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==Soviet agent==

==Soviet agent==

In 1934, Dickstein introduced a House Resolution (H.R. #198, the "Dickstein Resolution") calling for the establishment of a special committee of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (the "McCormack-Dickstein committee") to investigate "un-American activities."<ref>"On January 3, 1934, the opening day of the 73d Congress, Dickstein introduced a resolution calling for the formation of a special committee to probe into un-American activities in the United States." [http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/Dick.htm An Inventory to the Samuel Dickstein Papers], Manuscript Collection No. 8, 1923-1944. 12.1 Linear ft. (Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives)</ref> Under the pretext of investigating U.S. [[fascist]]s,<ref>Alexander Vassiliev, ''Black Notebook'', [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/docs/Black%20Notebook%20Original.pdf Original], p. 78; [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/docs/Black%20Notebook%20Translated1.pdf Translated], p. 155</ref> he used the committee to launch a series of "witch hunts" or inquisitions, persecuting anti-Communist American businessmen,<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,929957,00.html National Affairs: Plot Without Plotters]," ''Time'', December 3, 1934</ref> Soviet refugees<ref>Justin Raimondo, [http://www.amconmag.com/article/2009/aug/01/00043/ Seeing Reds], The American Conservative'', August 1, 2009</ref> and [[Trotskyite]]s<ref>John F. Fox Jr., '[http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/journal_of_cold_war_studies/v011/11.3.fox.pdf What the Spiders Did: U.S. and Soviet Counterintelligence before the Cold War], ''Journal of Cold War Studies'', Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 2009, pp. 206-224. Cf. John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America]'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), ISBN 0300123906 475-476</ref> (whom [[Stalin]] had labeled "agents of fascism").<ref>Michael A. Riff, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Jh4NAQAAIAAJ Dictionary of modern political ideologies]'' (Manchester University Press ND, 1990) ISBN 071903289X, p. 52</ref> Dickstein was a Soviet agent at the time,<ref>Joseph E. Persico, [http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/03/books/the-kremlin-connection.html?pagewanted=all The Kremlin Connection], ''The New York Times'', January 3, 1999</ref> code-named "Crook."<ref>Lynnley Browning, [http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stories/books/weinstein_vassiliev.htm Spy vs. spy vs. spy], ''The Boston Globe'', February 14, 1999</ref> For his services, the [[NKVD]] paid him more than $12,000<ref>Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=LgPgAAAAMAAJ The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America&mdash;the Stalin Era]'' (New York: Random House, 1999), ISBN 0375755365, pp. 140-150</ref> in the depths of the [[Great Depression]]&mdash;equivalent to more than $180,000 today.<ref>[http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl Inflation Calculator], Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor</ref>

In 1934, Dickstein introduced a House Resolution (H.R. #198, the "Dickstein Resolution") calling for the establishment of a special committee of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (the "McCormack-Dickstein committee") to investigate "un-American activities."<ref>"On January 3, 1934, the opening day of the 73d Congress, Dickstein introduced a resolution calling for the formation of a special committee to probe into un-American activities in the United States." [http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/Dick.htm An Inventory to the Samuel Dickstein Papers], Manuscript Collection No. 8, 1923-1944. 12.1 Linear ft. (Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives)</ref> Under the pretext of investigating U.S. [[fascist]]s,<ref>Alexander Vassiliev, ''Black Notebook'', [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/docs/Black%20Notebook%20Original.pdf Original], p. 78; [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/docs/Black%20Notebook%20Translated1.pdf Translated], p. 155</ref> he used the committee to launch a series of "witch hunts" or inquisitions, persecuting anti-Communist American businessmen,<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,929957,00.html National Affairs: Plot Without Plotters]," ''Time'', December 3, 1934</ref> Soviet refugees<ref>Justin Raimondo, [http://www.amconmag.com/article/2009/aug/01/00043/ Seeing Reds], ''The American Conservative'', August 1, 2009</ref> and [[Trotskyite]]s<ref>John F. Fox Jr., '[http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/journal_of_cold_war_studies/v011/11.3.fox.pdf What the Spiders Did: U.S. and Soviet Counterintelligence before the Cold War], ''Journal of Cold War Studies'', Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 2009, pp. 206-224. Cf. John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America]'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), ISBN 0300123906 475-476</ref> (whom [[Stalin]] had labeled "agents of fascism").<ref>Michael A. Riff, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Jh4NAQAAIAAJ Dictionary of modern political ideologies]'' (Manchester University Press ND, 1990) ISBN 071903289X, p. 52</ref> Dickstein was a Soviet agent at the time,<ref>Joseph E. Persico, [http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/03/books/the-kremlin-connection.html?pagewanted=all The Kremlin Connection], ''The New York Times'', January 3, 1999</ref> code-named "Crook."<ref>Lynnley Browning, [http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stories/books/weinstein_vassiliev.htm Spy vs. spy vs. spy], ''The Boston Globe'', February 14, 1999</ref> For his services, the [[NKVD]] paid him more than $12,000<ref>Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=LgPgAAAAMAAJ The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America&mdash;the Stalin Era]'' (New York: Random House, 1999), ISBN 0375755365, pp. 140-150</ref> in the depths of the [[Great Depression]]&mdash;equivalent to more than $180,000 today.<ref>[http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl Inflation Calculator], Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor</ref>

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