National Affairs: Nazi Probe

Last week a special House committee began publicly to investigate "the extent, character and object of Nazi propaganda in the U. S. and the diffusion within the U. S. of subversive propaganda." Haters of Hitler throughout the U. S. sat up and paid close attention to the first Congressional proceedings conducted against a supposedly friendly power since the War.

Four House Democrats and three Republicans conducted the investigation, chairmanned by Democrat John W. Mc-Cormack of South Boston, precipitated by the anti-Nazi outcries of Democrat Samuel Dickstein of Manhattan. For counsel the committee retained...

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