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House Un-American Activities Committee (view source)
Revision as of 22:55, October 3, 2007
, 22:55, October 3, 2007→Post War subversion investigations: edit
==Post War subversion investigations==
==Post War subversion investigations==
HUAC became a standing (permanent) committee in 1946. Under the mandate of Public Law 601, passed by the Seventy-ninth United States Congress|79th Congress, the committee of nine representatives investigated suspected threats of subversion or propaganda that "attacks the form of government guaranteed by our [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]."
HUAC became a standing (permanent) committee in 1946. Under the mandate of Public Law 601, passed by the [[Seventy-ninth United States Congress|79th Congress]], the committee of nine representatives investigated suspected threats of subversion or propaganda that "attacks the form of government guaranteed by our [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]."
The committee came into its own when it acted on suspicions that some people with Communist sympathies and affiliations worked within the United States government. The background to this was the fact that radicals in the 1930s had often been attracted to [[Marxism]], particularly to the "[[Popular Front]]" . Several of these people had reached positions of power during World War II and the late 1940s.
The committee came into its own when it acted on suspicions that some people with Communist sympathies and affiliations worked within the United States government. The background to this was the fact that radicals in the 1930s had often been attracted to [[Marxism]], particularly to the "[[Popular Front]]" . Several of these people had reached positions of power during World War II and the late 1940s.