Cox Committee - Revision history

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 Cox died in December 1952 prior to the conclusion of the committee's work and report's release.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The 15 page-long<ref name=thenewamerican/><ref group=note>The report length is technically fifteen pages long, although the main text only spans fourteen pages due to the last one being "Appendix A."</ref> final report contained little substance and did not declare major foundations to have been subversive. It asserted on the second and third points:<ref>''Final Report'', pp. 7–8. Retrieved October 4, 2021.</ref>
-{{quotebox|Our investigation, ''hurried by lack of time'', indicates that very few actual Communists or Communist sympathizers obtained positions of influence in the foundations. However, there are some unhappy instances where the committee is convinced infiltration occurred. There remains the ugly unalterable fact that [[Alger Hiss]] became the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. And this despite the fact that his nomination and election came about through the efforts of men of proven loyalty and broad experience in public affairs.
+{{quotebox|Our investigation, ''hurried by lack of time'', indicates that very few actual Communists or Communist sympathizers obtained positions of influence in the foundations. However, there are some unhappy instances where the committee is convinced infiltration occurred. There remains the ugly unalterable fact that [[Alger Hiss]] became the president of the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]. And this despite the fact that his nomination and election came about through the efforts of men of proven loyalty and broad experience in public affairs.
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 #Foundations were not asked why they did not support projects of a pro-American type.
 #Extensive evidence was not used.
-#The [[Ford Foundation]] was not investigated.}}
+#The [[Ford Foundation]] was not investigated.|||The Dodd Report to the Reece Committee on Foundations}}
 ==References==

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 #Do foundations recognize that they are in the nature of public trusts and are therefore accountable to the public or do they clothe their activities in secrecy and resent and repulse efforts to learn about them and their activities?
 #Are foundations being used as a device by which the control of great corporations are kept within the family of the foundation's founder or creator?
-#To what extent are foundations being used as a device for tax avoidance and [[tax evasion]]?}}
+#To what extent are foundations being used as a device for tax avoidance and [[tax evasion]]?|||Final Report Of The Select Committee To Investigate Foundations And Other Organizations}}
 The committee in 1952 sent all major foundations questionnaires which requested information about their operations and activities.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Although it conducted hearings which amount to hundreds of pages in transcripts, the Cox Committee's investigation was not in-depth. Congressman Reece missed most of the sessions due to family illnesses.<ref name=libertyuniversity/>

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 [[File:Lawrence Brooks Hays portrait.jpg|thumb|right|215px|Undated portrait of Brooks Hays.]]
 ===Confusion between Wayne Hays and Brooks Hays===
-A number of sources covering the Cox Committee make it unclear as to whether "Hays" referred to Brooks Hays or [[Wayne Hays]]. Although some sources cite the latter as a member who was acting chairman and filled the place of Cox,<ref name=libertyuniversity>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> the final report states that Brooks Hays was the acting chairman.<ref name=finalreportpageii/> The two are unrelated.
+A number of sources covering the Cox Committee make it unclear as to whether "Hays" referred to Brooks Hays or [[Wayne Hays]]. Although some cite the latter as a member who was acting chairman and filled the place of Cox,<ref name=libertyuniversity>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> the final report states that Brooks Hays was the acting chairman.<ref name=finalreportpageii/> The two are unrelated.
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 |colspan="7"|<div style="text-align:center; font-size:120%">'''<b>U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt<br>Foundations and Comparable Organizations, 82nd Congress</b>'''</div><hr>
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	===Confusion between Wayne Hays and Brooks Hays===		===Confusion between Wayne Hays and Brooks Hays===
		+	[[File:Lawrence Brooks Hays portrait.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Undated portrait of Brooks Hays.]]
	A number of sources covering the Cox Committee make it unclear as to whether "Hays" referred to Brooks Hays or [[Wayne Hays]]. Although some sources cite the latter as a member who was acting chairman and filled the place of Cox,<ref name=libertyuniversity>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> the final report states that Brooks Hays was the acting chairman.<ref name=finalreportpageii/> The two are unrelated.		A number of sources covering the Cox Committee make it unclear as to whether "Hays" referred to Brooks Hays or [[Wayne Hays]]. Although some sources cite the latter as a member who was acting chairman and filled the place of Cox,<ref name=libertyuniversity>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> the final report states that Brooks Hays was the acting chairman.<ref name=finalreportpageii/> The two are unrelated.

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 We respectfully suggest that the [Committee on Ways and Means] reexamine pertinent tax laws, to the end that they may be so drawn as to encourage the free-enterprise system with its rewards from which private individuals may make gifts to these meritorious institutions.}}
 This would be investigated later in 1962 by the [[Select Committee on Small Business]] under [[liberal]] Texas representative [[Wright Patman]] (known as the '''[[Patman Committee]]'''). Reece did not focus on this aspect, instead prioritizing a scrutiny of [[subversion]]. He stated during an extensive House speech:<ref name=libertyuniversity/>
 {{cquote|Some of these activities and some of these institutions support efforts to overthrow our Government and to undermine our American way of life.