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==Investigation==

==Investigation==

When the investigation began, the committee faced the necessity to define the term "[[un-American]]." According to chief investigator Dodd:<ref name=interview/>

When the investigation began, the committee faced the necessity to define the term "[[un-American]]." According to chief investigator Dodd:<ref name=interview/>

{{cquote|...in that report, I specifically, number one, defined, to us, what was meant by the phrase un-American. And we defined that in our way as being a determination to affect changes in the country by unconstitutional means. We have plenty of constitutional procedures assuming that we wish to affect change in the form of government or that sort of thing. And therefore in that direction which did not reveal itself of the procedures which were authorized by the Constitution could be justifiably called un-American.}}

{{cquote|...in that report, I specifically, number one, defined, to us, what was meant by the phrase un-American. And we defined that in our way as being a determination to affect changes in the country by unconstitutional means. We have plenty of constitutional procedures assuming that we wish to affect a change in the form of government or that sort of thing. And therefore any effort in that direction which did not reveal itself of the procedures which were authorized by the Constitution could be justifiably called un-American.}}

[[File:Wayne Hays 1973.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Ohio representative Wayne L. Hayes attempted to derail the committee.]]

[[File:Wayne Hays 1973.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Ohio representative Wayne L. Hayes attempted to derail the committee.]]