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/ W.E.B. DU BOIS CLUBS OF AMERICA - BERKELEY BRANCH; W.E.8. Du8c2is Youth Club - Berkeley Chapter; Berkeley DuBois Club; East Bay DuBois Club A source advised on April 12, 1983, that the FB. BS 4 “= acvised “se 3 ———w F — W a DuBois Youth Club, Berkeley Chapter r, was originated in Oct be 7 1962, principally through the efforts of MATTHEW HALLINAN. This same source advised in October, 1962, that MATTHEN HALLINAN was elected as Chairman and CP Youth Commission Repre- sentative of the 3erkeley CP On-Campus Youth Club during September, 1963. eee A second source advised that a mimeographed leaflet “m distributed by the Berkeley DuBois Club in September, 1964, ae reflected the rame as "The W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America - 5 Berkeley Branch." This leaflet describes the club as "An independent Socialist Youth Organization" and lists its head- quarters as | $935 Grove Street, Oakland, California. — “In _addition, this leaflet, under the heading "The DuBois Clubs of America" sets forth the following: "The Berkeley DuBois Club is a part of a nation-wide socialist youth organization founded in June of this year. It attempts to bring together those action-oriented youth who consider sccialism to be a visible alternative to whe ills of this society." ~ The leaflet further reflects, under "Statement of “a Purpose" in part as follows: "To the Du80is Club, socialism ta is not an empty abstraction. It represents the form of social oF organization which is necessary if mankind is to fully utilize — the great potential unleashed by modern industrial civilization. : Very succinctly, it is a society run for peuple, not prefit." University of California, Berkeley, California, records in October, 1964, reflected that the Berkeley DuBois Club was recognized as an "off-campus" membership organization for the Fall 1964 semester. As an "off-campus" organization, APPENDIX | ; oo.