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

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Dies Committee

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

Ever since Henderson, in a particularly tactless moment, blurted that Martin Dies was "not a responsible member of Congress," the Dies Committee has been out to get him or his staff.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Dies Committee got set to grill C.I.O. leaders; proposals for three more investigations were dropped into the House hopper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most familiar tune was that of the Dies Committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides this very strange procedure by a Committee empowered by the Congress to investigate subversive activities, the Dies Committee withheld for months documentary evidence of Nazi activities in this country directed from Germany.

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

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