'''William Howard Melish''' was a member of the board of the [[Communist front]] organization, the [[National Council of American-Soviet Friendship]]. Howard edited their biweekly publication, ''[[Reporter (CPUSA)]].
Melish oversaw the awarding of the [[Stalin Peace Prize]] in 1953. He was the father of [[Howard (Jeff) Melish]] who oversaw financial operations for the [[Students for a Democratic Society]] in the 1960s..<ref>[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/chicago-obama.pdf''Communism in Chicago and the Obama Connection''], Herbert Romerstein, USA Survival, Inc., pp.14-15.</ref>