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When reporters on the television program asked about his deposition in the first Alger Hiss trial, Stevenson replied that he was asked what Hiss's reputation was for loyalty, integrity and honesty, and had deposed that so far as he knew, Hiss's reputation was good. Of Hiss's conviction, he said: "I believe explicitly that a jury of one's peers must find the right answer or else we can have no faith in our judicial system...
...went in for no activities at all. And what about the students who worked their way through college? Here the survey shatters an old American illusion. Among the Old Grads of 40 whose parents supported them entirely, 42% make $7,500 or more. The score for the Horatio Alger group...
...member of the Communist Party?" "Yes, I have, Mr. Morris," said Weyl firmly, and the room quieted to attentive silence. A few moments later reporters were scribbling: as a member of a Communist cell in Washington in 1934, Nathaniel Weyl swore that he attended secret Communist meetings with Alger Hiss, and saw Hiss pay his party dues...
...organizer for the Communist United Farmers League, then turned principally to writing and speechmaking. He broke openly with the party at the time of the Nazi-Soviet pact in 1939, "culminating a period of doubt and indecision." But not until the outbreak of the Korean war (five months after Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury in his second trial) did Weyl go to the FBI and offer his evidence. Why had he waited so long to tell his story? His answer gave a clue to the reluctance which may keep other ex-Communists from coming forward. "It was a feeling...
...committee stated: "With individuals like Professors Struik and Mather teaching in our leading universities, your committee wonders who the Professors Struiks were at Harvard who led Alger Hiss along the road of communism until he committed espionage against his country...