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{re APPENDIX DISCUSSION UNLIMITED, INC. Records of the Division of Corporations, California State Department of Investments, Los Angeles, California, indicate that Discussion Unlimited filed its Articles of Incorporation as a nonprofit corporation, with the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California, on or about June 4, 1963, noting its principal site of office as Los Angeles County, California. The aims and purposes of the organization, as listed in the Articles of Incorporaticn, are "...to promote full and open discussion on our society and problems". A source advised on May 8, 1963, that Discussion Unlimited, Inc. actually was originated in Los Angeles, California, in May, 1962, and was composed largely of a number of present and former Communist Party members who assist in Staging panel forums and in promoting such events. Original coordinator of the group was BERNARD LUSHER, who in 196i, was educational director of the Southern California District Communist Party. This source was recontacted on April S, 1965, and indicated that tne basic concept of Discussion Unlimited, Inc. has not changed. It continues to present "left ideas" to at least partially non-committed audiences. It proposes to develop special activities around various issues on an irregular basis. It is not a membership organization, and does not hold regular meetings as such, but rather is strictly a forum-type organization. On May 10, 1966, another source reported that Discussion Unlimited, Inc. continues to operate as a forum- type organization. APPENDIX |