Word: hissing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Alger Hiss's conviction for perjury--which at the time Ellsberg believed was justified--was another factor making him "more open to the government account of the Cold War, more skeptical of the radicals," he says. Hiss was a "pillar of the establishment who had lied." A few weeks later, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) had embarked on his campaign to get so called reds and liberals out of office...
...Hiss also told Ames Courtroom audience that McCarthyism had resulted in a "lack of political guts" in the United States and a weakening of the Left. "People are still timid," he said. He mentioned the exclusion of militants from labor union leadership as one example of the power of McCarthyism...
...discussing the early '50s, Hiss said "the ugliness of the McCarthy era has indeed appeared before; what should shock us is that it happened here...
...Hiss added that he thought that if Franklin Roosevelt had lived, there would have been a Cold War, but that the "ugliness and vulgarity" which characterized the McCarthy period would have been avoided on the domestic scene...
...questioning after his speech, Hiss said that his defense team hopes for a writ of coram nobis ("our court" in Latin) in federal court next winter. Such a process, Hiss said, allows a litigant to present his case and any wrong-doing on the part of the prosecution and can lead to the reversal of a conviction. He said presently he is attempting to collect evidence for the writ, mainly from FBI files, under the Freedom of Information...