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...question was carefully phrased. Had Alger Hiss or his wife ever turned over any Government documents to Whittaker Chambers? In a hushed room in New York's federal courthouse, Alger Hiss, onetime State Department official, listened to the question. Outside, a wet snow was falling on the city. Hiss, the man with the impeccable background, answered: "Never...
...Would Hiss say that he had never seen Chambers, the self-confessed ex-Communist espionage agent, after Jan. 1, 1937? Replied Hiss: "Yes, I think I can definitely say that...
...Clancy thanked the jurors for their long and assiduous service. They had been sitting for 18 months, investigating subversive activities. Special Assistant Attorney General Thomas J. Donegan informed the court that the jury had been unable to finish its work, and that now, since its term was ended, the Hiss-Chambers case was being turned over to a new jury.* Reporters rushed for telephones to report that no action had been taken. "No indictments!" someone exclaimed. U.S. Attorney John F. X. McGohey looked startled. "Of course there's an indictment," he said, "didn...
...Department. Why, certainly, the President replied, with an expression indicating that he thought the question was silly. Well, had he given any instructions to the Justice Department? The Justice Department, the President replied, had standing instructions to enforce the law. But it had no specific presidential instructions on the Hiss-Chambers case...
From a political standpoint, Truman's previous red-herring charges were understandable. They had been made at a stage when the Hiss-Chambers case was largely a debate between the two men as to whether they had ever known one another as fellow Communists. But, a reporter asked, did the President still think it was a red herring? He certainly did, Truman fired back-the' Un-American Activities Committee was not prosecuting anybody, it was just after headlines...