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Swearing In Of President's Commission On Internal Security and Individual Rights

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: Miss Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (administering the oath); Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.

Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.

President Harry S. Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office with members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremony. From left to right: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.; Mrs. Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man (behind Mrs. Strauss); Chairman of the Commission, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; President Truman; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverend Emmet M.

Photo of Duncan Lee as he Appeared Before the House Un-American Activities Committee

Photo of Duncan Lee, China-born Rhodes Scholar and former Lt. Colonel in the O.S.S., appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He is answering charges made by Elizabeth Bentley, admitting he knew Ms. Bentley but denied that he knew of her connection with the Communist Party. Unlike several of his predecessors on the witness stand, Lee answered the questions put to him but categorically denied all charges against him. From: Beth Gore.

Louis F. Budenz Speaking to the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities

Louis F. Budenz, currently an assistant professor of economics at Fordham University in New York City and former editor of the Communist Daily Worker newspaper, testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, DC. He told the committee that the Soviet government is engaged in a "war of nerves" against the U.S. and asserted "it could go to military conflict." From: Beth Gore