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The Truman Committee, formally known as the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, was a United States Congressional investigative body, headed by Senator Harry S. Truman. The bipartisan special committee was formed in March 1941 to find and correct problems in US war production with waste, inefficiency, and war profiteering. The Truman Committee proved to be one of the most successful investigative efforts ever mounted by the U.S. government: an initial budget of $15,000 was expanded over three years to $360,000 to save an estimated $10–15 billion in military spending and thousands of lives of U.S. servicemen . For comparison, the entire cost of the simultaneous Manhattan Project, which created the first atomic bombs, was $2 billion. Chairing the committee h

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  • Η λεγόμενη Επιτροπή Τρούμαν, και επίσημα Σύγκλητος Ειδικής Επιτροπής Έρευνας Εθνικού Προγράμματος Άμυνας, ήταν μία διακομματική ερευνητική επιτροπή του Κογκρέσου των ΗΠΑ που συγκροτήθηκε τον Μάρτιο του 1941, επικεφαλής της οποίας ήταν ο γερουσιαστής Χάρυ Τρούμαν, εξ ου και η ονομασία της. (el)
  • Ce comité permanent du sénat des États-Unis siégea de 1941 à 1948 sous la présidence de Harry S. Truman, alors sénateur. Il se chargeait d'enquêter sur les contrats de fournitures de matériel militaire, passés par le gouvernement. En 1948, il fut remplacé par le (en) US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, qui fonctionne encore de nos jours. (fr)
  • The Truman Committee, formally known as the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, was a United States Congressional investigative body, headed by Senator Harry S. Truman. The bipartisan special committee was formed in March 1941 to find and correct problems in US war production with waste, inefficiency, and war profiteering. The Truman Committee proved to be one of the most successful investigative efforts ever mounted by the U.S. government: an initial budget of $15,000 was expanded over three years to $360,000 to save an estimated $10–15 billion in military spending and thousands of lives of U.S. servicemen . For comparison, the entire cost of the simultaneous Manhattan Project, which created the first atomic bombs, was $2 billion. Chairing the committee helped Truman make a name for himself beyond his political machine origins and was a major factor in the decision to nominate him as vice president, which would propel him to the presidency after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman stepped down from leadership of the committee in August 1944 to concentrate on running for vice president in that year's presidential election. From 1941 until its official end, in 1948, the committee held 432 public hearings, listened to 1,798 witnesses and published almost 2,000 pages of reports. Every committee report was unanimous, with bipartisan support. (en)
  • La commissione Truman, nota come Commissione speciale del Senato per indagare sul programma di difesa nazionale, è stata una commissione parlamentare del Congresso degli Stati Uniti d'America, presieduta dal senatore Harry S. Truman. La commissione bipartisan venne costituita nel mese di marzo 1941 con lo scopo di trovare e correggere i problemi presenti nella produzione bellica statunitense con sprechi, inefficienza e profitto di guerra. La Commissione Truman si rivelò uno degli sforzi investigativi di maggior successo mai organizzati dal governo degli Stati Uniti: con uno stanziamento iniziale di 15.000 dollari, ampliato in tre anni a 360.000, consentì un risparmio di 10-15 miliardi di dollari di spese militari e di migliaia di vite di militari statunitensi. Per fare un confronto, l'intero costo del Progetto Manhattan era stato di 2 miliardi di dollari, all'epoca. La presidenza della commissione aiutò Truman a farsi un nome e fu un fattore importante nella decisione di nominarlo vicepresidente degli Stati Uniti, cosa che lo portò poi a diventare presidente degli Stati Uniti dopo la morte di Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Truman lasciò la direzione della commissione, nell'agosto 1944, per concentrarsi sulla candidatura alla vicepresidenza nelle elezioni presidenziali di quell'anno. Dal 1941 fino alla sua conclusione ufficiale, nel 1948, la commissione tenne 432 udienze pubbliche, ascoltò 1.798 testimoni e pubblicò quasi 2.000 pagine di rapporti. Ogni rapporto della commissione fu unanime, con sostegno bipartisan. (it)
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  • Η λεγόμενη Επιτροπή Τρούμαν, και επίσημα Σύγκλητος Ειδικής Επιτροπής Έρευνας Εθνικού Προγράμματος Άμυνας, ήταν μία διακομματική ερευνητική επιτροπή του Κογκρέσου των ΗΠΑ που συγκροτήθηκε τον Μάρτιο του 1941, επικεφαλής της οποίας ήταν ο γερουσιαστής Χάρυ Τρούμαν, εξ ου και η ονομασία της. (el)
  • Ce comité permanent du sénat des États-Unis siégea de 1941 à 1948 sous la présidence de Harry S. Truman, alors sénateur. Il se chargeait d'enquêter sur les contrats de fournitures de matériel militaire, passés par le gouvernement. En 1948, il fut remplacé par le (en) US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, qui fonctionne encore de nos jours. (fr)
  • The Truman Committee, formally known as the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, was a United States Congressional investigative body, headed by Senator Harry S. Truman. The bipartisan special committee was formed in March 1941 to find and correct problems in US war production with waste, inefficiency, and war profiteering. The Truman Committee proved to be one of the most successful investigative efforts ever mounted by the U.S. government: an initial budget of $15,000 was expanded over three years to $360,000 to save an estimated $10–15 billion in military spending and thousands of lives of U.S. servicemen . For comparison, the entire cost of the simultaneous Manhattan Project, which created the first atomic bombs, was $2 billion. Chairing the committee h (en)
  • La commissione Truman, nota come Commissione speciale del Senato per indagare sul programma di difesa nazionale, è stata una commissione parlamentare del Congresso degli Stati Uniti d'America, presieduta dal senatore Harry S. Truman. La commissione bipartisan venne costituita nel mese di marzo 1941 con lo scopo di trovare e correggere i problemi presenti nella produzione bellica statunitense con sprechi, inefficienza e profitto di guerra. La Commissione Truman si rivelò uno degli sforzi investigativi di maggior successo mai organizzati dal governo degli Stati Uniti: con uno stanziamento iniziale di 15.000 dollari, ampliato in tre anni a 360.000, consentì un risparmio di 10-15 miliardi di dollari di spese militari e di migliaia di vite di militari statunitensi. Per fare un confronto, l'inte (it)
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  • U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (fr)
  • Commissione Truman (it)
  • Truman Committee (en)
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