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Your fine story of the Alger Hiss trial [TIME, July 18] ... is a credit to American journalism and presents a completely clear picture of the entire case...
...already become aware of a recurring national phenomenon. Like the trial of Alger Hiss for perjury and the trial and conviction of Judith Coplon for espionage, the Government's case in Foley Square hinged directly on the searching investigation of thousands of U.S. citizens made by the FBI under its director, J. Edgar Hoover...
Eight to Four. After the jury retired, Alger Hiss sat in the courtroom reading a magazine. He seemed unworried, even happy. As the evening wore on, he read bulldog editions of the morning papers, chewed gum. As hour after hour dragged by, Hiss's confident smile faded. Everybody thought that if there were to be an acquittal, it would come fast. That was the way Stryker and Hiss had pitched their case-to brand the whole charge ridiculous. Obviously, some members of the jury did not think...
Amid the closing hubbub, Alger Hiss sat motionless, staring straight ahead. Priscilla Hiss watched him, her eyes moist. At last she took his arm and they walked out together. Hiss said, "Please, please," to questions and walked on. Outside, they got into a red Chevrolet with some friends. Photographers rushed to the windows. Alger Hiss hid his face behind a magazine...
Most of the masters of silent comedy -Chaplin, Langdon and Keaton-were clowns in the Continental tradition. Lloyd, a collateral descendant of Horatio Alger heroes, is the clown of the U.S. middle class. His pictures are warmhearted parodies of old-fashioned American manners & morals...