William S. Farish and Standard Oil's Wartime Dealings
TL;DR — An account of Standard Oil of New Jersey’s 1942 no-contest plea over its cartel agreements with IG Farben.
Nine pages on William S. Farish, who became chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1933 after its 1919 buyout of Humble Oil, and who pled no contest in 1942 to charges arising from the company’s cartel agreements with IG Farben.
The underlying facts are documented and were the subject of Senate hearings under Truman: patent-sharing arrangements, notably on synthetic rubber, that constrained American production after war began.
⚠️ This excerpt sits in a literature that runs from sober history to conspiracy. The 1942 plea is real; treat the surrounding framing with care.
Where this came from
- Brendan Sheehan’s public are.na channel
9 pages. A copy is archived locally against link rot; the header links the original source.