The House today adopted, without debate, and sent to the Senate the Dempsey bill providing for deportation of aliens who advocate “any changes” in the American form of government.
A resolution authorizing the Department of Justice to deliver to the House a full report on Nazi-Fascist activities and ordering the printing of 50,000 copies was introduced by Martin Dies (Dem., Texas) chairman of the House Special Committee on Un-American Activities. The resolution stated that the investigation of the German-American Bund and similar groups, made a year ago by the Justice Department, which showed the number of members of the Bund, its financial set-up and relations with a foreign government, was not made public “for some unknown reason” and that the department also had failed to prosecute as a result of its investigation of violations of the law.
“Many individuals are demanding full information on the German-American Bund and other anti-Semitic organizations,” Mr. Dies said. He added that he needed the report to substantiate his committee’s conclusions on Nazism, which had been attacked as inaccurate.
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