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IVEL OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS TO zIS, FRANCE, SPONSORED BY CLERGY D LAYMEN CONCERNED ABOUT VIETNAM D AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE eo » WORKER STUDENT ALLIANCE/PROCRESSIVE LABOR PARTY A source advised during August, 1969, that at the National Convention (NC) of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held in Chicago, Illinois, during June, 1969, a split arose between the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) and : the National Office (NO), the NO becoming known as the Weatherman faction.. The PLP faction drew the largest Support among those in attendance at the NC, ° Source further advised that during late Summer, 1969, the PLP faction of SDS established its National Headquarters (NH) on the second floor of a loft-type - f building at 173A Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, The campaign on which the PLP faction centered was to build . a worker stuc¢ent alliance or a campus worker student alliance. Thus, they adopted the names of Worker Student Alliance (WSA) or Campus Worker Student Alliance. Source stated that the "New Left Notes," printed in New York City, is the officicl publication of the WSA faction, ; i : A second source advised during January, 1970, - | - that within the SDS, the WSA is a caucus of which the PLP constitutes the leadership. i A third source advised during July, 1970, that during demonstrations staged in the Boston area during the _ Spring and Summer of 1970 by the NH, the main thene of : . previous demonstrations staged by the NH shifted from 7 4 protestations of the Vietnam War and other United States F foreign policy matterS to attacking domestic issues such as racism and uncmployment anc cemonstrating support of the “workers! struggie.”