Read about the career of Smedley Butler (
War Is A Racket) who was reportedly selected by the coup leaders to turn the military toward the side of the coup. He had previously written of his displeasure in having to use the military as a tool of American capitalism overseas.
Smedley Butler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Read about the
Business Plot to overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Business Plot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Business Plot, the Plot Against FDR, or the White House Putsch, was an alleged conspiracy involving several wealthy businessmen to overthrow the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Purported details of the matter came to light when retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler testified before a Congressional committee that a group of men had attempted to recruit him to serve as the leader of a plot and to assume and wield power once the coup was successful. Butler testified before the
McCormack-Dickstein Committee in 1934. In his testimony, Butler claimed that a group of several men had approached him as part of a plot to overthrow Roosevelt in a military coup. One of the alleged plotters, Gerald MacGuire, vehemently denied any such plot. In their final report, the Congressional committee supported Butler's allegations on the existence of the plot, but no prosecutions or further investigations followed, and the matter was mostly forgotten.
General Butler claimed that the American Liberty League was the primary means of funding the plot. The main backers were the Du Pont family, as well as leaders of U.S. Steel, General Motors, Standard Oil, Chase National Bank, and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. A BBC documentary claims
Prescott Bush, father and grandfather to the 41st and 43rd US Presidents respectively, was also connected.
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Read about the history of the
Temporary National Economic Committee in Congress in the late 1930s. It was tasked with finding evidence of monopoly, etc. in the American economy, and to report to Congress on inordinate manipulation of key economic sectors by the elite class. What's interesting is that if you go the National Archives web site, you see that all records of proceedings by this Committee are sealed and cannot be accessed except by authorization of the Securities and Exchange Commission! This Wikipedia page is just a beginning:
Temporary National Economic Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Temporary National Economic Committee" TNEC - Google Search
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