Joseph Brown Matthews I (1894-1966)

Joseph Brown Matthews, Sr. (June 28, 1894 – July 16, 1966), better known as J. B. Matthews, was a former Methodist churchman who charged in 1953 that U.S. Protestant ministers "are the largest single group supporting" Communism in the United States. He was chief investigator for Martin Dies House Committee on Un-American Activities. He died on July 16, 1966 in New York City.

Publications

 * Fascism (1934)
 * Must America go fascist? in Harpers Bazaar (1934)
 * Partners in Plunder: The Cost of Business Dictatorship (1935)
 * Guinea Pigs No More (1936)
 * Odyssey of a Fellow Traveler (1938)