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We have been asked if World Outook did not make a mistake in its transition of the French Communist party at-
tack on Stokely Carmichael (see page 42 of last week's issue) with regard to the name of the school from which he graduated. The point has some importance, since the author of the attack, Thomas Buchanan, seeks to make out that Carmichael leans toward white intellectual circles and knows nothing of the risks and difficulties of organizing in the outh.
The original French, as published in 1'Humanité December 18, "1967, reads as follows: "Son expérience des conditions de la lutte dans les Etats du Sud a été limitée a 1' organisation de quelques 'expéditions' qu'il entreprit -- au péril de sa vie -- durant son séjour & l'université de Harvard."
World Outlook translated this as follows: "His experience of the conditions in the struggle in the southern states has been limited to organizing a few ‘expeditions' which he undertook -at the risk of his life -- during his stay at Harvard."
As to the facts about Stokely Carmichael's background and education, his book,