INVESTIGATIONS: Accuser Accused

From Harry Truman down, Administration Democrats hate New Jersey's J. Parnell Thomas more than they do any other Republican Congressman. It was his House Un-American Activities Committee which dredged up the embarrassing issue of Communists in Government and kept yammering away at it. And for more than a month, Parnell Thomas has been accusing the Department of Justice of negligence in failing to act against some of those accused in his investigations.

Last week the Justice Department acted—but it acted against Investigator Thomas. A Federal Grand Jury in Washington began looking...