Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was a committee made up of members of both houses of the United States Congress. IT was created during the Second Great War to oversee the prosecution of that war on behalf of the legislature. It was chaired by Senator George Norris. Other members included Senator Robert Taft, Congresswoman Flora Hamburger, and Congressman Foster Stearns. A similar committee had been created by Congress during the War of Secession.