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f eé 5 .I I*1 i we IA 0 i < _ r. - NY 105-8999 the NOI meeting at Temple Number 7, New York City, on December 23, 1960, a mass trial was conducted by subject concerning severalrmrel violations by members of the Temple, The violations included smoking reerers,adultery, fornication, _ taking narcotics and selling narcotics. In regard to the member of Temple Number 7 who allegedly sold narcotics, MALCOLM stated that he was lucky that he was caught by the Muslims instead of the law, because the law would "blow this up and use it against Elijah Muhammad." All or the violators were expelled from the Temple for periods lasting from 90 days to 5 years, The December 3, 1960, New Ybrk edition of the "Pittsburgh Courier", a weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, contained an article which reflected that the NOI had filed a $3,000,000 suit for libel and slander against the Hearst Newspapers Consolidated charging a misrepresenta- tion in an article published in the September 25, 1960, edition of the "New York Journal American" of the Hearst chain. According to this article, the article involved contained in- accuracies and misrepresented the meeting between New Ybrk Muslim Minister MALCOLM X and FIDEL CASTRO, The article falsely charged that the N01 was deeply involved in some international intrigue with NASSER or Egypt, CASTRO of Cuba and KHRUSHCHEV of Russia in a plot to win the mind or America&#39;s 20 million Negroes and use them in winningtthe . allegiance of the newly independent African nations. The "New Ybrk Amsterdam News", s weekly newspaper published in New York, New Ybrk cotained an article in their city edition of February 25, 1951, which reflected that subject vowed to take legal steps against United States ambassador to the United Nations, ALEAI STEVENSON and New York Police Commissioner STEPHEN P, KENNEDY, for their Y statements that the disorder at the United Nations in February, 1961, was caused by the NOI. ~15-