Nye Committee
Congressional hearing
| Nye Committee link () | |
|---|---|
| Formation | April 12, 1934 |
| Founder | Gerald Nye |
| Extinction | February 24, 1936 |
| Membership | Homer T. Bone,James P. Pope,Bennett Champ Clark,Walter F. George,W. Warren Barbour, Arthur H. Vandenberg |
| Investigated the financial and banking interests that underlay the United States' involvement in World War I and the operations and profits of the industrial and commercial firms supplying munitions to the Allies and to the United States. | |
The Nye Committee, officially known as the Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry, was a United States Senate committee (April 12, 1934 – February 24, 1936), chaired by U.S. Senator Gerald Nye (R-ND). The committee investigated the financial and banking interests that underlay the United States' involvement in World War I and the operations and profits of the industrial and commercial firms supplying munitions to the Allies and to the United States. It was a significant factor in public and political support for American neutrality in the early stages of World War II.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Herman, Arthur (2012). Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, pp. 6, 12, 79, New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1400069644.
- ↑ Stuart D. Brandes (2015). Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America, pp. 210–225.
