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0-19 (Rev. }2+14-64) 4 WITT TC By George Breitman DETROIT, July 4 — Some mys- tifying questions about the assas- sination of Malcolm X arise if you carefully read the New York Dewspaper reports printed right a the assassination, as I have i done. Some of them concern role of the police, should explain, at the begin- ning, that I have no fixed theory about the killing. I don’t know if agents of the Black Muslims did it; or if agents of white racists did it; or if agents of the govern- ment or the police did it; or if agents of a combination of these forces, Who all hated Maicoim, did it. I am, at this point, only asking some questions provoked by study- ing different editions of the six New York daily papers after the killing, Certain things seem agreed upon by erjerybody: The! Organization of Afro-Amer- ican uity had scheduled s rally on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 21, at the Audubon Ballroom ip Har- lem. This was one week after Malcolm’s home was fire-bombed and he and his family narrowly escaped injury or death. People entering the rally were not seagched. On the other hand, they wee all scrutinized by OAAU aidds as they entered the hall, Malcolm had just begun to speak when two men began a scut~ fle deliberately designed to dis- tract the attention of Malcolm’s guards. Three men rushed toward Malcolm, onening fra and wound. ing him mortally; they then ran out of the b pursued by several of Malcolm's supporters. - Police said that one of the identified later as Tal: : er, 22, of Paterson N.J., had re- * ceived a bullet in the Teg by the time he got to the exit of the building. The police also alleged that he had been wounded bry Res en Francis, a Malcolm guard. er was seized outside the tu iting by the people pursuing ni also was another man. The began to beat and kick 57 SEP 151965 hot catch him, Hayer and the s PoE Hoda [Malcolm X's Murder! And the N. Y. Police be BUG US Melcoln X [ Hayer and the second man, Police arrived and rescued the two being beaten, taking them away from the crowd. The third man got away. got away because the crowd end man also would have got a if the crowd hadn’t caught heid them until the police showed up. Now let us turn to the New York Herald Tribune dated Mon- day, Feb. 22. This is a morning aper, which means that the first edition of the paper dated Monday actually appeared Sunday evening, a few hours after the killing. The top headline in the first (city) edi- tion reads: “Malcolm X Slain by Gunmen as 400 in Ballroom Watch.” The subhead, over the lead article by Jimmy Breslin, Teads: “Police Rescue Two Sus- pects.” Bresiin'’s story in this editio ports that Hayer was “take (Continued on Page 3) Rep | (OO A. a i aa NOT ‘RECO Tolson Belmont Mohr DeLoach Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Unlmae moiwumes Gandy The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Dally News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-Amerlcan New York Datly News New York Post The New York Times The Baltimore Sun The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer — People's World Date _€/12/65 THE MILITANT Jah 167 SEP @ 1965 nae ee