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111 1 II ' I I1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' I l.lI,?lII1t1,lIlu_II I l l I 1 1 1 1 I" ,, , , IC 0 0 0 182 2 3 .; ; - \ . . . C . Seven hundred and si-xty-nine representatives of black, white, - Chicano, Puerto Rican, American Indian, Asian, and labor organiza- tions attended the founding NDO Corifercnce. ngela Davis, Ecrt Corona of Casa Hermmidad, and Carl Era en of the Southern Con- ference Education m i d were elected co- L persons of the new coalition. Those elected as vice co-chairpersons were Clyde Eellecourt of the American Indian Movement; Alfred0 Lopez of the Carlos Feliciano Defense Committce and the Puerto Rican Socialist Party; Rev. Ben Chavis of the Commission of Racid Justice and the United Church of Christ; Bill Takahashi of the United Defense Against Repression, Los Angeles; and Fred Bell of the United Defense of Political Prisoners, Dallas, Texas. The founding conference, in addition tb launching a new national communist- dominated coalition, brought into sharp focus the disunity within the "radical left" in the U. S. today. Fyactionalism highlighted the organizing conference. According to reliable sources, each attend- ing group strove to establish itself q.,$he tlrcvolutionzry vanguard" of the new coalition and consequently very little concrete organizin3 . wi?s actually accomplished. It should be noted, that the Socklist Workers Party (SVJP) and other Trotskyist splinter groups did not participate. In addition, the' Maoist orgwzations chose. to .boycott the conference. -. Y.3. There are basic ideological problems to be overcame if these groups are to become involved. It remains to be seen, if the new coalition will be able to accommodate the ideologically differect "leftist sectsv1 and still be a viable organization. I CALENDAR OF TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES * . 26 hbv, Nationwide A second nationwide African Liberation Day has been announced and will be held in 25 cities 2cross the country on the above date to show support and solidaritjj with Africans iti southern Africa. . . 2