European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday August 28, Agnew s speech that led to racism charge tvs Tymu x7/at3 v1 a a it a \ off tic. It Jiaan Lamin i a i i i my 1 t  _ to _  1  4a i. ,. To j _. A 1. A.  new York Nana the accusations of racism hurled at Spiro t. Agnew in the Waki of his nominal Ion As the Republican vice presidential Candi Date Trace Back mainly to confrontation last Spring be tween the Maryland governor and a group of some 110 civil rights and Community Leader sin Baltimore. The meeting was held on april 11, about a week after the assassination of civil right Leader or. Martin Luther King jr., and after rioting looting and violence had ravaged sections of Washington d.c., Balti More and other . Cities. As Agnew read the opening paragraphs of his speech some of those present walked out. He continued to address the group and by the time he had finished about one third of the original audience  the belief that the episode May become a Pivotal Issue inthe 1968 election Campaign. Nana has obtained a  of Agnew s remarks which were taped by Baltimore Tele vision Channel 13. The speech follows hard on the heels of tragedy come the assignment of blame and the excuses. I did not in Vite you Here for either Pur pose. I did not ask you Here to recount previous deprivations nor to hear me enumerate prior Stokely Carmichael. Burn baby Burn attempts to Correct them. I did not request your presence to bid for peace with the Public  around you and you May notice that every one herein a Leader and that each Leader present has worked his Way to the top. If you la observe the ready mix instantaneous Type of Leader is not present. The circuit Riding Hanoi visit ing Type of Leader is missing from this Assembly the caterwauling riot inciting Burn America Down Type of Leader is conspicuous by his absence. This is no Accident ladies and gentlemen. It is just Good planning. And in the vernacular of today that s what it s All about baby some weeks ago a reckless stranger to this City carrying the credentials of a Well known civil rights organization characterized the Baltimore police As enemies of the Black Man some of you Here to your Eter Nal credit quickly condemned this demagogic proclamation. You condemned it because you recognized immediately that it was an attempt to undermine awful authority the authority under which you were elected and under which you hold your leadership  spoke out against it be cause you knew it was false and was uttered to attract at Tention and inflame. Gov. Spiro t. Agnew. Lost most of audience when you who courageously slapped hard at irresponsibility acted you did More for civil rights than you realize. But when White Leader openly complimented you for your objective courageous action you immediately encountered a storm of censure fro parts of the negro Community. The criticism was born of perverted concept of race loyalty and inflamed by the Type of Leader whom i earlier mentioned is not Here  you ran. You met in secret with that demagogue and others like him and you agreed according to published reports that have been not denied that you  openly criticize any Black spokesman regardless of the Content of his remarks. You were beguiled by the rationalization of Unity you were intimidated by veiled threats you were stung by insinuations that you were or. Charlie s boy by epithets like Uncle  god knows i cannot fault you who spoke out for breaking and running in the face of what appeared to be overwhelming opinion in the negro Community. But actually it was Only the opinion of those who depend upon chaos and turmoil for leadership those who deliberately were not invited today. It was the opinion of a few distorted and magnified by the silence of most of you Here , parts of Many of our cities lie in ruins. You need no leave these City limits to verify the destruction and the result ing hardship of our citizens. And you know who the fires burned out just As you know who lit the fires. They were not lit in Honor of your great fallen Leader. Nor were they lit from an Over whelming sense of frustration and  fires were kindled at the suggestion and with the instruction of the advocates of violence. It was no Accident that one such advocate appeared at eight separate fires before the fire chief could get there. The looting and rioting which has engulfed our City during the past several Days did not occur by Chance. It is no Mere coincidence thata National disciple of violence or. Stokely Carmichael was observed meeting with local Black Power advocates an known criminals in Baltimore on april 8, ims three Day before the Baltimore riots be  is deplorable and a sign of sickness in our society that the together. To do this we must Beable to communicate. We can not communicate and Progress if the Lunatic fringes Are included in the problem solving team. I publicly repudiate condemn and reject All White racists. I Call upon you to publicly repudiate condemn and reject All Black racists. This so far you have not been willing to do. I Call upon you As americans to Sopciak out now against the treason and hate of Stokely car Michael and rap Brown. 1 submit to you that the semen and others like them rep resent a malignancy out of control that they will Lead us to a Sfax s and striped to the objectives for which it. We Lunatic fringes of the Black and White communities speak with wide publicity while we the moderates remain continuously mute. I cannot believe that the Only alternative to White racism is Black  the objectives of the civil rights movement have been obscured in a surge of emotional  the goal of equal Opportunity has been replaced bythe goal of instantaneous eco nomic  country does not Guaran tee that every Man will be successful but Only that he will have an equal Opportunity to achieve Success. I readily admit that this equal Opportunity has not always been present for negroes that itis still not totally present for negroes. But i say that behave come a Long Way. And i say tha the Road behave trodden is built with the sweat of the Roy Wilkinsen an the Whitney Youngs with the spiritual leadership of or. Mar tin Luther King and not with  me one constructive achievement that has flowed from the madness of the twin priests of violence Stokely car Michael and rap Brown. They do not build they  Are agents of destruction and they will surely de stroy us if we do not repudiate them and their philosophies along with the White racists such As Joseph Carroll and con Nie Lynch the american nazi party the John Bircher an their fellow travellers. The bitterness of past an present Days has been brewed by words like these we have to retaliate of the deaths of our leaders. The execution for those deaths will not be in the courtrooms. They re going to be in the streets of the United states of America. Black peo ple know that they have to get  Carmichael Washington april 5, 19 in Ami to hell with the Laws of the United states. You Brothers in the ghettos Are go ing to Wake up with matches. If a White Man tries to walk Over you kill him. One match and you can retaliate. Burn baby Burn. We re going to tear the cities up " Stokely Carmichael Miles College april 5, 1w7 and get yourselves some guns. The Honky is your enemy. The Brothers Are now calling de troit destroyed. You did Good Job  this City s riot will look like a picnic after Black people unite to take their  rap brow Detroit aug. 27, 1m7 and Black people Are being forced to become both judge and jury. We must Arm our selves with rifles shotguns pistols Bow and arrows with Poison arrows by guns with Poison bus Gas rags bottles knives Ine Only Way to Hla now Papor i an authorised publication of Tho Ustick in this evil land . Armed foresee Over too. The. Star and str pc kill the White Devil be Mandon Chlof u.�. European command. In support of the Gur to fore he kills Vou " information program of the deportment of defame. Contant o ent Ruix lie k1iib a. ,m4 pm to mrs a of Way. Part pfc  Fth . A a r con Willard Dixon to Dopart Mant of or no. Tho oppo Armanoo of Duplay in thu n a the do the Black  Corning commercial Publ Mono door not Emonot Tuu an nor Nien / i id time Poliuk us Paul met mint of dentil of by Fri Compo onto. 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It is not too late to return tothe True target of the crusade for Equality. That target is the elimination of All prejudice against negroes in America an the provision of an equal Opportunity to reach the top. That target will be realized when every Man is judged on his own individual Merit and Only on his Merit. Divisiveness and the Trine of apartheid Are impenetrable barriers Between us an that target. With your help they can be torn Down. I am sure that these remarks come As somewhat of a Surprise to you that you expected nebulous promises and rationalizations and possibly a Light endorsement of the Kerner re port. This i could not do. Some hard things needed to be  desperate need to confront the problem squarely justified Militancy must be converted into constructive purpose this cannot occur so Long As you Ori condone or cling to racism Black or White. We do not do serve the inn tic of leadership unless we Are prepared to Wear it proudly and if need b,.defiantly. Above All i believe you represent the views of the Over whelming majority of Mary land s negro citizens responsible hard working decent peo pie who Are As horrified by the events of the past Days As your i. These Are the people who will be unjustly victimized by hardening of attitudes in the responsible decent White Community White people who clearly repudiated racism in the 1965election White people who could normally he expected to endorse the 19f 7 open housing legislation on referendum this november. My greatest fear is this Polar Izi Ilion of attitudes As an after math of violence next i fear that we cannot endure continuous tension Over the next months that our Community cannot live in constant fear that any irrational provocation May cause racial  we must work first to prevent Polari action and Sec Ond to reduce tension. I will need your vision and your  As never before your articulate responsible leaderships needed. I am prepared to do whatever 1 can to Aid the inno cent victims of Lam weekend s rampage to alleviate Clear abuses and to enlarge Opportunity within the inner  we must do this As i said in my report to the people Las sunday night not out of fear of reprisal but out of cer Tain Faith that it is  so let us begin to rebuild now to rebuild our City and Tore build the invade of  us work together not As Black and White but As responsible Citi ens of Maryland who uphold the Law As concerned Citi ens who Are United in their dedication to eliminate the political risk in saying them. I need your help but your prejudice and poverty or an help would be of Little value if conditions which create you did not know and subscribe Les Ness and despair. Rec nerf a us " "  Bui ionian edition col. Jamet w. Campbell a a. It. Col. Fat. Michael jr., Usan. Mart Proctor Amer o. Frank " to a  i. Bp�t6in circulation � a voice of the Black ghetto what possible Hope is there for peace in our Community i these apostles of anarchy Are allowed to spew hatred unchallenged if we Are to learn from bitter experience if we Are to pro Gress in the Battle for equal Opportunity we must plan to Gether and execute those plus to i w Sun u Art Luc a #