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qr be! ~~ cP ee sock K ” WEN ax NY 105-8999 | Seif APPENDIX INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST youTu (1Sy) AND INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST CLUB (1SC) ; A source at various times from April to December, 1958, advised that the Independent Socialist Youth (ISY) was organized in March, 1958, at Detroit, Michigan, in part by efforts of members of the Socialist Workers Party (SwP). ‘The ISY was referred to by SWP members as an "IBM" (independent, broad, and militant). The ISY emphasized that it welcomed personer from alli political tendencies who were interested in socialisn. The ISY membership was comprised of individuals who belonged to the Communist Party (CP), SWP, Young Socialist Club of Wayne Couniv (Y¥SC), and independent socialists, The ISY had no definite progrum for political action; however, members of the YSC, who made up the majority of the ISY membership, tried to influence the ISY toward being a revolutionary socialist group. In an attempt to extend this influence, the YSC was officially dissolved on August 18, 1958, and the members urged to join the ISY. By November, 1958, the SWP members in the ISY found they could not introduce the program for political action they wanted; therefore, they withdrew their support from the IiSY, which caused it to become defunct. Part of the reasoning behind this action was the belief on the part of the SWP members that the ISY could not serve any useful purpose, but a similar-type group organized on the campus of Wayne State University, Detroit, could be of value in furthering the SWP youth movament. An SWP member who was a student at Wayne State University was assigned to attempt to get a socialist youth group organized on the campus of that school. This member, together with assistance from a former member of the ISY and ISY contacts at the university, were suecessful in getting @ group organized on the campus of Wayne State University in December, 1958, under the name Independent Socialist Club (ISC). The club was organized under the Political Science Department of the University. Officers were elécted a a new | constitution - 6&7 -