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Patman voted for the resolutions in 1952<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 23, 2021.</ref> and 1953<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> which established and re-established the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]].<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> They were known as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''' and '''[[Reece Committee]]''' in the 82nd and 83rd Congress respectively, named after their chairmen [[Eugene E. Cox]] of [[Georgia]] and [[B. Carroll Reece]] of [[Tennessee]].

Patman voted for the resolutions in 1952<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 23, 2021.</ref> and 1953<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> which established and re-established the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]].<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> They were known as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''' and '''[[Reece Committee]]''' in the 82nd and 83rd Congress respectively, named after their chairmen [[Eugene E. Cox]] of [[Georgia]] and [[B. Carroll Reece]] of [[Tennessee]].

Although the Cox Committee's investigation was not very in-depth and the final report whitewashed [[subversive]] activities by tax-exempt major foundations, it quietly recommended a new probe to determine whether foundations used their privileges for the purpose of [[tax evasion]].

Although the Cox Committee's investigation was not very in-depth and the final report whitewashed [[subversive]] activities by tax-exempt major foundations, it quietly recommended a new probe to determine whether foundations used their privileges for the purpose of [[tax evasion]].<ref>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref> Although Reece ignored this aspect and only focused on subversion, Patman took the initiative to investigate further.

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