What politician was responsible for the infamous hearings that made the following phrase famous?
To properly and correctly respond to your question more than just the name and committee are required because anything less would be BS. In transcripts (October 29, 1947) the questioner is listed simply as “Interrogator”, but the person most likely responsible for saying the now infamous “$64 question” is J. Parnell Thomas, who was Chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 when the question was asked of members of the Hollywood film industry, who became known as the “Hollywood Ten”. By the way, John Parnell Thomas was a stockbroker, politician and convicted criminal who was elected to seven terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey. Prominent American columnists Jack Anderson and Drew Pearson were critical of Thomas and his committee’s methods. Rumors about corrupt practices on the part of Thomas were confirmed when his secretary, Helen Campbell, sent documents to Drew Pearson which he used to expose Thomas’ corruption in an August 4, 1948 newspaper art
