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|r | tw A cource hes eacvieed thet an Octeber 25-97, 1953, a2 ccenference of menbars ef the Communist Poriy (CP), ancluc rations Fenctiongries, ret in Chicrco, Tilinois, for the purpose ef settine in motion ferces for the establishment of 2 new notional Merxist-criented youth organization which woule hunt for the most pesacetul transition to cocialien, The Gelesetes were told that it would be reascorctie to assume that the pounsz socialists attractec into this nev- orgerization rould eventurnllr pass into the CP itself. A second source has advised thet the founding convertion for the nev youth organization “pas held frou: | June 10-21, 1964, at 150 Golden Gate Avenue, Sean rrancisco, Califernie, at which time the name W. EB. B, Dubois Clubs of America (DCA) was adopted. Approxinetely 500 delegctes from throughout the United States attended this convention. The eims 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 in en atmosphere of peaceful coexistence, conplete disarmament and true freeconm for all peoples of the world, and that these solutions will be reached mainly through the united efforts of all democratic elements in our country, composed essentially of the working people allied in the unity cf 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 Naticnal Executive Committee (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.