300 Years & Counting 1H KILLS - On The Issues Magazine

I******Recent Major "Witch Hunt"by Patricia LyndenThe House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) hadbeen in existence since 1937, butit was not until 10 years laterthat it came into its own. WorldWar II was over and the SovietUnion and the United States hadbegun their "cold war" for the restof the world.was drawn up by the Justice Departmentas an internal guidelineto help administer Truman'snew loyalty oaths and to screenprospective government employees.It held the names of all organizationswith ties to communism,fascism or other "subversive"ideologies. Later that year,in a serious breach of civil rights,the Justice Department allowedthe "Blacklist" to be published.