Word: belled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Editor in Chief Henry R. Luce deemed Bell's work so fair and thorough that he donated a bound set of the files to Yale University's Law School Library, where Weinstein later studied them for his book...
...Though Bell maintained his evenhandedness in his files, he remembers: "I became convinced during the cross-examination of Hiss in the second trial that he had committed perjury. He quibbled incessantly on irrelevant matters and skimmed quickly over what was relevant - that, plus the typewriter, the documents and the expert analyses. My perceptions haven't changed over the years; they were reinforced by Weinstein 's book...
...Attorney General Bell have crossed the Rubicon as far as Marston is concerned, but the new U.S. Attorney "of merit" in Philadelphia had better follow through on the investigations of local politicians now serving in Congress...
...unfortunately, I have to tell you that I cannot; that my assumption was wrong." Hiss shifted slightly, looked beyond Weinstein and said: "I'm not surprised." Later he added: "I've always known you were prejudiced against me." When the meeting ended, Weinstein told TIME Senior Correspondent James Bell last week: "I realized I'd never speak to him again. I offered my hand, but he stepped away. He wouldn't even look at me." Hiss told TIME that he was familiar with Weinstein's views but would not comment on them because the book had not yet been published...
...interview with Bell, Weinstein said simply: "In the end, Chambers' version turned out to be truthful, and Hiss's version did not. Alger Hiss is a victim of the facts...