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Hays was a member of the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]] during the 82nd Congress, also known as the '''[[Cox Committee]]'''.<ref>[http://americandeception.com/ad/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Tax_Exempt_Foundations_Hearings-Cox_Committee-1952-818pgs-GOV.sml_.pdf HEARINGS BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. Res. 561]. ''American Deception''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> The committee investigated major foundations for [[subversion]] and conducted hearings, although the scope of the probes were shallow and the final report whitewashed legitimate reasons to doubt the supposed patriotism of the 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/ 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 22, 2021.</ref>

Hays was a member of the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]] during the 82nd Congress, also known as the '''[[Cox Committee]]'''.<ref>[http://americandeception.com/ad/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Tax_Exempt_Foundations_Hearings-Cox_Committee-1952-818pgs-GOV.sml_.pdf HEARINGS BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. Res. 561]. ''American Deception''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> The committee investigated major foundations for [[subversion]] and conducted hearings, although the scope of the probes were shallow and the final report whitewashed legitimate reasons to doubt the supposed patriotism of the 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/ 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 22, 2021.</ref>

His membership on the committee is sometimes confused with that of [[Wayne Hays]], who was not a member of the Cox Committee and instead was only part of the subsequent '''[[Reece Committee]]''' during the 83rd Congress. Some sources erroneously attribute the "Hays" on the Cox Committee to Wayne Hays even though the latter's name was never listed in the committee's hearings and final report.<ref>[http://americandeception.com/ad/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Tax_Exempt_Foundations_Hearings-Cox_Committee-1952-818pgs-GOV.sml_.pdf HEARINGS BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. Res. 561]. ''American Deception''. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref><ref name=finalreport>January 1, 1953. [https://coxcommitteereport.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/9/4/139443759/82_h_rept_2514.pdf Final Report Of The Select Committee To Investigate Foundations And Other Organizations (Pursuant to H. Res. 561, 82d Cong.)], p. 1. Retrieved October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.</ref>

His membership on the committee is sometimes confused with that of [[Wayne Hays]], who was not a member of the Cox Committee and instead was only part of the subsequent '''[[Reece Committee]]''' during the 83rd Congress. Some sources erroneously attribute the "Hays" on the Cox Committee to Wayne Hays even though the latter's name was never listed in the committee's hearings and final report.<ref>[http://americandeception.com/ad/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Tax_Exempt_Foundations_Hearings-Cox_Committee-1952-818pgs-GOV.sml_.pdf HEARINGS BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. Res. 561]. ''American Deception''. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref><ref name=finalreport>January 1, 1953. [https://coxcommitteereport.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/9/4/139443759/82_h_rept_2514.pdf Final Report Of The Select Committee To Investigate Foundations And Other Organizations (Pursuant to H. Res. 561, 82d Cong.)], p. II. Retrieved October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.</ref>

Following the death of committee chairman [[Eugene E. Cox]] of [[Georgia]], Hays became the acting chair.<ref name=finalreport/>

Following the death of committee chairman [[Eugene E. Cox]] of [[Georgia]], Hays became the acting chair.<ref name=finalreport/>