Dies Committee
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Dies Committee
Named after Martin Dies, its first chairman
Example Sentences
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Despite his charges, the House Rules Committee passed a resolution approving continuation of the Dies Committee for another year, sent it to the floor for a vote.
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
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
Mayne himself had told him, charged the Sun, and Mayne had also reported to the Dies Committee his negotiations with Jackson.
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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