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NATION OF ISLAM The “Chicago Sun Times", a daily newspaper pub- lished in Chicago, Illinois, in its Four Star Final edition of March 27, 1964, on page four, carried an article titled “Brother Bitterly Condemns Malcolm X" by Linn Allen. This article reflected that Philbert X, a minister of Muhanmad's Mosque of Islam ina four-city Michigan area, had held a press conference at the Muslim Restaurant, the Shabazz, 616 East 71st Street, Chicago, Illinois. The article continued that Philbert had indicated he had spoken previously with his elder brother, Wilfred Z, minister of Elijah Muhammad's Temple in Detroit. The article continued that Philbert had delivered an unprecedented public attack on his younger brother, Malcolm X Little, calling him "cunning and clever” and stating his “reckless efforts...will cause many of our unsuspecting people who listen and follow him unnecessary loss of blood and life", The article continued that Philbert X stated as follows: “*Ordinarily, I would not suggest the airing of differences between brothers to outsiders and especially to a news media, but because of the ” grave consequences of recent events, I submit to this wediun,'‘ ‘Malcolm gained great prestige as the result of his association with the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and now he wants to use this prestige to lead the followers of Islam astray,’ Philbert claimed, Philbert asserted his brother ‘would do anything' to achieve fame and to slander Muhammad out of a feeling of revenge. ‘Malcolm has always prided himself on being a great user of people, especially women,‘ the minister continued, ‘and now he seeks to prevail upon women who unfortunately were weak and went contrary to Islan.‘