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Memories of HUAC. (House Un-American Activities Committee) (editorial)

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From: The Nation
Date: 19871024
Author:Bosworth, Patricia

Memories of HUAC

The fortieth anniversary of the opening of House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on "alleged Communist infiltration' of the motion picture industry occurred recently. On October 19, to be exact. It is not a date I celebrate, but I'll never forget it; my father, Bartley C. Crum, was one of the lawyers for the "Unfriendly 19,' and as a result his life-- and the life of our family--was irrevocably changed.

The Unfriendly 19 were screenwriters, directors and producers such as Waldo Salt, Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Ring Lardner Jr., Bertolt ...

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