Word: splutterings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other fish were caught and dropped into the pan to splutter, the Committee's appetite for Mr. Pelley waned. Then, three weeks ago, Representative Frank Hook of Michigan inserted into the Congressional Record certain letters which seemed to show that Chairman Martin Dies was friendly to the Silvershirts. Alleged author of the letters: Leader Pelley. Congressman Hook, opposed to continuation of the Dies Committee, waved this evidence under the nose of Congress. Almost immediately the let ters were branded as fake. David Mayne, Pelley agent in Washington, admitted forging them. Thereupon Mr. Hook withdrew his charges, grudgingly apologized...