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Se ada a 7 ™: 1 a weet! WY 1090-56680 Hi £¥vVes00uu" i ‘ "(Congressional Conmit on Un-American Activities, Report on the Congress American Women, House Report No. 1953, April 26, 1950 (originally re- leased October 23, 1949); and House Report No. 378, on the Communist '"Peace'’ Offensive, April 25, 1951 “4 {eTD C. Miscellaneous Activities _ . | American Labor Par ALP) . WET asvise On september 9, 1954, thab.irom the time of its nception in 1936, there existed withi Farty a struggle for power anong three groups. These were n the American Labor the Communist Party, the Socialist Party and the Social Demo- crates. By the early 1940's, the Comnunist Party emerged as the controlling force within the American Labor Party 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 Communist Party ace able to capture the American Labor Party in Brooklyn. MM a this sitvetion te sontinue up until at least 199. WMA & & Wye Veen oS ae American Labor Party never developed into an organization of any real consequence in the nonindustriel areas of New York States feet the Cammunist rerty today, = aavtsee 0 Se as in the past, tbr afte membera in key positions in the American Labor Party, constitutes the force that controla ite The "Hew York Times,” a daily newspaper, Resue of October 8, 1956, on pages 2 and 20, reflected that the American Lebor Farty State Chairman announced on October 7, 1956, that the American Labor Party State Committee had unanimously approved a resolution dissolving the American Labor Party and liquidating its assets. cr _ . - 16 - ‘ "ta . FOTO Kle (o-12304 -F84/) - . ReGerval-Enclowre D- Y, |