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‘ wee te B27 007} . * 7 ON EDITORIAL Sinee his break with the Black Muslim movement, Rfaleolm X has continued to focus his fiery speeches on the need for more militancy in the black liberation strug- gle. The change in his remarks, if any, has been to em- phasize still more the anti-government- -the revolution- ary-- aspect of his position, and to begin to talk in terms of.a political, more than religious, drive for black power, Maelteoh “One of the key ingredients in Malcolm's call for an surge of black nationclism is the incy table triumph of { the Negro masses. He effectively derides the eternal- “rule attitude of the white ruling class and the fatalism of many Negro leaders who accept the white man's notion of the white men's majority forever overwhelming the black minority, Malcolm lixks the U.S, Necrs to the growing world movement of coloved peoples uzainst U.S. colonialism. He says, "In fact, in most of the thinking and planning of whites in the West today, it's easy to see the fear intheir X aud Bleck Nat’ nalism COMMENT ses of dark people in the East, who already outnumber them, will continue to increase and multiply and grow un- til they eventually over-run the people of the West like a human sea, @ human tide, a human flood.... You think you outnumber the racial minority in this country, you don't outnumber us <2] over the earth,” The commercial white press singled out Malcolm's remarks on armed seli-defense for special coverage. When Malcolm calls for black rifle clubs, the press howls with hysterical headlines designed to fan the flames of hatred of “rednecks,” north and south, and toterrify southern “moderates" and northern liberals, In an effort to frighten Negroes away from Malcolm's call for a Black Nationalist Party, the press warns dema- pogically that “only viclence will result" from Malcolm's. militancy (as if everything has been nice and peaceful for the past hundred years!), The white ruling circles have let their press run wild with plea after plea from "estab- -* ednscious minds and subconscious’minds, that the mas- lished" Negro leaders fon “iiun-violence” and "responst- a ny bility.” ! TE a cee eae meee ot Daspite all the sensationalism and one-sided repor.- ine -. i.colm's call for self-defense is only a part of his Brogram, and it is not so new, Robert Williams estab- lished a Wifle club and s. i-defense techniques in Monroe, N.C., quietiy and successfully defending the Negro com- munity there against Ku Klux Klan attacks (until the com- - bined assault from southern racists and the FBI succeed- ed in driving Williams to ex.te in Cuba), ( Birmingham Negroes, too, fed up with the slow pace ‘ag a anc no-pace of progress and beginning to reco:mize the ccuusion of the federal government with the Dixiecrats, r:sorted to armed defense to protect their lives and ..chies, Recent demonstrations in Maryland and shina | ‘ The Wasbington ae and Times Herald The Washington Daily News enn. have also seen Negroes fight back--although ina “imited way--against police terror. ‘ New York Journgl-American _ Tha press is obviously trying to create an hysterical reaction to Malcolm's words in an effort to frighten the ciicsk masses and stop the growth of the self-defense “Send. But the headlines may boomerang as more black 7... and women learn about Malcolm's call to stand up anu fight The Evening Star New York Heraid Tribune New York Mirror New York Dally News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader Especially significant in Malcolm's arsenal is his of- ten clear estimate of the federal government and its al- liance with the Dixiecrats. Referring to the controi that aN the Dixiecrats hold over Congress and the Write House, People’s World ——_____.. } “pe he says, "In fact, when you see how many oi the commit- Date - “oat ; teemen are from the south, you can see that we have * & : iclabeowv ro ; - nothing but a cracker government in Washington, D.C, 5 TE GG 2. And their head is a cracker President." 4 [440 — 377. 3a/ ” A ‘ NOT RECORDED 46 May 25 1964 The Wall Street Journal — The Nationa] Observer —— — On nationalism, he says: ''My philosophy is black nationalism, my economic philosophy is black national- ‘ quam ieee eee