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Congressman Martin Dies Goes to Hollywood

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Date

1939-05-01

Maker

International News Photos

Dimensions

6 11/16 x 8 1/2 in. (16.9 x 21.6 cm)

Accession Number

2007.368.001

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

On a 1939 trip to Los Angeles, Chairman Martin Dies announced plans that the House Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities would conduct investigations into subversive behavior on the West Coast. Dies, at a luncheon hosted by 20th Century Fox Studios, is seated between studio executives Joseph Schenck (left) and Darryl Zanuck (right). The Committee, precursor to the House Un-American Activities Committee, focused on combating the infiltration of un-American ideologies into society from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s.

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