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ae Es 4 Nee” cK oa | &- = ‘ ~FAMALCOLMLX SEBS ~ RISE IN YIOLENG Says Negroes Are Ready to Act in Self-Defense , HANDLER .. By i. Malcolm A predicted yester- i day that there would be more i racial violence than ever tin the United States In 1964. He | declared that “Negroea on the mass level” were ready to act in self-defense. : The Negro leader broke 1 Sunday with the separatist N tion of Islam, or Black Musligp, movement headed by Elijah Mua- hammad. -° He announced then that he would organize a broadly based, Politically oriented black-na- ‘tlonalist movement composed of Muslims, Christians, and no; sbelievers who were intellect ‘ly and emotionally ready to fof low the black nationalist baz ‘|ner, it ’ Yesterday, at a news con- ference in the Park Sheraton Hotel here, Malcolm formally opened this drive, “There will be more vicletice than ever this year,” Malcolm|: . told the reporters, “White], people will be shocked when|, ihey discover that the passive lite Negro they had known turns out to be a roaring lion. * The whites had better under- stand this while there is still ) time. The Negroes at the mass ‘| level are ready to act. It is dangerous to deceive the white People into believing that ‘is well.” , Assails Nonviclence | ! Malcolm urged Negroes ti abandon the doctrine of non- ‘violence in the civil rights struggle. He asserted: “Tt is criminal to teach & men not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks, It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun oF a rifle. We _ delleve in obeying the law.” - “In areas where our people are the constant victims of brutality and the Government seems unable or to protect them,” Malcolm said, “we should form rifie-clubs ‘Uthat can be used to defend our :tives and our property in times “of emergency, such as happened last year in Birmingham, Pla- quemine, La. Cambridge, Md., _and Danville, Va. When ple are being bitten by dog: Trey are within their righ to ‘kill those dogs.” “We should be peaceful, la “abiding,” Malcolm said. “But the time has come for the American Negro to fight back in self-defense whenever and ~wherever he is being unjustly d unlawfully attacked/’ ‘, TF the Gove ament ae I am wrong for saying this,” the dec let the Gov- ernment start doing its job.” 3 ; Accompanied by Mustieew '; Despite his statement Sunday Amat he would not seek to take ‘members sway from Elijah i Muhammad's movement, Mal- ~ 4" ‘colm arrived at the news con- ) ‘ference accompanied by several . Black Muslims who have pre- sumably followed him out of ’ the Chicago-based o: is Malcolm s nonsectarian a “ peal egroes apparen ' prod Tesults, Christians who were formerly inhibited {trom joining the black nation- F movement because they did | want to join Islam are i, now coming to New York to ‘eonfer with Malcolm. © One of those who attended the news conference was Dr. AC. Erie Lincoin, the Negro 50- ‘elal historian and author from “Atlanta, who came to New York to see Malcolm. Dr. Lin- ypoln is the author of an au- thoritative study of the Black ‘Muslim movement. - : e Headquarters Set Up - Malcolm announced that he had established temporary headquarters at the Theresa Hote] in Harlem and would soan 5 Open his own mos ue for those ' of his followers who are Mus- lima, ‘|; He sald the mosque would be “a meeting place for Negroes of ‘all religious persuasions who "wanted to enter into discussions ‘of the biack nationalist move- ' nent. | '- Malcolm said his new move-! ment was being financed by! : ‘voluntary contributions. He said ‘he would accept contributions . from whites but that white peo- i ‘ple could never join the move- t ment “because when whites join ‘an organization they usually ' out-foin it” He sald that while “internal differences within the Nation o: 4Islam forced me out of it,” h till regarded ah Muhami Jwho are still here in Am need better food, clothing, hous- “ing, education, and jobs right pow.” . ; He said that he was prepared. i te in civil rights ac-: ‘tion even though he opposed! Jintegration and favored com- “plete separation a3 the only true -gclution for the Negro e. ; In answer toa questian, Mal- ‘eoim said that Negroes could themseives snot consider pollti- ‘cally mature unti they ceased regarding themselves as Demo- ores or Republicans. . on Negro vo ¢gaid, will the “corrupt politi- oians” be swept out eaten et pute ia New York, in tion C) ‘ew Yor! ‘Malcolm said that he did not Feat solution would be to im-| iprove the quality of the Negro Tolson Béinomt : Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy ? Ore omy -_- 4 ar or pete HTT ED t ere 194 Mer TO 1953 The Washington Post ond —____ Tinstbletsid—— oe The Washington Daily News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Datly News New York Post The New York Times Jip KE . Ro The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer —..____. 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