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activities which may involve no vio-
lation of any law, since under the
law of the land Trojan horse or
CARNATIONS are permitted to exist
and in many instances secure char
tiers from the States.
From all indications. I venture to
say that 80 percent of the people are
behind the committee" in this stand
Cites Results of His Work.
Mr.. Dies came back to the Capital
this morning from his home in
Orange, Tex, after appealing to the
President to secure greater co-ordi-
nation of the efforts of Government
investigating bodies. He declined
to say what he expected to tell the
President, and drew a laugh when
he commented that he expected tc
do "a lot of listening"
AS an outgrowth of a long stand
ing feud with the Justice Depart
ment, which he has charged with
being slow to proceed against fifth
columnists," Mr.. Dies urged the
President to speed up the work
bringing both retort from Mr.
Jackson, who said the F. B. !. must
proceed 'quietely and without pub
licity," and the Presidents warning
against premature publicity and
haSty action otherwise
In defending the course his COM
mittee has adopted on publicity
Mr.. Dies said that it was only be-
cause Of revelations there thai
Fritz Kuhn, former head of the
Bund, was sent to prison for embez.
zling its funds, and that the ground.
work for the conviction of Ear
Browder, Communist leader, on q
passport fraud charge, also was laic
before the committee where Browdel
was witness.
Compares Results"
He also compared the results Of
the committee procedure and those
obtained elsewhere in the Govern
ment in the drive on subversive
elements, declaring that he knew OF
no conviction for sabotage OF
espionage in the last year. but that
assistance his group had rendered
to State and local agencies had been
responsible "for hundreds of indict-
ments and many convictions" for
other offenses In these he listed
election-law violations in New York
and Pennsylvania and added that
the committee had been instru-
mental in barring members of the
Communist party from the ballot ir
20 States.
William Dudley Pelley's Silver
Shirts" the American League for
Peace and Democracy and similar
groups have been broken up by
revelations before the committee
the Texan continued.
Asked If he thought the President
was implying that the Committee
had interfered with the develop
ment of criminal cases. in warning
against indiscreet action. MI Die:
responded that he assumed thai
if the President had meant that hi
would have said so.
Says He Was Careful.
As illustrating the care which tht
committee had attempted to take il
this respect, Mr.. Dies said that NOR,
than two months before the mate
rial in the recently published Ger
man white paper" had been giver
out. it was before the State ant
Justice Departments for study. ant
"all they would have had to say wa
| that it would embarrass US if the,
wanted it withheld" Further, h,
continued, documentary evidence o
a similar nature, that deals will
another phase" of the NaZi probe
has been before these agencies TO
six months, awaiting clearance.
Il feel confident that a program
can be worked out with the executive
departments under which the worl
of combating fifth column activitie
can be carried forward so that fric
ton will be avoided and duplication
of efforts prevented" Mr.. Dies said
Insofar as I am concerned, ever,
effort will be made to establish
such cooperation
Cites Cooperation.
He recalled that the COMMITTEE
had co-operated with the F. B I. IL
the investigation of Harry Bridges
Australian-born West Coast C. I. @
leader who has long been under fir
as an alleged Communist.
If the committee agrees, Mr.. Die
told newsmen, it is intended to pusl
an inquiry designed to link the Bun,
with sabotage activities.
Chairman Dickstein of the Hous,
Immigration Committee yesterda,
declared that two reports issued b.
the Dies committee on alleged un
American activities of Nazi an,
Communist groups in this countr,
were worthless"
He said that while the committee
was intended to produce information
that would be useful in working out
legislation to cope with subversivt
elements, lit has brought in nothing
! constructive" in the two years it ha.
operated.
we know what to do" he added
Lets do it. Let's pass constructive
legislation" he told his colleagues.