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What Was HUAC?Originally organized as a minor congressional committee investigating domestic subversion, HUAC (also known as the House Un-American Activities Committee) rose to such power in the late 1940's and early 1950's that the mere threat of investigation by it could ruin a person's career. By the time it was abolished in 1975, HUAC had widened its scope of investigation to include almost every aspect of American society. Given a vague mandate to investigate "subversion" in America, HUAC had little power or prestige at its inception. This changed after World War II as relations between the United States and the Soviet Union began deteriorating in the late 1940's. Pressured by anticommunist members of Congress and public concern about the international spread of communism, President Harry S. Truman authorized a loyalty oath program for government employees in early 1947. His executive order enabled HUAC to institute wide-ranging investigations of all persons suspected of communist affiliations or sympathies. Although HUAC's mission was unquestionably anticommunist in nature, HUAC never clearly defined what constituted an "un-American activity." It was unusual for a democracy even to have such a body designed to repress political dissent. As author Joel Kovel has remarked, "other nations never were able to define communism as somehow 'un-' the identity of that nation. There was no 'Committee on Un-Chinese Activities' in China or 'Un-French Activities' in France despite powerful communist movements, movements that in each case suffered heavy repression." From the beginning of its most active period in 1947-1948, HUAC moved to the forefront of political, anticommunist action, notably, with the passage of the Mundt-Nixon bill in 1948 that required the federal registration of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) and its front organizations. American communists faced a dilemma: Failure to register their organizations was illegal, but registration could result in their members being imprisoned for being party to a foreign conspiracy. For HUAC, anticommunist zeal superseded the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of assembly. In the end, HUAC investigated charges of "communistic infiltration" in the government; by the early 1950's it had investigated nearly a fifth of all government employees. The committee also investigated labor union members of the academic world, film industry figures, and members of the scientific community. The mere stigma of being called before the committee was usually sufficient to serve the committee's ends by causing witnesses to be blacklisted from their professions. As an investigative committee, HUAC had limited power to prosecute suspected criminal activities; however, its talent for circumventing constitutional guarantees of due process, presumption of innocence, and free speech gave it more power than any court of the day. Excerpted from the article House Committee on Un-American Activities in Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America. Ed. David Bradley and Shelley Fisher Fishkin. Vol. 2. Armonk, NY:Sharpe Reference, 1998. p437-440, 1998 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a committee (1938–75) of the U.S. House of Representatives, created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Its first chairman, Martin Dies, set the pattern for its anti-Communist investigations. The committee's methods included pressure on witnesses to name former associates, vague and sweeping accusations against individuals, and the assumption of an individual's guilt because of association with a suspect organization. Witnesses who refused to answer were cited for contempt of Congress. A highly publicized 1947 investigation of the entertainment industry led to prison sentences for contempt for a group of recalcitrant witnesses who became known as the Hollywood Ten. In 1948, Whittaker Chambers made sensational accusations of Soviet espionage against former State Dept. official Alger Hiss; those hearings kept the committee in the headlines and provided the first national exposure for committee member Richard Nixon. Critics of the committee contended that it disregarded the civil liberties of its witnesses and that it consistently failed to fulfill its primary purpose of recommending new legislation. After 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy borrowed many of the committee's tactics for his own Senate investigations. The committee (renamed the House Internal Security Committee in 1969) was abolished in 1975. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (Dies Committee) Public HearingsVolume 1, Aug 12-23, 1938 (pp. 1-979) Volume 2, Sep 15- Oct 22, 1938 (pp. 981-1714) Volume 3, Oct 24- Nov 21, 1938 (pp. 1715-2426) Volume 4 & Supplement, Nov 19- Dec 15, 1938 (pp. 2478-3178) Volume 5, May 18- June 1, 1939 (pp. 3179-3704) Volume 6, Aug 16-29, 1939 (pp. 3705-4274) Volume 7, Sep 5-13, 1939 (pp. 4275-4939) Volume 8, Sep 18-27, 1939 (pp. 4941-5257) Volume 9, Sep 28- Oct 14, 1939 (pp. 5259-5823) Volume 10, Oct 16- 28, 1939 (pp. 5825-6456) Volume 11, Oct 28- Dec 3, 1939 (pp. 5457-7199) Volume 12, Feb 7- Apr 4, 1940 (pp. 7201-7672) Volume 13, Apr 11- May 21, 1940 (pp. 7673-8161) Volume 14, Aug 29, 1940- Aug 11, 1941 (pp. 8163-8832) Volume 15, June 8- July 7, 1943 (pp. 8833-9755) Volume 16, Nov 29- Dec 20, 1943 (pp. 9757-10210) Volume 17, Sep 27- Oct 5, 1944 (pp. 10211-10387) Reports 1938 Annual Report 1939 Annual Report 1940 Annual Report 1941 Annual Report Minority Views on 1941 Annual Report 1942 Annual Report Japanese War Relocation Centers (University of Minnesota, at HathiTrust) The Peace Now Movement CIO Political Action Committee Report of a Special Subcommittee on the Tule Lake Riot (not at BPL) Minority Views on the Tule Lake Segregation Center (not at BPL) Appendix I. Compilation of Original Sources Used as Exhabits to Show the Nature and Aims of the Communist Party, Its Connections with the USSR , and Its Advocacy of Force and Violence Appendix II. A Preliminary Digest and Report on the Un-American Activities of Various Nazi Organizations and Individuals in the United States , Including Diplomatic and Consular Agents of the German Government Appendix III. Preliminary Report on Totalitarian Propaganda. Appendix IV. German-American Bund Appendix V. Transport Workers Union Appendix VI. Report on Japanese Activities (BPL copy not yet scanned) Appendix VI. Report on Japanese Activities (University of Michigan, at HathiTrust) Appendix VII. Report on the Axis Front Movement in the United States- Nazi Activities, part 1 Appendix VII. Report on the Axis Front Movement in the United States- Nazi Activities, part 2 (BPL copy not yet scanned) Appendix VIII. Report on the Axis Front Movement in the United States- Nazi Activities, part 2 (University of Michigan, at HathiTrust) Appendix VIII. Report on the Axis Front Movements in the United States- Japanese Activities (University of Michigan, at HathiTrust) Appendix IX. Communist Front Organizations (Appendix IX consists of the seventeen volumes listed at the top of this page). from the Wikipedia article on HUAC, retrieved October 31, 2016: On May 26, 1938, the House Committee on Un-American Activities was established as a special investigating committee, reorganized from its previous incarnations as the Fish Committee and the McCormack-Dickstein Committee, to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having communist or fascist ties.[10][11] It was chaired by Martin Dies, Jr. (D-Tex.), and therefore known as the Dies Committee. In 1938, Hallie Flanagan, the head of the Federal Theatre Project, was subpoenaed to appear before the committee to answer the charge the project was overrun with communists. Flanagan was called to testify for only a part of one day, while a clerk from the project was called in for two entire days. It was during this investigation that one of the committee members, Joe Starnes (D-Ala.), famously asked Flanagan whether the Elizabethan era playwright Christopher Marlowe was a member of the Communist Party, and mused "Mr. Euripides" preached class warfare.[12] In 1939, the committee investigated leaders of the American Youth Congress, a Communist International affiliate organization[citation needed]. The Committee also put together an argument for the internment of Japanese Americans known as the "Yellow Report."[13]Organized in response to rumors of Japanese Americans being coddled by the War Relocation Authority and news that some former inmates would be allowed to leave camp and Nisei soldiers to return to the West Coast, the committee investigated charges of fifth column activity in the camps. A number of anti-WRA arguments were presented in subsequent hearings, but Director Dillon Myerdebunked the more inflammatory claims.[14] The investigation was presented to the 77th Congress and alleged that certain cultural traits — Japanese loyalty to the Emperor, the number of Japanese fishermen in the US, and the Buddhist faith — were evidence for Japanese espionage. With the exception of Rep. Herman Eberharter (D-Pa.), the members of the committee seemed to support internment, and its recommendations to expedite the impending segregation of "troublemakers," establish a system to investigate applicants for leave clearance, and step up Americanization and assimilation efforts largely coincided with WRA goals.[13][14] In 1946, the committee considered opening investigations into the Ku Klux Klan but decided against doing so, prompting white supremacist committee member John E. Rankin (D-Miss.) to remark, "After all, the KKK is an old American institution."[15] Instead of the Klan, HUAC concentrated on investigating the possibility that the American Communist Party had infiltrated the Works Progress Administration, including the Federal Theatre Project and the Federal Writers' Project. Twenty years later, in 1965–1966, however, the Committee did conduct an investigation into Klan activities under chairman Edwin Willis (D-La.).[16]
Volume 15, June and July, 1943 hearings Japanese War Relocation Centers (University of Minnesota, at HathiTrust) CIO Political Action Committee Report of a Special Subcommittee on the Tule Lake Riot (not at BPL) Minority Views on the Tule Lake Segregation Center (not at BPL) National Archives pages on WWII internment and relocation of Japanese-Americans The Densho Encyclopedia provides concise, accurate, and balanced information on many aspects of the Japanese American story during World War II. Maintained by the California State Library and the National Park Service. 81st Congress (1949-1950)Documentary testimony of Gen. Izyador Modelski (pp. 1-100) Hearings on Soviet espionage activities in connection with jet propulsion and aircraft (pp. 101-128) Hearings regarding Steve Nelson (pp. 129-154) Hearings regarding Toma Babin (pp. 155-179) Testimony of Paul Crouch (pp. 181-220) Testimony of Philip O. Kenney and Mary Jane Kenney and statement regarding their background (pp. 221-277) Hearings regarding Communist infiltration of radiation laboratory and atomic bomb project at the University of California , Berkeley , Calif. (Vol 1)(pp. 279-381) Hearings regarding Clarence Hiskey, including testimony of Paul Crouch (pp. 383-424) Hearings regarding Communist infiltration of minority groups (Part I & 2)(pp. 425-539) Hearings regarding Communist infiltration of labor unions (Part I)(pp. 541-681) Hearings regarding communism in the District of Columbia (Part I)(pp. 683-774)(not at BPL) Hearings regarding Communist infiltration of radiation laboratory and atomic bomb project at the University of California , Berkeley , Calif. (Vol. II)(Identification of Scientist X)(pp. 797-832) Hearings regarding Communist infiltration of labor unions (Part II)(Security measures relating to officials of UERMWA-CIO)(pp. 833-875) Testimony of James Sterling Murray and Edward Tiers Manning (regarding Clarence Hiskey and Arthur Adams (pp. 877-899) Hearings regarding shipment of atomic material to the Soviet Union during World War II (pp. 901-1194) Exposé of the Communist Party of Western Pennsylvania (Part I)(Based upon testimony of Matthew Cvetic, undercover agent)(pp. 1195-1352) Hearings regarding Communist Activities in the Territory of Hawaii (Part I)(pp. 1353-1535) Hearings regarding Communist Activities in the Territory of Hawaii (Part II)(pp.1537-1695) Hearings regarding communism in the United States Government (Part I)(pp. 1697-1938) Hearings regarding Communist Activities in the Territory of Hawaii (Part III)(pp. 1939-2110) Hearings on H.R. 3903 and H.R. 7595 (legislation to outlaw certain Un-American and subversive activities) (pp. 2111-2364) Exposé of the Communist Party of Western Pennsylvania (Part II)(Based upon testimony of Matthew Cvetic, undercover agent) (pp. 2365-2631) Testimony of Philip A. Bart (general manager of Freedom of the Press, publishers of the Daily Worker, official organ of the Communist Party) and Marcel Scherer (coordinator, New York Labor Conference for Peace and formerly district representative of District 4, United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, CIO)(pp. 2633-2659) Hearings regarding Communist activities in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area (Part I)(pp. 2661-2833) (not at BPL) Hearings regarding Communist infiltration of minority groups (Part III)(Testimony of Josh White)(pp. 2835-2841) Hearings regarding communism in the United States Government (Part II)(pp. 2843-3006) Exposé of the Communist Party of Western Pennsylvania (based upon testimony of Matthew Cvetic and documents of Communist Party of Western Pennsylvania)(pp. 3007-3167) Hearings regarding communism in the District of Columbia (Part II)(pp. 3169-3297) Testimony of Edward G. Robinson (pp. 3299-3344) (not at BPL) American Aspects of Assassination of Leon Trotsky (pp. 3345-3416) Hearings regarding Communist infiltration of radiation laboratory and atomic bomb project at the University of California , Berkeley , Calif. (Vol. III)(pp. 3417-3512) Hearings regarding Communist infiltration of labor unions (Part III)(pp. 3513-3538) Hearings regarding Communist espionage (pp. 3539-3609) Testimony of Hazel Scott Powell (pp. 3611-3626) (not at BPL) Report on Review of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace Report on the American Slav Congress (not yet scanned) Report on Atomic Espionage (Nelson-Weinberg and Hiskey-Adams cases)(not yet scanned) Report on Congress of American Women Annual Report for 1949 Report on Hawaii Civil Liberties Committee- A Communist Front The Communist “Peace Petition” Campaign (Interim Statement)(not at BPL) Report on the National Lawyers Guild Report on the Honolulu Record Report on the National Committee to Defeat the Mundt Bill- A Communist Lobby Annual Report for Year 1950 Spotlight on Spies 84th Congress (1955-1956)Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area- Part I (Testimony of Jean Muir) (pp. 1-18)* Investigation of Communist Activities in the Fort Wayne , Ind. , Area (pp. 19-218) Investigation of Communist Activities, New York- Part II (Youth Organizations) (pp. 219-245)* Investigation of Communist Activities in the Seattle, Wash., Area- Part 1 (pp. 247-377) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Seattle, Wash., Area- Part 2 (pp. 379-500) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Seattle, Wash., Area- Part 3 (pp. 501-603 Investigation of Communist Activities in the Milwaukee, Wis., Area- Part 1 (pp. 605-710) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Milwaukee, Wis., Area- Part 2 (pp. 711-818) Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area- Part III (pp. 819-909) Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area- Part IV (pp. 911-989) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Newark, N.J., Area- Part 1 (pp. 991-1142) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Newark, N.J., Area- Parts 2 (pp. 1143-1326) Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area- Part 5 (Summer Camps) (pp. 1327-1417) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Ohio Area (Testimony of Keve Bray) (pp. 1419-1435) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif., Area- Part 1 (pp. 1437-1598) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif., Area- Part 2 (pp. 1599-1704) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif., Area- Part 3 (pp. 1705-1778) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif., Area- Part 4 (pp. 1779-1905) Investigation of Communist Activities in the San Diego, Calif., Area (pp. 1907-2041) Investigation of Communist Activities (The Committee To Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case and Affiliates)- Part 1 (pp. 2043-2257) Investigation of Communist Activities (The Committee To Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case and Affiliates)- Part 2 Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area- Part VI (Entertainment) (pp. 2259-2371) Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area- Part VII (Entertainment) (pp. 2378-2488) Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area- Part VIII (Entertainment) (pp. 2489-2508) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif. , Area- Part 5 (pp. 2509-2537) Investigation of Communist Infiltration of Government- Part 1 (pp. 2955-3019) Investigation of Communist Infiltration of Government- Part 2 (pp. 3021-3108) Investigation of Communist Infiltration of Government- Part 3 (pp. 3109-3243) Investigation of Communist Infiltration of Government- Part 4 (pp. 3245-3376) Investigation of Communist Infiltration of Government- Part 5 (pp. 3377-3503) Investigation of Communist Activities in the North Carolina Area (pp. 3505-3655) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif., Area- Part 7 (pp. 3657-3754) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif., Area- Part 8 (Testimony of Nikolai Khokhlov), Thought Control in Soviet Art and Literature and the Liberation of Russia (pp. 3755-3820) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif., Area- Part 9 (pp. 3821-3900) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles , Calif. , Area- Part 10 (pp. 3901-4071) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Rocky Mountain Area- Part 1 (pp. 4073-4203) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Rocky Mountain Area- Part 2 (pp. 4205-4301) Investigation of Unauthorized Use of United States Passports- Parts 1-2 (pp. 4303-4491) Investigation of Unauthorized Use of United States Passports- Parts 3-4 (pp. 4492-4691) Investigation of Communist Propaganda in the United States- Part 1 (Foreign Propaganda- Entry and Dissemination) (pp. 4693-4720) Investigation of Communist Activities in the St. Louis, Mo., Area- Part 1 (pp. 4721-4801) Investigation of Communist Activities in the St. Louis, Mo., Area- Part 2 (pp. 4803-4888) Investigation of Communist Activities in the St. Louis, Mo., Area- Part 3 (pp. 4889-4991) Investigation of Communist Activities in the St. Louis, Mo., Area- Part 4 (pp. 4993-5084) Investigation of Communist Propaganda Among Prisoners of War in Korea (Save Our Sons Committee) (pp. 5085-5150) Investigation of Communist Infiltration of Government- Part 6 (pp. 5151-5173) Investigation of so-called Blacklisting in Entertainment Industry- Report of the Fund for the Republic, Inc.- Part 1 (pp. 5175-5289) Investigation of so-called Blacklisting in Entertainment Industry- Report of the Fund for the Republic, Inc.- Part 2 (pp. 5291-3588) Investigation of so-called Blacklisting in Entertainment Industry- Report of the Fund for the Republic, Inc.- Part 3 (pp. 5389-5419) Investigation of Communist Propaganda in the United States- Part 2 (Foreign Propaganda- Entry and Dissemination in Philadelphia ) (pp. 5421-5456) Investigation of the Award by the Fund for the Republic, Inc. (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) (pp. 5457-5536) International Communism (Testimony of Ernst Tillich)(pp. 5537-5582) Investigation of Communist Activities in the New Haven, Conn., Area- Part 1 (pp. 5583-5700) Investigation of Communist Activities in the New Haven, Conn., Area- Part 2 (pp. 5701-5768) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Los Angeles, Calif., Area- Part 11 (pp. 5769-5815) Hearings and Attempts at Subversion by Diplomatic Personnel (pp. 5817-5875) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Youngstown and Northern Ohio Areas (pp. 5877-6038) Investigation of Communist Propaganda in the United States- Part 3 (Foreign Propaganda- Entry and Dissemination in San Francisco, Calif., Area) (pp. 6039-6139) Communist Political Subversion, Part 1 (pp. 6141-7081) Communist Political Subversion, Part 2 (Appendix) (pp. 7083-8465) Annual Report of the Committee on Un-American Activities for the Year 1955 The Great Pretense, A Symposium on Anti-Stalinism and the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party Trial by Treason- The National Committee to Secure Justice for the Rosenbergs and Morton Sobell Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications (1957) Annual Report of the Committee on Un-American Activities for the Year 1956 International Communism (Revolt of the Satellites 85th Congress (1957-1958)Hearings International Communist Propaganda Activities (pp. 1-47) International Communism- Red China and the Far East (testimony of Chui-Yuan Hu)(pp. 49-63) Investigation of Communist Propaganda in the United States- Part 4 (Foreign Propaganda- Entry and Dissemination in New Orleans , La. , Area) (pp. 65-118) Investigation of Communist Activities in the New Orleans , La. , Area (pp. 119-178) Investigation of Communist Activities in the New Haven , Conn. , Area- Part 3 (pp. 179-250) Investigation of Communist Propaganda in the United States- Part 5 ( New York City Area) (pp. 251-368) Investigation of Communist Propaganda in the United States- Part 6 ( New York City Area) (pp. 369-479) Investigation of Communist Propaganda in the United States- Part 7 ( Chicago , Ill. , Area) (pp. 481-609) Investigation of Communism in the Metropolitan Music School, Inc., and Related Fields- Part 1 (pp. 611-760) Investigation of Communism in the Metropolitan Music School, Inc., and Related Fields- Part 2 (pp. 761-890) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Baltimore, Md., Area- Part 1 (pp. 891-1010) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Baltimore, Md., Area- Part 2 (pp. 1011-1086) Hearings Held in San Francisco , Calif.- Part 1 (pp. 1087-1208) Hearings Held in San Francisco , Calif.- Part 2 (pp. 1209-1343) Investigation of the Unauthorized Use of United States Passports- Part 5 (pp. 1345-1361) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Newark , N.J. , Area (Supplemental) (pp. 1363-1375) Investigation of Communist Penetration of Communications Facilities- Part 1 (pp. 1377-1529) Investigation of Communist Propaganda in the United States- Part 8 (Buffalo, NY Area) (pp. 1531-1600) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Buffalo , N.Y. , Area- Part 1 (pp. 1601-1707) Investigation of Communist Activities in the Buffalo , N.Y. , Area- Part 2 (pp. 1705-1808) Investigation of Communist Penetration of Communications Facilities- Part 2 (pp. 1809-1833) Investigation of Soviet Espionage (pp. 1835-1899) Investigation of Soviet Espionage- Part 2 (pp. 1901-1951) Investigation of Communist Infiltration and Propaganda Activities in Basic Industry (Gary, Ind., Area) (pp. 1953-2080) Investigation of Communist Activities in the New England Area- Part 1 (pp. 2081-2171) Investigation of Communist Activities in the New England Area- Part 2 (pp. 2173-2281) Investigation of Communist Activities in the New England Area- Part 3 (pp. 2283-2421) Communist Propaganda- Part 9 (Student Groups, Distributors, and Propagandists) (pp. 2423-2474) Communism in the New York Area (Entertainment) (pp. 2475-2601) Communist Infiltration and Activities in the South (pp. 2603-2755) Communist Infiltration and Activities in Newark , N.J. (pp. 2757-2904) Reports International Communism- Part 2 (Revolt in the Satellites), Horvath, Kiss International Communism (Communist Control of Estonia ), August Rei International Communism (the Communist Mind) Frederick Charles Schwarz International Communism (Communist Penetration of Malaya and Singapore ) Kuo-Shuen Chang Who Are They?- Part 1 (Khrushchev and Bulganin) Who Are They?- Part 2 (Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai) Who Are They?- Part 3 (Zhukov and Konev) Who Are They?- Part 4 (Ulbricht and Kadar) Who Are They?- Part 5 (Tito and Gomulka) Who Are They?- Part 6 (Kim Il Sung and Ho Chi Minh) Who Are They?- Part 7 (Thorez and Togliatti) Who Are They?- Part 8 (Lombardo Toledano and Prestes) Who Are They?- Part 9 (Hoxha and Gheorghiu-Dej) Communist Political Subversion (The Campaign to Destroy the Security Programs of the United States Government) International Communism (The Communist Trade Offensive) Marcus Emmet, De Rochefort The Ideological Fallacies of Communism (Fineberg, Sheen, Poling) Operation Abolition International Communism (The Present Posture of the Free World), Constance Brown International Communism (Espionage), Excerpts of Consultation with Counterspy Boris Morros International Communism (Communist Designs on Indonesia and the Pacific Frontier), Gen. Charles A. Willoughby) Annual Report of the Committee on Un-American Activities for the Year 1957 The Erica Wallach Story The Communist Program for World Conquest (Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer) Communist Psychological Warfare (Brainwashing), Edward Hunter Chronicle of Treason (Reprint of series of articles by Rep. Francis E. Walter, appearing in the Philadelphia Inquirer Sept. 29- Oct. 3, 1957) Organized Communism in the United States (Revised)(1958) International Communism (Communist Propaganda Activities in Canada ), Milan Jakubec Communist Psychological Warfare (Through Control), Constantin W. Boldyreff International Communism (Communist Encroachment in the Far East ), Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault What is Behind the Soviet Proposal for a Summit Conference (Dallin, Bouscaren, Atkinson, McNamara) The Ideology of Freedom versus the Ideology of Communism (Dr. Charles W. Lowry) Communist Strategy of Protracted Conflict (Strausz-Hupe, Cottrell, Dougherty) The Irrationality of Communism (Dr. Gerhart Niemeyer) International Communism in Yugoslavia (The Myth of “Titoism”) Dr. Alex N. Dragnich Patterns of Communist Espionage Annual Report of the Committee on Un-American Activities for the Year 1958 86th Congress (1959-1960)Hearings The Kremlin’s Espionage and Terror Organizations, Testimony of Petr S. Deriabin (pp. 1-16) The Southern California District of the Communist Party (Structure-Objectives-Leadership)- Part 1 (pp. 17-136) The Southern California District of the Communist Party (Structure-Objectives-Leadership)- Part 2 (pp. 137-236) The Southern California District of the Communist Party (Structure-Objectives-Leadership)- Part 3 (pp. 237-312) Current Strategy and Tactics of Communists in the United States (Greater Pittsburgh Area)- Part 1 (pp. 313-389) Problems of Security in Industrial Establishments Holding Defense Contracts (Greater Pittsburgh Area)- Part 2 (pp. 391-460) Problems Arising in Cases of Denaturalization and Deportation of Communists (Greater Pittsburgh Area)- Part 3 (pp. 491-506) Communist Infiltration of Vital Industries and Current Communist Techniques in the Chicago, Ill. , Area (pp. 507-658) Passport Security- Part 1 (Testimony of Harry R. Bridges) (pp. 659-739) Passport Security- Part 2 (pp. 741-894) The American National Exhibition, Moscow, July 1959 (pp. 895-963) Communist Training Operations- Part 1 (pp. 965-1073) Testimony of Clinton Edward Jencks (pp. 1075-1103) Testimony of Arnold Johnson, Legislative Director of the Communist Party , U.S.A. (pp. 1105-1113) Western Section of the Southern California District of the Communist Party- Part 1 (pp. 1115-1170) Western Section of the Southern California District of the Communist Party- Part 2 (pp. 1171-1225) Western Section of the Southern California District of the Communist Party- Part 3 (pp. 1227-1283) Issues Presented by Air Reserve Center Training Manual (pp. 1285-1321) Communist Training Operations (Communist Activities and Propaganda Among Youth Groups)- Part 2 (pp. 1323-1423) Communist Training Operations (Communist Activities and Propaganda Among Youth Groups)- Part 3 (pp. 1425-1504) Communist Activities Among Puerto Ricans in New York City and Puerto Rico (New York City)- Part 1 (pp. 1505-1604) Communist Activities Among Puerto Ricans in New York City and Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)- Part 2 (pp. 1605-1722) Communist Espionage in the United States (Testimony of Frantisek Tisler) (pp. 1723-1732) Testimony of Anthony Krchmarek and Charles Musil (pp. 1733-1746) Communist Activities Among Seaman and On Waterfront Facilities- Part 1 (pp. 1747-1854) Communist Penetration of Radio Facilities (Conelrad- Communications)- Part 1 (pp. 1855-1901) Testimony of Capt. Nikolai Fedorovich Artamonov (Former Soviet Naval Officer) (pp. 1903-1920) Northern California District of the Communist Party (Structure- Objectives- Leadership)- Part 1 (pp. 1921-1998) Northern California District of the Communist Party (Structure- Objectives- Leadership)-Part 2 (pp. 1999-2081) Northern California District of the Communist Party (Structure- Objectives- Leadership)- Part 3 (pp. 2083-2204) Northern California District of the Communist Party (Structure- Objectives- Leadership)- Part 4 (Appendix) (pp. 2205-2404) Reports Communist Legal Subversion (The Role of the Communist Lawyer) Report of The Southern California District of the Communist Party (Structure-Objectives-Leadership) Language as a Communist Weapon (Dr. Stefan T. Possony) Communist Persecution of Churches in Red China and Northern Korea Control of the Arts in the Communist Empire (Ivan P. Bahriany) Who Are They?- Part 10 (Karl Marx) Communist Lobbying Activities in the Nation’s Capital The Communist Parcel Operation Crimes of Khrushchev- Part 1 Crimes of Khrushchev- Part 2 Crimes of Khrushchev- Part 3 Crimes of Khrushchev- Part 4 Crimes of Khrushchev- Part 5 Crimes of Khrushchev- Part 6 Crimes of Khrushchev- Part 7 Facts on Communism, Vol. 1 (The Communist Ideology) Annual Report of the Committee on Un-American Activities for the Year 1959 Lest We Forget! A Pictoral Summary of Communism in Action (Dr. Klaus Samuli Gunnar Romppanen) Communist Economic Warfare (Dr. Robert Loring Allen) Communist Target- Youth, Communist Infiltration and Agitation Tactics (J. Edgar Hoover) Soviet “Justice”- “Showplace” Prisons versus Real Slave Labor Camps (Adam Joseph Galinski) How the Chinese Reds Hoodwink Visiting Foreigners (Robert Loh) The Communist-Led Riots Against the House Committee on Un-American Activities in San Francisco , Calif. , May 12-14, 1960 Facts on Communism (The Soviet Union from Lenin to Khrushchev) Annual Report of the Committee on Un-American Activities for the Year 1960 87th Congress (1961-1962)Hearings Relating to H.R. 4700, To Amend Section 11 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, as Amended (The Fund of Social Analysis) (pp. 1-118) Hearings Relating to Revision of H.R. 9120 and H.R. 5751, To Amend the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (pp. 119-135) Manipulation of Public Opinion by Organizations Under Concealed Control of the Communist Party (National Assembly for Democratic Rights and Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties)- Part 1 (pp. 137-217) Manipulation of Public Opinion by Organizations Under Concealed Control of the Communist Party (National Assembly for Democratic Rights and Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties)- Part 2 (pp. 219-309) Communist Penetration of Radio Facilities (Conelrad- Communications)- Part 2 (pp. 311-439) Hearing Relating to H.R. 9753, To Amend Sections 3(7) and 5(b) of the Internal Security Act of 1950, as Amended, Relating to Employment of Members of Communist Organizations in Certain Defense Facilities (pp. 441-450) Hearings Relating to H.R. 10175, to Accompany H.R. 11363, Amending the Internal Security Act of 1950 (pp. 451-554) Structure and Organization of the Communist Party of the United States- Part 1 (pp. 555-711) Structure and Organization of the Communist Party of the United States- Part 2 (pp. 713-938) Communist Propaganda- and the Truth- About Conditions in Soviet Russia (Testimony of David P. Johnson) (pp. 939-987) Communist Activities in the Cleveland , Ohio , Area- Part 1 (pp. 989-1076) Communist Activities in the Cleveland , Ohio , Area- Part 2 (pp. 1077-1163) “Intellectual Freedom”- Red China Style (Testimony of Chi-chou Huang) (pp. 1165-1234) Testimony by and Concerning Paul Corbin (pp. 1235-1465) The Communist Party’s Cold War Against Congressional Investigation of Subversion. Report and Testimony of Robert Carrillo Ronstad t (pp. 1467-1514) Communist and Trotskyist Activity Within the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Report and Testimony of Albert J. Lewis and Steve Roberts (pp. 1515-1585) Communist Outlets for the Distribution of Soviet Propaganda in the United States- Part 1 (pp. 1587-1698) Communist Outlets for the Distribution of Soviet Propaganda in the United States- Part 2 (pp. 1699-1780) Communist Youth Activities (Eighth World Youth Festival, Helsinki, Finland, 1962) (pp. 1781-1836) U.S. Communist Party Assistance to Foreign Communist Governments. (Medical Aid to Cuba Committee and Friends of British Guiana )- Part 1 (pp. 1837-1949) U.S. Communist Party Assistance to Foreign Communist Governments. (Medical Aid to Cuba Committee and Friends of British Guiana )- Part 2 (pp. 1951-2045) Communist Activities in the Peace Movement (Women Strike for Peace and Certain Other Groups) (pp. 2047-2201) Annual Report- 1961 Annual Report- 1962 88th Congress (1963-1964)U.S. Communist Party Assistance to Foreign Communist Governments (Testimony of Maud Russell) (pp. 1-61) “United Front” Technique of the Southern California District of the Communist Party. (pp. 53-221) Violations of State Department Regulations and Pro-Castro Propaganda Activities in the United States- Part 1 (pp. 223-430) Violations of State Department Regulations and Pro-Castro Propaganda Activities in the United States- Part 2 (pp. 431-599) U.S. Communist Party Assistance to Foreign Communist Parties (Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade) (pp.601-650) Violations of State Department Regulations and Pro-Castro Propaganda Activities in the United States- Part 3 (pp.651-787) Defection of a Russian Seaman (Testimony of Vladislaw Stepanovich Tarasov) (pp. 789-809) Violations of State Department Regulations and Pro-Castro Propaganda Activities in the United States- Part 4 (pp. 811-932) Hearings Relating to H.R. 352, H.R. 1617, H.R. 5368, H.R. 8320, H.R. 8757, H.R. 10036, H.R. 10037, H.R. 10077, and H.R. 11718, Providing for Creation of a Freedom Commission and Freedom Academy- Part 1 (pp. 933-1242) Hearings Relating to H.R. 352, H.R. 1617, H.R. 5368, H.R. 8320, H.R. 8757, H.R. 10036, H.R. 10037, H.R. 10077, and H.R. 11718, Providing for Creation of a Freedom Commission and Freedom Academy- Part 2 (pp. 1243-1515) Communist Activities in the Buffalo , New York , Area (pp. 1517-1666) Communist Activities in the Minneapolis , Minn. , Area (pp. 1667-1924) Testimony of James H. Robinson (pp. 1925-1973) Violations of State Department Regulations and Pro-Castro Propaganda Activities in the United States- Part 5 (pp. 1975-2208) Annual Report- 1963 Annual Report- 1964 89th Congress (1965-1966)Hearings Relating to H.R. 470, H.R. 1033, H.R. 2215, H.R. 2379, H.R. 4389, H.R. 5784, and H.R. 6700, Providing for Creation of a Freedom Commission and Freedom Academy. (pp. 1-300) Communist Activities in the Chicago, Illinois- Part 1 (pp. 301-574) Communist Activities in the Chicago , Illinois- Part 2 (pp. 575-813) Testimony of Juanita Castro Ruz (pp. 815-849) Testimony of Wladyslaw Tykocinski (pp. 851-909) Hearings on H.R. 12047, H.R. 14925, H.R. 16175, H.R. 17140, and H.R. 17194- Bills to Make Punishable Assistance to Enemies of U.S. in Time of Undeclared War- Part 1 (Investigative Hearings) (pp. 911-1234) Hearings on H.R. 12047, H.R. 14925, H.R. 16175, H.R. 17140, and H.R. 17194- Bills to Make Punishable Assistance to Enemies of U.S. in Time of Undeclared War- Part 2 (Legislative Hearings) (pp. 1235-1397) Activities of Ku Klux Klan Organizations in the United States- Part 1 (pp. 1523-1959) Activities of Ku Klux Klan Organizations in the United States- Part 2 (pp. 1961-2332) Activities of Ku Klux Klan Organizations in the United States- Part 3 (pp. 2333-2900) Activities of Ku Klux Klan Organizations in the United States- Part 4 (pp. 2901-3482) Activities of Ku Klux Klan Organizations in the United States- Part 5 (pp. 3483-4029) Activities of Ku Klux Klan Organizations in the United States- Index (another copy here ) 90th Congress (1967-1968)Communist Activities in the Central California Area (pp. 1-272) Hearings Relating to H.R. 10390, H.R. 10391, and H.R. 10681, Amending the Internal Security Act of 1950 (pp. 273-506) The New Communist Propaganda Line on Religion (pp. 507-552) Conduct of Espionage Within the United States by Agents of Foreign Communist Governments (pp. 553-713) Subversive Influence in Riots, Looting, and Burning- Part 1 (pp. 715-922) Subversive Influence in Riots, Looting, and Burning- Part 2 (New York- Harlem) (pp. 923-1121) Subversive Influence in Riots, Looting, and Burning- Part 3 (Los Angeles- Watts) (pp. 1123-1312) Hearings Relating to H.R. 15626, H.R. 15649, H.R. 16613, H.R. 16757, H.R. 15018, H.R. 15092, H.R. 15229, H.R. 15272, H.R. 15336, and H.R. 15828, Amending the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950- Part 1 (pp. 1313-1567) Hearings Relating to H.R. 15626, H.R. 15649, H.R. 16613, H.R. 16757, H.R. 15018, H.R. 15092, H.R. 15229, H.R. 15272, H.R. 15336, and H.R. 15828, Amending the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950- Part 2 (pp. 1569-1813) Subversive Influence in Riots, Looting, and Burning- Part 3-A (Los Angeles- Watts) (pp. 1815-1850) Subversive Influence in Riots, Looting, and Burning- Part 4 ( Newark , N.J. ) (pp. 1851-1985) Subversive Influence in Riots, Looting, and Burning- Part 5 ( Buffalo , N.Y. ) (pp. 1987-2048) Subversive Influence in Riots, Looting, and Burning- Part 6 (San Francisco- Berkeley) (pp. 2049-2195) Anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union (pp. 2197-2236) Subversive Involvement in Disruption of 1968 Democratic Party National Convention- Part 1 (pp. 2237-2491) Subversive Involvement in Disruption of 1968 Democratic Party National Convention- Part 2 (pp. 2493-2687) Subversive Involvement in Disruption of 1968 Democratic Party National Convention- Part 3 (pp. 2689-2820) Why was Hollywood targeted by the HUAC?In October 1947, the nation's fear of Communism spread to the film industry, as the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) held a series of hearings intended to probe subversive communism in Hollywood.
What is HUAC and what was its purpose?HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties. Citizens suspected of having ties to the communist party would be tried in a court of law.
How did HUAC investigate Hollywood?The Hollywood blacklist was born. The HUAC continued to subpoena members of the film industry in the 1950s, asking questions not only about their own activities but also about fellow workers.
What was the result of the HUAC's investigation of the famous Hollywood 10?The “Hollywood Ten," as the men were known, are sentenced to one year in jail. The Supreme Court later upheld the contempt charges. The contempt charges stemmed from the refusal of the 10 men to answer questions posed by HUAC as to whether they were or had ever been members of the Communist Party.
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