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NY 2100-56660 ook eA EAL. "(congressional Committee on Un-American Activities, Report on the Congress of American Women, House Report No. 1953, April 26, 1950 {originally re- leased October 23, 1949); and House Report Hoe 378, on the Communist "Peace! Offensive, April ; 5 (original date, April 1s 1951). pe Ti)" any Po a _— : +0 jee ~) CG. Miscellansous Activities . . oo é- 5 American Labor Party (ALP) ~ QUE ecviees on September 9 neeption in 1936, there existed within the ‘imerican Labor Party a atruggle for power among three groupse These were the Communist Party, the Socialist Party and the Social Damo- erate. By the sarily 19;0's, the Communist Party emerged az _ the controlling force within the American Labor Farty in the \/ ie C major industrial areas in New York State. Generally these L were the areas around Albany, Buffalo, damestown, Hochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy, the Hudson River Valley, Columbia, Dutchess, Assan and Westchester Counties, and New York City, with the exception of Brookiyn. In 192 the Communist Party able to capture the American Lebor Party in Brooklyn. knew this situation to continue up until at least 1949. @ American Labor Party nevar developed Inte an organization of any real sonsequence in the nonindustriel areas of New York State. cee vised on SE . > the Cou Farty today, n the past, tho Los menbers in key positions in the Amerivgan Labor ports. eoonati tutes the force that controls it. The “New York Timea," «a daily MOWSPAD OT, Lasue of October 6, 1956, on pages 1 and 20, reflected that the American Labor Party State Chairman announced on October 7, 1956, that the American Labor Party State Committee had unanimously approved a resolution dissolving the American Labor Farty and iiquidating ite assets. a oe. ni al - 16 «