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In 1947, Leader Truman had tried to assure Americans, "I am not worried about the Communist Party taking over the federal government of america, but I am against a person, whose devotion is not to the federal government of america, holding a federal job. These are entirely different things. I am not worried about this country ever before going Communist. We've too much sense for this." Nonetheless, soon after World Conflict II, Congress' House Committee on Un-American Activities started out investigating Americans across the country for suspected ties to Communism. The most well-known victims of these witch hunts were Hollywood actors, such as Charlie Chaplin, whose "Un-American activity" had been neutral at the beginning of World Conflict II, but at the beginning of the Cold Conflict, America was gripped by the Red Scare. The Red Scare would reach a fever pitch after Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy made waves in 1950 by sharing with the Republican Women's Team in Wheeling, West Virginia that he previously a list of dozens of known Communists employed in the State Department. The political theatre helped Senator McCarthy become the visible anti-Communist crusader in the government, and McCarthy continued to declare he held proof recommending Communist infiltration throughout the government, but anytime he was pressed to produce his proof, McCarthy would not name brands. Instead, he'd accuse those who questioned his evidence of being Communists themselves. The truth of Alger Hiss and the climb of McCarthyism were unquestionably instrumental in the way that one of the most notorious instances in American background unfolded in the first 1950s. After many years of monitoring Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, both Communist sympathizers were indicted on charges of treason and conspiracy to commit espionage for moving off secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. In the framework of the Cold Conflict and the Korean Conflict, there could barely be more serious charges, however the couple strenuously asserted their innocence, even after they were implicated by Ethel's own brother, David Greenglass. Throughout the trial and its own aftermath, many Americans believed the Rosenbergs were innocent and/or were facing an unduly harsh death sentence. Indeed, authorities possessed hoped to wring confessions from the two by threatening them with the chair, but they organised steadfast completely until their executions on June 19, 1953. In the over 60 years since, there's been plenty of debate over whether the two of these were guilty, and, if so, what the extent with their espionage was. While historians have used declassified documents and memoirs of engaged individuals to attain the widespread notion that Julius Rosenberg performed commit espionage, there continues to be a great deal of hesitation regarding Ethel's engagement, and scholars still question precisely what Julius may have directed the Soviets. The mystery and intrigue still encompassing the truth, trial, and executions continue steadily to fascinate people and generate plenty of ongoing speculation.
