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|quote=As the egalitarianism of Marxism is attractive to many, socialism could have attracted many followers in America, anyway. But there is no doubt that it could not possibly have affected us so widely and so deeply as it has, had it not been heavily financed.<ref>[B. Carroll Reece quote: As the egalitarianism of Marxism is attractive to many, socialism...]. ''AZ Quotes''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref>

|quote=As the egalitarianism of Marxism is attractive to many, socialism could have attracted many followers in America, anyway. But there is no doubt that it could not possibly have affected us so widely and so deeply as it has, had it not been heavily financed.<ref>[B. Carroll Reece quote: As the egalitarianism of Marxism is attractive to many, socialism...]. ''AZ Quotes''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref>

|source=Committee chairman [[Carroll Reece]]

|source=Committee chairman [[Carroll Reece]]

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[[File:Brazilla Carroll Reece RNC 1946.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rep. Reece in 1946.]]

[[File:Brazilla Carroll Reece RNC 1946.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rep. Reece in 1946.]]

The congressional '''Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations''', known during the 83rd Congress as the '''Reece Committee''', was an investigative group in the [[United States House of Representatives]] enacted to probe the activities of tax-exempt organizations for potential subversion. It was created at the advocacy of [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]] in response to the insufficient investigations, findings, and conclusions of the previous Cox Committee.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>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>

The congressional '''Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations''', known during the 83rd Congress as the '''Reece Committee''', was an investigative group in the [[United States House of Representatives]] enacted to probe the activities of tax-exempt organizations for potential subversion. It was created at the advocacy of [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]] in response to the insufficient investigations, findings, and conclusions of the previous Cox Committee.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>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>