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Reece was a member of the 1952 [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]], established by the House in April that year to probe major foundations for subversive activites.<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 21, 2021.</ref> It was known during that congressional session as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''', named after its chair [[Eugene E. Cox]], a [[Democrat]] segregationist from [[Georgia]].
Reece was a member of the 1952 [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]], established by the House in April that year to probe major foundations for subversive activites.<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 21, 2021.</ref> It was known during that congressional session as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''', named after its chair [[Eugene E. Cox]], a [[Democrat]] segregationist from [[Georgia]].
Due to family illnesses, Reece was absent for most of the hearings the Cox Committee conducted.<ref name=libertyuniversity/> Cox suddenly died in December 1952, and the final report which was soon released cleared the investigated foundations of any wrongdoing.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsreececommittee>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> Among the remaining committee members, only Reece sought a do-over, believing that the scope of the investigations were insufficient.
Due to family illnesses, Reece was absent for most of the hearings the Cox Committee conducted.<ref name=libertyuniversity/> Cox suddenly died in December 1952, and the final report which was soon released cleared the investigated foundations of any wrongdoing.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsreececommittee>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> Among the remaining committee members, only Reece sought a do-over, believing that the scope of the investigations were insufficient. He stated in a long, detailed House speech:<ref name=libertyuniversity/>
{{cquote|Some of these activities and some of these institutions support efforts to overthrow our Government and to undermine our American way of life.
These activities urgently require investigation. Here lies the story of how communism and socialism are financed in the United States, where they get their money. It is the story of who pays the bill.
There is evidence to show that there is a diabolical conspiracy back of all this. Its aim is the furtherance of socialism in the United States.
The method by which this is done seems fantastic to reasonable men, for these Communists and Socialists seize control of fortunes left behind by Capitalists when they die, and turn these fortunes around to finance the destruction of Capitalism.}}
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