Under Dies, HUAC soon turned its attention toward investigating Communist Party infiltration and involvement in New Deal agencies, such as the Works Progress Administration. Martin Dies Jr., D-Texas, who headed it until 1944. In 1938 it became the House Un-American Activities Committee, and its first chair was Rep. McCormack, D-Mass., and Samuel Dickstein, D-N.Y., had been formed in 1934 to investigate Nazi propaganda. HUAC’s predecessor, the McCormack-Dickstein committee, named for its chair and vice chair, Reps. HUAC investigated Communist Party infiltration House of Representatives performed an important function, its critics contend that its abuse of power trampled important First Amendment rights, such as freedom of expression and freedom of association. Although its supporters claim that this committee of the U.S. (Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain)įrom its inception in 1938 until it was dissolved in 1975, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) took a prominent role in the investigation of communist activity in the United States. In this photo, Colorado screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo sits with wife Cleo at an HUAC hearing in 1947. its critics contend that its abuse of power trampled important First Amendment rights, such as freedom of expression and freedom of association. From its inception in 1938 until it was dissolved in 1975, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) took a prominent role in the investigation of communist activity in the United States.
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