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jmer, increased the re- sentment those “wired ‘worked. The youth were said to have been annoyed also that they had received no training to help themselves and that they had “been used solely to insure a cool summer in Har- lem.” Very few persons in Harlem believed that the Five Percent- ers could themselves precipitate an armed revolt in the commu- nity. Severai leaders, however. fee] that the group could and ‘would be used by other "tc -and disrupting elements if were not contained. “These kids don't po aroun: armed. and anyone who s that doesn't know whet he talking about.” one youth: worker said. “The cops have been picking these kid» up left and right and not once have they been charced with a viola-' ‘tion of the Sullivan Law. They “know they can be arrested if they have a penknife on them.. “Our greatest fear now is -that, with all this publicity, many of the youth who identify with some of the beliefs of the group but are not yet members might be enticed now to join. When you get a place like Har- Jem and the deprivations that exist, then you're going to get youth gangs like this until Fomethyne 1s done to solve the basi’ problems.” Ja