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a amr. s Aw ade Says Negroes Must Kill If Needed To Protect Self personal friends. T admire him and J respect him, not only for his physical ability as heavyweight champion of the world put for his untapped intelicctual and spiritual po- tential. Q—Will he be with you in the new organtzation? A—No. My advice to Brother Cassius would be not to become involved in any kind of dispute or misunderstand- - ing that will in any way be detrimental to his positive image as heavyweight champion of the world. - Q-—How far do you visualize your organizetion going in active scif-dejense of Negrocs against the white man? , . A—The very fact that you say against the white man ‘shows that you realize that he is the opponent. I think that white people in this country should be made to realize that , if something isn't done to bring an immediate halt to the - oppression and brutality that js being inflicted upon Negroes, then the Negro should be considered justified in doing whatever is necessary to protect himself. That means WHATEVER is necessary to protect himself. He shouldn't initiate any aggressive action, but he is within his rights self-defense is defendable in any court of law. Q—You were quoted as saying that you visualize this new organization as helping Negrocs and civil rights groups wherever requested. You added, however, that the ‘main Negro problem cannot be solved.” Please explain, : ‘A—It's moral and mental. The vices that our people are addicted to have actually destroyed the moral fiber of the . Negro community which has had the chain reaction effect of lowering the morals so that the Negro now doesn't even have the incentive to go to school to become technically equipped to even function in a highly developed society. So, you have to start right at the basis of what is destroying = ¢ the Negroes’ morals and incentive. And that is the vices .: _ which run rampant in the Negro community. Drug addic-* . tion, alcoholism that lead to the breaking up of the home . . and destruction of the family unit, All of this has to be -- attacked. And the religion of Islam, & taught by the | Honorable Elijah Muhammad, gets right to the root of that”. cee eet mm eerie are eee ror ian