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O-19 (Hev. 12-14-64) What is you. vpinion of the Democratic party? The Democratic party is responsible forthe racism that exists in this country, along with the Republi- can party. The leading racists in this country are Democrats. Goldwater isn't the leading racist—he's a racist but not the leading racist. The racists who have influence in Washington, D.C. are Democrats. If you check, whenever any kind of legislation is suggested to mitigate the injustices that Negroes suffer in this country, you will find that the people who line up against it are members of Lyndon B. Johnson's party. The Dixiecrats are Democrats. The Dixiecrats are only a subdivision of the Dem- ocratic party, and the same man over the Demo- crats is over the Dixiecrats. What contribution can youth, especially students, who are disgusted with racism in this society, make to the black struggle for freedom? Whites who are sincere don't accomplish anything by joining Negro organizations and making them integrated. Whites who are sincere should organize among themselves and figure out some Strategy to break down the prejudice that exists in white com- munities. This is where they can function more in- telligently and more effectively, in the white com- munity itself, and this has never been done. What part in the worid revolution are youth play- ing, and what lessons may this have for American youth? If you've studied the captives being caught by the American soldiers in South Vietnam, you'll find that these guerrillas are young people. Some of them are just children and some haven't yet reached their teens. Most are teenagers. It is the teenagers abroad, all over the world, who are actually in- volving themselves in the struggle to eliminate op- pression and exploitation. Inthe Congo, the refugees point out that many ofthe Congolese revolutionaries are children. In fact, when they shoot captive revo- lutionaries, they shoot all the way down to seven years old—that's been reported in the press. Because the revolutionaries are children, young people. In these countries, the young people are the ones who most quickly identify with the struggle and the necessity to eliminate the evil conditions that exist. And ere in this country, it has been my own ob- seryation that when you get into a conversation on racism and discrimination and segregation, you will find young people more incensed over it—they feel more filled with an urge to eliminate it. I think young people here can find a powerful example in the young Simbas in the Congo and the young fighters in South Vietnam. Another point—as the dark-skinned nations of this earth become independent, as they develop and besome stronger, that means that time is enths-cide : Tolson Belmont Mohr DeLoach Caspet Callahan Contad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy INTERVIEW WITH MALCOLM X (Cont.) The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Dally News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times Tre Baltlmore Sun The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journsa) The National Observer People's World Date = YOUNG SOCIALIST Page 5