Ray John Madden (February 25, 1892 – September 28, 1987) was an American lawyer and World War I veteran who served 17 terms as a United States representative from Indiana from 1943 to 1977.

[1] The purpose was to determine which nation was responsible for the atrocities and whether any American officials had engaged in covering up the massacre.

[1] The committee ruled unanimously that the Soviet Union was responsible for the executions, recommending a trial before the International World Court of Justice.

On this issue, the committee concluded that American officials failed to properly evaluate and act upon Russian behavior evident as early as 1942.

The committee also determined that American policy toward the Soviet Union might have been different if information had not been deliberately withheld from the public.