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NY 100~-20789 2. American Labor Party (ALP) Lou TIAg ie has furnished reliable information in the past; sed on September 9, 1954, that from the time of its inception in 1936, there existed within the American Labor Party a struggle for power among three groups. These were the Communist Party, the Socialist Party, and the Social Democrats. By the early 1940's, the Communist Party emerged as the controlling force with the ALP in the major industrial areas in New York State. Generally these were the areas around Albany, Buffalo, Jamestown, Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy, the Hudson River Valley, Columbia, Dutchess, Nassau and Westchester Counties, and New York City, with the exception of Brooklyn. In 1942 the ¢ st Party was able to capture the ALP in Brooklyn. ew this situation to continue up until at least i « The ALP never developed into an organization of any real consequence in the non-industrial areas of New York State) y © GHEE wn has furnished reliable information in the past, advised on May 4, 1956, that the Communist Party today, as in the past, through its members in key positions in the ALP, constitutes the force that controls it. The "New York Times," a daily newspaper, issue of October 8, 1956, on pages 1 and 20, reflected that the ALP State Chairman announced on October 7, 1956, that the ALP State Committee had unanimously approved a resolution dissolving the ALP and liquidating its assets UY