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| + | The Cox Committee report notably recommended an investigation of whether foundations used their privileges to [[tax evasion|evade taxes]]. While committee member [[B. Carroll Reece]] primarily focused on subversion charges rather than taxes in his do-over (see: '''[[Reece Committee]]'''), [[Texas]] liberal Democrat [[Wright Patman]] led the [[Select Committee on Small Business]] took up the suggestion during a probe in the early 1960s.<ref>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 24, 2021.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:13, September 24, 2021
| Edward Eugene “E. E.” Cox | |||
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| Former U.S. Representative from Georgia's 2nd Congressional District From: March 4, 1925 – December 24, 1952 | |||
| Predecessor | Frank Park | ||
| Successor | J. L. Pilcher | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Roberta Patterson (died 1915) Grace Pitts Hill | ||
| Religion | Baptist[1] | ||
Edward Eugene “Eugene” Cox (April 3, 1880 – December 24, 1952), often referred to as Eugene E. Cox or sometimes E. E. Cox, was a Democrat segregationist from Georgia who represented the state's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1925 until his death in 1952. He is known mostly for his role in investigating tax-exempt foundations during the 82nd Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Cox was first elected to the House of Representatives in the 1924 elections coinciding with the presidential election that year, and was continuously re-elected over ten times, hardly ever facing significant opposition.[2]
When a new congressional session began on January 3, 1939, Cox's teenage daughter Gene was the first girl to serve as a page in the United States Congress.[3]
In late February 1943, Cox spoke to the Georgia Bankers Association, where he condemned "planned confusion, created by bureaucrats in government."[4] He also advocated in 1944 for the Democratic National Convention to return to a required two-thirds majority threshold in the nomination of presidential candidates.[5]
When Congress debated the Taft-Wagner-Ellender Public Housing Act in 1949, Cox brawled with Adolph J. Sabath in a fist fight on the House floor over the legislation.[6] The two subsequently defused from the tension and shook each others' hands afterwards.
Cox Committee
In April 1952, the U.S. House voted in the affirmative of enacting a select committee to investigate subversion among tax-exempt foundations.[7] Cox was made the chairman of the committee, which had a 4–3 Democrat majority.
Due to the fact that Cox was part of the Conservative Coalition, the committee had a 4–3 conservative majority.[8] It conducted hearings and sent questionnaires to major foundations, though the scope and depth of the investigation wasn't substantial.
Death in office
Cox died while in office on December 24, 1952, prior to the conclusion of the committee's investigation and the release of the final report.[8] The latter ultimately proved to be of little substance and merely dismissed suspicions of the foundations' subversive activities.
The Cox Committee report notably recommended an investigation of whether foundations used their privileges to evade taxes. While committee member B. Carroll Reece primarily focused on subversion charges rather than taxes in his do-over (see: Reece Committee), Texas liberal Democrat Wright Patman led the Select Committee on Small Business took up the suggestion during a probe in the early 1960s.[9]
References
- ↑ Cox. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ Candidate - Edward E. Cox. Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ Georgia girl appointed House Page by father. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Rep. E.E. Cox, Democrat of Georgia, and his daughter, Gene, whom he has appointed to serve as his personal page, this session in the house. Gene, who is 13 years old and can speak three languages, will be the first girl in the history of Congress to serve as a page, 1/3/39. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ February 23, 1943. COX HITS 'CONFUSION' MADE BY BUREAUCRATS; Representative Says There Is Too Much Testing of Theories. The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ March 17, 1944. BIDS SOUTH DEMAND A TWO-THIRDS RULE; Cox Tells Georgians the Democratic Party Should Go Back to Old Nominating Basis. The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ June 23, 1949. Sabath and Cox Trade Blows In Bitter Feud Over Housing; Illinois Member, 83, and Georgian, 69, Fight on House Floor but Shake Hands Later -- Party Leaders Say Bill Is 'Safe' SABATH, COX FIGHT ON FLOOR OF HOUSE. The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ H RES 561. RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ Samson, Steven Alan. Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations. Liberty University. Retrieved September 24, 2021.