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' Negroes Urged to Serve — | As ‘Freedom Fighters’ Continued From Page A-1)Musiims following Mr. Muham-,could afford to ignore such a BM oe bit ha Musil while he was in prisonjmed and he had 10 mosques.jgroup, he sald. in 1948, said he has no idea|By 1962... now, I don't want} The Freedom Fighters, Mal- how many followers he will at-/to sound like I’m bragging . ..[colm emphasized, won't en- tract to his mosque or Freedom/no one could count the number|courage the physical return of Fighter or anization, both head-|of his followers.” Negroes ay Africa. qu arlem. Claiming “there's no way of] ‘We will work for a psychologl- Having just returned from Al-| telling” ie many tellowers he|cal, cultural and social migra- giers, he said he must work to|has now. Malcolm said: “I've/tioa to Africa," he said. “The create an organization that will] gotten calls for help in organiz- Jews in America have benefited follow the tenets of Islam in ing Muslims in other cities— from such a migration to Isr aell “the best way we can in alPhiladelphia, Washington, Bos-|Which automatically enchanc Western and highly mechanized/ton and Los Angeles.” their prestige right here & society.” — Ha ssid he wasn't worried America. If the Negro in this Ha sai nomtew oan ta hanna lms alereall “ ULL F Wes LU WELLE LU YL Sees Mosque Prospering | about financial support. “Welin a similar way, the common ; are scratching,” is the way he ‘exist Malcolm is confident hisidescribed his money situation. bond a t woul between osque wifl prosper. He willl] don't have any expensive matically put d us would auto- attract converts as well as de-|habits. I never have met a true political eronomie and sonal fectors from the Black Muslims, revolutionary who worrted about /nocition in this country." cted. money. As Maleolm talked and an- ‘Many are leaving the Black) The desire and willingness to|swered questions for about two Muslim movement, especially; cooperate with other civil rights/hours in the 22 Restaurant on the militant and young ones! organizations, Malcolm said, is/1ssth street between Fifth and who have gone out because of! the major difference between his|/Lenax avenues, about 10 men, a! {the lack of activity,’ Malcolm) present group and his Black/apparently his followers, en- p 3 se | aftRrinw Fo iit at er baw tt eta ak ; jsaid. ‘When I entered the Na-) Muslim aifilistion. iered aiid sat in various booths. : of Islam in 1952 in Detroit, ~ 7 ee ar te ee eee ok ae dt ~~ t ettelt all ta aga 4 | “In the Black Muslims I|He greeted each as “brother” were not over 400 active/petonged to an organization) with a smile, a quick handshake ‘which stressed moral reforma-|or a slight nod of his head. Mal- ‘Hon but never took part in|colm sported a closely cropped olities, the civil rights struggle! beard grew while traveli r the Negro revolts be recalled.jabroad. — “Now in our Muslim Mosque, we will keep religion in the vO Why He Left Black Muslims because we don’t want to involve did he leave it Girectly in the srvgge tli? the Bla our Freedom Fi 1+ Carefi "avoidin d we Will work with any organiza- rogatary remarks e bout, Mr. don in any way desirable to at-| Muhammed, Malcolm explained tick the political, economic or| that he was “forced out” of the \sbcial evils that affect Negroes. group by a combination of thin i ; at inclu personal Pan African Movement ivicionment with the enforce- The traditional rights groupe/ment of the sect’s moral code. such as the NAACP, Urban Lea-| “As long as I thought the ‘gue, Southern Christian Leader-\Black Muslims _ represented «(ship Conference and CORE shun-!moral reformation, ¥ represented ned Malcolm X when he was &lthem. When I saw differently I Black Muslim. He expects them /jeft them," said Malcolm, w! to change this posture now. This| celebr: 30th bethany ie one reason he will work hard! un. wtettine in fb to create a stron; Pan African|i9. He, his wife and three movement. No Negro leader live in Queens, not f ee ’ the Ney York World’s Fair. ro a” 4 The fact that he had been told {hat the Black Muslim nati ‘was not teaching orthodox 1 am, and that we had straye ‘00 per ‘cent from the pathy whetted Malcolm's appetite for understanding “Islam as Teally was,” Malcolm said. Quest of Prince Falsal He contacted Mahmoud Yous- sef Shawarbi, deputy director of the Islamic Center of New York and director of the Islamic Federation of the United States and Canada. .. : Mr. Shawarbl, he said, opened Ys eyes to brotherhood and ¢rance between persons of dif- jerent races. He gave him a | {er of introduction which open many doors for him during pilgrimage, Malcolm said. |” While in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, |Malcolm said, he was a state guest of Prince Faisal, who sup- plied him with transportation and a religious guide. He visited Mecca and Medina at will, wearing the native clothing and performing all the requirements of the religion. On the way home, Malcolm visited Beirut, Cairo, Nigeria and Ghana. His speeches, e- pesialiy in Ghana and Nigeria, httacked America’s racial . Te said he sought the aid of fricans to get America’s | al problems before the United Nations. 4 .