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1 APPENDIX "The New York Times" city edition, Tuesday. April 20, 1965. page 27, reported that a neue party of "revolutionary sorialism"” was formally founded on tpril (8 1965, under the name of the PLP which has been knovn as the Brogressive Labor Movement. According to the article, "The Progressive Labor Movement was founded in 1962 by Milton Rosen and Mortimer Schetr after they were expelled from the Communist Party of the United States for assertedly folloszing the Chinese Communist line." A source advise? on June 3. 1968. that the PLP held its Second National Conveation 19 New York City. May 31 to Tune 2, 1968, at which time the PLP rewzsserted its objective of the establishment of a militant working ciass movement based on Marxism-Leninism This is to be accomplished through the Party's over-all revolutionary strategy of raising the consricusness of the people and helping to provide ideological leadership in the working class struggle for state power, The source also advised that at the Second Nationa! Conven- tion Milton Ros€n was unanimously re-elected National Caairman of the PLP and Levi Laub. Fred 'srome, Jared Israel, William Epton. Jacob Rosen, Jeffrey Gordon and Walte# Linder were elected as the National Committee to lead the PLP until the next convention. The PLP publishes magazine: "World Revolutian Desafio" a monthly newsparer. “Progressive Labor" a bi-monthly a quarterly periodical; and "Challenge- The April, 1969. issue of "“Challeng#-Desafio" s<ts forth that "Challenge 1s dedicated to the people's fight for a new way of life--where the vorking mea and women contrci tneir own homes and factories; where they themselves make up the entiré governmeat on every level and controt the schools, courts, police and all insti- tutions which sre now used to control them " Source advised on May 8, 1969, that the PLP utilizes an address of General Post Office Box 808, Brooklyn New York, and also utslizes an office in Room 617, 1 Union Square West. New York New York