Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-21 | Page 1 | Red Peril Seen in U. S. Offices

RED PERIL SEEN IN U U. U OFFICES S S. S Dies Claims Radical Bloc Is Active WASHINGTON Nov 21 INS INS INS- I Chairman Dies of the howe house committee committee com coot investigating un-American un activities today announced that secret hearings at which testimony er yas S h heard hd d I had convinced him Kim that there is isan isan isan an alarming situation within the federal government He said that the testimony taken behind closed doors Saturday showed that a group of radicals employed by the administration were using government machinery and government publications for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of disseminating class hatred Dies again referred to an article purportedly written by the national labor relations boards board's chief economist economist economist mist David and declared that is symbolic of a 0 number number num num- ber her of government officials officials eco eco economic crackpots ranging crackpots ranging from socialists socialists socialists so so- to outright communists who have been drawn to Washington by people within the administration According to the committee Sa Sa- Sa- Sa poss writing for Labor Age in December 1931 had assailed capitalism capitalism capitalism capi capi- declared bourgeois democracy democracy racy a sham and urged the workers work work- ers to resort to force The testimony of these government government government govern govern- ment who appeared before the committee Saturday will eventually eventually eventually even even- be made public although we shall keep their names secret for their own protection Dies said It carries out the philosophy olmen of ol men like Mr who have no right on the government payroll and who draw their pay from a a. form of government they oppose I do not know how far the committee committee com corn will go but we are going to undertake from time to time to expose as many of ot these people as possible Quotes Article He again read from article article ar ar- ar- ar tide made public yesterday by the committee and declared that he did so to show that we were correct correct correct cor cor- in asserting the excerpts from S the article were expressions of Mr S personal opinion and not nol objective reporting as he claimed Dies contended that had made similar expressions of personal personal personal per per- opinion in his book Left Wing Unionism which according to testimony previously received by bythe bythe bythe the committee is now being used as a textbook in communist workers workers' work worl- ers ers' schools in New York City