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The [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] was a Committee of the US House of Representatives created in 1938 to investigate allegations of subversion and communist activity. It was renamed the House Internal Security Committee in 1969,and ultimately abolished in 1975.<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/huac.cfm House Un-American Activities Committee], The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, George Washington University, accessed 28 April 2012.</ref> | The [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] was a Committee of the US House of Representatives created in 1938 to investigate allegations of subversion and communist activity. It was renamed the House Internal Security Committee in 1969,and ultimately abolished in 1975.<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/huac.cfm House Un-American Activities Committee], The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, George Washington University, accessed 28 April 2012.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==People== | ||
| + | ===Members=== | ||
| + | *[[Martin Dies]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Nixon]] | ||
| + | ===Staff=== | ||
| + | *[[J.B. Matthews]] - chief counsel<ref name"Levenstein134">Harvey Levenstein, ''Communism, Anticommunism and the CIO'', Greenwood Press, 1981, p.134.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Ben Mandel]]<ref name="Morgan29">Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.139.</ref> | ||
| + | ===Witnesses=== | ||
| + | *[[Whittaker Chambers]] | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 28 April 2012
The House Un-American Activities Committee was a Committee of the US House of Representatives created in 1938 to investigate allegations of subversion and communist activity. It was renamed the House Internal Security Committee in 1969,and ultimately abolished in 1975.[1]
Contents
People
Members
Staff
- J.B. Matthews - chief counsel[2]
- Ben Mandel[3]
Witnesses
Notes
- ↑ House Un-American Activities Committee, The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, George Washington University, accessed 28 April 2012.
- ↑ Harvey Levenstein, Communism, Anticommunism and the CIO, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.134.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.139.
