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Javits opposed the establishment of the former House Un-American Activities Committee, which investigated [[Communism|communist]] subversion. He similarly voted in 1953 against re-enacting the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref> following ineptitude in the previous Congress when it was chaired by Georgia Democrat segregationist Edward Eugene "Gene" Cox.<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 8, 2021.</ref> The resolution passed with support from the majority of Republicans; among the nays also included Javits' future senatorial colleague [[Hugh D. Scott]] of Pennsylvania, also considerably more moderate/liberal from the rest of the GOP. The enacted select committee during the 83rd Congress was chaired by Tennessee Republican [[Brazilla Carroll Reece]] and thus became known as the '''[[Reece Committee]]'''.

Javits opposed the establishment of the former [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], which investigated [[Communism|communist]] subversion. He similarly voted in 1953 against re-enacting the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref> following ineptitude in the previous Congress when it was chaired by Georgia Democrat segregationist Edward Eugene "Gene" Cox.<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 8, 2021.</ref> The resolution passed with support from the majority of Republicans; among the nays also included Javits' future senatorial colleague [[Hugh D. Scott]] of Pennsylvania, also considerably more moderate/liberal from the rest of the GOP. The enacted select committee during the 83rd Congress was chaired by Tennessee Republican [[Brazilla Carroll Reece]] and thus became known as the '''[[Reece Committee]]'''.

A year after the House passed the resolution that re-enacted the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, which was conducting its research, Javits introduced a resolution to create a select committee investigating the investigations of the Reece Committee.<ref>July 22, 1954. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/07/22/archives/questions-for-mr-reece.html QUESTIONS FOR MR. REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref>

A year after the House passed the resolution that re-enacted the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, which was conducting its research, Javits introduced a resolution to create a select committee investigating the investigations of the Reece Committee.<ref>July 22, 1954. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/07/22/archives/questions-for-mr-reece.html QUESTIONS FOR MR. REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 24, 2021.</ref>