Word: hissing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...probably know that Alger Hiss is suing Whittaker Chambers for slander, and you probably don't know that he's doing it in Baltimore. He is, and here's why. Hiss' attorney is William L. Marbury, of the Harvard Corporation, and Baltimore is where he sees his clients...
...Alger Hiss, former holder of several Federal posts, sued Whittaker Chambers for $50,000 slander and libel damages in Baltimore yesterday. Hiss charged that the Time editor's statements about his alleged Communist Party membership were false. In Washington, the House Un-American Activities Committee urged spy trials for four persons, including two atomic bomb scientists...
...House Un-American Activities Committee let the Alger Hiss-Whittaker Chambers case simmer last week while it hunted for more facts to complete its inquiry. But one of Alger Hiss's strong defenders built a fire under him. The Washington Post, which had been sharply critical of the committee's inquiry and methods, reminded Hiss that a week had passed since Chambers had accepted Hiss's challenge and repeated his accusations at a time and place where he could be sued for slander...
Said the Post: "As yet, no formal action to initiate a suit for slander has publicly been taken by Mr. Hiss . . . Mr. Hiss himself has created a situation in which he is obliged to put up or shut up ... Mr. Hiss has left himself no alternative. And each day of delay in making it known that he will avail himself of the opportunity Mr. Chambers has accorded him does incalculable damage to his reputation...
Summing up the Hiss-Chambers case, the committee reported that Hiss had been "vague and evasive," while Chambers had been "forthright and emphatic." "The verifiable portions of Chambers' testimony," the committee said, "have stood up strongly; the verifiable portions of the Hiss testimony have been badly shaken." The hearing has "definitely shifted the burden of proof from Chambers to Hiss...