◆ SpookStack

APPENDIX WORKERS WORLD PARTY On April 17, 1959, a source advised that on February 12, 1959, a Socialist Workers Party (SWP) minority group, under the leadership of National Committ cee member, | Sam Ballan, split from the SWP, The source stated this minority group, referred to as the Marcyites, after many years of program and policy differences on varied issues concerning tactics and interpretation of political events split from the SWP on the grounds that the Party was liquidating itself by departing from the Marxist precepts of Leon Trotsky amd retreating from the fight for the world socialist revolution. The final issue which ultimately forced the split was the minority's opposition ta the SWP regroupment policy which involved cooperation with the Communist Party (CP) periphery - individuals characterized by the minority as petty~-bourgeois. The minority program, according to the source, advocates unconditional defense of the Soviet Union and has as its goal the building of a revolutionary party with a complete proletarian orientation for the purpose of over- throwing capitalism in the United States and throughout the world..- On May 12, 1960, the source advised this minority group had chosen the name Workers World Party. On May 3, 1965, a second source advised the Workers World Party, which maintains headquarters 4¢ 46 West 21st Street, New York, New York, supports the People's Republic of China in its ideolegical dispute with the Soviet Union. The SWP and the CP have been designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450, et ‘bees . SS: ieee errhp