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* - ~ (— ‘ J . , APPENDIX 1 . INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST LEAGUE, - ee Formerly Workers Party ‘ The May 4, 1942, issue of "Labor Action,” then an official publication of the Workers Party (WP), carried an article which reflected that the WP was formed in April, 1940, aS a result of a split within the leadership of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). The article stated that when the Hitler- Stalin Pact was signed and Poland invaded, the minority group within the SWP, in proclaiming the formation of the WP, con- demned the pact as being imperialistic in nature and stated it would not support either imperialist camp. . The April 25, 1949, issue of "Labor Action” contained an account of the Fifth National Convention of the WP, held March 24-27, 1949, in New York City, which reflected the change of name of the organization from the WP to the Independent Socialist League (ISL) in order to emphasize the character of the group as a propaganda group for the spreading of socialist ideas and not as a full-fledged political party. The July 14, 1958, issue of "Labor Action, " an official publication of the ISL, contained an article captioned "The ISL Program in Brief." The article indicated: "The ISL stands for socialist democracy and against the two systems of exploitation which now divide the world: canitalism and Stalinism BSR aise Wale ieds ee ee A RN ee ee The ISL, as a Marxist movement, looks to the working class and its ever-present struggle as the’ basic progressive in the labor movement and among all other sections of the people.~ There can be no lasting and genuine d2mocracy without socialism and there can be no socialism without democracy." The September 22, 1958, issue of "Labor Action” con~ tained an undated statement signed by the Political Committee of the TsL which indicated that tha ISL head been dissolved The statement urged former ISL members to join the Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation (SP-SDF). - 5- ; ; ~ APPENDIX sSNA