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The Pujo Committee was a United States congressional subcommittee which was formed between May
1912 and January 1913 to investigate the so-called "money trust", a community of Wall Street bankers and
financiers that exerted powerful control over the nation's finances. After a resolution introduced by
congressman Charles Lindbergh Sr. for a probe on Wall St. power, Arsne Pujo of Louisiana obtained
congressional authorization to form a subcommittee of the House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Overview
Despite the fact that lead attorney Samuel Untermyer had predetermined that no money trust would be
found as part of the Investigation because There is no agreement existing among these men that is in
violation of the law [1] and despite of the refusal of aid by the Comptroller of the Currency, the failure of the
Senate pass the bill to amend section 5241 of the Revised Statutes and the lack of any authoritative
decision by the courts sustaining the committee's right to access the books of the national banks,the Pujo
Committee Report concluded in 1913 that a community of influential financial leaders had gained control of
major manufacturing, transportation, mining, telecommunications and financial markets of the United
States. The report revealed that no less than eighteen different major financial corporations were under
control of a cartel led by J.P Morgan, George F Baker and James Stillman. These three men, through the
resources of seven banks and trust companies (Bankers Trust Co., Guaranty Trust Co., Astor Trust Co.,
National Bank of Commerce, Liberty National Bank, Chase National Bank, Farmers Loan and Trust Co.)
controlled an estimated $2.1 billion. The report revealed that a handful of men held manipulative control of
the New York Stock Exchange and attempted to evade interstate trade laws.
The Pujo Report singled out individual bankers including Paul Warburg, Jacob H. Schiff, Felix M. Warburg,
Frank E. Peabody, William Rockefeller and Benjamin Strong, Jr.. The report identified over $22 billion in
resources and capitalization controlled through 341 directorships held in 112 corporations by members of
the empire headed by J.P. Morgan.[2]
Although Pujo left Congress in 1913, the findings of the committee inspired public support for ratification of
the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913, passage of the Federal Reserve Act that same year, and passage of
the Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914. They were also widely publicized in the Louis Brandeis book, Others
People's Money--and How the Bankers Use It.
House of Morgan partners blamed the April 1913 death of J.P. Morgan on the stress of testifying in the
Pujo hearings, though other health factors were certainly involved.
See also
Pecora Commission
United States v. Morgan et al. (the Investment Bankers Case)
Ron Chernow, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern
Finance (2001) ISBN 0-8021-3829-2
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Money trust investigation.
Investigation of financial and monetary conditions in the United States under House resolutions
nos.429 and 504, before a subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency. Washington,
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/34121180/Pujo-Committee-Report-Report-of-the-Committee-Appointed-Pursua
Pujo Committee Hearings - searchable full-text - Also known as Money Trust Investigation.
Investigation of Financial and Monetary Conditions in the United States Under House Resolutions
Nos. 429 and 504.
Pujo Committee Hearings - Exhibit 134-C Explanation of Table of Interlocking Directorates Pujo
Committee 1912

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