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The [[Smith Act of 1940]], passed by a [[New Deal]] Congress and signed into law by President Roosevelt, made it illegal to advocate the overthrow of the United State government, which was the principal aim of the [[Communist party]].  Many Jews who fought against [[Hitler]] were also communists.   

The [[Smith Act of 1940]], passed by a [[New Deal]] Congress and signed into law by President Roosevelt, made it illegal to advocate the overthrow of the United State government, which was the principal aim of the [[Communist party]].  Many Jews who fought against [[Hitler]] were also communists.   

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.  The law had the effect of inhibiting many [[Holocaust]] survivors from entering the United States.

In the wake of the [[Berlin Airlift]], the [[J._Robert_Oppenheimer#Espionage_at_Los_Alamos|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.  The law had the effect of inhibiting many [[Holocaust]] survivors from entering the United States.

==Legacy==

==Legacy==