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During the 82nd United States Congress, the House of Representatives voted to enact the '''Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations'''. Named after its chair Edward E. Cox, the committee during the congressional session is known as the '''Cox Committee'''.
During the 82nd United States Congress, the House of Representatives voted to enact the '''Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations'''. Named after its chair Edward E. Cox, the committee during the congressional session is known as the '''Cox Committee'''.
==Composition==
Cox, the chair of the committee, was a [[Democrat]] [[segregation]]ist from [[Georgia]]. The other members of the Democratic Party among the committee were [[Wayne Hays]] of [[Ohio]], Aime Forande of [[Rhode Island]], and Donald O'Toole of [[New York]]. The three Republican members were Richard M. Simpson of [[Pennsylvania]], [[B. Carroll Reece]] of [[Tennessee]], and [[Angier Goodwin]] of [[Massachusetts]]
Although there was a 4–3 Democrat majority, Cox was a part of the [[Conservative Coalition]], thus indicating a narrow conservative majority on the committee.<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/ 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 21, 2021.</ref>
==Investigation and report==
==Investigation and report==
The committee in 1952 sent all major foundations questionnaires which requested information about their operations and activities.<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/ 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 21, 2021.</ref> 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.
Cox died in December 1952 before the committee's report was released.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The final report contained little substance and did not declare major foundations to have been subversive.
Cox died in December 1952 before the committee's report was released.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> The final report contained little substance and did not declare major foundations to have been subversive.