The quote often
used by Blacklist believers is that Harry Truman said "The HUAC is the
most Un-American thing in America today" (1959)
They only use
half the quote.
The remark was
an off-the-record quip during Truman's lectures at Columbia University that the
"House Un-American Activities Committee is the most un-American thing in
America today."
He continued
that "When you appear before that committee," he said, "you
don't have a Chinaman's chance . . . they won't let you work under the Bill of
Rights."
He did not
condemn the purpose of the committee.