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House Un-American Activities Committee
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House Un-American Activities Committee

Congressional committee, established in 1938 as the Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities under the chairmanship of Martin Dies. Noted for its public investigation of alleged subversion, particularly of communists, it was renamed the House Internal Security Committee in 1969. It achieved its greatest notoriety during the 1950s through its hearings on communism in the movie industry. It was abolished in 1975.
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The committee's actual name was "House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Treason misses the mark: in Treason, Ann Coulter fires both barrels ... by McManus, John F. / The New American
The House Committee on Un-American Activities was misidentified as ``the House Un-American Activities Committee'' to give the impression that the House of Representatives was un-American.
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TV hosts have openly questioned Ritter's loyalty as an American, indicating the media have taken on the function once performed by the McCarthy Committee on Un-American Activities.
Ritter blows hot and cold. (Correction Please!) by Hoar, William P. / The New American
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