By contrast, Democratic Maryland senator Millard Tydings alleged partisan bias on the part of the Republican-led investigating subcommittee.

They were produced by the former Federal prosecutor hired by the committee to look into tax law charges, and by the two Republican and two Democratic members of the committee's investigating subcommittee.

They ought instead to be pondering the challenge posed by Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, a Democratic member of the ethics investigating subcommittee that worked with Mr. Cole.

She paused, then said, "Because of Daniels's relationship with Charabi, a House investigating subcommittee ordered him to testify.

"It will confirm that Cliff Daniels was scheduled to testify before a House investigating subcommittee next week."

They may have been privy to this exchange between Charabi and Daniels- they might even have been behind it- and maybe they were frightened about what Daniels might say before the House investigating subcommittee.

According to The New York Times, "Dr. Sabin recommended at a hearing before a House Investigating subcommittee that Salk inoculations be suspended" until a safer preparation could be perfected.

Having learned of this, the Senate investigating subcommittee of Joseph McCarthy subpoenaed Peress to testify on January 30, 1954.

Representative Ben Cardin of Maryland, a member of the ethics investigating subcommittee, said that all four subcommittee members, including its two Republicans, Porter Goss of Florida and Steve Schiff of New Mexico, supported Mr. Cole's request for more time.

Then, last March, the grand jury indicted Mr. Deaver on charges of lying to it and to the House investigating subcommittee.