Loyalty Program and the HUAC
By Katy Robinson and Erica King
The Federal Loyalty Program
•Created by President Truman in 1947, and ran until
1975
•The goal was to find possible rebels or communists
in the US government
 Justice Department was made to create a list of
these people who might overthrow the government,
or subversives in 1948
•Loyalty Oaths were required to have a government
job
•Government had to produce lists of rebel groups in
the United States
•Over 3,000,000 employees were targeted
•“Security Risks”-mainly alcoholics and homosexuals,
were being discharged because they were more
likely to get blackmail.
HUAC
•The House Committee on Un-American Activities
•Targeted more towards American citizens
•Often used celebrities to support the government
when accusing people of perjury
•J. Edgar Hoover- Leader of FBI, which was allowed to
carry guns and act against violent crimes
•Congress used the information gathered from
hearings on film and entertainment industries
to make an effective legislation against
perjury
•No legislation was ever formed, so it was
assumed that it was a plan for only exploiting
communists
•The hearings negatively effected liberals, and
businesses who did not officially disassociate
themselves with communism
•Liberals who cooperated had to publicly
apologize for their poor politicking
•These people were publicly humiliated
Alger Hiss
•Alger Hiss was accused of
being an underground
communist who promoted
communist activities
•Whittaker Chambers, an excommunist, accused Hiss, exDepartment Official, of
Russian espionage
•2 trials, 2 accounts of perjury
•Evidence included Hiss’ typewriter, which was
linked to communist documents, known as…
•Pumpkin Papers- papers produced by Chambers
to convict him
•Hiss fought perjury accusations until death in
1996 of emphysema
Edward Condon
•Became director of National Bureau of
Standards in 1948
•HUAC investigated, and determined that he and
his wife were Russian espionage agents
•He and his wife had affiliations with many
Russian satellite embassies, but were never
tried. He remained in office until 1951.
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