Later Hubble sent Shapley a letter that changed his mind in one fell swoop: "Here is the letter that destroyed my universe." He became a great mapper of galaxie

Later Hubble sent Shapley a letter that changed his mind in one fell swoop: "Here is the letter that destroyed my universe." He became a great mapper of galaxies and superclusters. Bravo. Then in 1946 he was called up by the House Un-American Activities Committee for suspicious associations: > HUAC committee chairman John E. Rankin commented, "I have never seen a witness treat a committee with more contempt" and considered contempt of Congress charges. Shapley accused HUAC of "Gestapo methods" and advocated for its abolition for making "civic cowards of many citizens" by pursuing the "bogey of political radicalism." Bravo again Dr. Shapley.