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* i = t ® a + a . ' “ Hi ate bak eT ee ae a ee oe a Me Ser rerabrte ayer ee x “NB _! my TON aor, . we ere. Lave ews Whew CHICAGO — A friend af mine #angled hit way inte the Washington Glaisters. of sthe Black Musims. “.. “2 just happened to be in -the Capital,” be explains, .“and F heard Maicoim X wes going to talk. Tve heard | “bb much about that man I- wanted 16 hear him” - He Beard Maleoia KX. He came out Gemused, and & a frightened. _ * eX map,” he saya, “should fave the power that man Malcolm ‘seems te exeraee | Be ae ever his followers.” ™ How did my friend get into “the Black Muslim: templet He had one advantage. He's @ Negro. He represented him- ' well af @ possible convert: to the weird politico-religious- aracist cult. wo ‘The. Washingion HQ be Bfound, is mot ino pretentious wa: bullding. “But the place Biwas chan. That's the first mthing X woticed, Sverything woside was tromaculste, as if wit had been scrubbed over Sand over. eo “When J.got there it was a “Bittle after 8 o'clock at night. “There were a lot of Auslime egoing in, men. and women. The men were sent down # light of giairs to the base: t. “The women were irected wpetaire, to an ante ‘yoorn just off ihe Uttle audi- toriune. : “There wer guards at the entrane®, guards 2¢ the bot~ Sens of the stairé, guards ap in the ball, The men mere jearched at the bottom: af the btalrs. by the ‘They took eversthing melaiic tke, INruit Alun CONTAINED HEXEN sVCLASSHFIED BYS269 WE _ ONE Io des im A x Uy. Hit. Him!’ paeanf etn! A ‘Strang ! gw White Man Touches Yo Ett we + + /. Maleolm X- oo hypnotic manner * # & ientres, pens. eves. call files. They tevk my little camers, 2 inoked wertied. The guard eald Don't worvy, Men, you'll get it beck” “Ome guard asked me my name and “here J ee L told -him. He grunted, “Prove it! I ghowed him the driver's Toense gut of my wallet. He said, ‘OK, you go up, Broth- grt “One thing quards, burly types. But they looked end moved ag if they were tained fighters, I brushed egainst one guard's arm. it ‘wes hard as steel “They stood lke athletes, tao, ar maybe Uke superbly disciplined wa poldiers.: For 15 wT Ese oft ID ave heh _ Maleom ox) “we SS neti, a * ee * #No man should have the power that man Mal- colm seems to exercise oter hig followers . sc “He calls the whites man ‘the beast of the load.’ Sometinies he saye “wolf of the land.’ ™ +: all ie oe *. a ; sts “wt. inttention, “nothing moving but his eyes. Then he'd do a military. heel enapy and change post,: ; “Upstairs a gure showed Sr to a. eat on one alde af the ball, All the men were on that ade. The Women wen | on the other side, across the wisle. The crowd wasn't big, maybe 76 people. Bay they ‘were Sire fervent. ~. “Whin everrbody got in- side the guards stood in front of the platform and alongside K. There was 4 mom came ower from each side, wnilitery Uke, and took over. The men who were relieved _Cleked their heels, turned “sharply, end walked off tage. “Malcolm XK began to talk. ‘He's not Joud. He's not bom- lic. But he has as almost ae manner, “He begine quietly. He says things you know are true. builds up your emotion Bow- ly. When he gets to's point where he knows the audience jy wlirred he stops. He ix al- lent. Then he arg Thea Rignte Wha falar lett i Beeo Sees ee a go oot he gece on, they begin guan{_siood te wall for those Peuset and and Fe a rs ” when be ask, “meige Taey sound Bke @ steam wilety walve going off. H's great peychology. He fills "em tp with explosive emotion and then when they're ready bust, he pope the valve. “Then ‘they started clap ping thet hands each time, and chanting, “Right! Right! Right? He hag ‘em acw, wat- ing right out of bis hand. Now he began to. talk about - “Goes to Miear Mateo! r 3 Lowe et we the future. He Ufted his voloe. a Uttle and talked ebcut the future, about the final liqul- dation o: white: whi ‘the beast.of 1! ¥ mer cy 4 what & he f ; E ehump's mareh, He sald Mis- ter JP should get the Academy Award for the big- est hoax of the century and the six Negro leaders and the four white leaders should get Gecare for the best acting. bb~ 2 IV E2/ ce OSURE cy pightmage! Right?’ They wisi back that was right ~ right! emere was @ blackboerd on ong ade of the platform. . On one side waa 6 pleture of the U.S. flag and @ Negro . fanging from w rope; I¢ read uaderneath, ‘american De- _ mocrecy! On the other side “was the word ‘Islam’ and a oe flag, and ‘undet it. “Freedo 7. and Equality for All’ “uairam X turned the | blackboard aver, He wrote om the olber side, “Washingios | started ihe evolution. Lin- colp warted the cw Wer. Sennedy started the Fete wart a +“? thought suddenly, Man let. me pet for mway from here!" . . i ne pte i nn 4