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#Do foundations recognize that they are in the nature of public trusts and are therefore accountable to the public or do they clothe their activities in secrecy and resent and repulse efforts to learn about them and their activities?
 
#Do foundations recognize that they are in the nature of public trusts and are therefore accountable to the public or do they clothe their activities in secrecy and resent and repulse efforts to learn about them and their activities?
 
#Are foundations being used as a device by which the control of great corporations are kept within the family of the foundation's founder or creator?
 
#Are foundations being used as a device by which the control of great corporations are kept within the family of the foundation's founder or creator?
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#To what extent are foundations being used as a device for tax avoidance and [[tax evasion]]?}}
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#To what extent are foundations being used as a device for tax avoidance and [[tax evasion]]?|||Final Report Of The Select Committee To Investigate Foundations And Other Organizations}}
    
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. Congressman Reece missed most of the sessions due to family illnesses.<ref name=libertyuniversity/>
 
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. Congressman Reece missed most of the sessions due to family illnesses.<ref name=libertyuniversity/>
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