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...Cleaver? All we ever heard of him is he wrote a book. We've never even seen him out here. We're sticking with Huey," a Chicago Panther official said yesterday...
...probable that the New York chapter will take Cleaver's side, and that most of the West Coast chapters will be loyal to Newton. Chicago - although one of the largest chapters - may be typical in its response...
Immediately the Cleavers denied the charges. Cleaver himself countered with personal attacks on Newton and recommended that he be purged from the Party...
Newton's second response came on March 5 - his birthday and Black Solldarity Day. Newton's speech - delivered to about 5000 Panther supporters gathered in Oakland - skirted the issue of the rift and ignored his earlier personal charges against Cleaver...
...success of this new approach - whether it is a cause or an effect of the split with Cleaver - is hard to predict. The current issue of the Panther paper features five Party leaders declaring their long-standing devotion to Newton, but there are reports that Party chapters around the country are dividing into two camps...