Samuel Dickstein
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Samuel Dickstein was a Democratic congressional representative from New York, a New York State Supreme Court Justice, and a Soviet spy. He played a key role in establishing the committee that would be
Dickstein in 1937
John William McCormack (later 45th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives) was Dickstein's co-chair
Smedley Butler
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Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was a United States Marine Corps officer and, later, an anti-war advocate. During his 34-year military career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Box
Samuel Dickstein
…by the Special Committee was the "Business Plot", an alleged 1933 political conspiracy, which, according to retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans' organization with Butler as its leader and stage a coup d'état to overthrow President…
Butler in c. 1929
Second Lieutenant Smedley Butler in uniform c. 1898
Marine Officers at Veracruz, 1914. Front row, left to right: Wendell C. Neville; John A. Lejeune; Littleton W. T. Waller, Commanding; Smedley Butler.
Butler (far right) with other Marines in Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914. From left to right: Sgt. Maj. John H. Quick, Maj. Gen. Wendell Cushing Neville, Col. John Archer Lejeune.