Dewey Commission trials...". Dewey Commission The Dewey Commission (officially the "Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials") was initiated in March 1937 by the American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky. It was named after its chairman, the philosopher John Dewey. Its other members were Carleton Beals, Otto Rühle, Benjamin Stolberg, and Secretary Suzanne La Follette, Alfred Rosmer, Wendelin Thomas, Edward A. Ross, John Chamberlain, Carlo Tresca, and . It was seen by some at the time, as Dewey feared it would be, as a Trotskyist front organization. Following months of investigation, the Dewey
John Dewey referenced or mentioned in this article. A more complete list of his publications may be found at List of publications by John Dewey. See also Dewey's Complete Writings is available in 4 multi-volume sets (38 volumes in all) from Southern Illinois University Press: "The Collected Works of John Dewey: 1882–1953"', "The Correspondence of John Dewey 1871–1952", and "The Lectures of John Dewey" are available online via monographic purchase to academic institutions and via subscription to individuals, and also in TEI format for university servers in the "Past Masters series". (The CD-ROM has been discontinued). John Dewey John Dewey (; October