One of the most decorated Marines of US History, Major General Smedley Butler admits to congress that he was contacted by a group of wealthy industrialists, requesting him as to lead an army to overthrow the US government in a coup and establish a fascist regime. The group would be under the guise of a new veterans organization and if successful would have given Butler almost complete power as the "Secretary of General Affairs" with Roosevelt (the current president) as a figurehead.
The allegations were investigate by the McCormack-Dickstein Committee, later known as the House Un-American Activities Committee. While initial reports in the New York Times called it "a gigantic hoax", the committee's final report stated that the reports of a Fascist March on Washington was in fact contemplated, and would have been put into motion if and when the financial backing wished it.
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