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|r 25-7, ISS . ty (CP), inclu 5 Illinois, for the ruotion ferces for the esteblishzent farsist-criented youth organization jOSt peacesul transition to socialisn. old that it would be reasorckle to 3S Socialists attracted Ante this nev- A second source hes advised tiat the founding convention for the nev youth orga nization” was held fro dune 19-21, 1964, at 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San rrancisco, Califernia, at which tine the name W. E. B. Dabois Clubs of America (DCA) was zdopted. Approxinately 500 delegates from throughout the United States attended this convention. The aims of the organization, as set forth in the preamble to its constitution, are: "It is our belief that this nation can best solve its problems ir an atmosphere of peaceful coexistence, conplete disarnanent and true freecon for all peoples of the world, and that these solutions will be reached mainly through the united efforts of all denocratic elements in our country, composed essentially of the working people allied in the unity of Negroes and other minorities with whites. We further fully recognize that the greatest threat to American democracy comes from the racist and right wing forces in coalition with the most reactionary sections of the economic power structure, using the tool of anticommunism to divide and destroy the unified struggle of the working people." Over the Labor Day weekend, 1955, the DCA held a conference in Chicago, Illinois, and a new slate of officers was elected to the National Executive Conmittee (NEC) of the DCA. Since Labor Day, 1965, identities of those serving on the NEC have varied; however, according to a third source as of May, 1966, thirteen of the fifteen members of the NEC were members of the CP‘in the San Francisco Bay area. As of July, 1966, the headquarters of the DCA was _located at 180 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. 23