Oliver S. Loud

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Professor Oliver S. Loud is a Yellow Springs, Ohio socialist.

Contents 1 Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace 2 National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee 3 Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner 4 American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 5 GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee 6 American-Korean Friendship and Information Center 7 Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights 8 Supporting Committees of Correspondence 9 References

Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace

Oliver Loud was a sponsor of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace which ran from March 25 - 27, 1949 in New York City. It was arranged by a Communist Party USA front organization known as the National Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions. The conference was a follow-up to a similar gathering, the strongly anti-America, pro-Soviet World Congress of Intellectuals which was held in Poland, August 25 - 28, 1948.^[1]

National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee

As of May 1964, Oliver S. Loud Antioch College, was listed as a sponsor of the Communist Party USA front, National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner

On April 28, 1966 Oliver Loud was a sponsor of the Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner. The dinner was held on the occasion of Herbert Aptheker's 50^th birthday, the publication of his 20^th book, and the 2^nd anniversary of the American Institute for Marxist Studies. It was held in the Sutton Ballroom, The New York Hilton, Avenue of the Americas, 53^rd to 54^th Street, New York City. Most speakers, organizers and sponsors were known members or supporters of the Communist Party USA.^[2]

American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born

In the late 1960s Oliver Loud was listed as a Sponsor of American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born^[3].

GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee

Circa 1969, Prof. Oliver Loud, Antioch College , was listed as a sponsor of the Socialist Workers Party led GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee .^[4]

American-Korean Friendship and Information Center

On Feb. 27, 1971, Oliver S. Loud, Antioch College. Yellow Springs Ohio, was listed as an initiating sponsor of the American-Korean Friendship and Information Center. The Center, a front for the Communist Party USA, was established to promote the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea and Vietnam.^[5]

Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights

In 1992 Oliver Loud was a member of the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, a long time front for the Communist Party USA, then dominated by members of the newly formed Committees of Correspondence.^[6]

Supporting Committees of Correspondence

In 1995 Oliver and Frances Loud were listed^[7] as two of the "CoC members and friends" donating to Committees of Correspondence. They contributed $25.

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