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During the 82nd United States Congress, the House of Representatives voted to enact the '''Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations'''. Named after its chair Edward E. Cox, the committee during the congressional session is known as the '''Cox Committee'''.
==Investigation and report==
The committee in 1952 sent all major foundations questionnaires which requested information about their operations and activities.<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/ 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.</ref> Although it conducted hearings which amount to hundreds of pages in transcripts, the Cox Committee's investigation was not in-depth.
Cox died in December 1952 before the committee's report was released.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The final report contained little substance and did not declare major foundations to have been subversive.
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:United States House of Representatives]]
[[Category:1950s]]
[[Category:Anti-Communism]]
==Investigation and report==
The committee in 1952 sent all major foundations questionnaires which requested information about their operations and activities.<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/ 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.</ref> Although it conducted hearings which amount to hundreds of pages in transcripts, the Cox Committee's investigation was not in-depth.
Cox died in December 1952 before the committee's report was released.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The final report contained little substance and did not declare major foundations to have been subversive.
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:United States House of Representatives]]
[[Category:1950s]]
[[Category:Anti-Communism]]