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Direttor: ~2e September 12, 1931. Specisl Ace —suteryiewed Bey, under pretext in feccding, Pa. Subject ore 8 Correct nene bs fee thet he is a citizen of the United States. He stated that the -oorish Science (not Shrine) Temple of America was or- bie ganized during I@T at Newark, I.J. by ohe hoble Brew Ali; that Ali was head of the American orranization from 1913 until his death in 1929. Bey claims that he hes been heaa of the Mocrish Science Tervle of America since 1929, ard thet his official title is Supreme Grand Governor; that the organization has "Yer;les" in seventeen different cities throughout the United States, including Cleveland, Ohio, liilwaukee, Vise, Richuond and horfolk, Va., Chicago, Ille, and Baltimore, lid., and that the organization is not represented in the cities of ew York and Fhiladelphia. According _ | Zey, prior to 1930 the various temples held regujar meetings for registration and orgeniza- tion purposes. Eovever, since 1930 no meetings heve been held and it is the present policy of the orzeanizetion to hold no meetings and their work is sufposed to be carried on individually, and any bye instructions or information concerning the organization are passed among the teubers by vord of month. He advised that it was ma@rely asc matter of policy that recnler meetings had been discontinued, bet would not eleborete on the real reason for the discontinuance of such meetines. le stated that at the time the recular organization meetings were discontinued in 1930 the Licorish Science Temple of america had 32,000 enrolled members. Ee apparently has no record of these manbers but assumes that the menbership is at present the =-o-hss a as es same since no new rembera are belns taken in. Gey advised acon ED vie: the Moorish Seience Tenrle of America is a part of a world wide organization. Hovever, he would not enlarge upon this atatement or furnish further informetion concerning the countries in which the organization exists, or where international headquarters, if any, might be located. He advised that the netional headeuarters of the American organization are located in Chicago, Ill., at 5505 Indiana Avenue. eed Cc —~3 C we according to Bey, the purpose of the organiza- tion is to recover the birthright of the Moors, which was taken from them in 1779 (he could not explain by whom), and to enable them to again govern their own country of Morocco, and be knom as “hicors." bie He denied that it is a religious, politicgl or fraternal orgenizmtion, and could not explain further just what type of order the Moorish Science Temple is supposed to be. He thet he is not a negro, but a descendant of the lioors, Agen advises that Bey has all of the avcearance and characteristics of a full blooded nesro.