when roy cohen stepped down as the council of that committee, the committee hired robert kennedy to replace him. you can go through the records at the national archives. you can tell at the moment cohen leaves and kennedy takes over. . this mishmash of paper is by definition and it looks like a serious attorney is in charge at this point. kennedy brought together a very talented staff and they began investigating. they continued some of the investigations that mccarthy allowed to twist up, including an a investigation of general electric and it's -- it had a union that was a communist dominated union. and general electric, as a result of this, tried to improve its public relations and hired an actor by the name of ronald reagan to do the general electric theater and be a spokesman. >> good evening. tonight, john forsythe stars on the theater and you will see product reports that show how in the things that lead to a better life for us all, at general electric, progress can start. >> making him let me tell less of a hollywood actor and more of a public spokesman and a public figure. kennedy,