Word: kinoy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HUAC hearings, fear dominated, but this time it was on the other side. Faced with a rational, legal challenge to their existence," Kinoy continued, "HUAC had no other response except violence -- and that they aimed at a lawyer...
...change has taken place in the attitude of the American people towards HUAC as an institution because of this hearing, Kinoy asserted. "American people don't like to see little guys being kicked around," Kinoy (who is 5' 2") said, "and it's commendable sentiment." But the anti-HUAC response came mainly from people who felt that they had "gone too far this time," Kinoy explained...
...many people, Kinoy said, "understanding of the kind of forces which support HUAC came in a flash when they saw me being dragged out." HUAC must be totally eliminated "in order to protect people from the chewing effect that it has on the First Amendment rights...
Before the hearing, Kinoy explanied, the ACLU lawyers had been informed that it represented "only the beginning of a major attack on those forces which seriously questioned U.S. foreign and domestic policy...
...decide if we were going to use the traditional civil liberties lawyer tactic of playing the defense, or try something more positive," Kinoy said...