Formed in 1941 and financed by the Rockefeller Foundation, this research group focused largely on labor politics in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. During World War II, the project served as an office of information for various federal war offices. Under the direction of Freida Wunderlich, Arthur Feiler, Jacob Marschak, Hans Staudinger, and Adolph Lowe, the project produced more than thirty-six studies before its termination in 1943.