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Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-29 | Page 4 | Action Against Fascists Asked

Type issue
Date 1939-08-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Action Against Fascists Asked
Type article
Date 1939-08-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 4
OCR Text ACTION AGAINST 1 FASCISTS ASKED WASHINGTON Aug 29 un- un The he Dies committee collecting Information in In- information formation for a preliminary report re report re port to con congress ss consulted federal agencies today about possible action action ac ae tion against organizations described described de de- scribed by ChIrman Dies D. D Tex as fascist The committee directed 1 That the Income tax record of ot William Dudley Pelle Pelley chief of ot the silver shirts bb given to the Internal revenue bureau for tiny 2 That committee counsel as ascertain ascertain ascertain as- as certain whether leaders of the German-American German bund silver slIver shirts and other groups accused by Dies of being foreign propagandists propagandists propagandists might be prosecuted under un un- under der a law requiring registration of foreign agents Chairman Dies called Pelley a foreign agent and a ya a racketeer the equal of ot Al Capone Talking in open committee session ses ses- sion Dies said aid also that the Ashe- Ashe ille N. N C c. publisher of ot anti- anti Semitic literature was the dictator dictator dictator dicta dicta- tor of an organization with more than members Dies' Dies charge against Pelley followed followed fol fol- lowed testimony by Robert B B. B Barker Barker Bar Bar- ker committee Investigator Barker told the committee that an official of Pelley's Feller's Silver Shirt legion eglon had sworn in a court petition petition petition peti peti- tion that the organization had more than members and that its dues were 12 each a year e yet he could find no bank account for forthe forthe forthe the organization except for a short period of time Barker also gave the committee a revised figure on what he said were Pelley's Policy's known receipts since 1931 1931 He said they totaled He advised the committee yesterday that Pelley had income of at least east during that period Mea Meanwhile n w h 11 e Representative Thomas R R. N. N J J. demanded that the committee get hard boiled and enlist North Carolina police policeto to bring Pelley before it While the committee was seekIng seeking seeking seek seek- ing his testimony last week Pelley came to Washington and swore to toan an affidavit He attempted unsuccessfully unsuccessfully unsuccessfully in Asheville N. N C. C yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- to obtain a federal court injunction against the committee Previously he had demanded a chance to testify before the com com- He issued a booklet entitled entitled entitled Dies Political Posse Information Information Information mation for Gentile Patriots Served WitH Dies From a is methodical investigator with pounds of records the committee received testimony yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- that Pelley shipped three and a half tons Of literature from his Asheville publishing hou house e in 19 months month BarkeI asserted that Pelley paid in income taxes for tor himself himself him him- self sell his 11 1 Publishers Publish Publish- ers for 1934 His business the investigator added was Increasing about per cent during the first halt half of 1938
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