Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-23 | Page 4 | Dies Accuses Quiz Witness

I DIES ACCUSES QUIZ WITNESS W WASHINGTON Aug 23 OD ODThe tiff p- The Dies committee asked the United States attorney general here today to take appropriate p action under th the a perjury per per- jury statutes statutes' or other affected laws against Fraser Gardner who had been accused d by Chairman Dies D D. Texas of an effort to sabotage the house Investigation of un-American un activities A committee resolution covering that decision was read into the record by Dies who earlier had said Gardner tried to get a job as a committee investigator while in the employment of an organization organization organization being Investigated The organization organization organization or or- named was the Skyland Skyland Skyland Sky- Sky land Press operated by William Dudley Pelley leader of the Silver Silver Sil SIl- ver yer Shirts The committee feels that the circumstances in the present case are of a specially grave grav nature Dies said Sabotage Charged It appears that the witness concealed concealed concealed con con- and denied material facts for the purpose of securing employment employment employment em em- with the committee as investigator In which position he be would have been able to act asan as asan asan an undercover agent for an or organization organization organization or- or which Is opposed to and which is attempting to sabotage sabotage sabotage sabo sabo- tage this investigation n. n Gardner is a resident of Wash Wash- ington This is Js a clear case Dies said that Pelley and the Silver Sliver Shirts have undertaken by this method to secure information in advance and sabotage this investigation He asked Rhea Whitley committee committee committee com com- counsel whether in his opinion a case of contempt of the he committee had been present present- ed Whitley's answer was that perjury was more likely in In- Denial by Gardner As God is my judge Gardner said the Skyland Press Pelley or any other people connected with tion Ion to this committee tio do nto this committee Dies said the committee would call caU as a witness General W. W G. G Krivitsky formerly a high official official cial of the soviet military Intelligence Intelligence intelligence intelli Intelli- gence division Krivitsky is the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of a series of recent magazine magazine magazine maga maga- zine articles describing activities of Russian secret and political agents