| IS THE EVIDENCE IN THE "WALL STREET" SERIES CONSISTENT WITH RELATED REVISIONIST ARGUMENTS PRESENTED ELSEWHERE? |
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| Author and Title: | Essential Thesis: |
Is
the Thesis |
(2)
Wall Street and FDR |
(3) Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler |
| Carroll QUIGLEY: Tragedy and Hope (1) | "Semi-secret" Eastern Establishment and interlocks have dominant role in planning and policy in U.S. | Quigley does not include evidence of Wall Street in the Bolshevik Revolution (pp. 385-9) |
No: Quigley's argument is totally inconsistent with above (see p. 533) | Quigley's account of the rise of Hitler (pp. 529-33) does not include evidence of Establishment involvement. |
| Jules ARCHER: Plot to Seize the White House (2) | In 1933-4 there was a Wall Street conspiracy to remove FDR and install a fascist dictatorship in the United States. | Not relevant, but Wall Street elements cited by Archer were involved in the Bolshevik Revolution. | Yes: in general Archer's evidence is consistent, except that the role of FDR is interpreted differently. | Those parts in Archer bearing on Hitler and Naziism are consistent with the above. |
| Gary ALLEN: None Dare Call It Conspiracy (3) | There exists a secret conspiracy (the Council on Foreign Relations) to install a dictatorship in the U.S. and ultimately to control the world. | Yes, except for minor variances on financing. | Not included in Allen but is consistent. | Not included in Allen but is consistent. |
| Helen P. LASELL: Power Behind the Government Today (4) | The Council on Foreign Relations is a secret subversive organization dedicated to the overthrow of Constitutional government in the U.S. | Lasell's evidence is consistent with above. | Lasell's evidence is consistent with above. | Lasell's evidence is consistent with above |
| William DOMHOFF: Who Rules America? (5) | There is a "power elite" which controls all major banks, corporations, foundations, the executive branch, and the regulatory agencies of the U.S. government. | Above series extends Dombolls argument to foreign policy. | Above series extends Domhoff's argument to Presidential elections. | Above series extends Domhoffs argument to foreign policy. |
| 1. New York: MacMillan, 1966. | ||||
| 2. New York: Hawthorn, 1973. | ||||
| 3. Seal Beach: Concord Press, 1971. | ||||
| 4. New York: Liberty, 1963. | ||||
| 5. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1967. | ||||