McCarthy was chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Operations as well as its Subcommittee on Investigations from 1953 to 1955. They never investigated Hollywood. That was done by HUAC.
“They never investigated Hollywood. That was done by HUAC.”
Colter in “Demonic” relates that the NYT crossword had clue “McCarthy’s Committee.” with the four-letter answer HUAC.
When the error was pointed out, NYT responded (effectively) “so what — same thing”