Title supplied by cataloger. Charles Katz was a Los Angeles labor attorney. He was one of the chief defense attorneys in the case of the "Hollywood 10", a group of Hollywood writers, directors, and producers, who were accused by the House Committee for the Investigation of Un-American Activities of being Communists. The ten were cited for contempt of Congress, served time, and were blacklisted after refusing to answer HUAC questions about their alleged involvement with the Communist Party. Charles Katz is shown at a hearing of the House Committee on Un-American Activities at the Los Angeles Federal Building. He is seated in front of several microphones. Two men are in chairs to his right. Photograph dated October 2, 1952.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Katz, Charles J United States.--Congress.--House.--Committee on Un-American Activities Anti-communist movements--United States Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Microphones Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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