Martin Dies Jr.
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Martin Dies Jr., also known as Martin Dies Sr., was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and aft
Dies relaxes as he speaks to reporters (November 7, 1938)
Dies receives "Heil Hitler" from first witness John Metcalfe, former Chicago reporter, then committee investigator who infiltrated Nazis under name Hellmut Oberwinder (August 12, 1938)
Dies speaks with fellow committee member J. Parnell Thomas, who had recently sponsored a bill of impeachment against Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, to discuss forthcoming testimony of Felix McWhirter (May 23, 1939)
Actress Florence Eldridge, actor Fredric March, and Martin Dies Jr. at Dies Committee hearings in Los Angeles (1940)
Samuel Dickstein
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Samuel Dickstein was a Democratic congressional representative from New York, a New York State Supreme Court Justice, and a Soviet spy. He played a key role in establishing the committee that would be
Martin Dies Jr.
…Investigate Un-American Activities and remained at its helm until 1944. At ease with newsmen, Dies was frequently in the national media spotlight. Dies and Samuel Dickstein created the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, initially nicknamed the Dies Committee, later becoming HUAC in 1946. Dies was its…
Dickstein in 1937
John William McCormack (later 45th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives) was Dickstein's co-chair