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| − | The select committee consisted of thirteen members, six Democrats and five Republicans. Patman, the committee chair, was a [[New Deal]] liberal populist and [[ | + | The select committee consisted of thirteen members, six Democrats and five Republicans. Patman, the committee chair, was a [[New Deal]] liberal populist and [[segregation]]ist from Texas, and his party colleagues were Joseph L. Evins of Tennessee, Abraham Multer of [[New York]], Sidney Yates of [[Illinois]], Tom Steed of [[Oklahoma]], James Roosevelt of [[California]], and Dale Alford of [[Arkansas]].<ref>[http://americandeception.com/ad/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Tax_Exempt_Foundations_Their_Impact_On_Our_Economy-US_Gov-1962-140pgs-GOV-POL-ECO.sml_.pdf TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND CHARITABLE TRUSTS: THEIR IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMY — CHAIRMAN'S REPORT TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 87TH CONGRESS]. ''American Deception''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> The GOP members were [[William M. McCulloch]] of [[Ohio]], [[Arch Moore]] of [[West Virginia]], William Avery of [[Kansas]], H. Allen Smith of California, Howard Robsion of New York, and Ralph Harvey of Indiana. |
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Revision as of 18:32, September 24, 2021
The Patman Committee was a select committee which investigated tax-exempt foundations largely in the 1960s. Known as the Select Committee on Small Business and chaired by Texas liberal Democrat Wright Patman from 1955 to 1963,[1] it sought to determine whether large foundations used their privileges for the purpose of evading taxes.
Background
The Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations during the 82nd Congress, known as the Cox Committee, investigated tax-exempt foundations for subversion though did not conduct a thorough investigation. Although its final report exonerated major foundations of wrongdoing,[2] it also recommended a new investigation to probe whether foundations exploited their tax-exempt status.[3]
B. Carroll Reece, a Tennessee conservative Republican who was part of the Cox Committee, successfully sought a do-over to thoroughly investigate subversion charges (the re-enacted select committee in the following 83rd Congress was known as the Reece Committee) though did not focus on the potential tax-exempt exploitation aspect.[3]
Committee composition
The select committee consisted of thirteen members, six Democrats and five Republicans. Patman, the committee chair, was a New Deal liberal populist and segregationist from Texas, and his party colleagues were Joseph L. Evins of Tennessee, Abraham Multer of New York, Sidney Yates of Illinois, Tom Steed of Oklahoma, James Roosevelt of California, and Dale Alford of Arkansas.[4] The GOP members were William M. McCulloch of Ohio, Arch Moore of West Virginia, William Avery of Kansas, H. Allen Smith of California, Howard Robsion of New York, and Ralph Harvey of Indiana.
References
- ↑ Grant, Jr., Philip A. (September 1, 1995). Patman, John William Wright (1893–1976). Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ↑ FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). 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 September 24, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Samson, Steven Alan. Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations. Liberty University. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ↑ TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND CHARITABLE TRUSTS: THEIR IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMY — CHAIRMAN'S REPORT TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 87TH CONGRESS. American Deception. Retrieved September 24, 2021.