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Org. that investigated Alger Hiss
Answer for the clue "Org. that investigated Alger Hiss ", 4 letters:
huac
Alternative clues for the word huac
- '50s anti-subversive grp
- Former Congressional gp. concerned with Communist infiltration
- Postwar "witch hunt" gp
- Red-hunting org., ca. 1950
- D.C. investigative body abolished in 1975
- Antisubversive grp. until 1975
- McCarthy-era hearings grp.
- Accusatory gp. during the McCarthy era
- '50s Red Scare gp
- Former anticommunist org
Usage examples of huac.
After showing up to testify before HUAC with Dean Acheson at his side, Harvard-educated Currie fled to Colombia.
Now, at last, we would hear the other side in the battle of relatively equal evil forces: Soviet gulags and fascistic oppression by HUAC.
We’ve got the heavy artillery that I’ll mention in a minute and I’m working on getting a batch of Fed surveillance photos: UAES brain trusters hobnobbing with known Communist Party members and HUAC indictees at Sleepy Lagoon protest activities back in ‘43 and ‘44.
Mal got scared and went for big verbal ammo: Loftis didn’t know Chaz Minear ratted him to HUAC.
Minear speculated to Doc Lesnick that her old man’s political juice kept her from being subpoenaed by HUAC in ‘47--and not one other witness mentioned her name.