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

As evidence that the Dies Committee was unworthy of further existence, he produced a batch of letters which he entered in the Congressional Record.

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

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

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

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.