Dies, Martin, Jr.

Dies, Martin, Jr.

(dīz), 1901–72, American political leader, b. Colorado, Tex. A lawyer, he represented Texas as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1931–45; 1951–59). He urged Congress to create what became the House Un-American Activities CommitteeHouse Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC), a committee (1938–75) of the U.S. House of Representatives, created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Its first chairman, Martin Dies, set the pattern for its anti-Communist investigations.
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 and was its first chairman. The committee was notorious for its exposés of alleged Communist infiltration into U.S. business and government. Dies wrote The Trojan Horse of America (1940).

Dies, Martin, Jr.

(1900–72) U.S. representative; born in Colorado, Texas. A lawyer and rancher in Jasper, Texas (1920–31) before going to the U.S. House of Representatives (Dem., 1931–45), he chaired the notorious Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities. He returned to the House (1953–59), then retired to Jasper.