Quotes About HUAC

It is hardly a coincidence that the cadences of Chambers's HUAC testimony should anticipate the prose of Witness . The House Committee on Un-American Activities had given him his true voice...

The HUAC did a deal with me. I was pretty much worn down. I had no money. I couldn't borrow.

Soon after Robinson's testimony, HUAC ended the hearings without calling Paul, thus conceding defeat. By now a strong majority of the black masses, especially in the South, supported Paul. The left and progressive constituencies backed him solidly, including the entire Communist Party leadership.