The proof of the committees major spadework. HUAC supporters stress. was reflected in the passage of these five vital bills: Internal Security Act (1950). Immigration and Nationality Act (1952). Communist Control Act (1954). Espionage and Sabotage Act (1954). and the Immunity Act (1954). Included in the 33 "emphasized" recommendations made by the committee to tighten security precautions were increased penalties for seditious conspiracy. registration of trained spies. strengthening the Federal loyalty program. deportation and exclusion of alien subversives. and passport denial to dangerous participants in the international Communist movement. The research study of HUACs legislative history contains 130 pages of documentation. The foreword states: "This record will refute once and for all the assertions made by uninformed persons that this committee has no legislative purpose * * * that the object of its hearings is exposure for exposures sake. "The facts clearly show that (HUACs) activities have always been directed toward remedial legislation in its assigned field of inquiry * * * (and) congressional approval of the committees functioning is exemplified by the vast amount of legislation * * * following its recommendations." It might have added that approval by thinking Americans * I * s even more convincing.
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