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==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
Among the six remaining members of the select committee following Cox's death and the release of the final report, Rep. Reece was unsatisfied with the scope of the investigation and was the only one to seek a do-over.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The new Republican-majority House in 1953 voted to re-enact the committee,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> and Reece was put in charge. Simpson, both Hayses, Goodwin, and Forand voted against the resolution.<ref group=note>O'Toole retired from the House in January 1953. The House vote on the re-enactment resolution was later in July that year.</ref>
Among the six remaining members of the select committee following Cox's death and the release of the final report, Rep. Reece was unsatisfied with the scope of the investigation and was the only one to seek a do-over.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The new Republican-majority House in 1953 voted to re-enact the committee,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> and Reece was put in charge. Simpson, both Hayses, Goodwin, and Forand voted against the resolution.<ref group=note>O'Toole retired from the House in January 1953. The House vote on the re-enactment resolution was later in July that year.</ref>
A suggestion the Cox Committee report brought up was a potential investigation of foundations who used their privileges for the purpose of tax evasion:<ref name=libertyuniversity/><ref>''Final Report'', p. 13. Retrieved October 4, 2021.</ref>
A suggestion the Cox Committee report brought up was a potential investigation of foundations who used their privileges for the purpose of tax evasion:<ref name=libertyuniversity/><ref>''Final Report'', p. 13. Retrieved October 4, 2021.</ref>
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.|||B. Carroll Reece}}
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.|||B. Carroll Reece}}
The subsequent '''[[Reece Committee]]''' proved to conduct a more extensive investigation that that of the Cox Committee. In the final Dodd report, the following criticisms of the Cox Committee were mentioned:<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>
{{cquote|
#Time and facilities were inadequate.
#Excuses concerning grants to Communists were too readily acceptable.
#Trustees and officers were not under oath.
#Only a few Foundations were investigated.
#The propaganda activities of Foundations were not investigated.
#Foundations were not asked why they did not support projects of a pro-American type.
#Extensive evidence was not used.
#The [[Ford Foundation]] was not investigated.}}
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