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4 pho. FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) ye (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Mus uslim Leader Rules Out Violence i in Aide S plit By DON CARSON | Associated Press Staff Writer Muslims declared last night that = reported split with his , top aide would not lead to ” Negra violence. ; “My people are more adapt- The leader of the Black ! _ ed to peace,” Elijah Muham-. "mad said They believe in |, peaceful solutions.’ Muhammad, the 65-year-old ' leader of an estimated 275,000 Negroes, spoke during an in- z terview i in his southeast Phoe- nix home. 1 His eyes watered occasion- ; ally as he spoke about the de- ' fection of Malcolm X, consid- ; _ ered the No. 2 man in the movement. ; Malcolm X bolted the par- _ ent group Sunday to promote. | “active self defense against white supremacists.” He de- clared that he was still a Muslim, but intended to work , on his own. - “We are surprised,” Mu- -bammad said. “I never dreamed this man would devi- ate from the Nation of Islam. - Every one of the Muslims ad- mired him. But what he has said makes it definite. He has deviated. 2 ‘> 22, 5 7 MAR 231064 MALCOM X ‘Sitti tvitrsiine* “Maybe I'm a little too slow for him,” Muhammad said. “He’s energetic. But he has more brains than to start any violence. He doesn’t have any guns, any ammunition.” Muhammad said his organi zation would continue to pur- sue the peaceful approach in his attempt ‘‘to follow the rev- elations which came to me from Allah.” “attempt at Negro Muhammad said he felt Mal- . Muhammad said the Mus- lims believe in separation of race only “if America will not give us equal justice.” Then he added: signs of equal justice.” If this is not attained, he said the Muslims ask that the “slave master and his slave be separated. Let us return where they brought us from, and if not that, then give us some territory and give a lit- tle start and let us live by ’ ourselves. “Instead of trying to toler- ate dissatisfaction between white and black and mongrel- ; ize the nation, let us sepa- rate.” Predicting failure for any violence, colm X’s action would have no effect on the outcome of the Civil Rights bili pending in Congress or on the attitudes of the nation’s 22 million non-. Muslim Negroes. . ~ He also revealed that he had contacted leaders in such Ne- gro organizations as the Na- tional Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People and the Urban League, but had received no answers x ho= 27 RI t- NOT RECORDED as2 MAR 2u 1464 ft “T see no | Mr, Tolson_i—— Str, Belmont. { My. Mohr. t ' i Mr. Caster oa Ceecad cts Ler Tele. “Room Miss Hoimes___. Miss Gandy. (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) PAGE 39 ARIZONA REPUBLIC Date: 3 0/6 Edition: Author: Editor: tite: NATION ISLAM IS = NOI | Character: or Classification: 105-93 | Submitting Office: PHOENIX | Being Investigated _— Fete.