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

Two weeks ago, Congressman Frank Hook of Michigan had risen in the House to protest the continuation of the Dies Committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last year he was called before the Dies Committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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.