Evening star., 1942-09-25

Hunt and Miller Reply
To House Investigator;
II Others Named
Henry T. Hunt, special assistant
to the general counsel OF the Federal
Works Agency, today denied charges
made IN the House yesterday by
Chairman Dies Of the House Com
mittse On Un-American Activities
that he was af1liated with Commu-
mist front organizatio Mr.. Dies
gave the House = list Of 10 Federal
employees who, he said, had Com
munistic connections.
RI am better patriot than Mr..
Dies" Nj. Hunt said.
He reported that he fought over
seas with the AEF in 1918 as an Of
fioer. now has two sons in the Navy,
has held important legal positions
In the Federal Government since
1898 and four times was elected to
public ofilce in Ohio. He said the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation had
carefully investigated his patriotism
making inquiries Of more than 20
persons, and had clesred him Of s,s-
picion Of subversive activity.
Quits to Enter Army.
/ Hugh b. Miller. who also was
named BY Mr.. Dies, has left his po-
eition as senior attorney for the
Bituminous Coal Commission to
enter the Army tomorrow. He said
He had never been connected with
the American Peace Mobilization,
With which Mr.. Dies said he was AZ
liliAted.
Mr.. Miller added that the Wash
ington COMMITTEES for Democratic
Action, Of which he was chairman,
Ind been out OF existence since 194l,
and that the organization was =
civil liberties group without Com
munistic afnliations. Mr.. Miller de-
elared:
when our soldiers are dying in a
Nfe-and-death struggle against
Faseism, Mr.. Dies attack against
proved liberals and .anti-Fascists
renders him suspect of playing Hit
lers game. His efforts to disrupt
national unity are all that Hitler
could ask for"
Mr.. Dies told the House that Mr..
Hunt WAS 4 sponsor of the Wash
ington Committee Tor Democratic
Action, and that bis "other Com
,munist afnliations" were:
'signer Of letter protesting ban on
Communists IN the American Civil
Liberties Union. member Of the Ma
tionAl Committee Of the Interna-
tional Jlridical Association, sponsor
Of National Emergency Conference
chairman of meeting for the De-
scendanti of the American Revolt
ton" NJ
,Jue4ice DepartsAsat Silent
The Justice Department Vas re-
ported % have adopted : policy a
silence With respect to Mr.. Dies, who
told the House yesterday that the
department had made . farce" d
investigating the alleged subverdve
tendencies Of 4, l,I14 Federal employees
listed by tie Dies committee lass
June. 49,
The Texan rose In the House to Z
question pf psrscnal privilege 70 fe-
Div to 4 namph1et issued by GeorKe
Marshall, chairman Of the Nationa'
Federation for Constitutional Liber'
ties, who said that Mr.. Dies and thu
COMMITTEES ''lsaye shielded agents O
the Axis = jeopardize nationa'
unity - delay the day Of victory.
Mr.. Dles told the House that th'
Justice Department had made 1t i'm
possible for thu FBI ITO carry ou
the mandates of Congress" when tn
Committee On I'm American Acttv
tiles requested 1t to check on tn
persons in tie list Of liza. On Sep
tember : thA Justice DepAftsnen
reported that two Of those had be-,
found to be Conmu1istst and tina
they had bern dismissed.
Mr.. Dies aid the Justtce Depart
naent has mada no effort 70 .fepoe
the facts about Subyersive oonnec
tions Of Federal employees. thousl
its appropriation bill carries spe
cial item Of 10000 for such In
qatry.
Other Naaaes Submitted.
He said that many more name
than the LIZA had been submitte
by his committee % the departmer
and added:
when the investigation (int
suspect employes) vas ordered b
Congress, the Attorney Generl
issued Instructions TO govern tn
FBI IN the conduct Of the investiRs
ton. In the instructions he told tn
FBI to forward all complaints to til
heads Of the employing agencies IN
those agencies that wanted the en-
ployes investigated could then re
quest Investigations frcm the FB
The FBI would then, and onl
then, be authorized to conduct tn
investigations, and having done 81
1t could report the facts without an
Recommendation. For three month
according to the FBI report, tn
FBI submitted 1897 complaints
the heads Of the employing agenci,
and received approximately 1913 n
quests for investigation"
The II persons besides Mr.. Mill
and Mr.. Hunt listed yesterday
Mr.. Dies are: .
Alice Barrows, vice chairman
the Warrington Committee I
Democratic Action, educationali
specialist in school buildings for q