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Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1970. First. Softcovefr. Fine. The Internal Security Act of 1950, 64 Stat. 987 (Public Law 81-831), also known as the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, the McCarran Act after its principal sponsor Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nevada), or the Concentration Camp Law, is a United States federal law. Congress enacted it over President Harry Truman's veto. It required Communist organizations to register with the federal government. The 1965 U.S Supreme Court ruling in Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board saw much of the act's Communist registration requirement abolished. The emergency detention provision was repealed when the Non-Detention Act of 1971 was signed into law by President Richard Nixon. The act's Subversive Activities Control Board, which enforced the law's provision calling for investigations of persons engaging in "subversive activities," would also be abolished in 1972. This copy of the Congressional hearings record, is fine in…
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Hearings Relating to Various Bills to Repeal the Emergency Detention Act of 1950
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US Government Printing Office. Good. 1970. Softcover. Clean text, good binding, back pages and the back cover are heavily creased at the upper edges. The Emergency Detention Act of 1950 constituted Title II of the Internal Security Act of 1950. The internal Security Act consisted of Title I, or the Subversive Activites Control Act of 1950, or the Mundt-Nixon Act, and Title II, the Emergency Detention Act of 1950, also known as the McCarran Act. These acts dealth with Japanese-American citizens and the establiment of detention or relocation centers established as a result of WWII .
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- Keywords Detention Of Persons, Internal Security -- United States, Mundt-nixon Act, Mccarran Act, Subveverive Activities, Japanese American History, Relocation Centers Japanese, Black Nationalists, Guerrilla Warfare
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Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1970. The cover has some scuffing and creases over the spine and bottom edge of the back cover. . Not Stated. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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