Francis E. Walter
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Francis Eugene Walter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1951 to 1963, serving as chair
Walter as a congressman in 1939
The House Committee on Un-American Activities, popularly the House Un-American Activities Committee, was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives created in 1938. Their
Francis E. Walter
…Eugene Walter (May 26, 1894 – May 31, 1963) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1951 to 1963, serving as chair of that committee for the last nine of those years. He wanted to minimize immigration and was largely responsible…
Chairman Martin Dies of the House Un-American Activities Committee proofreads his October 26, 1938, letter replying to President Roosevelt's attack on the committee.
Lee Slater Overman headed the first congressional investigation of American communism in 1919.
Texas Democrat Martin Dies Jr. served as chair of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, predecessor to the permanent committee, for its entire seven-year duration.