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APPENDIX W. E. B. DU BOIS CLUB OF WEST LOS ANGELES On April 23, 1964, a source advised that the W.E.B. Du Bois Club of West Los Angeles, was organized by RUTH teen with the assistance of MARVIN TREIGER in February, 1 ‘ A second source advised on April 17, 1964, that as of April, 1964, RUTH GREENBAUM was a member of the Southern California District Communist Party (SCDCP) and that MARVIN TREIGER was chairman of the Youth Commission, SCDCP, —- The first scurce ebove stated that the Du Bois Club was organized mainly to meet the needs of Marxist- aientated students at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), but that the club eventually hoped to spread its influence into other areas in West Los Angeles. U } t | t i A third source advised on March 12, 1964, that at | a Communist Party (CP) meeting held in Los Angeles, #n February, 1964, BEN DOBBS, Executive Secretary of the SCDCP, spoke on * the CP youth movement and stated that the Du Bois Club was one of two youth groups operating in the Los Angeles area, both groups were Harxist-orientated and that members con- Sidered themselves Marxist. A fourth source advised on March 25, 1965, that Since its inception, the activities of the Du Bois Club have been mainly limited to participation in protests against alleged racial discrimination, participation in Marxist classes, 4 participation in conferences which led to the creation of the W.E.B. Da Bois Clubs of America in the summer of 1964 and parti- i cipation in demonstrations protesting U.S. intervention in Viet Nam. This source advised that the W.E.B. Du Bois Club of West Los . Angeles is now affiliated with the W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America and 18s operating as a chapter of that organization. |] { f . APPENDIX CONTINUED Sea “a b a gh eats acest fs +e ele, pe ee ee pc ne a ee S Se oe ee At Sag