 Wayne Hays of Ohio served as acting chairman after Chairman Cox's death.The final report was submitted by Norman Dodd, and because of its provocative nature, the committee became subject to attack.In the Dodd report to the Reece Committee on Foundations, he gave a definition of the word "subversive", saying that the term referred to "Any action having as its purpose the alteration of either the principle or the form of the United States Government by other than constitutional means."