Veterans of the Spanish War banqueting in Baltimore's Southern Hotel last week were startled when an unscheduled speaker arose in their midst. The veterans' commander-in-chief, Thomas W. Payne, had just concluded the evening's big speech, in which he had waved the flag for ham-handed Representative Dies† and his Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities. The unheralded speaker, tall, iron grey, with a noble-Roman nose, announced: "I have seen the Dies committee in action in its hearings. It appears to me that Congressman Dies wants to be Vice President of the United States!"
The Spanish War Veterans stirred in their chairs, whispered together. "Sit...
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