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Former Congressional gp. concerned with Communist infiltration
Answer for the clue "Former Congressional gp. concerned with Communist infiltration ", 4 letters:
huac
Alternative clues for the word huac
- 1950s Communist-bashing grp. in Congress
- '50s Red Scare gp
- Group that the ACLU wanted abolished
- McCarthy-era org
- Org. that subpoenaed Abbie Hoffman
- Blacklisting org. of the 50's
- Old antisubversive group
- D.C. investigative body abolished in 1975
- 1950's Communist-hunting grp.
- McCarthy-era hearings grp.
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.