| | 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. | | 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. |
| − | Extensive and incriminating testimonies were heard by the committee from ex-communists such as Manning Johnson, Louis Budenz, and Maurice Malkin, who shared information of foundations who funded efforts plotted in [[Moscow]], Russia to subvert American society.<ref name=thenewamerican>Jasper, William F. (February 6, 2017). [https://thenewamerican.com/cutting-off-the-toxic-funding-flow/ Foundations: Cutting Off the Toxic Funding Flow]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> | + | Extensive and incriminating testimonies were heard by the committee from ex-communists such as Manning Johnson, [[Louis Budenz]], and Maurice Malkin, who shared information of foundations who funded efforts plotted in [[Moscow]], Russia to subvert American society.<ref name=thenewamerican>Jasper, William F. (February 6, 2017). [https://thenewamerican.com/cutting-off-the-toxic-funding-flow/ Foundations: Cutting Off the Toxic Funding Flow]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> |
| | Cox died in December 1952 prior to the conclusion of the committee's work and report's release.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The 15 page-long<ref name=thenewamerican/> final report contained little substance and did not declare major foundations to have been subversive. | | Cox died in December 1952 prior to the conclusion of the committee's work and report's release.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The 15 page-long<ref name=thenewamerican/> final report contained little substance and did not declare major foundations to have been subversive. |