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Due to Reece's arrest for homosexuality in the early 1920s, he failed to rule Democrat committee member [[Wayne L. Hays]] (no relation to Brooks Hays) out of order in the hearings when the latter exhibited excessively rude behavior, as the Ohio representative could then publicize the past scandal in retaliation.<ref name=thenewamerican/>

Due to Reece's arrest for homosexuality in the early 1920s, he failed to rule Democrat committee member [[Wayne L. Hays]] (no relation to Brooks Hays) out of order in the hearings when the latter exhibited excessively rude behavior, as the Ohio representative could then publicize the past scandal in retaliation.<ref name=thenewamerican/>

The Republican [[establishment]] opposed the Reece Committee. According to the committee's chief investigator Norman Dodd in an interview many years later, some GOP figures slandered the group's work as supposedly "anti-Semitic."<ref>Gallagher, Kevin (June 12, 2008). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYCBfmIcHM Norman Dodd On Tax Exempt Foundations]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref> Liberal GOP congressman [[Jacob Javits]] of [[New York]], later a U.S. senator, introduced a resolution in July 1954 which would establish a select committee to investigate the Reece Committee.<ref>July 22, 1954. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/07/22/archives/questions-for-mr-reece.html QUESTIONS FOR MR. REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref>

The Republican [[establishment]] opposed the Reece Committee. According to the committee's chief investigator [[Norman Dodd]] in an interview many years later, some GOP figures slandered the group's work as supposedly "anti-Semitic."<ref>Gallagher, Kevin (June 12, 2008). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYCBfmIcHM Norman Dodd On Tax Exempt Foundations]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref> Liberal GOP congressman [[Jacob Javits]] of [[New York]], later a U.S. senator, introduced a resolution in July 1954 which would establish a select committee to investigate the Reece Committee.<ref>July 22, 1954. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/07/22/archives/questions-for-mr-reece.html QUESTIONS FOR MR. REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref>

[[File:Wayne Hayes bioguide picture.jpg|thumb|left|Wayne Hays intentionally obstructed and derailed the Reece Committee's hearings.]]

[[File:Wayne Hayes bioguide picture.jpg|thumb|left|Wayne Hays intentionally obstructed and derailed the Reece Committee's hearings.]]