| | ::::::It's funny that most of the internationalist Cold War warriors who made a great talk of anti-Communist action to protect global democracy so bitterly opposed the [[Dies Committee]] investigations, McCarthyism, and the [[Reece Committee]]. Entrenched establishmentarians such as Eisenhower actively undermined efforts to root out domestic Communist subversion, particularly attempting to derail the Reece Committee's crusade by slandering it as "antisemitic" ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYCBfmIcHM according] to [[Norman Dodd]], it was merely ''one staff member'' who promoted anti-Jewish literature, and they were disciplined). In the U.S. House vote to reestablish the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]], which became known as the Reece Committee, [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 most of the Conservative Coalition rallied behind in support along with a scant amount of liberal Southern Democrats] while basically all Northern Democrats and a group of moderate establishment Republicans ([[Gerald Ford|Ford]], [[Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.|Frelinghuysen]], [[Jacob Javits|Javits]], etc.) comprised much of the opposition. | | ::::::It's funny that most of the internationalist Cold War warriors who made a great talk of anti-Communist action to protect global democracy so bitterly opposed the [[Dies Committee]] investigations, McCarthyism, and the [[Reece Committee]]. Entrenched establishmentarians such as Eisenhower actively undermined efforts to root out domestic Communist subversion, particularly attempting to derail the Reece Committee's crusade by slandering it as "antisemitic" ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYCBfmIcHM according] to [[Norman Dodd]], it was merely ''one staff member'' who promoted anti-Jewish literature, and they were disciplined). In the U.S. House vote to reestablish the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]], which became known as the Reece Committee, [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 most of the Conservative Coalition rallied behind in support along with a scant amount of liberal Southern Democrats] while basically all Northern Democrats and a group of moderate establishment Republicans ([[Gerald Ford|Ford]], [[Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.|Frelinghuysen]], [[Jacob Javits|Javits]], etc.) comprised much of the opposition. |
| | ::::::The reestablishment of the SCITEFCO was necessary; the previous [[Cox Committee]] ran an investigation dubbed by Reece, absent for most sessions due to family illnesses, as having [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs "insufficient time for the magnitUde of its task."] And years later, neo-Jacksonian liberal Democrat [[Wright Patman]] continued the investigations of tax-exempt foundations for tax evasion, as recommended by the report of the Cox Committee. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>Rev. 22:13</sup>]]''''' Tuesday, 14:28, July 11, 2023 (EDT) | | ::::::The reestablishment of the SCITEFCO was necessary; the previous [[Cox Committee]] ran an investigation dubbed by Reece, absent for most sessions due to family illnesses, as having [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs "insufficient time for the magnitUde of its task."] And years later, neo-Jacksonian liberal Democrat [[Wright Patman]] continued the investigations of tax-exempt foundations for tax evasion, as recommended by the report of the Cox Committee. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>Rev. 22:13</sup>]]''''' Tuesday, 14:28, July 11, 2023 (EDT) |
| − | :::::::Misguided anti-communism led the United States into asinine conflicts like [[Vietnam war]] and Korea. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]</sup> 14:34, July 11, 2023 (EDT) | + | :::::::Misguided anti-communism led the United States into asinine conflicts like the [[Vietnam war]] and Korea. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]</sup> 14:34, July 11, 2023 (EDT) |