Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24

there will be no change in the com.
mittee personnel. even though the
position Of chairman may be
changed. In addition to Mr.. Dies
and Mr.. Starnes, the members are
Representatives Dempsey of New
Mexico, Voorhis of California and
Casey Of Massachusetts,, Democrats.
and Mason Of Illinois and Thomas
of New Jersey. Republicans.
It was Mr.. Thomas, incidentally,
who furnished information to the
House he said he had received on
good authority" that the American
League for Peace and Democracy rs
about to fold up and go out Of the
business of hoodwinking the Gov
eminent"
The committee, in its recent re-
port of the House, branded the
league as Communist front" or.
ganization. Mr.. Thomas, however,
described it as "Moscow's most sue
cessful united front and transmits
sion belt in the United States"
Removal Demands Voiced.
Twice during the debate demand
was made that members of the
league In the Government service be
exposed" and removed from their
jobs
Several months ago the old Dies
Committee made public the MEM
bership and mailing list" OF the
Washington branch of the league
which contained the names of 1853
persons, most Of whom were in
the Government service. President
Roosevelt described the disclosure
of that list as a "sordid procedure"
The first suggestion that the names
OF the league members be revealed
came from Representative Allen.
Republican, of Illinois, who charged
the organization was Graded" in
Red Russia. Later, Representative
Fish, Republican, of New York said:
With the aid of the Dies Com
mittee. hope We may be able to
drive from the Federal service all
communistically-minded of1lcehold-
ers and fellow travellers. The
American people will not tolerate
any of their money going into the
hands Of public officials to be used
to undermine our free institutions
and republican ofrm of government"
Among those who supported the
resolution to revive the Dies Com
mittee is Representative Cox, Dem
ocrat, of Georgia, ranking majority
member of the powerful House
Rules Committee. He said: The
Dies Committee has the Reds of this
country on the run
Hook Under Fire.
In the midst of the debate Rep
resentative Hoffman. Republican, of
Michigan, made an attack on Rep
resentative Hook, Democrat, Of the
same State, for statement which
appeared in the Congressional Rec
ord of yesterday in which he said
Mr.. Hook attempted to link Repre-
sentative Dies with the Christian
Front and also with William Dud-
ley Pelly. chief of the Silver Shirts
He made a motion to have Mr..
Hooks remarks "expunged" from
the Record-a motion that was re-
ferred to the Rules Committee.
Mr.. Hook challenged any member
of the old Dies Committee-all of
whom were on the House floor at
the time except Chairman Dies-to
name one Communist in the Gov
eminent service except an investi-
gator for the committee, whose name
he did not mention. There were no
acceptances.
And then. he added: THE Dies
Committee never touched the Ku
Klux Khan. Is that organization
un- American?"
Representative Shannon. Demo-
crat, Of Missouri. proposed that an
amendment be added to the resolu-
ton reviving the committee to pre-
vent its members from receiving
"emoluments" because of their serv-
ice on the committee. He charged
Chairman Dies had been "cashing
in" as result of his public speeches
and series of magazine articles.
The House. however, did not act on
I his nron0Sal