The Special Committee was established in the Senate by S.Res. 102 in 1943, and was chaired by Senator Walter George of Georgia.  In 1944, the House passed H.Res. 408, and the committee became a joint Congressional committee.  The committee worked on issues such as demobilization and employment, reconversion of industry to peacetime pursuits, disposition of war surplus, and the overall return of the economy to pre-war footing.  Among ideas discussed in the hearings were educational grants to veterans, housing programs for veterans, and urban renewal.

• part 1- Sep 11-18, 1943

• part 2- Cancellation of war contracts, disposition and sale of surplus property, and industrial demobilization and reconversion, Nov 5-23, 1943

• part 3- The problem of unemployment and reemployment after the war.  Unemployment compensation, May 10- Jun 2, 1944

• part 4- Housing and redevelopment, Jun 1, 1944

• part 5- Reclamation, irrigation, and power projects, Jun 6, 1944

• part 6- Housing and urban redevelopment

• part 7- Housing and urban redevelopment

• part 8- Housing and urban redevelopment

• part 9 – Housing and urban redevelopment, Jan 12, 1945

• part 10- Housing and urban redevelopment, Jan 15, 1945

• part 11- Housing and urban redevelopment, Jan 16, 1945

• part 12- Housing and urban redevelopment, Jan 17, 1945

• part 13- Housing and urban redevelopment, Jan 19, 1945

• part 14- Housing and urban redevelopment, Feb 6, 1945

• part 15- Housing and urban redevelopment, Feb 7, 1945

In 1944, a new series of hearings began.

• part 1- Disposal of surplus government property and plants

• part 2- Economic problems of the transition period, May 18-June 6, 1944

• part 3- Economic problems of the transition period, June 7, 8, 13, 14, and 15, 1944

• part 4- Problems of foreign trade and shipping

• part 5- Post-War agricultural policy

• part 6- Postwar public works and construction

• part 7- The use of wartime controls during the transitional period

• part 8- Financial problems of the transitional period

• part 9- Export of information media, both government and private