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Dies Committee

American  

noun

U.S. History.
  1. an early, informal name for the House Un-American Activities Committee.


Etymology

Origin of Dies Committee

Named after Martin Dies, its first chairman

Example Sentences

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Most familiar tune was that of the Dies Committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

In August 1939 the Dies Committee heard about him, sent him a subpoena.

From Time Magazine Archive

Superactive in Toledo union affairs, Cheyfitz was named in Dies Committee reports.

From Time Magazine Archive

She subpoenaed Prisoner No. 34,722 to testify before the Dies Committee in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

He needed a minimum of seven hundred dollars for his wife and himself to cross third class, but the Dies Committee was not interested in where the money for the trip had come from.

From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by Spivak, John L.

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