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. anc \ . cr) APPENDIX . asarmarenctet coc. DEPENDENT-SOCIALIST PALSY (ISP @ A confidential informant advised on June 16, 1953, that the platform of the Independent-Socialist Party (ISP) was introduced and accepted by the ISP during organizing conferences held on June 13-15, 1958, in New York City. Tne source stated the ISP platform was ene which every member of the Socialist sorkers Party (SWP) could support and was an SAP platform in every respect. Another confidential source advised on October 7, 1958, that in his opinion the ISP was dominated and controlled by the SWP and had as its ultimate aim the esvablishmenl of a national labor party. This source further advised the hope of the SW? leadership was that | / the ISP campaign in New York City would ceveiop into a ae labor party which eventually would become a national labor party in the United States. From its inception, the ISP has, in numerous Ppuolic source material, been designated by several variations of its name, the most frequently used being: Independent Socialist Party, United Independent Socialist i Election Conrerence, United Independent Socialist Party, i United Socialist Party and the United Independent Socialist: Campaign Committes. : tic Heauguarters of the ISP are located at 799 Broadway, New York City. - 25 -