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

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

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

Last year he was called before the Dies Committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ambassador Davies returns from the U.S.S.R., makes a series of shouting stump speeches that should bring on an immediate Dies Committee investigation of Warner Bros.

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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.