Take It Easy, But Take It

1947 Pamphlet issued by FTA-CIO addressing the tactics of HUAC, who would use the sensationalism of anti-communism and "reds" in the capitalist press to discredit union organizing and the CIO. The pamphlet asks "Who is unAmerican?" and discredits members of the committee who in Congress have voted against the right of American serviceman to vote overseas and against the Fair Employment Practice Commission (FEPC) that would have banned discrimination in Federal employment and wartime industries for African-Americans and other minority workers. "FRONT FOR THE BOSSES That [same] fall of 1938, the unAmerican committee heard testimony against Harry Bridges, head of the CIO Longshoremen and warehousemen Union. Chief witness was one Harper Knowles. Harper Knowles swore bridges was a "red," should be deported. This is what Knowles did not tell the committee about himself: 1. Knowles was executive secretary of the Associated Farmers, Inc...

17. Committee on Un-American Activities. (a) Un-American Activites (b) The Committee on Un-American Activities, as a whole or by subcommittee, is authorized to make from time to time, investigations of (1) the extent, character, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (2) the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Constitution, and (3) all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation. The Committee on Un-American Activities shall report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investigation, together with any recommendations as it deems available. For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Un-American Activities or any subcommittee thereof, i...