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LOS ANGELES — Is the Negro preacher in the United States hampering economic development of his millions of flowers? Malcolm X, fiery follower of Elijah Muhammad, spiritual leider of the Moslems in the United States, tald an audience here last week that the Negro preacher in this country ia “the greatest pretender of them all” - CO in a ! IN A VEHEMENT sermon the young minister said the Moslems condemn the teachings of the Ne- gro preacher, “We do not condemn the preachers as individuals,” Mal- colm % informed his audience, “bot we cannot condone what . they teach, he, : . . - “Many Negro preachers are MALCOLM X leaders of = great conspiracy ge — which biocke the development ~ of their people. While he tells his followers that Heaven Is In the sky, he, the Negro preach- er, enjoys his heaven right here : on earth” _ Using the Los Angeles commu- . nity as an example, Malcolm X ar ‘declared that Negro churches : , control over $80 millian in assets. ian *"Yet while many Negroes are unemployed or on relief, this un- aPey taxable money is in white banka, | used by white bankers who dis-' we scriminate against you and joan one Vito white builders who erect jim- — ‘crow housing.” f During his speech, Malcolm X urged the Negro preacher to teach his followers the truth. “The most important rule of con- ‘duct for success is unity of pur- pose, This is the rule the white ‘Tan has used for' generations to oppress us, deny us our rights, create disunity among us_and é i :