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Martin Dies sends a telegram to Leon Lewis
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| Title | Martin Dies sends a telegram to Leon Lewis |
| Description | Martin Dies, chairman of HUAC, invited Leon Lewis to speak at hearings in Washington D.C. in mid-August, 1938, via this Western Union telegram. Mr. Dies states, "Was advised that you have considerable informatioin on nazism that you are willing to give committee." He advises Mr. Lewis that his travel expenses cannot be paid and indicates that he hopes Mr. Lewis can at least file a brief to be included in the official record of the hearings. Mr. Dies concludes: "Eddie Cantor will talk to you about this when he arrives Monday." 10.5 x 8 in. |
| Subject | United States -- Congress -- House -- Committee on Un-American Activities
Subversive activities
National socialism
Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964
Anti-communist movements
Anti-fascist movements
Telegraph
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| Keywords | Nazism; HUAC; Leon L. Lewis; |
| Location | Washington (D.C.)
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| Date | 1938-08-06 |
| Photographer/Author | Dies, Martin, 1900-1972
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| Donors and Others | Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles
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| Media | Telegram
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| Media Measurement | 26.5 x 20 cm |
| Identifier | CRCms162 |
| Language | eng
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| Type | text
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| Format | text/jpeg
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| Repository Name | Delmar T. Oviatt Library. Urban Archives Center
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| Collection | Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles Collection
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| Repository Number | Box CRC/2 24-16 |
| Exhibition information | Case 13, #18
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| Project Name | In Our Own Backyard: Resisting Nazi Propaganda in Southern California, 1933-1945 |
| Date Digitized | 2007-11-29 |
| Date cataloged | 2007-11-29 |
| Publisher | Delmar T. Oviatt Library |
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