Dies Committee

American  

noun

U.S. History.

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

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Etymology

Origin of Dies Committee

Named after Martin Dies, its first chairman

Example Sentences

If the Senate adopts changes, the bill dies, committee co-chair Bert Stedman said.

From Seattle Times

Vexed by a Dies Committee charge that he had formerly worked as a committee member in promoting Technocracy,� U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Nobody came to hear the Great Debate; though on one day hundreds flocked to see Fritz Kuhn before the Dies Committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Will Rogers Jr., back from the war and not so sure that he wants his House seat again, thought of trying to unseat State Senator Jack Tenney, head of California's "Little Dies Committee."

From Time Magazine Archive