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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 probe major foundations for subversive activites.<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]].

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 probe major foundations for subversive activites.<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.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsreececommittee>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 7, 2021.</ref> Among the remaining committee members, only Reece sought a do-over, believing that the scope of the investigations were insufficient.

====Reece Committee====

====Reece Committee====

He was the namesake of the '''[[Reece Committee]]''', which was the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations during the 83rd Congress, when the Republicans gained control of the House.<ref name=libertyuniversity/> Expressing dissatisfaction over the committee's ineptitude during the previous Congress when it was chaired by [[Georgia]] [[segregation]]ist Edward E. Cox, Reece led the committee to conduct a thorough investigation of subversion in tax-exempt organizations.<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 7, 2021.</ref> Although undermined by House Minority Leader [[Sam Rayburn]] and President Eisenhower,<ref name=thenewamerican/> it exposed plots by major foundations to subvert American society towards left-wing ideologies.

He was the namesake of the '''[[Reece Committee]]''', which was the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations during the 83rd Congress, when the Republicans gained control of the House.<ref name=libertyuniversity/> His effort to re-establish the select committee was successful when the new conservative Republican Congress in 1953 voted for the enactment resolution.<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 September 23, 2021.</ref> Although undermined by House Minority Leader [[Sam Rayburn]] and President Eisenhower,<ref name=thenewamerican/> it exposed plots by major foundations to subvert American society towards left-wing ideologies.

Due to Reece's homosexuality scandal in the early 1920s, he failed to rule Hays out of order in the hearings when the latter exhibited excessively rude behavior, as the Ohio representative could then publicize the incident in retaliation.<ref name=thenewamerican/>

Due to Reece's homosexuality scandal in the early 1920s, he failed to rule Hays out of order in the hearings when the latter exhibited excessively rude behavior, as the Ohio representative could then publicize the incident in retaliation.<ref name=thenewamerican/>