253:
SISS forwarded to the FBI any confidential information they uncovered and the FBI conducted name checks on prospective SISS witnesses, submitted reports on targeted organizations, and provided memoranda "with appropriate leads and suggested clues". This was all intended to avert the perception that HUAC's purpose was to discredit the loyalty of officials of the
Roosevelt and Truman administrations. This program reflected the FBI director's unqualified confidence in McCarran's ability to serve the cause of anticommunism and to protect the confidentiality of FBI sources.
22:
375:
174:
activities in the United States "including, but not limited to, espionage, sabotage, and infiltration of persons who are or may be under the domination of the foreign government or organization controlling the world
Communist movement or any movement seeking to overthrow the Government of the United
252:
During March 1951, FBI officials began a formal liaison program with the SISS in contract to the informal HUAC-FBI relationship, whereby SISS agreed to focus its hearings on "matters of current internal security significance... to help the Bureau in every possible manner". Under this program, the
285:, an IPR trustee. The subcommittee's investigators studied these records for 5 months, then held hearings for nearly 1 year (July 25, 1951 – June 20, 1952). The final report of the subcommittee was issued in July 1952 (S. Rpt. 2050, 82d Cong., 2d sess., Serial 11574).
175:
States by force and violence". The resolution also authorized the subcommittee to subpoena witnesses and require the production of documents. Because of the nature of its investigations, the subcommittee is considered by some to be the Senate equivalent to the older
245:; youth organizations; the television, radio, and entertainment industry; the telegraph industry; the defense industry; labor unions; and educational organizations. In the 1960s, the investigations were expanded to include
39:
384:
249:
and racial issues, campus disorders, and drug trafficking. The subcommittee published over 400 volumes of hearings and numerous reports, documents, and committee prints.
416:
406:
86:
270:, was especially singled out for criticism. It is also believed that the pressure of the investigation triggered the suicide of the UN Assistant Secretary General
58:
65:
72:
54:
390:
137:, was authorized by S. 366, approved December 21, 1950, to study and investigate (1) the administration, operation, and enforcement of the
260:(IPR) was the first major investigation initiated by the subcommittee. Some people accused the IPR leadership of spying for the USSR.
79:
299:
176:
238:
226:
207:
234:
105:
123:
Special
Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws
277:
To investigate these charges, the SISS took possession of the older files of the IPR, which had been stored at the
257:
233:; the scope of Soviet activity in the United States; subversion in the Federal Government, particularly in the
43:
138:
203:
183:
142:
32:
171:
411:
8:
278:
222:
became chairman, a position he had until the subcommittee was abolished during 1977.
215:
195:
282:
187:
151:
266:
271:
261:
242:
225:
The subjects of its investigations during the 1950s include the formulation of
400:
211:
167:
367:
246:
155:
219:
159:
21:
294:
163:
199:
379:
191:
230:
206:
after the
Republicans gained control of the Senate in the
55:"United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security"
166:, and the protection of the internal security of the
46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
143:
417:Anti-communist organizations in the United States
407:Defunct subcommittees of the United States Senate
398:
391:National Archives and Records Administration
351:The Cold War: Cold War espionage and spying
170:and (2) the extent, nature, and effects of
338:. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 157.
333:
323:. Cambridge University Press. p. 52.
210:. When the Democrats regained control in
182:The chairman of the subcommittee for the
106:Learn how and when to remove this message
336:The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide
318:
399:
368:Committee testimony of Alfred Kohlberg
319:Johnson, Robert David (Nov 21, 2005).
300:House Un-American Activities Committee
177:House Un-American Activities Committee
125:, 1951–77, known more commonly as the
386:Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
348:
127:Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
353:. Taylor & Francis. p. 117.
44:adding citations to reliable sources
15:
13:
148:Tooltip Public Law (United States)
14:
428:
361:
378: This article incorporates
373:
20:
118:Former U.S. Senate subcommittee
31:needs additional citations for
342:
327:
312:
258:Institute of Pacific Relations
1:
305:
158:) and other laws relating to
139:Internal Security Act of 1950
334:Theoharis, Athan G. (1999).
264:, editor of the IPR journal
7:
288:
204:83rd United States Congress
184:82nd United States Congress
121:The United States Senate's
10:
433:
321:Congress and the Cold War
256:The investigation of the
349:Bogle, Lori Lyn (2001).
380:public domain material
274:on November 13, 1952.
239:Department of Defense
202:took over during the
154:, also known as the
133:) and sometimes the
40:improve this article
241:; immigration; the
235:Department of State
227:U.S. foreign policy
279:Lee, Massachusetts
135:McCarran Committee
216:James O. Eastland
212:the 84th Congress
116:
115:
108:
90:
424:
394:
377:
376:
355:
354:
346:
340:
339:
331:
325:
324:
316:
283:Edward C. Carter
188:Patrick McCarran
149:
145:
111:
104:
100:
97:
91:
89:
48:
24:
16:
432:
431:
427:
426:
425:
423:
422:
421:
397:
396:
383:
374:
364:
359:
358:
347:
343:
332:
328:
317:
313:
308:
295:Amerasia Affair
291:
267:Pacific Affairs
147:
119:
112:
101:
95:
92:
49:
47:
37:
25:
12:
11:
5:
430:
420:
419:
414:
409:
371:
370:
363:
362:External links
360:
357:
356:
341:
326:
310:
309:
307:
304:
303:
302:
297:
290:
287:
272:Abraham Feller
262:Owen Lattimore
243:United Nations
196:William Jenner
117:
114:
113:
28:
26:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
429:
418:
415:
413:
410:
408:
405:
404:
402:
395:
392:
388:
387:
381:
369:
366:
365:
352:
345:
337:
330:
322:
315:
311:
301:
298:
296:
293:
292:
286:
284:
280:
275:
273:
269:
268:
263:
259:
254:
250:
248:
244:
240:
236:
232:
228:
223:
221:
217:
214:(1955–1957),
213:
209:
208:1952 election
205:
201:
197:
193:
189:
185:
180:
178:
173:
169:
168:United States
165:
161:
157:
153:
146:
140:
136:
132:
128:
124:
110:
107:
99:
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71:
67:
64:
60:
57: –
56:
52:
51:Find sources:
45:
41:
35:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
385:
372:
350:
344:
335:
329:
320:
314:
276:
265:
255:
251:
247:civil rights
224:
181:
156:McCarran Act
134:
130:
126:
122:
120:
102:
96:October 2016
93:
83:
76:
69:
62:
50:
38:Please help
33:verification
30:
412:McCarthyism
220:Mississippi
401:Categories
306:References
172:subversive
66:newspapers
160:espionage
289:See also
281:farm of
179:(HUAC).
164:sabotage
200:Indiana
144:Pub. L.
80:scholar
192:Nevada
152:81–831
150:
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
382:from
87:JSTOR
73:books
237:and
231:Asia
186:was
131:SISS
59:news
229:in
218:of
198:of
190:of
42:by
403::
389:.
194:.
162:,
393:.
141:(
129:(
109:)
103:(
98:)
94:(
84:·
77:·
70:·
63:·
36:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
