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President [[Dwight Eisenhower]], who turned against [[Joseph McCarthy]] in the latter's investigations of communist infiltration, similarly worked to undermine the work of the Reece Committee.<ref name=thenewamerican>Jasper, William F. (February 6, 2017). [https://thenewamerican.com/cutting-off-the-toxic-funding-flow/ Foundations: Cutting Off the Toxic Funding Flow]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> He urged member Wayne Hays of Ohio to sabotage hearings via rude behavior to damage and undermine the committee's reputation, which the congressman did. Hays had been appointed to the committee by Minority Leader [[Sam Rayburn]] for such purposes.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> | President [[Dwight Eisenhower]], who turned against [[Joseph McCarthy]] in the latter's investigations of communist infiltration, similarly worked to undermine the work of the Reece Committee.<ref name=thenewamerican>Jasper, William F. (February 6, 2017). [https://thenewamerican.com/cutting-off-the-toxic-funding-flow/ Foundations: Cutting Off the Toxic Funding Flow]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> He urged member Wayne Hays of Ohio to sabotage hearings via rude behavior to damage and undermine the committee's reputation, which the congressman did. Hays had been appointed to the committee by Minority Leader [[Sam Rayburn]] for such purposes.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> | ||
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Revision as of 02:14, 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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Crucial in the committee's research was Dodd Norman.[2]
Investigation
Obstruction by Wayne Hays
President Dwight Eisenhower, who turned against Joseph McCarthy in the latter's investigations of communist infiltration, similarly worked to undermine the work of the Reece Committee.[3] He urged member Wayne Hays of Ohio to sabotage hearings via rude behavior to damage and undermine the committee's reputation, which the congressman did. Hays had been appointed to the committee by Minority Leader Sam Rayburn for such purposes.[1]
When Aaron Sargent of San Francisco testified as a witness before the committee in alleging Illinois senator Paul Douglas to have had ties with socialist groups, Hays walked out with another Democrat on the committee, Gracie Pfost.[1]
Findings
Among the committee's conclusions stated that significant foundations:[3]
| “ | ...have actively supported attacks upon our social and government system and financed the promotion of socialism and collectivist ideas. | ” |
Release
The committee's report was released in December 1954.[4] However, due to the timing coinciding with the highly covered Senate censure of McCarthy, it received comparably less attention.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
- ↑ Crino, Art (August 29, 2017). Foundations and the Reece Committee. The Northwest Connection. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jasper, William F. (February 6, 2017). Foundations: Cutting Off the Toxic Funding Flow. The New American. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ↑ December 21, 1954. REECE COMMITTEE REPORT. The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
External links
- Dodd Report text via Internet Archive