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1963 tr, J. Edgar Hoover, Jashington, D.C. Dear Lr. Hoove Have you seen this morning's Times} The account of the Black Muslim meeting yesterday afternoon makes one's blged turn cold. If this is not incitment to violence, ‘what in the world is? Cannot the F.B.1. do something to head l off these agitators before it is too late? The speaker urged ‘his hearers to learn "how to break a white man's neck"--which seems to me to be direct encouragement of violence. I believe you have the right idea, but that the politicians (who eount possible votes, in every issue) have put the brakes on the F.B.I, We live so near Harlem that we see more of the seething unrest and growing threat to peace and order than people living in the suburbs or in fashionable districts in N.Y. We ere’ entirely in favor of justice and fairplay to the Negroes, and to all others. But pathological leaders should be shut gp. The terrible experience of the past few days ought to be enough to stir the nation to take greater safeguards, but, alas, the business as usual mood is alipping back again, and nothing will be done. A young woman was beaten almost to death by a hoodlum in one of the elevators in this building, not long ago. -- ke held a meating to consider greater security. At this meeting another young woman got up and said, "We mstn't panic! Don't Let this get abroad! Think what it will do to real estate \3 valuesi" This spirit or lack of it is going to doom our nation, af 44 eontimes to spread. aN RS > Isn't there a possibility of rallying some group who will ca ck your program for decency and order and respect for law? ted eicben't there men in Congress who will authorize something for ray tee SoAherica, not just foreign aid or moon-fligats? The police are 4 grandicapped, and brave men are killed every week by armed hood~ . Where do they get their guns and acsmunition? One would think America had gone out of its mind, and was in senile decay, meyshonaths and criminals to wander about armed, and J+, Sot perait PSyOonopatAS SMa Craninass SS slack Muslims to urge the mrder of whites. Will PPS EI before it is too late? REC- 22 sba- S Lod — foo Sincerely yours, tm TEC 9 1593 ! NS ' oth Ut a" — # Se MT ge ” “ante