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up much controversy concerning his father's activities, both nationally and oe : ge a — like other ministers had strongly supported all of his father's beliefs. In oS April, 1960, he was sentenced to three years for failure to report for hospital he work as a conscientious objector. During the next three years, his father made - unsuccessful court appeals to keep Wallace out of prison. Elijah claims to have spent about $20, 000 in these court battles. On November 1, 1961, just three days before entering prison, Wallace married his second wife. According to Wallace, even before he entered prison he had experi- enced doubts about some of his father's teachings which he had felt were in opposition to orthodox Muslim teachings. Then, while serving his prison term, he had time to reflect on a statement made by the judge who had sentenced him concerning how he had been "dominated by his father." He claimed he also wondered about his father's connection with Fard, who his father claimed was Allah but who, in Fard's writings which Wallace had seen, had called himself the "Messenger of Allah." Upon leaving prison in January, 1963, Wallace said he attempted to clarify some of his doubts about his father and his teachings. He talked to other members of his family concerning his father's behavior but, he said, because of their complete financial dependence on their father, they did nothing. Phonueh Weitlnce regularly attended NO! and FO! meetings fp SMeces, even teaching some classes at the University of Islam, he apparently stirred