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Malcolm X — Part 35
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blowing apart the bodies of women and children Casper
come from the U.S. So I can only view the role of Callahan
the United States in the Congo as a criminal role. Conrad
And I think the seeds she is sowing in the Congo Felt
she will have to harvest. The chickens that she has Gale
turned loose over there have got to come home to Rosen
| roost. Sullivan
' What about the U.S. rale in South Vietnam? : Tavel
The same thing. It shows the real ignorance of Trotter
. those who control the American power structure. Tele Room
| If France, with all types of heavy arms, as deeply Holmes
| entrenched as she was in what then wascalled Indo- Gandy
china, couldn't stay there, I don't see how anybody
in their right mind can think the U.S. can get in
there—it's impossible. So it shows her ignorance,
her blindness, her lack of foresight and hindsight
A ' and her complete defeat in South Vietnam is only INTERVIEW WITH
as a matter of time. . MALCOLM X
i How do you view the activity of white and black . (Cont. )
“sds students who went to the South last summer and
EE: attempted to register black people to vote?
ve The attempt was good—I should say the objective
way to register black people in the South was good be- *
te cause the only real power a poor man in this
country has is the power of the ballot. But I don't
believe sending them in and telling them to be non-
violent was intelligent. I go along with the effort
toward registration but I think they should be per-
mitted to use whatever means at their disposal to
defend themselves from the attacks of the Klan,
the White Citizens Council and other groups.
What do you think of the murder of the three ctvil
rights workers and what's happened to their kill-
ers?
The Washington Post and
~ 4 Times Herald
a it shows that the society we live in is not actually The Washington Dally News
“ g what it tries to represent itself as to the rest of the The Evening Star
i world. This was murder and the federal govern- New York Herald Tribune
ment is helpless because the case involves Negroes. New York Journal-Amertcan
Even the whites involved, were involved in helping New York Datly News
Negroes. And concerning anything in this society New York Post
involved in helping Negroes, the federal govern- The New York Times
ment shows an inability to function. But it can The Baltimore Sun
function in South Vietnam, in the Congo, in Berlin The Worker
and in other places where it has no business. But ; The New Leader
it can’t function in Mississippi. The Wall Street Journal
In a recent speech you mentioned that youmet John The National Observer
Lewis of SNCC in Africa. Do you feel that the People’s World «ee
younger and more militant leaders in the South are Date -Apr :
broadening their views on the whole general YOUNG SOCIALIST
struggle?
8 Page 4
Sure. When I was in the Black Muslim movement
I spoke on many white campuses and biack
campuses. I knew back in 1961 and '62 that the
younger generation was much different from the
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