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Brazilla Carroll Reece (view source)
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====Cox Committee====
====Cox Committee====
Reece was a member of the 1952 [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]], established by the House in April that year<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/82-1952/h133 H RES 561. RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> to investigate tax-exempt foundations. It was known during that congressional session as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''', named after its chair [[Eugene E. Cox]], a [[Democrat]] segregationist from [[Georgia]].
Reece was a member of the 1952 [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]], established by the House in April that year to investigate tax-exempt foundations.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/82-1952/h133 H RES 561. RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> It was known during that congressional session as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''', named after its chair [[Eugene E. Cox]], a [[Democrat]] segregationist from [[Georgia]].
Due to family illnesses, Reece was absent for most of the hearings the Cox Committee conducted.<ref name=libertyuniversity/> Cox suddenly died in December 1952, and the final report which was soon released cleared the investigated foundations of any wrongdoing. Among the remaining committee members, only Reece sought a do-over, believing that the scope of the investigations were insufficient.
Due to family illnesses, Reece was absent for most of the hearings the Cox Committee conducted.<ref name=libertyuniversity/> Cox suddenly died in December 1952, and the final report which was soon released cleared the investigated foundations of any wrongdoing. Among the remaining committee members, only Reece sought a do-over, believing that the scope of the investigations were insufficient.