seeing n o results, this v i e w attending other services a r e not r e q u i r e d to do this. began to diminish.
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A N N ARBOR, Mich. - "The evidence o n race i s clear. eW h i l e both B l a c k a n d w h i t e attitudes have become increasingly cynical, Blacks have been especially estranged M Y E R S TOLD Muhammad f r o m t h e f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t , Speaks that o n e o f t h e m a i n national leaders, t h e election a n d t h e political purposes o f t h e suit w a s t o system p a r t i e s . " secure the rights of M u s l i m s to hold religious services a t t h e T H E A B O V E statement i s prison f a r m like o t h e r taken f r o m a study conducted religions a r e a l l o w e d t o d o . by the U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n , According t o M y e r s , m a n y w h i c h also points o u t that Black inmates have expressed Blacks i n A m e r i c a have lost a desire t o attend M u s l i m t h e i r t r u s t i n t h e U . S government four times faster services a t the prison. According t o t h e suit, even than w h i t e Americans. though certain Muslim T h e loss of f a i t h i n the U . S . i s inmates a r e allowed t o m e e t not necessarily because o f o n S u n d a y m o r n i n g s a t 11:00 W a t e r g a t e , t h e s t u d y f o u n d . a.m. a t t h e prison f a r m , t h e T h e actual lost o f faith began
. Thus, Black faith i n America h a d reached a l o w ebb w i t h t h e election o f Richard Nixon t o the President's office a n d plunged dangerously l o w a t his reelection; i t continues t o dwindle rapidly each day.
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WASHINGTON D.C.-With little m o r e t h a n six m o n t h s left before t h e scheduled launching of t h e N o r t h A m e r i c a n Z o n e (NAZ) Festival at Howard U n i v e r s i t y i n F e b r u a r y 1974, officials and organizers o f t h e North A m e r i c a n Zone o f t h e Second W o r l d Black a n d African Festival of Arts and % ei Culture announced that regional organizers f o r t h e N A Z would be urged to identify and catalogue outstanding arts groups, c u l t u r a l organizations and artists w i t h i n t h e regions. TWO IMPORTANT CO-ORDINATORS of the Second Festival of Arts and Culture are (left) Chief Selections of artists and groups f r o m t h e r e g i o n s t o p a r t i c i p a t e Anthony Enahoro, Federal Minister of Information and Labor of Nigeria and (right) Alioune Diop, i n t h e H o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y Senegalese publisher and originator of the First World Festival. (MS photo by Hoyt Fuller) Festival will be made later Howard University, w a s A T A R E C E N T p r e s s announced that the date for the according t o guidelines f r o m n a m e d e x e c u t i v e d i r e c t o r o f c o nference i n Washington, Second W o r l d B l a c k a n d the national office i n the NAZ. D . C , M r . Donaldson and Ossie African F e s t i v a l o f A r t s a n d Washington. D.C. In preparation f o r t h e N A Z Davis, c h a i r m a n o f the N A Z , Culture i n Lagos, Nigeria, had T H E R E IS a t o t a l o f n i n e f estival, M r . Donaldson h a s regions i ntheNorth A m e r i c a n Zone, w i t h Canada constituting enlisted thecooperation of key one o f t h e nine regions. T h e g o v e r n m e n t a l a n d c u l t u r a l M i d w e s t R e g i o n , w h i c h leaders i n facilitating t h e includes Illinois, M i c h i g a n , f e s t i v a l ' s success. Important a r t centers a n d Ohio, Missouri, Minnesota and cultural institutions i n t h e Wisconsin, h a s t h e largest nation's capitol will be made number o f people a n d organizations. available f o r festival In a N A Zmeeting earlier exhibitions and performances, although festival headquarters this year i n N e w Y o r k City, Jeff Donaldson, c h a i r m a n o f w i l l be established a t H o w a r d the A r tD e p a r t m e n t a t University.
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Black officials little better than whites if police brutality occurs By Alonzo 4X (Special to Muhammad Speaks) N E W A R K , N . J . - Questions regarding the ability o f electoral politics t o respond t o the needs of B l a c k people have traditionally been answered quite m a t t e r o f factly — yes. Black politicians, strategists, civil righters a n d even nationalists have all opted for solutions through the ballot. N e w a r k , N . J . , w a s one of the testing grounds o f this tactic and through effective organization and tireless labor, a Black M a y o r was produced. T H A T " V I C T O R Y ", however, is becoming progressively m o r e dubious as the inherent contradictions between t h e electoral process and real Black progress become m o r e obvious. I m a m u A m i r i Baraka, the m a i n architect o f Kenneth Gibson's nomination and subsequent election, h a s recently attacked t h e Black mayor f o r n o t being sufficiently responsive t o t h e city's Black community. Although there h a s been previous conflict between t h e two, i t has r e m a i n e d v e r y l o w keyed; probably because both realized t h e need f o r deft maneuvering a n d deliberate non - candor i n t h e "scratch m y back — I ' l l scratch y o u r s " w o r l d of A m e r i c a n politics. This t i m e though, B a r a k a says Gibson has gone too far. A recent incident i n which residents o f t h e city's central ward marched to city hall t o d r a m a t i z e t h e need f o r a m a s s i v e clean - up of the w a r d and w e r e m e t a n d violently repelled b y 70 helmeted riot police, served, served as t h e proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. T H E S A V A G E actions of t h e police department i m mediately raised the question in m a n y people's m i n d s : W h a t good i sthere i n having a Black m a n , E d w a r d K e r r , as a police director when the traditional police - Black c o m m u n i t y clashes persist unabated0 These seeming inconsistencies led Baraka to charge that Gibson and K e r r . have become Amos and A n d y , t h e tw»n s h a m e o f o u r community ' The essence o f t h e dispute, however, revolves around allegations that Gibson is p l a c i n g t h e d e s i r e s of t h e c i t y ' s
c o r p o r a t e e l i t e above t h e indigeonous people, b u t i n wishes a n d needs o f t h e r e a l i t y they m e r e l y serve as administrators o f t h e real residents. B a r a k a charges, " I t i s a master's will. T h i s is the p h e n o m e n a B a r a k a Charlie McCarthy - Edgar to when he Bergen ventriloquist alludes Gibson as a relationship, with t h e Negro's characterizes mouth flapping b u t white " n a t i v e agent f o r w h i t e financial interests. racist words coming out.'' However, i f Gibson is t o H e contends that Gibson h a s t h e desires o f m a d e i t easy for business and d i s r e g a r d higher education pushers t o corporate N e w a r k , B a r a k a build facade - like structures, m u s t s u r e l y r e a l i z e t h e economic but that " i n all this building r e s u l t i n g there i s no m e n t i o n of one n e w deprivations. I t i s impossible, educational s t r u c t u r e f o r in t h e r e a l m o f A m e r i c a n c h i l d r e n o f the a c t u a l residents politics, to h a v e one's cake and eat it too. of this c i t y . " I F T H E M A Y O R is t o ignore I N M A N Y n e w l y independent A f r i c a n and A s i a n countries, a the rules o f t h e electroral phenomena occurs called neo - game, w h a t becomes o f t h e c o l o n i a l i s m i n w h i c h t h e city i nthe context o fpolitical f o r m e r o v e r t m a s t e r o f t h e r e a l i t y ? T h e B a r a k a forces say country retains c o n t r o l that accountability o f Black covertly. The d a y - t o - d a y politicians is paramount. I fb y governing o f t h e country is that they mean accountability ostensibly t h e j o b o f to t h e B l a c k c o m m u n i t y , t h e y
NEWARK MAYOR Kenneth Gibson (seated) and police director Edward Kerr.
against political transgressors. The built - in countervailence of A m e r i c a n e l e c t o r a l politics precludes t h e direct A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y does not a c c o u n t a b i l i t y o f B l a c k — indeed, cannot — begin u n t i l politicians to B l a c k people, and l i n e s o f v a l u e s a r e d r a w n w i t h to a c t a s t h o u g h i t does n o t is t o t h e a b i l i t y t o c a r r y o u t be b o t h u n r e a l i s t i c a n d c o u n t e r negative and positive sanctions -functional. must take a long hard look a t the phenomena of neo colonialism.
Conference identifies need for Black financial-political power Black politicians for their strategies, he said, " i n the final analyses, i f y o u don't g e t there t h e game is over — you are not in the game. " LOS A N G E L E S - " H e who pays the piper calls the tunes." T h i s stern Referring t o t h e lack o f warning from California communications within the Black A s s e m b l y m a n F r a n k H o l o m a n t o the c o m m u n i t y , h e added, " W e don't hosts o f politicians a n d guests have to agree, but w e don't have to be gathered a t a recent meeting o f t h e disagreeable." Western Regional Conference o f A F T E R M O R E than 11years i n Black Elected Officials, highlighted politics, t h e L . A . D e m o c r a t seemed one o f t h e m a j o r issues d o m i n a t i n g convinced that once i n office, B l a c k the evening's seminar, " P r o b l e m s politicians should put the concerns of Affecting Black Elected Officials." those w h o m they represent first and S P O N S O R E D B Y Sen. M e r v y n M . steadily concentrate o n" w h a t can I D y m a l l y , D - L . A . , a n d held i n t h e get for m e and m y people." fabulous Gold R o o m o f L.A.'s Lois Carson, newly-elected International Hotel, t h e conference m e m b e r of the B o a r d of Trustees f o r featured political personages f r o m San Bernadino's C o m m u n i t y Colleges throughout t h e Western Region — presented a viewpoint which is m o s t agreeing o n t h e need f o r t h e b e c o m i n g m o r e a n d m o r e c o m m o n establishment o f broad financial throughout t h e political arena. S h e bases. was elected i n a n area where only three p e r cent o f t h e population i s A l t h o u g h having w a r n e d those i n Black. attendance on the dangers associated w i t h seeking a n d accepting political " I appealed t o all o f t h e voters i n favors, Assemblyman Holoman m y c a m p a i g n . " s h e said, " a n d I w i l l quickly brought t h e reality o f a t t e m p t to_ s e r v e a l l o f t h e p e o p l e , practical politics t ot h e assemblage mostly white." rr l u o r m i n g t h e m ;.ha-.. t o r B l a c k s , , She said Black politicians m u s t be t h e p r o b l e m of g e t t i n g elected w a s a s redefined i nt e r m s o f action and of i m p o r t a n t a s t h e n e e d or h e c r e a t i o n knowing t h e difference between of i n d e p e n d e n t f i n a n c i a l b a s e s . illusions and reality. I n a n apparent rebuff t o Uiose She emphasized t h e point t h a t within t h e BiacK c o m m u n i t y who, Black politicians m u s t not accept the withoui proper justification? criticize Illusion o f power f o r real power o r By Robert 9X (Special T o M u h a m m a d Speaks)
there shall be n o appreciable difference o n t h e masses o f Black people. A L T H O U G H A D M I T T I N G that the conduct of a n official depends largely on " w h o foots t h e b i l l , " she v o w e d t h a t she w o u l d n e v e r a l l o w h e r s e l f t o be p r o s t i t u t e d . "Independent Black institutions m u s t be developed w i t h creativity, purpose and direction," sh7 continued. T H E C O N F E R E N C E ended o n a harmonious note and i t was apparent that a l l present w e r e m a d e a w a r e of the pitfalls associated with.accepting favors as a political vehicle i n these times when charges o f graft a n d corruption fill t h e various governmental departments. T o those w h o m i s s e d the point, t h e final statements of t h e meeting, uttered b y a n elderly w o m a n who rose f r o m t h e audience asking p e r m i s s i o n t o speak, brought t h e message home without rhetoric o r fanfare. " N e v e r trust political animals a l o n e , " she s a i d . K e e p y o u r e y e s o n t h e m o r you might be reapportioned right out of your o w n house." Others i n attendance included Assemblyman Bill Greene, D - L . A . ; Senator George Brown, D -Colo.; Vice Mayor Ralph White, Stockton; Leon Ralph, Assemblyman, D-L.A.
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M x o n searching for markets i n C h i n a By Donald Mosby C H I C A G O - After m o r e than a decade of intrigue, A m e r i c a n involvement i n Indo - China has allegedly ended. T h e last acknowledged bombing raids w e r e carried out shortly before m i d n i g h t o n A u g . 14, 1973 a n d the official American p a r t i c i p a t i o n there is said t o be over. AMERICA FIRST b e c a m e involved i nIndo - China during the t e r m i n a l days of t h e second Eisenhower administration. The move w a s the m a i n thrust of then S e c r e t a r y o f State J o h n Foster Dulles' Asian .policy w h i c h w a s designed t o "save"' America from the "threat" of communism. Indeed, when t h e French w e r e d e f e a t e d i n 1954, D u l l e s proposed sending A m e r i c a n troops f r o m t h e recently concluded K o r e a n W a r to V i e t N a m , post haste. W h i l e this suggestion w a s nixed, i t wasn't long after the F r e n c h defeat that A m e r i c a ' s f i r s t m i l i t a r y "advisers a r r i v e d in the n e w l y created country of South Viet N a m . M o r e than a decade w a s to pass and m o r e t h a n 50,000 A m e r i c a n s w o u l d die before t h e troops were withdrawn. IN ADDITION t o t h o s e k i l l e d , another quarter - million soldiers w o u l d be wounded i n the non - war. Added to this isthe fact that America's financial burden of maintaining the w a r would reach astronomical proportions. F r o m the outset, this massive effort w a s "bathed" i n patriotism and projections o f saving t h e
nations in the world. IT IS WORTH n o t i n g t h a t among the first Americans t o travel t o Mainland China, following the president, w e r e various business leaders w h o had m u c h t o gain b y concluding "trade pacts" w i t h the nation A m e r i c a h a d shunned f o r m o r e than 20 years. So t h e b o m b i n g ends a n d America's opposition to " R e d " C h i n a d r a w s t o a close. T h e "devil" has now become Hanoi — this s m a l l developing nation in n o w a y represents t h e market potential of Mainland China. A t the same time President Nixon was making overtures to China, he w a s romancing Russia, which is another vast " m a r k e t . " T h e facts a r e in and the only ones w h o m a d e m o n e y EXCHANGE VISITS between President Richard Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei out o f t h e "great sale" t o TANAKA, WERE AMONG SEVERAL Asian trips including China and Russia which Nixon undertook Russia were a handful o f to prop up the sagging U.S. economy. A m e r i c a n c o m m o d i t y traders. N o w . a f t e r m o r e t h a n 20 y e a r s 'God a n d that E u r o p e is' n o longer t h e — since W o r l d W a r I I — has the e n t i r e A m e r i c a n posture for country vast m a r k e t f o r A m e r i c a n made great strides which n o w t o w a r d " R e d " C h i n a i s mother." A c c o r d i n g t o s t a t e m e n t s i n d u s t r y i t once w a s . W e s t sees h e r a s s u m i n g t h e r o l e o f " i n o p e r a t i v e . " I t i s t h e s a m e issued a t t h e t i m e , the " d e v i l , " G e r m a n y i s n o w o n e o f t h e one o f t h e w o r l d ' s g r e a t search f o r " n e w " m a r k e t s f o r i n d u s t r i a l industrial powers.* America's industrial lurking i n the shadows ready to m o s t successful Thus i t is that President "monster" which allows for pounce o n a n y "undefended"' nations i n t h e w o r l d . T h e A s i a n nation, w a s " R e d " C o m m o n M a r k e t has v i r t u a l l y N i x o n w e n t t o China t o seek i m p o r t a t i o n o f c h r o m e f r o m closed f u r t h e r A m e r i c a n world accord a n d" n e w " R h o d e s i a d e s p i t e U n i t e d China. f o r A m e r i c a ' s Nations sanctions against T h e supposed threat posed by expansion i n t h e sphere o f m a r k e t s i n d u s t r i a l m o nsters. T h e long - t r a d i n g w i t h I a n S m i t h ' s i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r a d e . W i t h e n t r y '''Red'' China guided A m e r i c a ' s f o r e i g n p o l i c y f o r of B r i t i a n i n t o t h e M a r k e t , t h e t e r m support o f N a t i o n a l i s t g o v e r n m e n t . T h i s s a m e s e a r c h m o r e t h a n 20 y e a r s . I t l e d t o h i g h p r o f i t d a y s a r e d r a w i n g t o C h i n a b e c a m e i n o p e r a t i v e d u e a l l o w s A m e r i c a n b a n k s , a n d to t h e s i m p l e fact that industrial corporations t o the c r e a t i o n o f t h e South E a s t a close. M a i n l a n d C h i n a r e p r e s e n t e d a establish facilities i n South A t a t i m e w h e n E u r o p e a n Asia RTreaty Organization ( S E A T O ) and w a s the p r i m a r y m a r k e t s a r e d r y i n g u p , m u c h greater m a r k e t poten- Africa. reason f o r America's long- America's trade deficit has tial. A l l t h e above explains t h e t e r m support o f Nationalist reached record proportions. After a quarter - century of Nixon policy toward Black T h e M a r s h a l P l a n has indeed patriotic opposition t o " R e d " A m e r i c a ; there a r e n o n e w China. W h a t , then, h a s n o w changed been a success, a n d E u r o p e i s C h i n a b y f o u r A m e r i c a n m a r k e t s t o search out, a n d t h e that the f o r m e r " e n e m y " can no longer dependent upon presidents, t h e t i m e has come m a r k e t potential isn't nearly A m e r i c a f o r goods and service. for A m e r i c a t o " r e c o g n i z e " as vast w i t h o u t C h i n a a n d become a trading partner? populous Russia. A d d to this t h e fact that J a p a n one o f t h e m o s t T H E A N S W E R lies in the fact
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TEMPLE No. 50 1322 Northeast 23rd O k l a . City, O k l a . (405)424-1471 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 65 1801 Texas St. Baton Rouge, La. (504) 344 -3504 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 7-0 (Bronx) 1 0 0 0 M o r r i s Ave Bronx, N . Y. 681 -8088 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 22 7 2 2 2 Kelly St. Pittsburg, Pa. (412)241 -9265 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 36 1 2 3 0 Beattiesford R o a d C h a r l o t t e , N . C. (704) 3 3 4 - 3 2 0 1 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 51 2 5 3 7 York Street Denver, C o l o . (303)266-0376 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 66 1 5 0 4 Kings Rd. Jacksonville, Fla. (904)355-5820 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 8 1575 I m p e r i a l Ave. S a n D i e g o , Calif. 239-6738 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 23 512 B r o a d w a y B u f f a l o , N . Y. (716)854-6712 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 37 3 5 9 W . Bartges Akron, Ohio 376-3197 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P.M.
TEMPLE No. 52 1201 East Allen Ave. F o r t W o r t h , Texas (917)923-0518 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P.M.
TEMPLE No. 67 5943 Empire W a y South Seattle, W a s h . (206) B A 2 - 3 1 0 0 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 9 131 W o o d l a n d Ave. Youngstown, Ohio 743-1529 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 24 2 1 1 6 N o r t h Ave. Richmond, V a . 644-1432 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 38 1125-1/2 Washington C o l u m b i a , S. C. (803)254-9124 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 53 4 0 2 E. Gillespie St. Flint, M i c h . (313)787-3641 W E D . 4 FRI. b P.M. — S U N . 2 P.M.
TEMPLE No. 68 2 0 2 4 Q u i n d a r o Blvd. Kansas City, K a n . (913)321 -1933 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 10 4 1 9 M a d i s o n Ave. A t l a n t i c City, N . J . 348-4849 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 25 2 5 7 O r a n g e Ave. N e w a r k , N . J. 622-9021 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
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TEMPLE No. 39 Fresno, Calif. 266-3598 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 54 8 5 1 -A. W . C o m p t o n Blvd. C o m p t o n , Calif. (213)639-9166 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 69 Six St. Charles Ave. S . W . B i r m i n g h a m , A l a . (205) 254 -8265 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P M .
TEMPLE No. 11 3 5 Intervale St. R o x b u r y , Mass. (617) 445 -8070 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 26 1 8 0 5 G e a r y St. S a n Francisco, Calif. FI6-9966 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 40 155 Shelton Ave. N e w Haven, Conn. 562 -6050 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 55 1 3 2 4 F l o r i d a St. M e m p h i s , Tenn. (901) W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 70 9 0 1 M o r r i s St. Tyler, Texas (214)597-0041 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 26-8 O a k l a n d , Calif. 839 -7150 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 41 1302 S t r a t f o r d Ave. Bridgeport, C o n n . 368-2504 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 56 1522 English St. W i n s t o n S a l e m , N . C. (919)724-0258 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P.M.
TEMPLE No. 71 7 4 3 W . Liberty Springfield, O h i o W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P.M. — S U N . 2 P . M .
TEMPLE No. 12 1 3 1 9 - 2 1 W . Susquehanna Ave. Phila., Pa. BA8-0623 W E D . 4 FRI. 8 P . M . — S U N . 2 P . M .
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NOTICE EFFECTIVE
T o all w o m e n a n d girl visiters, w h o a r e invited t o a t t e n d M u h a m m a d ' s Temple o f Islam. W e request t h a t all w o m e n a n d girls dress modestly. Please d o n o t w e a r mini skirts o r t i g h t fitting g a r m e n t s . Be sure t h a t y o u r dress, suit or skirt is calf length o r longer. Ladies must w e a r stockings, girls m a y w e a r stockings o r socks. A n y visitor w h o will not comply will not be a d m i t t e d into our meeting.
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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 cr 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 minerally 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 eguality. after giving them 400 years of our sweat and blood
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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 fnr 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 so called 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
and receiving in return some of the worst treatment human beings have ever experienced, we believe our contributions to
te.ntory of our own. we demand not only equal justice under the laws of the United States, but equal employment
this land and the suffering forced upon us by white America,
opportunities—NOW!
W h a t 1. WE BELIEVE in the One God Whose proper Name is Allah. 2. WE BELIEVE in the Holy Qur-an and in the Scriptures of all the Prophets of God. 3. WE BELIEVE 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 beer added to it. 4. WF BELIEVE in Allah's Prophets and the Scriptures . they brought to the people. 5. WE BELIEVE in the resurrection of the dead—not in physical resurrection—but in mental resurrection. We believe that the so -called 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. WE BELIEVE in the judgment; we believe this first judgment will take place as God revealed, in America . . . 7. WE BELIEVE this is the time in history for the
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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 want the government of the United States to exempt out people from ALL 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 warn al! black children educated, taught and trained by then owi Kachers Under such schooling system we believe we will make a better nation of people. The United States government should provide, free al. nocessary text books and eguipmen schools and college buildings. The Muslim teachers sbai hi' left free to teach and train their people in the way el righteousness, decencv and self respect 1U. We believe that intermarriage or race mixing should be prohibited We want the religion o? 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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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 jre freed from the names imposed upon him by his former slave
for the separation from the whites of this nation.
masters. Names which Identified him as being the slave
We do not believe that America will ever be able to furnish enough jobs for her own millions of unemployed. In
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. WE BELIEVE 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 ate 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.
If the white people are truthful about their professed friendship toward the so -called Negro, they can prove it by dividing up America with their slaves.
addition to jobs for the 20,000,000 black people as well. 10. WE BELIEVE thai 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. WE BELIEVE our women should be respected and protected as the women of other nationalities are respected and protected. 12. WE BELIEVE that Allah (God) appeared in the
9. WE BELIEVE 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 -
Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long -awaited "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahdi" of the Muslims.
year -old open enemies of freedom, justice and equality are, all of a sudden, their "friends". Furthermore, we
We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besides HIM there is no God and He will bring about a
believe that such deception is intended to prevent black people from realizing that the time in history has arrived
universal government of peace wherein we all can live in peace together.
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