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Committee opens Communist infiltration hearing

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Order Number	00041635
Title	Committee opens Communist infiltration hearing
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 9391; HE-001-869 4x5
Date	1953
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Notes	Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Description	Hearing room in the Federal Building is crowded as the House Committee on Un-American Activities opened a new Communist infiltration hearing, with first day spotlight on Hollywood. Committee Chairman Harold Velde (arrow) and other committeemen are seated before the American flag. Reporters, news photographers and spectators fill the room. KECA-TV camera equipment catches all the action. The station and Herald-Express are co-operating in covering the hearing. Photograph dated: March 23, 1953.
Subject	United States Court House and Post Office (Los Angeles, Calif.). Communist Party of America. United States.--Congress.--House. KECA (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald Express (Firm). Communists--United States. American newspapers. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection