National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions

Entertainment trade publication Box Office characterized the ASP as, "an independent organization to support [presidential candidate Henry] Wallace.

"[1] The ASP sponsored the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City for three days in late March, 1949.

[2] The ASP asked Du Bois to represent them at the World Congress of the Partisans of Peace in Paris in April 1949.

[2] The ASP actively campaigned against the Hollywood blacklist, filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court against conviction of the 'Hollywood Ten' in the fall of 1948.

[6] An ASP publication from 1948 describes "the full program of Film Division is devoted to stimulating the production, distribution and utilization of progressive motion pictures in the theatre, in the documentary and educational fields, and in election campaigns.