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{— APPENDIX ee ee PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY (PLP) ae a Se cr “The New York Times" city edition, Tuesday. April 20, 1965. page 27, reportec that a neu party of "revolutionary socialism" was formally founoed eon sprit $4 1965, under the name of the PLP whitch has been known as toe Progressive Labor Movement. According to the article, "The Progressive Labor Movement was founded in 1962 by Milton Rosen and Mortimer Scherr after they were expelled from the Communist Party of the United States for assertedly follo¢ing tne Chinese Communist line.” A source advizec on June 3. 1968. that the PLP held its Second National Conveation in New York City. May 3l to fune 2, 1968. at which time the PLF reasserted its objective of the «staolishment of a militant working ci3ass movement based on Marxism-Leninism This is to be accomplished through the Party's over-all revolutionary strategy of raising the corscicusness of the people and helping to Frovide ideological leacership in the working class struggle for state power. The source also advised that at the Second Nationa! Conven- tion Milton Rosén vas unanimously re-elected National Chairman of the PLP and Levi Laub. Fred f*rome, Jared Israel, William Enton. Jacob Rosen, Jeffrey Gordon and Walter Linder were elected as the National Committee to lead the PLP until the next convention. The PLP publishes "Progressive Labor" a bi-monthly magazine; "World Revclution’, a quarterly pertogdical; and "Challenge- Desafio". a monthly newseparer, The April, 1969. issue of "Challenge-Desafio” s*ts forth that "Challenge is dedicated to the people's fignt for a new way of life--where the working men and women controi '1e€ir ovn homes and factories; where they themselves make up the éntire government on every level and control the schools, courts, police and all insti- tutions which are now used to control them." Source advised on May 8, 1969, that the PLP utilizes an address of General Post Office Box 808, Brooklyn. New York. and also utilizes an office in Room 617, 1 Union Square West, New York New York. set a ume ete Ge