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Te KE “1 a) hy or C we m4 JNDEFENXDINT S22) Formerly Workers The Mey 4, 1942, issus of “Labor Action,” then ean o1ficial publication of the Workers Party (WF), carried an articie which reflected that the WP was formed in April, 1940, as a result of a Split within the lezdersbip of the Sccialist Workers Farty (SWP). The article stated that when the Hitler-Stalin Fact was Signed and Poland invaded, the minority group within tke SWPP, in preslaiming the formation of the ¥P, condemned the pact as being imperialistic in nature and stated it would not support either itperialist carp. The April 25, 1949, issue cf "“Labcr écticn' contained an mecount of the Fifth National Convention of the &F, helo March 24-27, 1949, in New Yerk City, which refiected the change ci name of the organizaticn from the WP to the Independent Secizlist League (ISL) in order to emphasize the character cf the grceup BS a4 propa- ganda group fer the spreading of socialist ideas and nct as a full-fledged political party. Tke July 14, 1958, issue of "Labor Action," an official publication of the ISL, contained an article captioned "The I5L Program in Brief.” The article indicated: "The ISL etands for eccjialist democracy and against the two systems of exploitation which now divide the world: capitalism and Stalinism. The ISL, as @ Marxist movement, looks to the working class and its ever- present struggle as the basic progressive force in society. The ISL is organized to spreac the ideas of socialism in the iabor movement and among all other sections of the people. There can be no lasting and genuine democracy without socialism and there can be no socialism without democracy." The September 22, 1958, issue of “Laber Action" con- tained an undated statement signed by the Political Committee of the ISL which indicated that the ISL had been dissclived. The etaternent urged ferrer ISL members to join the Socialist Party- Social Democratic Federation (SP-SDF). A source advised on October 30, 1958, that the Chicago Branch of the ISL, which was ans affiliate of the rational organization, was cisselved in September, 1958, and all active members joined the SP-SDF on October 9, 1958. The S¥P has been designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450. a?) Pi P| is = bd q |" This document contains neither recommendations vor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the , FBI and is lonned to your arency; it and iis conteats are not to be distributed outside your agency.