1940's Government and Politics | The Testimony of J. Edgar Hoover Before the House Un-American Activities Committee

Testimony

By: J. Edgar Hoover

Date: March 26, 1947

Source: "The Testimony of J. Edgar Hoover Before the House Un-American Activities Committee." March 26, 1947. Reprinted in Cold War. Cable News Network. Available at CNN online at http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/06/documents/... ; website home page http://www.cnn.com (accessed March 17, 2003).

About the Author: J[ohn] Edgar Hoover (1895–1977) served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1924 until his death. The size and scope of the FBI expanded greatly under his controversial leadership. He is best known for his aggressive investigation of communists both inside and outside of the U.S. government, his surveillance of so-called "political radicals" from Ku Klux Klan...