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NY 97-1792 3 At this SWP National Convention, NY T-13 informed, THOMAS KERRY who is in charge of the SWP work in the FPCC, made the opening national report. KERRY gave a complete history of the founding of the FPCC and of the SiIP's work in the FPCC up until the time of the Cuban invasion by the counter-revolutionaries, He told of the many attempts of the Stalinists to get the SWP out of tte FPCC and of the failure of the attempc by the CP. KEFNY, according to the source,said that the SWP now enjoys the greatast reputation for cefense of the Cuban Revolution in the FPCC and that as a reevit & whole group of people are now moving toward the SWP who would never have done Bo in the past. He said that this group of yp2ople he referred to is repves2itative not oniy of ¥¢ulicals and o%-radicals but of new young peo>ie on collegze campuses and in unions who have been radicelized by the events in Cuba since the recent invasion of Cuba. KERRY pointed out, however, that a new problem has arisen since the invasion, He said that now nationally the FPCC 18 divided on the question of how to best serve the aims for which the FPCC was founded. He explained that there are many liberals of the ELEANOR ROOSEVELT type who beileve that FPCC work should te confined to activities 4a the United States for the prevention of intervention and aggression in Cuba by the United States. He said that this ‘group feels that in this way the FPCC can appeal to more and more liberals as well as educated intellectuals and that the FPCC would, therefore, have a wider influence, KERRY went on to say that the position of the Cp in this matter is not too clear, There are indications, he said, that the CP supports this position in principle but that many of the raniss of CP peripnery and ex-CP members who are of a more militant nature go along with the Sap and the others within the FpcC who favor a comp.ete aefense of Cuda with ita form of Government and not just to fight against intervention, KERRY further pointed out, according to NY T-13, > that there is also criticism as to the lack of democracy . 4n the organizational set-up of the FPCC and the complete ‘ subservicnce of FPCC members to the Executive Committee which , is dominated by RICHARD GIBSON ard ROBERT TABSR. ~ 107 - D. : * cy . . « Lae a Con a we . ad . aoe . ao : . ~~ a] . - mn /-_ Ae ~ i - , a= y oe oe . a . - en oan : a ~