http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot
The Business Plot (also known as the Plot Against FDR or the White
House Putsch) was an alleged political conspiracy in 1933 in which
several wealthy businessmen allegedly planned to overthrow the
presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Details of the alleged plot came to light in early 1934, when retired
Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler testified before the
McCormack-Dickstein Congressional Committee.
In his testimony, Butler claimed that a group of men had approached
him as part of a plot to overthrow Roosevelt in a military coup.
One of the alleged plotters, Gerald MacGuire, vehemently denied any
such plot.
In their final re****t, the Congressional committee sup****ted some of
Butler's allegations, but no prosecutions or further investigations
followed, and the matter was mostly forgotten.
Major General Butler claimed that the American Liberty League was the
plot's primary source of funding.
The main backers were the Du Pont family, as well as leaders of U.S.
Steel, General Motors, Standard Oil, Chase National Bank, and Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company.
The 2007 BBC radio do***entary The White House Coup alleged that
Prescott Bush, father and grandfather to the 41st and 43rd US
Presidents respectively, was also connected with the plot.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/do***ent/do***ent_20070723.shtml
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