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Y = ae af Lae caThibinpson:.addéd:that sth Bi. “adenls Svho ‘Interviewed shim "yesterday. implied: she*was eeu Ss Bere ‘® - 3 No. ones. ‘atithie: Justice, Doparundue ‘would’. “make~any “official comment ‘on the dnvesti- «gation Yesterday, : but.some officials said they were concerned;that future d fendants in, the case would complain about ¢ e publicity. “It also is_clg ar; they said; that any “defend- ‘ants would try.to say they were entrapped: by the undercover:agents: Sources said they were startied by the, in- creasing 1iumber of members of Congress who became involved in the investigation as it continued. When word of the “Arab” money circulated, “it: was like drawing sharks to blood in the water,” one source said. Some powerful and prominent, men ‘in Congress are among those said to he in- volved inthe investigation. Sen. W iams,- 60, a Democrat of Bedmin- * ster, N.J., Was firse elected to the U.S, Senate in 1958 after spending five years in the House. With his 21 years.of seniority, his strong la- bor backing, his reputation as a Jeading: lib- eral, he has become a poiver baron. He is chairman of the Labor and Human Re- sources Committee, which has jurisdiction over labor law, edueation and the arts and many of the health and welfare programs that make ap the moatest focus of attention for ordanized labor and Kberal groups nation- wide. Since there Is no separate subcommittee for labor law matters, Williams as full committee chairman is in effect chairman for Jabor law, which the full committee handles by itself, Williams is second-ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee and chairman of the housing and urban affairs subcommit- tde with enormaus influence over the housing 4S I i dustry, the-cities and housing for the poor. J Willtanis’ House. colleague. from.New: Jersey, “Thompson; 61,a ‘Democrat: ‘from: “Trenton, ‘was: - first elected - ‘to. Gongress “hn “"1954:. “AS. second: . ranking. Democrat ‘on ‘tlie’ House’ “Education’ and. Labor: “Committee - and. chairman ‘of its, labér-inanagement relations. -subcommitteé,: che “has; had® the’. same. power. “over: labor ‘unions, the ‘game pro-labor: rand liberal records on labor: “piattérs-and- “Inost cother:: ‘domestic: legisldtion:.. MY as. Willianis* has- in: the, Seiiate: “Together, ‘the’ | “two: then‘die the dominant Democats‘on- seach, * side, of. Capitol, Hill on labor‘matters. . ~ Thompson, however, ‘is.:also:: chairman - of ‘the House ‘Adminiétration. Committee, a ‘mi nor-sounding but’ extremely iifluential unit which. :has_.some: ofthe same, , housekeeping , functions: as: Senate Rules. Thompson's. +come, mittee: helped-write- the campaign. ‘funding - "aes laws-and"resttictions:in-thie- past,-Manysdf-the i ever ANA aoa bhal sbatts nvivilogac eng: under: sspicion: and lefithim ywith! ithe: » impres-n*- ae @ pmisht-have: ‘bespe tecorded. ‘ati the, “Island,J8,,ay;\West, Poi '*4, staunch. supporter Of - SMurphiysdia nic Marine, | Committee -since: "ee . ‘The. 53-year-old: Fa nsinieciion oint graduate.,who -was?a4 ormeér. stronginén ° Park? “Chung Hée-of South” Korea; the: shah ‘al and Anastasio; Somoza.of‘ Nicaragua. , Jenrette, 43; from‘Nor'th’ Myrtle-B chy: was? elected in "1974 'to the House’ seat from’, the: "the District of South Carolina. He ‘has: WO fre pus, * tation as a flamboyant personality-. y ago, the press reported * he" held’ a : fund-raiser re at his Jiometheré;.and. for, $100: ‘aiperson,, Ba es: his guests all the Honiemade™ grape Winey lis” quor and “chicken bog” they could down, F4is- ing $20,000 Jenvette is a member of the House ‘Appropriations Conunittee. ‘ Murtha, 47, was elected in 1974 in a-special election to fill a seat left vacant by the death of an incumbent. Ue is a member of the _ Appropriations and Ethics committecs. Murtha was one of those mamed to probe phantom | - House votes last year. Murtha comes from | Johnstown, Pa, «was a Mating in Vietnam, car wash owner and rated high in’ veting record compilations pul together by organized, labor, | Kelly, 55, of Zephyrhills, Fia., was first elected in 1974 and is a member of the Agriculture * and Banking conmnittees. Last year it was reported that while he had made | «a point in his career of attacking the big | | spenders in government, he himself had run. $11,590 over his office allowance for 1978. | In 1976, he spearheaded an effort to get strikers disqualified from the food stamp | program unless they were on it before a strize started. Disney World is in his district. “In 1978 his labor rating was zero, his ‘Amerie eans for Democratic Action rating 5 pereent, his Americans for Constitutional Action 100 percent. Lederer, 41, from Philadelphia’s Third. b|s- trict, was elected in 1976. ‘He comes from 4a * family ‘long. active in’city poulies., Hise. oldéy. ‘prother | is ind gejsand ‘another,, brother: igs! =) * once* chief of; detectives., ‘Ledérer,easmemiber- : \ Jpf the, ‘powerful Ways. and “Means! Committee; “Ye ‘was once reported: t to, havé ‘ambitions: toabe- : “come. chairman: oth Jemocratid ; ccommittee,,, - of. the: “eity” “but: this: ame: ‘disappeared iP A “the » -contenders. Lee ne » Michael “(Oz2le) 3 Sivers 3 ‘1976. as*Demoeratic” Sa icon <delphia’s First ‘District; Myers; a form: shoreman, ‘pleaded:,no- -contest to. oneé- chiar ‘of disorderly- ‘conduct last ApriiJ0, ratte “orig ’ inally; “having, -heen: charged 1 with, *eauland- x battery- -for -allegédly: ‘participating: Ansa* brawls! . in a rooftop. bar in an Arlington; * Vas motel. § Myers ‘denied’. there. Was. :any.. “punching. Gh ‘sald:"we, were:just doing : g ailittle partying. sf. - ‘ma: gentle guy") Ayers, whorls onthe “Bae ‘ation’andtLabor-and-Merghant-Maritie. Contam Viglen t thaswrank