Thurman Arnold

Standard Oil-IG Farben Cartel Exposed, Senator Truman Calls It Treason

1942-03-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Senate hearings expose Standard Oil of New Jersey’s secret cartel agreements with IG Farben, the German chemical conglomerate that produces Zyklon B for Nazi concentration camps and uses slave labor from Auschwitz. Senator Harry Truman’s investigative committee reveals that Standard Oil …

Standard Oil of New Jersey IG Farben Harry Truman Thurman Arnold Walter Teagle +1 more corporate-treason war-profiteering cartel regulatory-capture antitrust-evasion +1 more

Temporary National Economic Committee Launches Comprehensive Investigation of Monopoly and Economic Concentration

1938-06-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Congress authorizes the Temporary National Economic Committee (TNEC) on June 16, 1938, launching the most comprehensive investigation of monopoly power and economic concentration in American history. Chaired by Senator Joseph O’Mahoney of Wyoming, the committee conducts three years of hearings …

Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph O'Mahoney Thurman Arnold U.S. Congress major corporations antitrust monopoly corporate-concentration new-deal congressional-investigation