Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
House Subcommittee
Named 10 Investigate
Charges Made by Dies
Kerr Appointed Choirmun;
Inquiry Slated to
Begin Tomorrow

The House Appropriations Com.
inittee moved swiftly today to sif1
the charges OF Chairman Dies of thu
Committee to Investigate Un-Amer.
lean Affairs by selecting a special
subcommittee to conduct the in
Quiry.
Representative Kerr, Democrat. OF
North Carolina, was appointed
chairman Of the special investigat-
Ing subcommittee, creation of which
was authorized by the House yester-
day afternoon.
The other members are Repre-
sentatives Gore Of Tennessee and
Anderson Of New Mexico, Demo-
Gratis, and Powers Of New Jersey and
Keefe OF Wisconsin, Republicans.
Three OF the members of the in
~estigating subcommittee - Repre-
sentatives Kerr, Gore and Keefe-
are lawyers. Mr.. Kerr was elected
to Congress in 1923 to succeed the
late Representative Kitchen. At
that time he was serving on the
Superior Court bench in North Caro-
lima.
Pickens viii Testify.
Mr.. Keefe is former prosecuting
attorney Of Winnebago County, Wis.
The subcommittee is expected to
start its investigation tomorrow with
William Pickens, an ofIicial of the
Treasury Department as the first
witness. Mr.. Pickens was included
among the 80 named by Mr.. Dies as
"crackpot bureaucrats" with Com
munistic leanings.
The House yesterday struck out of
the Treasury-P Post Once appropria-
tons bill an amendment forbidding
payment Of Mr.. Pickens' salary. The
Pickens vote was 267 to 1856.
Mccormack. Martin Approve.
House approval Of the inquiry
resolution yesterday came after an
hour Of debate, during which both
Majority Leader Mccormack and
Minority Leader Martin urged its
adoption.
Every one Of the Government
ohcials named in the Dies list will
be given an opportunity to appear
before the subcommittee and offer
q defense against the charges.
Urging the House to approve the
Investigation, Mr.. Martin said, I'VE
want to clean up this situation, but
We do not want to do an injustice
to any one"
Debate on the resolution was
started by Chairman SABBATH Of the
Rules Committee which earlier in
the day paved the way for It's speedy
consideration by the House. He said
he approved the investigation be-
cause 1t probably would remove the
smear" on some Of the former Gov
ernment ofncials named by Mr.. Dies
who are now "out of the country"
lighting the Axis powers. He told
the House, however, he believed any
one in the Federal service who is
"disloyal" to the Government should
DO clicked out
Praises Committees Work.
Mr.. Martin said the Dies commit
tee had done good job" in un-
covering subversive activities in this
country, but it was not trial court
which the investigating subcon-
mittee will be in effect. 5.7
Representative Fish, Republican,
Of New York joined other House
members In appealing for adoption
of the rezo1utton. The people OF
this country want no subversive en-
ployes In the Government-they
want them thrown of the payroll"
he declared, and If the Government
won't do 1t Congress will
Mr.. Dies suggested the investi-
eating subcommittee subpoena the
confidential records of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation relating to
the 100 or 1900 Federal workers
he said it had checked on last year.