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American Friends Service Committee — Part 6
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1 APPENDINA
W.ESB. DU TOUTE MuTTS OF aemorts .
as afivised that on October 26-27, 1463, a
conferen S of Clie Looukdnst Party (Cb), including
national functionaries, met in Chicago,iilincis, for the purpose
of setting in motion fareces f2r tue cstablishnent of a new
National Marxist oriented youth erganization which would hunt
for the most peaceful transiticn to socialism. The delegates to.
this meeting were cautioned ageainst tre germ of anti-Soviet and
anti-CP ideolcegies. These delegates were also told that it would
be reasonable to assume that the young socialists attracted into
this new organization would @veusua lly pess into the CF itself.
eonfarenca of meri
ce z
* A second confererce of over 20 persons met in Chicago
on December 28-29. i653, for the mervose of initiating a "call
to the new youth organization 2 an nd planning for a founding con-
vention to be held ia Jure 1354.
A second source has advised that the founding convention
for the new youth ovcanization tas uold from Tune 19-21, 1964,
at 154 Goiden Gate hv eiue Sau rrancisco, California, at which
time the name W.E.8. Du Bois Clubs of America was adopted. Approxi-
mately 500 delegates from threuzholt the United States attended
this convention. Tue aims of this organization, as set forth in
the preamble to the constituion, are, "It is our belief that this
nation can best solve its. problems. in an atmosphere of peaceful
coexistence, complete disarmament and true freedom for all peoples
of the world, and that these soluticns will be reached mainly
through the united efforts cf all demczratic elementZ in our
country, composed essentially of the working people allied in the
unity of Negroes and other ninorities with whites. We further
‘fully recognize that the greatest threat to Amorican democracy
comes from the racist and right wing forces in coalition with the
most reactionary fecticns cf thea ceosvoetie power structure, using
the tool of anti-corn oy Bun destray he unified
Struggle of the wortring vercnte. As vrune neorle in the forces
Struggling fer cemecwse. -. te Gleii w.iivety strive toe defeat
these reactionary and YenmeTasmhisct atemerts uicl to achieve com-
Plete freedem and @ermirac, fam ati Ar woeere, THUS eer pling
each individuai cto freely cheese and tuild tite socieiy he would
Wish to live in, Througn tacse struggies we feel the American
people will realise the viability of che soscialist alternatives.”
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