Nye Committee

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:parliamentary_committee
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Gerald_Nye
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1936
gptkbp:established 1934
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nye Committee
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Neutrality_Acts
gptkbp:investigatedBy munitions industry
arms manufacturers
banking interests
gptkbp:legacy contributed to U.S. isolationist sentiment before World War II
increased public skepticism about arms industry
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national press coverage
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Gerald_Nye
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Arthur_Vandenberg
gptkb:Walter_F._George
gptkb:Bennett_Champ_Clark
William E. Borah
Homer T. Bone
James P. Pope
gptkbp:officialName Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry
gptkbp:plotSummary arms manufacturers and bankers had significant influence on U.S. foreign policy
gptkbp:purpose investigate the financial and banking interests which underlay the United States' involvement in World War I
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Neutrality_Acts_of_the_1930s
isolationism in the United States
gptkbp:reported influence of munitions industry on U.S. entry into World War I
profiteering by arms manufacturers during World War I
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gerald_Nye
gptkb:Senator_Gerald_Nye
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7