◆ SpookStack

co % tae ef eae a Coyne — ~ae ak 0 APPENDIX whe eee ae . ri fn . 3 . Me RE: FREEDOM SOCIALIST PARTY OF WASHINGTON, Aka . FREEDOM SOCIALIST PARTY (FSP In April, 1966, a source asvised that the members of the Seattle Branch, Sccialist Workers Party (SWP), executed a statement of resignation from the National SWP, dated April 9, 1966, following-which they referred to themselves as the ” "- Seattle Branch, SWP, (Unaffiliated), and temporarily adopted the name Freedom Socialist Party of Washington, aka Freedom Socialist Party (FSP). The group lead by RICHARD FRASER, aka Dick Fraser, Richard Kirk, Dick Kirk, formerly a member of the SWP National Committee, and his wife, CLARA FRASER, aka Clara Kaye, Organizer of the Seattle Branch, SWP, were known as.the -KIRK-KAYE Tendency. Their disagreement with the National SWP .was over the questions of the Negro struggle, the colonial -. prevolution, the Vietnamese War, regroupment, woman's emanci- pation, and party organizational principles. = = +: qhe SWP has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to EQ 10450 In July, 1966, this source advised that the above group and others held a convention on July 9, 1966, at their headquarters, Freeway Hall, 3815 ~ Fifth Avenue Northeast, Seattle, Washington, having issued a call to “all signers of the FSP Nominating Petition at the 1964 Nominating Convention and all revolutionary socialists who wished to help build the FSP." . etry a | pated fos wu? — 1cF In October, 1964, a second source advised that the name Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) of the State of Washington was used by the Seattle Branch, SWP, in its.then current political Campaign. - oy ; * The first source further advised that at the convention on July 9, 1966, the group adopted the name FSP of Washington, , pecame a membership organization, and appointed a committee penal - the general organization of the group." - 5 ee To * mo, 6 .