The House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities will begin hearings on the Christian Front within ten days, it was learned today.
Committee Investigator Robert Barker served subpoenas on five Christian Front leaders in Boston today, Committee Secretary Robert Stripling said. In addition, other investigators were probing the Front’s activities in Pawtucket, R.I.; Manchester, N.H., and Troy, N.Y.
Chairman Martin Dies, who has been away from Washington for a week, reportedly directing efforts of his investigators to expose Christian Front machinations, was expected to return to the capital tonight. The Dies committee voted at its last executive session to begin an investigation of the Front as soon as possible, it was learned.
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