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Michael Harrington,  the national chairman of the [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]], organized the effort with help from 5 "Initiators" - [[Lawrence Birns]] (writer), [[Frances Farenthold|Sissy Farenthold]] (past president [[National Women's Political Caucus]]), Congressman Michael J. Harrington, [[Martin Peretz]] (chairman, editorial board [[New Republic]]), [[Cleveland Robinson]] (vice president, Distributive Workers of America), [[Leonard Woodcock]] (president [[United Auto Workers]], [[Jerry Wurf]] (president [[AFSCME]]).

Michael Harrington,  the national chairman of the [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]], organized the effort with help from 5 "Initiators" - [[Lawrence Birns]] (writer), [[Frances Farenthold|Sissy Farenthold]] (past president [[National Women's Political Caucus]]), Congressman Michael J. Harrington, [[Martin Peretz]] (chairman, editorial board [[New Republic]]), [[Cleveland Robinson]] (vice president, Distributive Workers of America), [[Leonard Woodcock]] (president [[United Auto Workers]], [[Jerry Wurf]] (president [[AFSCME]]).

Elected officials who signed the cablegram included: [[Julian Bond]], [[Willie Brown|Willie Brown, Jr.]], [[John Conyers, Jr.]], [[Don Edwards]], [[William Gluba]],  [[Edward  Koch|Edward J. Koch]], [[Parren  Mitchell|Parren J. Mitchell]], [[Henry  Reuss|Henry S. Reuss]], [[Benjamin  Rosenthal|Benjamin S. Rosenthal]] and [[Louis Stokes]].<ref>Democratic Left, Sep. 1975, page 2</ref>

Elected officials who signed the cablegram included: [[Julian Bond]], [[Willie Brown|Willie Brown, Jr.]], [[John Conyers, Jr.]], [[Don Edwards]], [[William Gluba]],  [[Edward  Koch]], [[Parren  Mitchell|Parren J. Mitchell]], [[Henry  Reuss|Henry S. Reuss]], [[Benjamin  Rosenthal|Benjamin S. Rosenthal]] and [[Louis Stokes]].<ref>Democratic Left, Sep. 1975, page 2</ref>

== Disreputable membership ==

== Disreputable membership ==