House Un-American Activities Committee organization
also: House Committee on Un-American Activities, committee, the committee, the committee show trial, the committee spy scare, the hearings
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Richard Nixon member_of
House Un-American Activities Committee documented
“during the 1930s, a ring that included Alger Hiss. The resounding denial by Hiss, a former senior ranking Roosevelt State Department official, was so persuasively delivered that the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee on which …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 29:57
Richard Nixon member_of
House Un-American Activities Committee documented
“Republicans like Richard Nixon, whom Loftus called Alan Dulles' mouthpiece in Congress, made sure that the Dulles Circle would never have to answer for their wartime actions. By the time Harry Dexter White walked into the packed hearing roo…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 1:02:10
J. Parnell Thomas headed
House Un-American Activities Committee documented
“who had enlisted in the Army during World War I, and I'm prepared to defend at any time in my life if need be. White's statement, a ringing invocation of the embattled New Deal philosophy, was in full retreat in Washington. It evoked a larg…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 1:07:36
Americans for Democratic Action advocated
House Un-American Activities Committee host_asserted
“Arthur Schlesinger again. This guy's very busy. Here are some of the policies that they advocated for in 1961. Abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Don't look at treason and spies in the United States. That needs to stay o…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot Part 5 @ 43:04
Minutemen carried_out_attack
House Un-American Activities Committee book_quoted
“In addition, the Minutemen used threats against perceived enemies. In one instance, in a monthly publication, they listed the names of 20 congressmen who had criticized the then active House Committee on Un-American Activities, warning, tra…”
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In addition, the Minutemen used threats against perceived enemies. In one instance, in a monthly publication, they listed the names of 20 congressmen who had criticized the then active House Committee on Un-American Activities, warning, tra…
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during the 1930s, a ring that included Alger Hiss. The resounding denial by Hiss, a former senior ranking Roosevelt State Department official, was so persuasively delivered that the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee on which …
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Nixon recalled his fellow congressmen were in a virtual state of shock. Furious committee members turned on the staff, berating them for not thoroughly bedding chambers before putting them on the stand. We've been had, we're ruined, moaned …
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reputation, it would probably destroy it for good. It would be a public confession that we were incompetent and reckless. His impassioned plea succeeded in steadying the committee's nerves and they agreed to carry on. But Nixon knew that be…
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A striking impression, thin, handsome, smartly dressed, and self-assured. Even Nixon had to admit that his performance was a striking contrast to his accuser's lackluster appearance before the committee. Chambers was short and pudgy. His cl…
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Nixon knew that he was facing a formidable foe. Hiss clearly had the Washington press on his side, as well as the White House. While the committee was interrogating him, President Truman told a press conference that the committee spy scare …
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his brother Alan Dulles, Christian Harder, and Wall Street banker C. Douglas Dillon, who later served President Eisenhower in the State Department and Presidents Kennedy and Johnson as Treasury Secretary. These men made up a significant sec…
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Committee would have to close its noisy show and his political career would be wrecked. John Foster felt that Nixon approached the group with a proper sense of humility and no doubt intrepidation. It was clear he did not want to proceed unt…
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The Verona project was so top secret that it was kept hidden from President Truman, but the deeply wired Dulles might have enjoyed access to it. Nixon was impressed by the Dulles brothers' bold decision to politically exploit the Hiss affai…
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and sympathizers as traders, but to brand the entire New Deal legacy as un-American. Even former high-ranking New Dealers with impeccable credentials like Alger Hiss would be fair game. The age of paranoia brought out Nixon's brilliance as …
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Nixon never proved that Hiss was a card-carrying communist or Soviet agent, but with typical hyperbole, he treated him like he was a mortal threat to the American way of life. The highlight of Nixon's obsession was the pursuit of Hiss came …
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After the war, you could remain a communist or socialist in Western Europe and still be granted a place in the democratic arena, but not in Washington. On August 13th, 1948, two days after Nixon met with the Dulles group at the Roosevelt Ho…
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conducted scores of interviews in a determined effort to find evidence that he was a Russian spy. White's two principal accusers were Chambers and an emotionally unstable alcoholic named Elizabeth Bentley, who had taken Chambers' place as a…
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was not a card-carrying communist, but she had stepped in front of the dazzling newsreel lights. Her story grew more dramatic. White was no longer simply a misguided idealist, but a central player in the Nathan Silvermaster spy ring, feedin…
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The former spy admitted she had never met White, and over time, as her alcoholism grew worse, she became an increasingly erratic expert. As the committee billed her a Communist Party machination, as her life spun out of control, Bentley bla…
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When Chambers testified about White before the committee, he was more circumspect than Bentley. He claimed that he had met White from time to time as a Soviet courier, but he conceded that the Treasury economist was always cautious and neve…
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knew that their case against White was weak. Earlier in the year, the former Treasury official had already made a successful appearance before a grand jury in New York that was investigating government subversion. The jury, which would late…
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acknowledged that there was simply not enough proof to label him a Soviet spy and warned the FBI officials that they were making a grave mistake in using that phraseology. In his appearance before the committee, White conducted himself with…
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who had enlisted in the Army during World War I, and I'm prepared to defend at any time in my life if need be. White's statement, a ringing invocation of the embattled New Deal philosophy, was in full retreat in Washington. It evoked a larg…
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Before his committee appearance, he informed the committee of his medical history in a confidential letter. But when White began speaking about his connection to Nathan Silvermaster, explaining that it was a harmless relationship that consi…
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You certainly can play a lot of sports. He sneered. It was a typical ugly moment for the committee chairman. And when White replied with restraint, pointing out that his athletic days are far behind him, the audience burst in applause. Nixo…
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that they did not meet the definition because they were open to the public. But White pointed out that by not denying alleged subversives the right to confront and cross-examine their accusers, the committee veered dangerously close to oper…
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To White, what mattered was whether they were talented economists or not. The fact that most of them were, like him, products of Eastern European and even some Jewish families who had worked hard to climb the academic and professional ladde…
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You cannot erase seven or eight years of friendship with a man that way unless I see evidence, unless a court declares him guilty. And until he's proven guilty, he's innocent. It is one final heartfelt declaration of principle from White, a…
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After concluding his testimony, White left the Capitol for Union Station, where he boarded a train to New Hampshire. He and his wife had recently bought a farm called Blueberry Hill, and he looked forward to some much-needed relaxation afte…
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The following day, he suffered a massive heart attack. Two physicians were summoned, but they declared the patient beyond medical help. He died at his home. For many, White seemed to be the victim of the committee's special sort of tyranny,…
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Arthur Schlesinger again. This guy's very busy. Here are some of the policies that they advocated for in 1961. Abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Don't look at treason and spies in the United States. That needs to stay o…