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August 13 - Dies Committee Ramps Up Hysteria
”Communists!” “Reds!” Long have these been the cries of the press and politicians seeking to undermine the labor movement in the United States.
But sometimes even labor leaders themselves got caught up in the anti-Communist hysteria.
On this day in Labor History the year was 1938.
President of the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, John P. Frey, gave testimony before the Special Committee on Un-American Activities.
It was also known as the “Dies Committee.”
Texas Congressman Martin Dies, Jr. founded the effort to root out an alleged Communist threat in the U.S.
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