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There were also fears agents were still actively working to subvert American foreign policy, and needed to be removed from positions of influence. In particular, the committee, with the leadership of Congressmen such as [[Richard Nixon]], brought about the trial and conviction of State Department employee [[Alger Hiss]].

There were also fears agents were still actively working to subvert American foreign policy, and needed to be removed from positions of influence. In particular, the committee, with the leadership of Congressmen such as [[Richard Nixon]], brought about the trial and conviction of State Department employee [[Alger Hiss]].

The committee investigated so-called "Communist front" organizations, or Comintern affiliates, to determine if the group was effectively under the control of the [[CPUSA|Communist Party]] or party members.  Individuals such as W. E. B. DuBois and [[I. F. Stone]] were found to have been affiliated with literally dozens of Comintern sponsored groups, although, in reality, many of the groups were nothing more than glorified petition drives, and disappeared after a single publicity campaign on behalf of a particular cause. The Committee determined that some of the groups were petition drives involved in election fraud.  A "front organization" acts like a "cutout", often by their sheer number, it helps to consume the limited resources of investigators and slowdown counterintelligence operations.  In the late 1940s the committee held nine days of hearings into Communist inspired propaganda by Hollywood. After being convicted of contempt of Congress charges several where "blacklisted" by motion picture industry producers.

The committee investigated so-called "Communist front" organizations, or Comintern affiliates, to determine if the group was effectively under the control of the [[CPUSA|Communist Party]] or party members.  Individuals such as W. E. B. DuBois and [[I. F. Stone]] were found to have been affiliated with literally dozens of Comintern sponsored groups, although, in reality, many of the groups were nothing more than glorified petition drives, and disappeared after a single publicity campaign on behalf of a particular cause. The Committee determined that some of the groups were petition drives involved in election fraud.  A "front organization" acts like a "cutout", often by their sheer number, it helps to consume the limited resources of investigators and slowdown counterintelligence operations.  In the late 1940s the committee held nine days of hearings into Communist inspired propaganda by Hollywood. After being convicted of contempt of Congress charges several communists where "blacklisted" by motion picture industry producers.

 

A popular misconception is the Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] chaired the HUAC. But McCarthy was in the US Senate, not the House of Representatives.

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