House
Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
The head of this commitee was Richard Arens.
This committee, coming from the House of Representatives, investigated on Marilyn after her fiancé Arthur Miller had been subponaed in Washington DC, in 1956.
In was during this hearing, on June 21, 1956, that Miller announced his imminent marriage with Marilyn.
She held a press conference in the lobby of her building ,,
The wedding was officially announced the next day, June 22, 1956.
Marilyn was used to make Arthur Miller capitulate : one of the head of the Fox studios, Spyros Skouras, visited
her to convince her to calm Miller down, and to persuade him to end
what he, Skouras, considered as a bad publicity for the studios and for
Marilyn; but she didnt' give in.
During Summer 1958, Miller was acquitted and his name cleared.