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That is the theory at any rate. No matter how cheapened by political cynicism, it remains the only standard against which the case of Harry Dexter White can be tested. If that case helps the people rationally decide whether Democrats deserve office in the near-future and if it aids in devising means, consistent with civil liberties, to bar communist infiltration, then it is worth the pandemonium. We suggest, however, that it fails on both counts...
...Republican conclusions have much to do with the facts. The Democratic party faced the issues as well as one could expect, and, in any case, its subsequent record of opposition to domestic and foreign Communism is enough to erase any error it made with regard to Harry Dexter White. Nor is there anything in the outcome to help formulate future policy. The atmosphere today is completely different from what it was in 1946, and the Democrats had already taken vigorous steps to rid the government of security risks. To base repressive measures of today on the events of seven years...
Contacted at his Boston office, Henry D. White, whose pictures appears on page 30 of the current issue as that of Harry Dexter White, stated that he did not consider the case "the least bit amusing." "People I don't even know very well have been calling me up all week--including several lawyers who want the case," White remarked...
...White graduated from the Law School in 1942 and never saw the subsequent yearbooks. Harry White began graduate work for a Ph.D. in Government in 1925, and the yearbook published Harry's biography for several years running under Henry White's Picture. "From what I know of Harry Dexter White, he didn't mind being incognito," suggested the Boston lawyer. "In fact, he probably enjoyed it very much--though it's just guesswork on my part...
This week's issue of Life is devoted to a pictorial and documentary expose of the mysterious career of Harry Dexter White. Under the heading "50 Detectives Work on a Mystery Story," Life explains how 50 editorial detectives, "including reporters, deskmen, film editors, writers, and Time correspondents in the Washington bureau . . . worked straight through two nights to meet Life's deadline. "Pictures, too," says Life, "played a big part in unravelling the mystery...