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===Cox Committee===
===Cox Committee===
Goodwin was a member of the 1952 '''[[Cox Committee]]''', the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]] during the 82nd Congress. It is named after its chair, [[Democrat]] [[segregation]]ist [[Eugene E. Cox]].
Goodwin was a member of the 1952 '''[[Cox Committee]]''', the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]] during the 82nd Congress. It is named after its chair, [[Eugene E. Cox]], a [[Democrat]] [[segregation]]ist from [[Georgia]].
The committee sent questionnaires to foundations and conducted hearings, although the scope of the investigations was relatively shallow.<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> Cox died in December 1952, having only read and approved what became the first half of the final report. The subsequent report whitewashed subversive activities among tax-exempt foundations.
The committee sent questionnaires to foundations and conducted hearings, although the scope of the investigations was relatively shallow.<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> Cox died in December 1952, having only read and approved what became the first half of the final report. The subsequent report whitewashed subversive activities among tax-exempt foundations.