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Catalogue of Characteristics. Well, then, said Dr. Binger, Chambers suffered from a "psychopathic personality," a recognized disease and duly entered, he believed, on page 601 of the Mental Hygiene Laws of New York. A victim of the disease, said Dr. Binger, "always plays a role . . . must act as if the situation were true though it is true only in his imagination...
...Anything is consistent," Dr. Binger agreed. "He must tell what needs to be true...
What was the basis for Dr. Binger's judgments? Dr. Binger settled down to explain. Chambers had stolen books from the library when he was a student at Columbia; stealing is one of the characteristic behaviors of a psychopath. In the beginning of the case Chambers had "withheld the significant truth" about his relationship with Alger Hiss-a behavior known to psychiatrists as "withholding truth." Other characteristics revealed to Dr. Binger by Chambers' career: "pathological lying," "insensitivity for the feelings of others," "bizarre behavior," "vagabondism...
...crossexamination. He had thrown only one question at the witness before it was announced that a juror had been taken sick. Court was adjourned for a few days. Temporarily balked, Tom Murphy retired to his office to sharpen his teeth on a thick file labeled "Dr. Carl Binger...
...Harvard psychologist charged in his earlier testimony that Hiss' accuser had an incurable mental disorder. He said there was a saying "that once a psychopath, always a psychopath." His diagnosis was in agreement with that of Dr. Carl O. Binger '10, New York psychiatrist...