Word: huac
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...directed against the Klan than when it is directed against Communists. Laws forbidding mere membership in the Klan will no more serve the cause of freedom than do the Smith Act and the Subversive Activities Control Act. And since such laws are, in the liberal view, unconstitutional, the proposed HUAC investigation can serve no valid legislative purpose...
Lewis defined as "extremist groups" those which conspire to overthrow the government by force and those which serve a foreign power. He included the Communist, Socialist Labor, and Nazi parties, the Black Muslims, and the Ku Klux Klan. In answer to a question, he said that the HUAC had been investigating the Klan for 10 years at the time he left its staff...
...HUAC called for the recognition of golf, fencing, and skiing as varsity intercollegiate sports with the same status as the 15 sports currently denoted as major sports by the Faculty Committee. Riflery and sailing would become "club sports" with the same official status as pistol, Karate, cricket, and rugby...
...true value of Weltner's idea lies less in its chances of success than in its enunciation. Admittedly, HUAC operates unfairly when it overemphasizes the danger on the left and ignores that on the right. But, in the final analysis, the Committee is undemocratic not because of the victims it chooses but because it has the ability to choose victims in the first place. Since "un-American" has no legal meaning, the Committee enjoys the distressing power to define and redefine the word as it pleases. If Weltner's proposal effectively dramatizes this fact, it will have served what...
Like all Congressional committees, HUAC exists to recommend and develop legislation. Yet the Committee has never formulated a major bill. Rather it has used its influence to intimidate citizens it considers undesirable. This is a needless and dangerous activity. If a group is undesirable and also commits crimes, as many Klan units do, then state and Federal prosecutors and courts should handle them. If a group is merely undesirable, the government--both legislative and executive--should leave well enough alone...