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| − | The '''Subversive Activities Control Board,''' (SACB) 1950–1972 was created by the '''Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950'''. SACB records contain information about the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) and its [[Glossary_of_espionage_terms#Fronts_and_cutouts|front organization]]s. The records constitute one of the most valuable resources for the study of [[left-wing]] radicalism during the 1950s and 1960s. | + | The '''Subversive Activities Control Board,''' (SACB) 1950–1972 was created by the '''Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950'''. SACB records contain information about the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) and its [[Glossary of espionage terms#Fronts and cutouts|front organization]]s. The records constitute one of the most valuable resources for the study of [[left-wing]] radicalism during the 1950s and 1960s. |
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| | ==Organization== | | ==Organization== |
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| | After successfully prosecuting the CPUSA case, the attorney general and the SACB turned their attention to a host of other organizations. Part II: Communist-Action and Communist-Front Organizations contains all SACB documentation of these historically significant hearings. While the central question presented in these cases was the extent of each target organization’s ties to the CPUSA, many related issues were explored as well, including each organization’s activities, political orientation, membership, leaders, and sources of funding. Totaling over 70,000 pages, the transcripts and reports relating to these hearings are very revealing. | | After successfully prosecuting the CPUSA case, the attorney general and the SACB turned their attention to a host of other organizations. Part II: Communist-Action and Communist-Front Organizations contains all SACB documentation of these historically significant hearings. While the central question presented in these cases was the extent of each target organization’s ties to the CPUSA, many related issues were explored as well, including each organization’s activities, political orientation, membership, leaders, and sources of funding. Totaling over 70,000 pages, the transcripts and reports relating to these hearings are very revealing. |
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| − | The organizations whose cases are documented in Part II include American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born; Civil Rights Congress; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers; Labor Youth League; International Workers Organization; Council on African Affairs; Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy; California Labor School; [[American Peace Crusade]]; National Negro Labor Council; United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America; and many others. | + | The organizations whose cases are documented in Part II include American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born; [[Civil Rights Congress]]; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers; [[Labor Youth League]]; International Workers Organization; Council on African Affairs; Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy; [[California Labor School]]; [[American Peace Crusade]]; [[National Negro Labor Council]]; United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America; and many others. |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| | *[[Attorney General's List]] | | *[[Attorney General's List]] |
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| − | ==External link== | + | ==External links== |
| | *[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bibperm?q1=81242 Reports of the Subversive Activities Control Board], Volumes 1 - 5, U.S. G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1966. | | *[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bibperm?q1=81242 Reports of the Subversive Activities Control Board], Volumes 1 - 5, U.S. G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1966. |
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| | [[Category:Communism]] | | [[Category:Communism]] |
| | [[Category:Espionage]] | | [[Category:Espionage]] |