Abbott Simon, Esq., was an activist in the American Student Union, and chair of the American Youth Congress, in which capacity he met and corresponded with Eleanor Roosevelt. Simon was a peace activist in the latter 1940s and early 1950s, serving as executive director of the Peace Information Center, and also occupied a leadership position in the American Peace Crusade (each chaired by W.E.B. Du Bois), both of which opposed U.S. involvement in the Korean War, and in the National Committee to Defend Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois and Associates in the Peace Information Center. He also served on the board of the W.E.B. Du Bois Foundation. He later assisted Freda Diamond (1905-1998) in her dispute with Paul Robeson biographer Martin Duberman regarding her relationship to Robeson.
From the description of Abbott Simon papers, 1937-2000. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475019085
