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em eT ame a ek, : _ ; mn 9 . . ; . a vo SOE oh os oe tT Tem Vyas ~~ or ~: , J JDEPENDENT SCoTsList LEAGVE (ISL) re it we “~. ate ‘ “ey Worters Party (15 *. Tne May 4, 102, 2 issue of “Labor Actiontt, then an official rublicatic the Workers Party (WP), carried an article which refleetod that the WP was for in atriiz, 19,0, és a sesalt of a eclit within tre icaderchip of the Sectaliet Party (Su? }. The article stated that wren the HitlemStealin Pact was signed a Poland invaded, the minority greup within the SVP, in proclaimins the fornstic the WP, condenned the pact as being imperialictic in nature and stated it voul support either imperialist camp. The April 25, 1949 issue of "Labor Acticn" contained an account of t Fifth National Convention‘of the WP, held March 24~27, 2949, in New York Ci reflected the change of name of the organization from the WP to the Indgepen Socialist Leazue (ISL) in order to emphasize the character ¢f the group as ganca group for the spreacing of socialist ideés and not as a full-fledged party. Tne July 14, 1959 issue of "Labor Ac ion ¢ ISL, contained an article captioned "Tne ISL Program in Brief." The ariicle i cated: "The ISL stands for socialist dearnccracy and against the two systoans of pioitation which now divide the world: copateii sn and Stitiniss. The ISL, as Maryist movement, looks to the working class end its ever-present struggle as basic progressive force in society. The ISL is orgenized to suréad the ideas socialisz in the later movement and SECTS alk other sections of the people. 1 ean be no lesting and genuine derocracy without socialism and there can be no socialisa without Gengeracys" Anat ten State? oh 34 ne44 Acwion' , an official Pucsicet ~ . Tne Septenber 22, 1953 issue of "LAdor Action” contuined an undated ment signed by the Political Committee of the ISL which indicated that tre IS! ween dissolved. Tne statenent urged former ISL mexbers to join the Socle alist Social Democratic Federat ion. » «The SWP bas been designated by. the Att: racy General pursuant to mec Order 10450.