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As related above, members of the Communist Party were supposed by legislators to be subversives, especially after the [[Russian Revolution]]. The [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] was formed in 1938 in order to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion. The term "[[McCarthyism]]," coined in 1950 in reference to McCarthy's practices, including public attacks on the character or patriotism of political opponents, was soon applied to similar [[anti-communist]] activities. Senator [[Pat McCarran]] sponsored the [[McCarran Internal Security Act]] of 1950 and the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952]], both of which were hotly contested in the law courts, and by [[Harry Truman]], who went so far as to [[veto]] the former; however, the veto was overridden in the Senate by a margin of 57 to 10.

 

 

''[[Aptheker v. Secretary of State]]'' tested in 1964 whether a passport could be disallowed to a Communist. Aptheker won.