Evening star., 1943-01-07
Dies Accuses 12U. 5.
Employees Of Plotting
To Wreck Big Firm
Soys He Will Ask
Congressional Action
To Force Their Custer

Texas said today the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
Is IN possession of evidence linking
IL Government employees in Wash
mgton, seven of whom are in high
ranking positions, with "a vicious
conspiracy to wreck" one of the
country's largest firms.
The employees and officials, he ex-
planned, are connected with three
Government agencies, which are di-
rectly interested in the activities of
large corporations.
Representative Dies refused to
name the Government employees or
the corporation which he charges
they attempted to destroy, but de-
clared "at the proper time" he would
make the facts known to the House
and the public.
I'm the four-year history of our
committee" he said, no comparable
scandal, no more vicious conspiracy,
has been uncovered The commit
tee has enough evidence to cause the
dismissal of the Government work.
ers involved"
SdIlS actS starting.
These Federal officials, Mr.. Dies
declared, have not only engaged in
un-American activities, but went so
lar In some cases as to seize the
records of business concerns and
made them available to competitors.
Checking up on the Government
offlcials, committee Investigators, it
hoi
tax returns and, it was said, found
some Startling facts
Mr.. Dies gave the House late yes
terday a hint of his plans to expose
the alleged conspiracy" in a brief
speech during which he declared his
committee hoped to be able to con-
tinue to expose organization and
public officials that are using public
or private funds to destroy consti-
tutional government. The commit
tee officially died with the last Con-
gress and would have to be re-
created by the new House to func-
ton again
For some time Representative
Dies told the House, Il have been
gathering evidence with regard to
the number of organizations in this
country that are spending large
sums Of money, I believe illegally,
IN many instances, for the purpose
of defeating members of Congress.
Charges Seizure of Funds.
Il have in my possession a large |
number of kilograms, some involving
public officials. I propose to lay all
these facts before the Congress.
propose to show you how founda-
tions with millions of dollars to
their credit in the banks have been
seized by radical groups. and I pro-
pose to show how those funds are
being used in violation of the laws
of our country for the purpose of
defeating members of Congress.
Il further propose to lay upon
the record kilograms from some pub
lie officials and to connect them
with what I regard to be con-
spiracy. which, if it should succeed,
will destroy popular government in
this Nation
At this point. Representative Reed,
Republican, of New York interrupted
to ask Mr.. Dies if in his investiga-
ton he found that these people find
weakminded stooges in various con-
gresslonal districts to put so-called
respectable front upon their move
ment."
Yes" replied Representative Dies.
that is true. l say this is a matter
Of such grave Importance to the
speech I shall request that at some
convenient time in the future the
Judiciary Committee or the Com
mittee on Appropriations take the
files which I shall present to them,
and that the public officials involved
shall be brought before the COM
mittees of this House, that there be
no further postponement of action
in their cases and If the facts that
I present to the appropriate COM
mittees are subStantiated-and they
will be by the kilograms and writ
ings of the public officials them
selves-then I shall stand here on
the floor of this House day in and
day out until those public officials
are discharged from this Govern
ment.
Plans to Ask Custer.
"If the executive branch of this
Government does not act and act
promptly, then I shall offer motions
on the floor of the House to strike
the names of those officials from the
public payroll and to place Congress
on record against any appropriation
for their continuance in public office.
Il shall show that some of these
public officials have gone so far that
they have used the files and data
and information seized from certain
competitors whose political views
were not popular with the public
officials. and, having seized those
files, turned them over to their
competitors to use against business
concerns"