Other U.S. industrialists who were decorated by Hitler included Thomas Watson of IBM and James D. Mooney of General Motors. Watson’s punch card technology had enabled Hitler to establish his rearmament program and to carry out his identification and attempted elimination of Jews. Watson had supported Nazi Germany against his anti-Nazi countrymen in the United States, had made it possible for Hitler to conduct commercial interactions despite international boycotts, and had brought an international summit to Berlin. He was also a valued supporter and crony of Franklin D. Roosevelt (Black 2001).
