when roy cohn stepped down as the council of that committee, the committee hired robert kennedy to replace him. you can go through the records of the national archives pretty can tell the moment that cohn leaves and kennedy takes over. this mismatch of paperwork is suddenly replaced by nice, tight depositions. it was like a serious attorney is in charge. kennedy brought together a very talented staff. and they began investigating, and continued some of the investigations that mccarthy allowed to drift off, including an investigation of general electric. it had a union that was a communist-dominated union. and general electric as a result of this try to improve its public relations and hired an actor by the named of ronald regan to do the general electric theater and be a spokesman. >> good evening. tonight john forsythe source on the general electric theater. and we will see product reports that show how things could lead to a better life for us all. at general electric, progress is our most important products. >> change for reagan and really making him less of a hollywood actor and more o