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. Wei9 (Rev, 10-1-64) bit i “Exptained U.S. Puf Up Wolf to Sell Fox Paris Meeting Hears Malcolm X | By Ruth Porter PARIS, Nov. 23 —- There wasn't a square inch of unoccupied space in the meeting room. The seats were filled an hour before the . : lecture was scheduled to begin. The “late” arrivals stood or sat on the floor. When not another hu- man being could be jammed into the hall, the crowd spilled into the Acorridors, hoping to stand wit earshot. Those who arrived ime could not find standing roogh in the corridors and had to leave. The speaker himself could barely push inte the room over the assorted legs of those on the floor, Africans, Americans black and white, European leftists of all persuasions, representatives of the press, all were intefisely in- terested in what Malcolm X would Say. Invited to speak in Paris by “Presence Africaine,” an African cultural organization which only a few weeks before had presented Langston Hughes, Malcolm X began by explaining that he rep- resents two different organizations — one which is religious and one which is non-religious. “Tonight,” he continued, “I am speaking for thi} one that is non-religious.” Affer giving a brief characteriza- tion of the Black Muslim move- ment which split “primarily be- cause it polarized into two groups — those who were militant and those who were more militant,” Maleolm described the task of those who had left Elijah Muham- mad: “We also realized that, as Afro- Americans, our problem went be- yond religion. To find out the kind of organization that would be most helpful to us, we studied the tac- ties and the strategy that our brothers and sisters were using in Africa. They tried to unite on the basis of what they could agree on, d formed the Organization of Ajrican Unity. We in the United Btatde decided to form a similar orgayjization, called the Organiza- tion of Afro-American Unity. WORLD SIGNIFICANCE, Del- egates to Pan-African Confer- ence in Ghana, African struggle has sparked militancy among colored peoples of world. Since the topic of this lecture, he. night has been listed as the ‘Af- rican Revolution and Its Effect on the Afro-American Struggle,’ I feel that I should speak in my capa- city as chairman of the OAAU rather than in my religious capa- city — since the OAAU is a po- litical movement. “The spirit of militancy which has become so manifest in the United States and all over the West is inseparable from the spirit of militancy which exists in Af- Tica,” he said. “The enemies of our struggle for independence hid tried to give Afro-Americans the impression that we have nothing Tolson Belmont Mohr 1 WuL.e Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy The Washington Pest and Times Herald The Washington Daily News uu The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Past The New York Times The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Jaurnat The Nationa! Observer 700-399 527- Eel OYE a ROY | rm Bae ORDED WE DEC 30 1564 = oo fer x a a SP AL. "Cte Muhteart *