Throughout the book James expresses considerable disapproval of the election process, mainly because of the imperfectly defined standards and club-like Veterans Committee which, particularly in its early years, allowed players of suspect qualifications entrance into the Hall of Fame.
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names | International Olympic Committee | Committee of Public Safety | UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee | Republican National Committee | United States Department of Veterans Affairs | Central Committee | Democratic National Committee | House Un-American Activities Committee | International Committee of the Red Cross | Veterans of Foreign Wars | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary | United States House Committee on Ways and Means | United States Olympic Committee | American Jewish Committee | United States House Committee on the Judiciary | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council | International Paralympic Committee | Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | United States House Committee on Appropriations | Italian National Olympic Committee | Committee to Protect Journalists | Vietnam Veterans Memorial | International Rescue Committee | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations | United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs | United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Committee of General Security |
On January 15, 2006, the World War II Veterans Committee (sponsors of the Memorial Day Parade in Washington D.C. and the National World War II Memorial, the newest monument on the National Mall), citing "her indomitable spirit, love of country, and the example of courage she has given her fellow Americans", awarded Toguri its annual Edward J. Herlihy Citizenship Award.