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McCarran was an ardent [[anti-Communist]] along with [[Republican]] [[Joseph McCarthy]]; as chair of the [[United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security]], known as the ''[[McCarran Committee]]'', which focused on [[national security]] against [[espionage]] and [[sabotage]] attempts. He was the sponsor of the [[McCarran Act]] that required [[communist]] organizations in the U.S. to register with the [[Attorney General]] established guidelines for investigating those suspected of subversive activities. McCarran was a strong supporter of McCarthy who would have adamantly opposed the censure against the Wisconsin senator and convinced fellow Democrats to join him, but died less than a few months later at the age of 78 before the vote.

McCarran was an ardent [[anti-Communist]] along with [[Republican]] [[Joseph McCarthy]]; as chair of the [[United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security]], known as the ''[[McCarran Committee]]'', which focused on [[national security]] against [[espionage]] and [[sabotage]] attempts. He was the sponsor of the [[McCarran Act]] that required [[communist]] organizations in the U.S. to register with the [[Attorney General]] established guidelines for investigating those suspected of subversive activities. McCarran was a strong supporter of McCarthy who would have adamantly opposed the censure against the Wisconsin senator and convinced fellow Democrats to join him, but died less than a few months later at the age of 78 before the vote.

====Anti-Semitism accusations====

====Accuations of anti-Semitism====

McCarran has been accused by many of [[anti-Semitism]] for harshly questioning and attacking [[Felix Frankfurter]] during the latter's confirmation hearings after being nominated by Roosevelt to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>Omsted, Kathryn S. (January 16, 2005). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-01-16-0501150036-story.html The real witch hunter of the 1950s]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref><ref>Halper, Thomas (May 30, 2018). [https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bjals/7/1/article-p115.xml?language=en Felix Frankfurter and the Law]. ''Sciendo''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref> McCarran's [[anti-Communism]] and believing that many communists were Jewish led to blocking European [[Jews]] who survived the [[Holocaust]] from entering the U.S. after the end of [[World War II]].

McCarran has been accused by many of [[anti-Semitism]] for harshly questioning and attacking [[Felix Frankfurter]] during the latter's confirmation hearings after being nominated by Roosevelt to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>Omsted, Kathryn S. (January 16, 2005). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-01-16-0501150036-story.html The real witch hunter of the 1950s]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref><ref>Halper, Thomas (May 30, 2018). [https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bjals/7/1/article-p115.xml?language=en Felix Frankfurter and the Law]. ''Sciendo''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref>

 

 

In the wake of the [[Berlin Airlift]], the theft of atomic secrets by liberal New Dealers working for Soviet intelligence, the fall of America's [[Kuomintang|Chinese ally]] in the war against [[Japan]] to the [[Chinese Communist]]s, and the outbreak of the [[Korean war]], McCarron sponsored legislation that required [[communist front]] organizations to register with the [[Subversive Activities Control Board]]. The [[McCarran Act]] additionally barred immigrant members of communist organizations from citizenship for 5 years, effectively inhibiting many [[Holocaust]] survivors from entering the United States.

==Legacy==

==Legacy==