Reply #74: Actually, Walt Disney did drop a bomb on Hollywood. A big bomb!

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He attempted to connect communism to a union labor strike on his company (this is a transcript from Mr. Disney's own words).

<snip>
SMITH: Do you have any people in your studio at the present time that you believe are communist or fascist, employed there?

DISNEY: No; at the present time I feel that everybody in my studio is 100 percent American.

SMITH: Have you had at any time, in your opinion, in the past, have you at any time in the past had any communists employed at your studio?

DISNEY: Yes; in the past I had some people that I definitely feel were communists.

SMITH: As a matter of fact, Mr. Disney, you experienced a strike at your studio, did you not?

DISNEY: Yes.

SMITH: And is it your opinion that that strike was instituted by members of the Communist Party to serve their purposes?

DISNEY: Well, it proved itself so with time, and I definitely feel it was a communist group trying to take over my artists and they did take them over.
<end of snip>

<link> http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/06/documents/huac/disney.html

This discussion starts approx. 1/3 down. The whole thing is a very interesting read.

I will go this far about Walt Disney, Hollywood was kicking this committees ass until Mr. Disney came along with his testimony. This was a very dark history in the U.S. and a lot of people did what they had to do, including Walt. This is a black stain on Walt Disney's legacy.

More reading at the bottom of this link
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/06/documents/huac/

Edit: added second link