CURRENT INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY

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• Publication Date: April 15, 1964
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April 15, 1964
FEDERAL E_UREAU OF INYESTICATION UNITED STATES DEPAR14.' 4T OF JUSTICE
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are successful in their struggle for civil rights they will unite with labor and
go on to overthrow capitalism in the United States, launched his presidential
campaign with a "Freedom Now" tour. Leaders of the Freedom Now Party,
an all-Negro political party organized during 1963, publicly criticized DeBerry's
tour as an attempt to identify the SWP with the Freedom Now Party.
"Spartacist"
Meanwhile, the SWP is meeting with more o positiQnAan it antic-
ipated from a group of five former members headed by me`s,Robertso This
group, self-described as supporters of the "revolutionary ? ten enc ' the SWP,
was suspended in November and expelled from the Party in December, 1963.
Claiming that it was the first time in the history of the SWP that the leadership
had taken punitive action against a minority on the basis p'iiions expressed,
the Robertson group launched A binthly publicatio "Spart~, ?,I in
February, 1964, in which they opened a public attack on identified
SWP members; and reported on activities which the Party always restricted
to documents for internal consumption. SWP concern is illustrated by the fact
that it has sent a letter to all its branches serving notice that anyone inside
the SWP who undertakes to act as an agent of the Robertson group will be
called to account. In addition, five members of the SWP branch in New York
City were expelled last month "as agents of the 'Spartacist' group. 'r
The Wohlforth Group
A potential source of additional internal disorder is the "re-organized
minority tendency" led b im VVohlfort member of the SWP branch in
New York City and former mem o he SWP National Committee. Anticipating
that he and his followers might re ce ve treatment similar to that given to the
Robertson group,% Wohlforth recently made a furtive trip to England for consul-
tation withrr re- leader of a group of Trotskyites in that country and
also leader oIn International Committee of the Fourth International. Healy
reportedly recdminended to Wohlforth that he and his group should try to avoid
expulsion from the SWP and should oppose, but not provoke, the SWP leadership.
One basis for Healy's recommendation was that the SWP would be reluctant to
add to its problems at this time because of the difficulties it is experiencing
in its efforts to reunify the Fourth International.
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Problems with Pablo
,The Trotskyite Fourth International split in 1953 when ame Cann n
of the 1 ed form the International Committee in opposition to 1p- ides
o Michel Pablo f France, then leader of the International Secretariat of the
Fou ! ` ' nal. Although the SWP had friendly relations with th~
Internationmmittee for ten years, during 1963 it cooperated in reunificati
efforts with ele ents of the International Secretariat despite objections from
Healy and the British Trotskyite organization. Just when it appeared that
reunification efforts might meet with some success, reports were received
that a split is developing in the International Secretariat. Allegedly, the forces
of Pablo are again involved and a major cause of the dispute is the position to
be taken on the Sino--Soviet dispute.
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SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
Presidential Campaign
In an effort-to publicize its existence and spread its propaganda
throughout the United States, the Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
is taking advantage of the fact that 1964 is a presidential election year by
running candidates for President and Vice President of the United States.
While the SWP was on the ballot in less than a dozen states in 1960, it hopes
to increase that number this year and feels that the upsurge in the civil rights
movement provides it with political opportunities never before offered to it in
a presidential election campaign. Thus far in 1964, however, the SWP has
been harassed not only with internal problems but also with difficulties in its
relations with other Trotskyite parties. The SWP has been designated as
subversive pursuant to Executive Order 10450.
given with little enthusiaamf The selection of DeBerry was made by SWP
National Secretary (Carr 'ell--Dob who considered it advisable to lave a,
Negro as the SWP presidential candidate in 1964. A Negro and albino,
DeBerry lives in Brookl n it Carols= Dobbs daughter of Farrell Dobbs.
They have one child. DeBerry also s a wife, it a and three minor
childr, en living in Chica ; IT ecem er, rRJ. DeBerry was arrested in
Chicago on a nonsupport complaint filed by Hilda DeBerry. He was found
guilty and ordered to pay her $30 weekly. A jail sentence was. suspended until
such time as DeBerry defaults in the payments. DeBerry's other arrests in
Chicago include one in_19-41on_ a char. e f making indecent advances. Although
his personal life is in considerable disarray, the SWP still selected DeBerry
as its candidate to lead the Nation.
While a plenum of the SWP unanimously approve Clifton1DeBerry
The Candidate
One factor considered by SWP leaders in the selection of DeBerry
was the belief that he would be ifs best spokesman on the issue of civil rights.
In addition, he had received some 3, 500 votes last November in an election in
Br(: oklyn for councilman at large. DeBerry, who has said that when the Negroes
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February 28, 1962
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
Starts on Third Cirduit
Joseph Leroy Hansen, National Committeeman of the Socialist
Workers Party (SWP), has completed two foreign trips since September, 1961,
a-,d is now embarking on an extended lecture tour of the United States. As a
representative of the SWP, Hansen made a four-month sweep of various Latin-
American countries and returned home just in time to book passage on a flight
to Paris, where he was scheduled to address the Natalia Trotsky Memorial
meeting. Hansen's tour of the United States--in which he will discuss the
results of his Latin-American trip--was slated to begin this past weekend with
an appearance in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on February 24 and in New Haven,
Connecticut, on February 25. The SWP is a militantly revolutionary group
which follows the theories of M-,.--x, Engels, and Lenin as interpreted by
Leon Trotsky rather than by Joseph Stalin. It has been designated pursuant to
Executive Order 10450. Natalia Trotsky, recently deceased, was the widow
of Leon Trotsky.
Financed by SWP
As reported in the Current Intelligence Analysis of December 27, 1961,
the Political Committee of the SWP voted in mid-September to send Hansen and
his wife, Reba, on a tour of Latin America, contacting various Trotskyite
leaders throughout that sector of the world. One of the reasons the other officials
elected Hansen to make the trip was that he had lived in Mexico from 1937 to
1940, serving as secretary and bodyguard to Trotsky. Hansen is said to have
been present at the time of Trotsky's assassination and claims to have grappled
with the killer following the,attack.
Underground by Choice
The Hansens left New York City on September 21 and, before their
return on January 25, reportedly visited the British West Indies, Ecuador,
Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, and
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Mexico. As reported in the Current Intelligence Analysis of December 27,
they allegedly participated in a local demonstration during their stay in
La Paz, Bolivia, and were subjected to a tear-gas bombardment by the police.
Hansen was greatly impressed by the Trotskyite movement in Peru, but
described the movement's leaders in Jamaica as being "poorly trained. " He
said that the latter appeared to have gone underground through choice rather
th4.a necessity.
No Unity Agreement
While in Chile, Hansen met with Thomas Gerard Healy, a British
Trotskyite, and discussed ways and means of preventing dissension in the
Chilean ranks, such as that caused by an article in a British publication, setting
forth the differences of opinion between American and British Trotskyites. In
Argentina, Hansen reported, the Trotskyites have a strong membership and
well-disciplined leaders and are leaning more and more toward the Cuban
revolution and the Castro movement. During their visit to Argentina, the
Hansens met with a representative of the Latin-American Bureau of the Fourth
International but reportedly made little progress on the problem of uniting the
various Trotskyites throughout the world. The Fourth International was
founded in September, 1938, in order to direct and co-ordinate the followers
of Leon Trotsky around the world toward the eventual revolutionary overthrow
of "capitalism. "
"Devoted Fanatics"
The end of the year found the Hansens in Brazil, where they met
with a member of the Brazilian Communist Party and with Francisco Juliao,
head of an agrarian reform movement. Several weeks before his meeting
with Hansen, Juliao had told newspaper reporters that he was a communist
and that his goal was "the transplantation of the Cuban and Russian regimes
to Brazil. " Hansen described the Trotskyites in Brazil as being "mostly
students and petty bourgeois, " who are "devoted fanatics" but who lack 'good
contacts in the labor movement. "
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Commission Proposed
Hansen returned to the United States on January 25 and, approximately
48 hours later, was'-scheduled to fly to Paris, France, to address the Natalia
Trotsky Memorial meeting. In addition to eulogizing Trotsky's widow, Hansen
planned to use this trip as an opportunity to push his campaign for "rehabilitating"
Trotsky. During his stay in Argentina, Hansen proposed the establishment of
a committee or international commission "for the purpose of restoring Trotsky
to his proper place in history. " Hansen suggested France as being possibly
the best place to start such a committee or commission.
Yale Station Sponsors Talk
On February 8, Hansen returned to the United States and intensified
his plans for a lecture tour of the major cities in this country. Each branch
of the SWP was informed of Hansen's pending arrival and was told to set aside
two days for his local appearances. Wherever possible, it was recommended,.
general public interest should be stirred by bringing other organizations into
the preparations. Special emphasis, in this respect, was placed upon college
and youth groups. In Bridgeport, for example, the SWP adopted the name
Student Discussion Group in sponsoring Hansen's talk. In New Haven, however,
station WYBC, a student radio station at Yale University, agreed to act as
sponsor. In San Diego, California, tentative plans call for Hansen to speak
on the San Diego City College campus. The subject of all his lectures will be
his recent trip to Latin America.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
'``i"Ced States Department of Justice
December 26, 1962
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
The success of the campus campaign of the Communist Party, USA
(CPUSA), as witnessed by the fact that its spokesmen have made over 50 appear-
ances at colleges and universities throughout the country in the last 14 months,
has not escaped the attention of the Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party (SWP
Taking a page from the CPUSA book of tactics, the SWP is supporting a onLman,
-invasion of college and university campuses being conducted by,.WendellLB oaks
P ps~~Jr. who was suspended from his position as welding rueat~
Junior College, Fullerton, California, in December, 61, ecause
of is subversive affiliations. Both the CPUSA and the SWP hav b e' designated
pursuant to Executive Order 10450. I
Phillips, who was born in Demorest, Georgia, on A p r i l 20, 191,
attended Brown University and Temple University before moving to California
at the age of 19. He was a member of the CPUSA and active in trade-union
matters for the Party from 1938 until his induction into military service in
1942. Following his discharge in 1946, he rejoined the CPUSA and was an
active member from 1947 to 1957. Phillips affiliated with the SWP in 1957,
claiming that the CPUSA had deviated:from Marxism-Leninism,. that there
must, be a class struggle, and that the workers must be told they will have to
fight to bring about socialism. In an "SWP Statement of Principles, " prepared
in 1957, Phillips advocated a revolutionary party "guided in all its activity by
a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist program and free of reformist illusion.
Phillips is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles
Local of the SWP (LAL-SWP).!
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I Current lntell;genre An s
December 26, 1962
Wendell Phillips Academic Freedom Committee
When Phillips was suspended from his teaching position by the trustees
of Fullerton J.nior College in December, 1961, he announced his determinatio 0
fight the suspension. `T E executive committee of the LAL-SWP decided t upport
Phillips fully, to ma a national issue of his suspensions and to secure We support
of otherorganiza ns. As a result of this decision, theWendell Philli emic
Freedom Con{ tree WPAFC) was established to raise funds for Phil 4 s' defense
anti-tt~ pab1 s case. The WPAFC is staffed by LAL-SWP memo rs and main-
tains an off'c in the LAL-SWP headquarters in Los Angeles. On September 12,
19 62, the up rior Court of the State of California upheld Phillips' suspension. In
his speeches, Phillips claims that he will appeal this ruling to the United States
Supreme Court.
Campus Appearances
Phillips began his campus appearances last spring when he spoke at the
University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State College, and Stanford
University. On October 1, 1962, he announced that he was starting a nationwide
tour during which he planned to speak at several colleges, and that each appear-
ance on this tour would be sponsored either by the SWP; by the Young Socialist
. Alliance, the youth organization of the SWP; or by the WPAFC. On this tour,
Phillips has appeared at several colleges and universities, including the University
...of Denver, the University of Chicago, Carleton College, the University of
Minnesota, and Wayne State University. He is currently attempting to arrange for
appearances at colleges and universities in New England and has tentative plans
to tour the west coast after the first of the year.
Trotskyite Line
In his speeches, Phillips, in addition to discussing his own case,
advocates the admission of Communist China to the United Nations, contends that
.support of Chiang Kai-shek makes the United States look ridiculous, states that
Cuba cannot be seriously considered as a military threat to the United States, and
asserts that Cuba is one of the most democratic nations in the world. During his
appearance at the University of Chicago, Phillips claimed that he does not advoc:at?
the overthrow of the United States Government by force and violence. He explai.nec
however, that what he advocates and what will happen are two different things
because "a transfer of power from one cause to another has rarely, if ever,
occurred without violence. "
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In Reply. Please Refer to
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Cleveland 13, Ohio
August 2, 1960
Re t CUBAN MATTERS
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
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On August Is 1960, a confidential source, who has
furnished reliable information in the past, advised that
during a regular meeting of the Cleveland Branch of the
Socialist Workers Party on August 1, 1960, JENNIE SIMON
TUSSEY related that she, her husband RICHARD B. TUSSEY, and
AURA ROMINE would spend their vacation together in.Hayana,
Cuba, during August, 1960. Source stated that the above-
named individuals would depart Cleveland, Ohio, August 130,
1960, via Capital Airlines,
On July 5, 1960, this same source identified
JENNIE SIP-ION TUSSEY and AUDA ROMINE as members of the
Cleveland Branch of the Socialist Workers Party.
A characterization of the Cleveland Branch of the
Socialist Workers Party is attached hereto.
On June 29, 1960, a confidential source, who has
furnished reliable information in the past, related that
JE14NIE SIMON TUSSEY Is the Chairman of the Cleveland Branch
of the Socialist Workers Party; that her husband, RICHARD
H. TUSSEY, is the National Representative of the Mechanics
Educational Society of America (MESA) CIO - AFL, and is an
officer in Local 72, MESA, 2605 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland,
Ohio, also a aympathizet of the Cleveland Branch of the
Socialist Workers Party. On the same date, this source also
related that AURA ROMINE ,is an active member of the Cleveland
Br,:.nah of the Socialist Workers Party.
A confidential source or' fu;;?xat 2, 1960, related
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Res CUBAN VIATTBAS
SOCIALIST WOfl1C1 HS PARTY
depart Cleveland, Ohio, via Capital Airlinee Flight 704, at
11:20 AM on Au uut 13, 1960, to Miami, Florida, scheduled to
take plight 434, Pan Moriaan Airlines, from Iiiami to Havana,
Cuba, arriving at 5330 PH, same date, Source related that
all throe individuals are scheduled to depart Havana, Cuba,
on August 23j, 1960, via Pan American Flight 412, at 9:45 AM,
arriving in Miami, Florida, at.10t 45 A141 are scheduled to .
have reservations, Capital Airlines Flight 703, from Miami
Florida, to Cleveland, Ohio, arriving at 8,k3 PM, August 3,
1960.
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CLEVELAND BRANCH OF THE
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY swP
A source in April, 1943, reported that the Cleveland
Branch of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) was organized about
1938 or 1939, and was affiliated with the National SWP, and
followed its policies and directives.
A second source on June 29, 1960, advised that the
Cleveland Branch, SWP; is affiliated. with the National.SWP,
and is currently active in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio.
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'UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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65?-645
Chicago, Illinois
June /7, /960
CONFIDENTIAL
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
IN ERNIAL SECURITY - SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
On June 15, 1960,--a confidential source, who has
furnished reliable information in the past, advised that on
June 14, 1960, a special meeting of the Chicago Socialist
Workers Party (SWP) was held at SWP headquarters, Room 210,
302 South Cam-al Street, Chicago, Illinois, at which-Farrell
Dobbs, SWP National Secretary, was the featured speaker and
spoke concerning his recent visit to Cubs.
Dobbs stated that some of the individuals who he
and Joseph Hsen, SWP National .Committee member, visited in
Cuba were:
Ca_, tellanos -Head of the Institute of Tourism
Johnny Urbonos (phonetic) -- a baker and former
Communist Party (CP) member in New York,who was
deported about three years ago under the Mc Carran--
Walter Act
(First Name Unknown) Rios (phonetic)
Unknown individual, head of the "Prensa Latina"
Dobbs stated that the SWP has a news exchange with
the "Prensa Latina" i.e. "Prensa Latina" Bondi s Cuban. reports
in exchange for news the SWP provides from Los Angeles,. New
York, am d Detroit. He said they were able to bring forty-
five pounds of literature from Cuba, which included textbooks'
for the new school system, being set up and a History of.
Military Formation and Tactics on the Cuban.Revolution.
According to Dobbs, this book was written by-the head of
Castro's army, who was commissioned under Fulgencio Batista
to write a history of industry in Cuba but used this commission
to write the ~abo4e mentioned book, which is being used as a
handbook on the revolution in Cuba.
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Dobbs named the five individuals who head up Cuba
today, i.e. Fidel Castro,-Raul Castro, Guevara,.Jiminez, etc.
and said that they were attempting other Socialistic measures
in the schools, industries, unions, and land reforms, which
was another step toward nationalization.- __--
Dobbs stated that they were called to Vie office of
Castellanos, head of the Institute of Tourism, where they were.
questioned concerning Stalinism and Trotskyism. According to
Dobbs, after the questioning this person advised that he was
the individual to be contacted regarding information to be sent
out of Cuba and concerning contacts with July 26th Movement
members in the United States. Dobbs indicated that five members
of the July 26th Movement attended one of his meetings in New
York a,.fter his visit to Cuba. He also stated that he has been
invited to visit Cuba at a future date.
Dobbs reported that the CP membership in Cuba has,.
been estima'.sd from 7,000 to 17,000, which would indicate that
the true mer.lbership figure would range between-these two
figures. He said that the CP has been discredited somewhat
in Cuba because they did not support the July 26th'Movement
in a strike and march on Batista's palace which ended in a
massacre when Batista's soldiers fired on the group. The CP
called tire July 26th Movement,in connection with this action,
adventuri is and called for legal-action and election on the
issues involved.
Dobbs stated that the only fear that the SWP has for
Cuba was Khrushchev's visit when pressure may be put on the
leaders for coexistence. Dobbs was of the opinion that,
because the Cubans are of bourgeois background,, they may
capitulate to Khrushchev's tray' of thinking.
The 'CP `a, id SW- P. be'ed -designated .by-the"Attorney General
k-f the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.
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? :arouu of Iaaestigation, and neither it nor its contents Pro to
be distributed outside the agency to which loaned.
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TO: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (BY MESSENGER)
FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI
UNCLASSIFIED
STUDENT AGITATION AND ANTIWAR ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED, STATES.
THERE IS SET OUT- BELOW" THE HIGHLIGHTS OF CURRENT, STUDENT
AGITATION AND ANTIWAR ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
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YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIANCE (YSA) CONVENTION. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY
REPORED THAT THE YSA, THE YOUTH GROUP OF THE' SOCIALIST WORKERS
PARTY (SWP), HELD ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION DECEMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
-THROUGH THIRTY-ONE LAST AT NEW YORK CITY. A SOURCE, WHO HAS
FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST, ADVISED THAT A TOTAL OF
TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED FOR THE
CONVENTION. FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN WERE NOT YSA MEMBERS. FOUR
HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE WERE WOMEN. OF THOSE ATTENDING THE CONVENTION,
1. 1
FOUR HUNDRED THIRTEEN WERE COLLEGE STUDENTS. IT WAS ANNOUNCED DUR
ING
TA!GBONVENTION THAT FIFTY-THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AND FOUR JUNI
SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED AT THE CONVENTION. DURING THE CONVENTION,
LEADERS OF THE YSA ANNOUNCED THE STUDENT MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE
(SMC) WILL HOLD A CONFERENCE IN EARLY FEBRUARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL PEACE ACTION COALITION. MEMBERS WERE
ALSO URGED TO EXPAND THE SMC ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. IT ALSO AGREED
TO SEND A TELEGRAM OF SUPPORT TO ANGELA DAVIS, A COMMUNIST PARTY (CP)
MEMBER WHO IS UNDER INDICTMENT FOR MURDER AND KI-DNAPING IN
CALIFORNIA.
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STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY (SDS) DEMONSTRATES AT
UNIVERSITY-0F MINNESOTA. ON JANUARY FOUR LAST, SDS DEMONSTRATED
AT THE. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, TO PROTEST
INCREASED PARKING RATES FOR STUDENTS. FIFTEEN OF THE DEMONSTRATORS
BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE TO UNDERGROUND PARKING FACILITIES AT THE
UNIVERSITY. TEN OF THEM WERE ARRESTED WHEN THEY REFUSED TO MOVE.
DEMONSTRATION DURING INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR.
THE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR REAGAN WERE HELD
AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY FOUR LAST. APPROXIMATELY FIFTY
PROTESTERS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF SDS, ATTEMPTED TO DISRUPT THE
CEREMONIES BY SHOUTING OBSCENITIES` AND DISPLAYING PLACARDS. THE
DEMONSTRATORS SHOUTED , "PIG," IN UNISON AS MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE WERE INTRODUCED. ONE .SDS MEMBER WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING
A FIGHT WITH A PRIVATE CITIZEN OVER THE DISPLAY OF A VIET CONG
FLAG
DEMONSTRATION TO PROTEST INCREASE IN TAXES.
THE CLEVELAND
AREA PEACE ACTION COUNCIL IS SPONSORING A DEMONSRATION TODAY AT
CLEVELAND, OHIO9 TO PROTEST RECENT ..INCREASES IN LOCAL PROPERTY
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TAXES. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CONTEND THESE TAX INCREASES ARE DUE
TO THE VIETNAM WAR.
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NEITHER IT NOR ITS CONTENTS ARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE AGENCY
January 15, 1970
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YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIANCE
Ninth National Convention
Amid claims that its national prestige was never
higher, the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) held its Ninth
National Convention in the Coffin Union Building on the
campus of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
during the period from December 27 through December 30, 1969.
The YSA is the expanding youth affiliate of'the Trotskyist
Socialist Workers Party (SWP). 'In 'order,to avoid possible
violation of Federal laws, the SWP contends that it is not
officially affiliated with the United Secretariat of the
Fourth International (FI), an international Trotskyist organi-
zation with headquarters in Paris, France. However, the SWP
does maintain what it terms "fraternal" relationship with
the FI.
Credentials Re ort
According to the report of the Credentials Committee,
more than 800 persons registered for the YSA National Convention.
Of these, 509 were members of the YSA or the SWP or both.
The average age of those in attendance was 22 years. Among
the 454 YSA members registered, there were 157 full delegates
and 120 alternate delegates.. These delegates came from the
District of Columbia and 30 states, including Florida, South
Carolina, Georgia, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
-California, and Washington. Also in attendance were 55
"fraternal delegates," including foreign "fraternal delegates"
from Australia, New Zealand-, Canada, Denmark, France, and
Switzerland.
Lookin to the 1970s
During the YSA National Convention, Nelson Blackstock,
YSA National Organizational Secretary, asserted that the YSA was
finishing the 1960s,as the strongest radical youth movement in
the United States. This claim was also prominent in a
resolution that was introduced by YSA National Chairman
Larry Siegle, discussed at length by the delegates, and
approved overwhelmingly. This resolution is entitled "The
Deepening Radicalization: Revolutionary Perspectives for the
1970's." The YSA is described in this resolution as the most
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serious revolutionary youth organization in this country
and one that is providing leadership for mass struggles,
the outcome of which will be the revolutionary transformation
of America.
Others Belittled
In the resolution on revolutionary perspectives for
the 1970s, the YSA attempts to dismiss as unimportant other
revolutionary groups. The Communist Party, USA, is said to
have a reformist line and is minimized because it has
postponed "several times" the founding conference for a "New
Marxist-Leninist Youth Organization." The resolution states
that the pro-Peking Progressive Labor Party (PLP), which
dissolved its May 2nd Movement and entered the Students for
a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1966, has been unable to--build
a viable youth organization. As for SDS, the YSA resolution
points out that-the past year has seen the shattering of the
SDS into three main factions: Weatherman group, Revolutionary
Youth Movement II (RYM II), and the PLP's Worker Student
Alliance (WSA). The resolution claims that the Weatherman group
has been overwhelmingly rejected by serious young radicals,
the RYM Ills totally incapable of providing leadership or
direction, and the WSA is a facade for the "real" SDS which
the PLP cannot maintain much longer.
A Clear Field
In comments-introducing and summarizing this
resolution, Larry Siegle said that the main area of recruitment
for the YSA will continue to be college campuses and high schools.
This recruitment, he added,, will be done through statewide student
organizations formed to support the 1970 political campaigns
of SWP candidates and'through antiwar activities organized by
the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
(SMC). All major officers of the SMC, which has sponsored
many antiwar demonstrations at colleges and universities, are
members of the YSA and most are also members of the SWP. Siegle
claimed that the "rapid decline" of the SDS and the inability
of the CPUSA and the~PLP to build viable nationwide youth
organizations give the YSA a-,clear field to recruit the most
politically advanced i'oith. He predicted that the YSA will
recruit through the SMC'entire groups, such as disaffected
SDS chapters.
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Antiwar Conference
A resolution entitled "The New Stage in the Antiwar
Movement: A Strategy for Young Socialists" was introduced
by YSA National Secretary Susan Lamont. This resolution
states that the YSA has from the beginning of the anti-Vietnam
war movement fought for, unconditional and immediate withdrawal
of the United States from Vietnam as embodied in the slogan
"Bring All the-Troops Home. Now!" It is claimed In this
resolution that the SMC has hundreds of chapters in high
schools and colleges throughout the country. Lamont announced
that a national conference of SMC will be held on February 14
and 15, 1970, in order to plan-a mass antiwar action in the
spring. "We have in front of us," she said, "two months of
intensive building for the SMC conference." Lamont also
stated that the SMC serves as a source of recruits for the
YSA and enables the YSA to lead campus struggles against the
war and war-related issues.
International Ties
A report on "The Worldwide Youth Radicalization and
the Tasks of the Fourth International" was given by Caroline Jean
Lund. She and her husband, Barry Sheppard, have been in
.Europe as official SWP representatives to assist, for an
extended period, in the building of national sections of the
Fl. She stated that the worldwide student radicalization has
led to the growth of the national sections of the Fl and
the building of new sections, such as those in New Zealand
and Australia. She encouraged YSA members to take vacations
abroad for international collaboration. According to Lund,
the YSA has two immediate international tasks: (1) defending
comrades in Bolivia and Peru and (2)_ building the international
antiwar movement. She proposed that the SMC build strong
international ties with antiwar groups.
I
Recruit! Recruit!
In his report on the organization, Nelson Blackstock
announced that the YSA had 725 members and 31 locals in 1968.
Now there are over 1,000 members in 51 locals. The YSA national
office staff has been increased from five to eight. A new
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monthly magazine, to be published by the YSA and the SWP, will
replace the "Young Socialist," YSA publication. In addition,
the YSA will publish for YSA members only a biweekly to be
called "The Organizer." The next YSA fund drive will be
for $28,000. In concluding his report, Blackstock stated that
the YSA must break all barriers to recruit and that the
"watchword must be recruit, recruit, recruit!".
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