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| − | The congressional '''Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations''', known during the 82nd Congress as the '''Reece Committee''', was an investigative group in the [[United States House of Representatives]] enacted to probe the activities of tax-exempt organizations for potential subversion. It was created at the advocacy of [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]] in response to the insufficient investigations, findings, and conclusions of the previous Cox Committee.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ 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 August 7, 2021.</ref> | + | The congressional '''Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations''', known during the 82nd Congress as the '''Reece Committee''', was an investigative group in the [[United States House of Representatives]] enacted to probe the activities of tax-exempt organizations for potential subversion. It was created at the advocacy of [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]] in response to the insufficient investigations, findings, and conclusions of the previous Cox Committee.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ 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 August 7, 2021.</ref> |
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| + | Reece presented the following criticisms of the Cox Committee in urging for the re-enactment of the select committee during the 82nd Congress:<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> | ||
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| + | #Time and facilities were inadequate. | ||
| + | #Excuses concerning grants to Communists were too readily acceptable. | ||
| + | #Trustees and officers were not under oath. | ||
| + | #Only a few Foundations were investigated. | ||
| + | #The propaganda activities of Foundations were not investigated. | ||
| + | #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.” (Dodd, 5) | ||
| + | }} | ||
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Revision as of 00:28, August 8, 2021
The congressional Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, known during the 82nd Congress as the Reece Committee, was an investigative group in the United States House of Representatives enacted to probe the activities of tax-exempt organizations for potential subversion. It was created at the advocacy of conservative Tennessee Republican B. Carroll Reece in response to the insufficient investigations, findings, and conclusions of the previous Cox Committee.[1]
Reece presented the following criticisms of the Cox Committee in urging for the re-enactment of the select committee during the 82nd Congress:[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 August 7, 2021.