Letter from Congressman J. Parnell Thomas to President Harry S. Truman

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS J. PARNELL THOMAS, N. J., CHAIRMAN 320-73 KARL E. MUNDT, S. DAK. JOHN S. WOOD, GA. JOHN McDOWELL, PA. JOHN E. RANKIN, MISS. RICHARD M. NIXON, CALIF. J. HARDIN PETERSON, FLA. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES RICHARD B. VAIL, ILL. F. EDWARD HEBERT, LA. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ROBERT E. STRIPLING, CHIEF INVESTIGATOR WHITE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES HOUSE WASHINGTON SEP 30 8 25 AM September 'UR 29, 1948. RECEIVED The President The White House Washington, D. C. Filed 10-5-48- My dear Mr. President: For a long time the Committee on Un-American Activities has been # striving diligently to unearth the facts of the Communist conspiracy in the United States and its infiltration into the Government service. It has been necessary to do this because your administration has failed to keep the people informed about this dangerous situation which now belatedly is being recognized for what it really is. Why you and your Attorney General have attempted to obstruct and thwart our pursuit of the facts can best be tile answered by yourself. The evidence of Communist espionage was laid on your desk more of than three years ago. Since that time can you recall one action that has been taken to punish those guilty of spying in the United States? Where and when has your Attorney General prosecuted in public courts a single x10-mise agent of the Russian espionage ring? The evidence has been gathered x10-B diligently by the FBI for many years. Why has it been allowed to gather dust in their files? Several weeks ago, when we were conducting hearings on Communist espionage activities within the Government, you attempted to dismiss and discredit these hearings as being "a red herring." At a later press conference, you reiterated this charge. Apparently you have found out on your tour that the people did not agree with you, for I notice in 263 x252-JL