CONGRESS PASSES COMMUNIST CONTROL ACT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 24, 1954, the United States Congress passed the Communist Control Act. The act states that...
"the Communist Party of the United States* is in fact an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States."
Five years earlier, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had prosecuted eleven leaders of the Communist Party of America and in the first years of the 1950s another 100 were arrested and convicted. In the long run, the Communist Control Act proved to be ineffective.
In 1961, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the party could constitutionally be a participant in New York State's unemployment insurance system. Since then, no presidential administration has attempted to enforce it.
The Communist Control Act also stipulated that the Communist Party of the United States is a "continuing danger to the security of the United States."
*The Communist Party of America was established in 1919. It played a major role in the labor movement through the 1940s. Although it claimed more than 50,000 members in the first years of its founding, by 1957 that number had declined to less than 10,000.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 24, 1954, the United States Congress passed the Communist Control Act. The act states that...
"the Communist Party of the United States* is in fact an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States."
Five years earlier, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had prosecuted eleven leaders of the Communist Party of America and in the first years of the 1950s another 100 were arrested and convicted. In the long run, the Communist Control Act proved to be ineffective.
In 1961, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the party could constitutionally be a participant in New York State's unemployment insurance system. Since then, no presidential administration has attempted to enforce it.
The Communist Control Act also stipulated that the Communist Party of the United States is a "continuing danger to the security of the United States."
*The Communist Party of America was established in 1919. It played a major role in the labor movement through the 1940s. Although it claimed more than 50,000 members in the first years of its founding, by 1957 that number had declined to less than 10,000.
