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0-17 (ev, 5-27-63) olson A ; We b —* . obr + ; Malcolm X: ‘AN Charp- Pa and All Contradiction / = za / | He site-te-hds non-folding char his je if By Dick Schaa legs cramped under wooden desk, an he f : }- ’ P- ' greets his co-workers and his visitors with } AL : City Editor ‘politeness and warmth. “Brother James, YF oiog Tne sign on the door says “Eve Nelson w you give our visitor a chair?” Hisd ” He ts impeccably dressed : Ar, : see hr r . & black pier ror aman of . Te phrase Shite se in black cardigan sweater snd _ >) Inside, the green slatted blackboard ts | shoes rightly a solld L brown tie, his black | 4 divided into long columns, each topped by neatly pulled up. And his followers on j the letters “CL,” which stand for closing dress carefully, projecting, more than’ ane. prices. There is not a single stock listed on thing else, a Madison Ave. image almontea the board. huckster image. Two of Malcolm's assist The room, lon gand lean, 1s sparsely fur- ants leave thelr attaché cases lying around nished--ragged green window shades, the room. ehecked green-and-white linoleum floor- ing. two ancient wooden desks, a dozen rickety folding chairs and one strong per- manent, non-folding chair. : Malcolm X sits in the non-folding chair. Here, on the second floor of the Hotel : Theresa at 125th St. and Seventh Ave. pit = And then Malcolm ts talking and work- t re ae eS here where Joe Louis once Mved and Fidel Castro once lived and Cassius Clay now lives, here in the temporary headquarters set up by Malcolm X since he split away from Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam, everything—from incomplete slgn to un- used stockboard—exudes an air of the unreal . ead “Squeak—squeak—squeak” go the mark~- ( * Washington Poat and ing penctiz, as two college girls, their hair . Times Herald swept into African styles, carefully letter the cardboard signs heralding Malcolm's The Washington Dally News speech on “Black Nationalism in Hariem,” The Evening Star which he will deliver at 8 p. m. tonight at the Rockland Palace on 155th St. and New York Herald Tribune —_—2 Eighth Ave. Suddenly—'Squeeeasak— New York Journal-American squeeeaaak”—the long lines of the X writ- ten benesth Malcolm's name, New York Mirror Down the hall, a man says, “Malcolm's New York Datly News office? Malcolin's in Room 228.” New York Post NO 228 The New York Times The Worker metica sign. The sign spreads across two —ae ce The Wall Street Journal glass doors, both painted black, leaking no not RECORD The National Observer elie to what is inside. ; ; It is all unreal. but Landa himself 1 MAR 31 1964 People’s Wet ts the most unreal as pare __ FAR co He is, above all else, U0 It is almost impossible, upo to disiike him. Friendly, arti outgoing, his appearance and melt all the harsh wordaythe wo Seana pba ers CEC S778 There is no room marked 228 Only the Ly Process of elimination leads to the cos- fO - tgoG