Records, 1937-1948 (inclusive).
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1934-1975)
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From 1934 to 1937 The U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities began as the Special Committee on Un-American Activities and was also known as the McCormack-Dickstein Committee. The Dies Committee, was created on May 26, 1938, with the approval of House Resolution 282, which authorized the Speaker of the House to appoint a special committee of seven members to investigate un-American activities in the United States, domestic diffusion of propaganda, and all other questions relating thereto...
League of Women Shoppers (Washington, D.C.)
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The League of Women Shoppers was started in New York City in 1935 and at one time had fourteen branches. The Washington, D.C. league was founded in 1937. The League worked for the establishment of quality standards and compulsory grade labeling on consumer products, a higher minimum wage, federal rent control, and equal pay for equal work. In 1939 the chair of the House Un-American Activities Committee accused the League of having been organized by the Communist Party. Disagreements between the ...
