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News clippings : Fish Committee
Thursday, December 31, 1931
A2001-074
AF/162782
The Fish Committee was a Congressional House committee that investigated communist activities in the United States. The Committee was proposed by Congressman Hamiliton Fish in 1930. The article regards the Fish Committee's vist to Portland where they heard the testimony of : M. R. Bacon, police officer ; R. P. Bonham, district dierector of immigration and Walter B. O'Dale, police dectective. Bacon told the committee about how he joined the party and the investigation that he conducted before he became a member. Both Bacon and Bonham give detail accounts regarding the Portland unit of the Communist Party. Date is circa Organization : Oregonian People : Bonham, R. P. ; Bacon, M. R. ; O'Dale, Walter B. ; Fish, Hamilton Key Words : Syndicalism ; Communist ; Communist Party ; deportation ; trail ; political prisoner ; lawyer ; immigration ; informant ; police ; Red Squad ; investigation ; Longshoremen
