Found the answer to my question:
A number of prominent and wealthy American businessmen helped to support fascist regimes in Europe from the 1920s through the 1940s. These people helped to support Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War of 1936, as well as Benito Mussolini, and Adolph Hitler.
Some of the primary and more famous Americans and companies that were involved with the fascist regimes of Europe are: William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Kennedy (JFK’s father), Charles Lindbergh, John Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon (head of Alcoa, banker, and Secretary of Treasury), DuPont, General Motors, Standard Oil (now Exxon), Ford, ITT, Allen Dulles (later head of the CIA), Prescott Bush, National City Bank, and General Electric.
From this source:http://www.rationalrevolution.net/war/american_supporters_of_the_europ.htm
Pretty interesting article... notice GENERAL ELECTRIC !!
Pretty interesting article... notice “Prescott Bush(Georgie Boy’s Grandad)”.
Notice Prescott Bush................
I’m afraid I don’t have a problem that.
At that period of time, many viewed the viewed the future as being a choice between fascism or communism; some businessmen chose fascism, seeing it as being somewhat friendlier to capital.
Some individuals were reprehensible; for instance Henry Ford was a virulent anti-semite and supported the Nazis for this reason among others.
In any case, doing business with fascist regimes prior to WWII was not illegal, or even obviously immoral.
These days, I’m not entirely certain that seeing the future as a choice between fascism or communism was wrong.