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i ited " YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIANCE (YSA) The May. i960 issue of the "Young Socialist" (¥S}, Page 1, Column 3, disclosed that during April 15-17, 1960, a national organization entitled "The Young Socialist Alliance” (YSA) was established at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This issue stated that this organization was formed by the nationwide supporter clubs of the publication YS- The above issue. page 6, set ferth the Founding Declaration of the YSA. This declaration stated that the YSA recognizes the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) as the only existing political leadership on class struggle prirciples, and that the supporters of the YS have come into basic political solidarity with the SWP cn the principles of reyoluticn@ry socialism. On March 10, 1967, a source advised that the YSA was formed during 1957, by youth of various left socialist tepden- cies, particularly members and followers of the SYP. The source further advised that the YSA has recently become more open about admitting that it is the youth group of the SWP and that an SWP representative has publicly st2ted that the YSA is the S¥WP‘s youth group. The National Headquarters of the YSA are located in Room 532-536, 41 Union Square West. New York City. On October 31, 1967, 2 second source advised that at the 22nd National Cocvention of the SWP heid in New York City from October 26, 1967, to October 29, 1967, it was stated that the YSA remained as the main recruiting ground fcr new SWP members. The SWP has been designated fursuant to Executive Order 10450.