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ce gn SA a gtrmerhcn ag tees . Congress to Oust Them as 'Crackpot Bureaucrats't which sets forth a - yesume of a talk Congressman Martin Dies gave in the House of Representatives ~~ . for January 7, 1943. ‘quarters at 40 East 49th Street, New York City, stating that "its capital stock is Federal Bucenu af Investigation . Nuited States Department of Justice 7 _ Mashinaton, a... a Mr. February - 2, 1943 SO Mr. Carson ee . - v Me, Coftey_ v oe ee a 7 Mr. Hendon : SO '. Mr. Kramer"! MEMORANDUM ‘FOR TEE DIRECTOR Mr. MeGuire_-""" Mr. Hardo _INVESTTGATION oF eaten A EPLOYEES, . Mr. Quinn Tamm. “ Internal Security “Hatch Act. - OG Tele. Room “= Mir. Nease rar In this morning's issue of ‘The Times-Herald, there : Miss Beabm appears an article entitled "Dies Lists 38 in 'Smear Plot!; Asks | Miss Gandy on February 1, 1943. This.address appears in the Congressional Record for February ist, pages 504 to 516. The address lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. as you know, there has been a great deal of advance publicity con= cerning this address, it being reported that. he was to denounce 10 high-ranking . officials of one of the Government's most trusted departments in a "conspiracy to destroy popular government in this nation." This was shown in The Times-Herald _ a A review of the press article and the Congressional | Record fails to reveal that Congressman Dies made any mention of the FBI with respect to its ine} vestigations of Government Employees under the provisions of Public Law No. ’. 77th Congress. His denunciation was of the individuals named and the fact that — ‘they are receiving high Government salaries and that they are or have been affiliated with subversive organizations. o oe Ur. Dies made a blistering attack on the ‘ew Republic with head- safely lodged in a foreign corporation. The identity of the foreign corporation was not disclosed. In speaking of the New Republic, Dies referred to Malcolm ° ~ Cowley, one of its eaitors, and to Joseph P. Lash, "that pe erennial youth leader of. - logical listing of the persons dealt with in the article and in the Congressional’ _ Record, with mention made as to whether investikations were made of them under the . Congressional mandate and the status of che AXsummary index is set forth on oa . pages 21 and 22. aA coe There is set forth wares to your request a chrono- t