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UnAmerican Hearings


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     "A series of so-called FBI undercover agents emerged.  The most notable one in Pittsburgh, in the beginning, was a guy named Matt Cvetic.  He went to Washington and started feeding names to the UnAmerican Committee.  Well, again, these names appeared on the front pages of the papers.  These people then became objects of ridicule or worse.  People would throw stones at their windows.  They face harassment on their jobs.  Many were frightened.  It was so bad that some people just had to pack up and leave the community because of what was occurring to them, to their jobs, and to their families."  (view rest of narrative by Tom Quinn by clicking the link below)

UnAmerican Hearings Narrative
Scanned image of an excerpt from a narrative by Tom Quinn (Click to view a photo of Tom Quinn)