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May 12, 1937
The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
A book published by the Council on Foreign Relations charges Senator Gerald P. Nye's Senate munitions committee with activities alien to its purpose, including exonerating wartime enemies and disrupting U.S. neutrality legislation, which Congress had to amend in 1937. Authors are Whitney H. Shepardson and William O. Scroggs.
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NYE CHARGED WITH
Claim His Munitions Probe Upset
Legislation, Exonerated
Wartime Enemies
New York, May 12.-(AP)-Senator
Gerald P. Nye was charged with activities alien to the purposes of the
sensational investigation of the senate munitions committee which he
headed in a book published by the
council of foreign relations.
The book, "The United States in
World Affairs," came off the press
Wednesday under the authorship of
Whitney H. Shepardson, assistant to
Col. E. M. House at the Paris peace
conference and later a member of
the League of Nations secretariat,
and William O. Scroggs, former economics professor at Louisiana State
university and editorial writer of the
New York World.
The authors charge Nye's committee report "arraigns virtually the
whole American nation and exonerates its wartime enemies." The writers criticize "a mandatory system of
neutrality," which "tied the hands of
the administration and actually compelled it to license exports of raw
materials to Spain after outbreak of
the civil war in that country."
They assert congress was forced to
repair defects in the legislation recommended by Nye's committee as
soon as possible this year.
Claim His Munitions Probe Upset
Legislation, Exonerated
Wartime Enemies
New York, May 12.-(AP)-Senator
Gerald P. Nye was charged with activities alien to the purposes of the
sensational investigation of the senate munitions committee which he
headed in a book published by the
council of foreign relations.
The book, "The United States in
World Affairs," came off the press
Wednesday under the authorship of
Whitney H. Shepardson, assistant to
Col. E. M. House at the Paris peace
conference and later a member of
the League of Nations secretariat,
and William O. Scroggs, former economics professor at Louisiana State
university and editorial writer of the
New York World.
The authors charge Nye's committee report "arraigns virtually the
whole American nation and exonerates its wartime enemies." The writers criticize "a mandatory system of
neutrality," which "tied the hands of
the administration and actually compelled it to license exports of raw
materials to Spain after outbreak of
the civil war in that country."
They assert congress was forced to
repair defects in the legislation recommended by Nye's committee as
soon as possible this year.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Senator Nye
Munitions Committee
Neutrality Legislation
Wartime Enemies
Council On Foreign Relations
What entities or persons were involved?
Gerald P. Nye
Whitney H. Shepardson
William O. Scroggs
E. M. House
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Gerald P. Nye
Whitney H. Shepardson
William O. Scroggs
E. M. House
Location
New York
Event Date
May 12
Story Details
Book 'The United States in World Affairs' by Shepardson and Scroggs charges Nye's munitions committee with exonerating wartime enemies and creating flawed neutrality laws that Congress amended this year.