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==Investigation and report==
==Investigation and report==
The committee in 1952 sent all major foundations questionnaires which requested information about their operations and activities.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Although it conducted hearings which amount to hundreds of pages in transcripts, the Cox Committee's investigation was not in-depth.
The committee in 1952 sent all major foundations questionnaires which requested information about their operations and activities.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Although it conducted hearings which amount to hundreds of pages in transcripts, the Cox Committee's investigation was not in-depth.
Extensive and incriminating testimonies were heard by the committee from ex-communists such as Manning Johnson, Louis Budenz, and Maurice Malkin, who shared information of foundations who funded efforts plotted in [[Moscow]], Russia to subvert American society.<ref>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 September 21, 2021.</ref>
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.
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.