At the height of the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union HUAC's influence soared and contributed to a climate of domestic fear stoked by its sensational and often unsubstantiatec investigations. -"The Permanent Standing House Committee on Un -American Activities," U.S House of Representatives Highlights, http://history.house.gov (accessed September 142016) The committee mentioned in this statement was investigating suspected members of the - F Communist Party G Civilian Conservation Corps H Navajo Code Talkers J Flying Tigers