Exhibit 876 ยท Congressional report
Tax-Exempt Foundations: Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations, H. Rept. 2681, 83d Cong., 2d sess.
There is no conclusive evidence that this interlock, this concentration of power, having some of the characteristics of an intellectual cartel, came into being as the result of an over-all, conscious plan. Nevertheless, it exists.
Majority report of 3 Republicans (Reece, Wolcott, Goodwin); Representatives Hays and Pfost, the two Democrats, cast contrary votes and filed Minority Views (pp. 417-431) saying the report 'should never be published.' The majority finds that large foundations wield patronage with 'elements of thought control,' that the interlock of major foundations 'exists' though there is 'no conclusive evidence' it was the result of an over-all plan, and that some larger foundations supported 'subversion' as the committee defines it. The majority says foundations have generally not directly supported Communism.
- Source
- U.S. House of Representatives, Special Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations
- Date
- December 1954
- Quoted from
- Summary of Committee Findings, no. 4, p. 17
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SERIALSET-11748_00_00-001-2681-0000/pdf/SERIALSET-11748_00_00-001-2681-0000.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Text of the majority's 'subversion' definition is at p. 19, no. 14.