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

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

Crowed a California C.I.O. newspaper: "The Dies Committee scoreboard today read: 3 down, 5 to go."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the past two years G-Men have often rolled a wistful eye at the sensational headlines of the Dies Committee, which had invaded an ancient but lately unpublicized province of FBI�sabotage, propaganda, espionage.

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

I called upon the second of the three suspected spies subpoenaed by the Dies Committee.

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