{"value"=>"<p>The fight to abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was a major part of NFCL's activities, and replaced earlier efforts by the American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom to abolish the Dies Committee. Marshall firmly believed that HUAC and the men who led it in its early days - Dies, Rankin, Karl Mundt and John Wood - were anti-democratic and should be investigated for giving aid and comfort to the \"Nazi-Fascist cause\". The HUAC subseries is divided into Dies Committee and Rankin Committee files, correspondence and printed matter, and includes petitions, Congressional resolutions, correspondence, pamphlets, detailed memoranda on Congressman Dies' confluence with pro-Nazi groups, and materials of other organizations, including the National Lawyers Guild, the International Labor Defense and the National Negro Congress. The Rankin Committee files consist of correspondence, NFCL Action Letters and broadsides, campaign materials opposing the establishment of the Committee, various statements challenging the legality of its contempt citations and its investigations in general, as well as a file of NFCL publications presented as exhibits during Marshall's appearance under subpoena before the Committee. Marshall's correspondents in this subseries include members of Congress, government officials and broadcasters; Edward Barsky of the Spanish Refugee Appeal of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee; and Ernie Adamson, HUAC Chief Counsel. A file of mounted clippings dating from January 1945 to January 1947 completes the HUAC subseries.</p>"}