may 6, 1952 - HUAC: House of representatives’ Un-american Activities Committee
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Est 1939 to seek out Nazis
Used here to look for communism in boy scouts, holly wood, etc
Actors/directors called to testify before committee- those who refused were tried for contempt of congress or blacklisted from industry
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