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' 227, V7VOO, Frrotesting the House . Un-American /-+ivities Committee (HUaC) Hearii in Washington, D.C. on the C, +sago Disturbances Ke , Internal Security - Miscellaneous —_ “.. . ‘APPENDIX . — / ley STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY aa . The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), as it is known todey, came into being at a founding convention held at Port Huron, Michigan, in June, 1962. The SDS is an * association of young people on the left and has a current program of protesting the draft, promoting a campaign for youth to develop a conscientious objector status, denouncing United States intervention in the war in Vietnam and fo "radically transform" the university community, and provide for its complete control by students. GUS HALL, General Secretary, Communist Party, USA, when interviewed by a representative of United Press International in San Francisco, California, on May 14, 1965, deScribed the SDS — wot as a part of the “responsible left" which the Party has a "going for us." At the June, 1965, SDS National Convention, a a met Ne area an anti-Communist proviso was removed from the SDS Constitution, - In the October 7, 1966, issue of "New Left Notes," the et ‘ official publication of SDS, an SDS spokesman stated that: Citak there are some Communists in SDS and they are welcome, The national headquarters of this organization as of April 18, 1367, was located in Room 206, 1608 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois. nd ONE y's CONFIDENTIAL SO ARR ata oe Le tte eae Ce ere a eee A Cee te