To locate, and expose Communists and Communist sympathisizers in American public life. (the timeframe was the 1950's)
to investigate communist activity within America
The House Committee on Un-American Activities was founded in 1938. Its original purpose was to uncover US citizens who had ties with the Nazis.
The House Committee on Un-American Activities was founded in 1938. Its original purpose was to uncover US citizens who had ties with the Nazis.
to investigate communist activity within America
HUAC, the House Un-american Activities Committee, was supposed to protect America from subversion. In practice, it conducted ill-conceived witch-hunts and accomplished nothing useful.
To identify activities that suggest guidelines aren't being followed.
running community activities and service projects
select committee The select committee are usually set up or created for a specific purpose.
The purpose of a credentials committee is to promote discussion of issues facing temporary and part-time faculty.
To witch hunt for Communist sympathizers.
standing committee
Appealing to people's feelings of patriotism is a standard technique in propaganda. By suggesting that anyone who fails to endorse the propagandist's agenda is a traitor, people who might raise objections to that agenda are stifled. This was the purpose of naming Senator McCarthy's committee the "Committee for Un-American Activities"--his anti-Communist agenda was forwarded by the statement that any American who supported anything remotely resembling "communism" was a traitor. The naming of the Patriot Act was done for similar reasons.
The purpose of committees is generally planning and decision making.