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F350 (ger. 7-18-43) ‘7? =a = lefinite Period ferimike Pero By MAJOR ROBINSON . : .(Of The New York Courier} g The suspension of Malcolm X, dynamic New York head of the Black Musiims, which last week was called - “temporary” has been made for an “indefinite period” _ according to the current issue ef Muhammad Speaks, the Official newspaper of the organization . It has been emphasized, how-O— ine. ”" ever, tHat Malcolm X remaing as|@%¢ interviews in top publica. the Minister of Temple Seven in|tions. Harlem, and the bee only refers Acknowledged to be the most to public spcaking. ae effective speaker and organizer ‘My = position hasn't changed the Muslims have produced. Maf -Jexcept for public appearances. 1/¢olm X's activities over the past am completely satisfied with the|%&4"5 have given rise to rumors ruling,” Malcolm told the Cour-|there may have been & power jer this week. / 7 struggle brewing. Other names "For four years now Maleatm|have cropped X has been much in demand foc| Pe en appearances on TV, lectures at the nation’s leading poiversities war 1 Maleslm X¥ was becoming bigger in stature than the group itself. Prominent emeng the names being talked about who may eventually take over the group are Akbar Muhammad, Minister of Mosque No. 2 in Chicago and youngest son of the leader, Ray- mond Sharricff, the commander of the Muslims’ semi-military group, the Fruit of Islam: Lonnie X, Minister of the Washington “tempie, and Jere- miah X, Minister of the Birm- ingham mosque. Until he was censored by his superior, Malcolm X was said to be a logical successor to Mr. Mubammad, who resides most of the time in Pheonix, Ariz., be- cause of sickness. Confessing his undying Joyaity to’ Mr. Muhammad, his fiery lie- utenant said: “Mr. Muhammad ia everything and I am nothing. It is my mouth working, but the .votce is his.” fet “ Committed to the philosophy of “a separate Negro state, either in country or: somewhere abroad, Muslims - (Mount Clipping In Spece Below) typed a “hate “organization. In dhimerous’ speeches’ Maxlevim and other top officials of the sect frowned on any attempts at in tegration and lambasted the NAACP, CORE, Urban League and other interracial groups striving for full and integrated equality in America. - . Last spring after the incident dent of Birmingham pofice dogs and fire hoses, Maleolm referred * to Rev. Martin Luther King as {indicate page, nome of “ga chump” for putting children in the front lines to face club- ewinging cops. ’ But with all the reams of ‘pub- newspaper, city and state.) licity falling their way the Mu-|—— slima have failed te attract the masses of Negroes to their move- ment. At best their total mem- bership is an estimated 100,000. It fy believed that an assess ment of their strategy has con- vinced some of their leaders that they would have to soft peddle; —— some of the “hate the white up among mem-i man” talk and seek to unite with ithe top Negro leadership if they are to increase in numbers. Thiugh many were not aware of it at the time, last summer . ‘ Akbar spoke in Harlem at a ma- i | L { | jor rally and subtly injected new line of reasoning. Calling f “unity” to the highly emotioa lerowd of 4500 on a street corner, famed cultural center, Al-Azhar University said: “It is time for all of us-COREF, the NAACP. Dr. Martin Luther King, the Student Nonviolent Co Date: 1 supreme lithe former student at Egypt's -—— 12/1/63 Vordinating Committee and the Edition: Biack Muslims — to sit down t® ,uthor: gether behind colsed doors and junite. Negro leaders must now ‘stop calling each other oames. We may not be able to walk all the way to freedom together, but we can walk half the way to gether, so let's unite and walk together as far as we can.” As Lanie FE. Lomax points ott in his recently published book on the Muslims, “When The Word ts Given,” this was indeed strange talk coming from a Muslim, but you had to remember the source, the Messenger’s flesh and blood. Though many in the crowd may not have readted it at the time this could have been the begin-. ning of a new plan to win over thousands of Negroes reluctant to join because they disagreed on two af the groups major points — a rate black natiog apd hate WY Ed toh ttle: a ht mo cas ubmitting Office: {(] Being Investigated 41900-39RAl =f NOT RECORDED 128 JAN uv +964 eens as EY Reverly Carter ™ - 3 % T Pen Rath toatl