Loyalty Review Program:
On March 21, 1947, Truman launched the loyalty review program. The loyalty review program was created under pressure due to the Communist threat overtaking the US. The iron curtain represented the growing tensions between the Soviets and the US. At the time, the federal government already addressed Communists acting in Hollywood and teaching in certain states. What was left to be filtered was the federal government. Truman, the president at the time, believed in limited war. Through it, he would try and contain Communism. About 6 million federal employees were screened for loyalty. Loyalty was an incredibly had term to define, especially during the supposed Communist infiltration of the US. For example, if you watched a certain foreign film, you would be …show more content…
In my fourth picture, people were watching a certain foreign film, and some of those people may have been federal employees, subject to intense scrutiny from the FBI. Around 14,000 employees were subject to serious investigation. In anger, over 2000 employees quit their jobs during the loyalty hearings. Many of these hearings were conducted in the Library of Congress and Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. At these hearings, over 200 employees were fired for questionable loyalty, although there was no true evidence that pointed to the lack of loyalty. The creation of the loyalty review program played a very key role in the Cold War. Truman, under pressure, signed the Executive Order creating the program. In doing so, Communist infiltration was confirmed. Although the US was holding strong against the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact, the creation of the loyalty review program truly worsened the situation by increasing the fear of Communism spreading in the US. The loyalty review program was in a sense followed by McCarthy’s McCarthyism in which fake charges were used to
On March 21, 1947, Truman launched the loyalty review program. The loyalty review program was created under pressure due to the Communist threat overtaking the US. The iron curtain represented the growing tensions between the Soviets and the US. At the time, the federal government already addressed Communists acting in Hollywood and teaching in certain states. What was left to be filtered was the federal government. Truman, the president at the time, believed in limited war. Through it, he would try and contain Communism. About 6 million federal employees were screened for loyalty. Loyalty was an incredibly had term to define, especially during the supposed Communist infiltration of the US. For example, if you watched a certain foreign film, you would be …show more content…
In my fourth picture, people were watching a certain foreign film, and some of those people may have been federal employees, subject to intense scrutiny from the FBI. Around 14,000 employees were subject to serious investigation. In anger, over 2000 employees quit their jobs during the loyalty hearings. Many of these hearings were conducted in the Library of Congress and Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. At these hearings, over 200 employees were fired for questionable loyalty, although there was no true evidence that pointed to the lack of loyalty. The creation of the loyalty review program played a very key role in the Cold War. Truman, under pressure, signed the Executive Order creating the program. In doing so, Communist infiltration was confirmed. Although the US was holding strong against the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact, the creation of the loyalty review program truly worsened the situation by increasing the fear of Communism spreading in the US. The loyalty review program was in a sense followed by McCarthy’s McCarthyism in which fake charges were used to