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...Cent. Then Hiss added a few details of his experience with Crosley. When Crosley, his wife and baby were ready to move into the Hiss apartment, their furniture had not yet arrived. As a result, said Hiss, he invited the Crosleys to spend "two, or three or four consecutive nights" in his Georgetown house...
...spite of his hospitality, Hiss insisted, Crosley had never paid a nickel for either apartment or the old Ford car. On the contrary, he had touched Hiss for $35 to $40 in loans. Said Hiss: "I never got back a red cent in currency. But he brought me a rug as part payment. I still have...
...known Crosley that well, the committeemen wondered, why had it been so difficult to make an identification? Snapped Hiss: "If this man had said he was George Crosley I would have had no difficulty in identification. He denied it right here." Then he asked permission to fire a few more questions at Chambers...
Again Chambers said he could not remember ever having used the name George Crosley. He denied that he had ever sublet an apartment from Hiss. But he did agree promptly that he had lived in the Hiss apartment. At this apparent contradiction Hiss exploded: "Would you tell me how you reconcile your negative answers with this affirmative answer?" "Very easily, Alger," Chambers answered quietly. "I was a Communist and you were a Communist...
Chambers continued: "As I have testified before, I came to Washington as a . . . functionary of the American Communist Party. I was connected with the underground group of which Mr. Hiss was a member. Mr. Hiss and I became friends. To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Hiss himself suggested that I go [to his apartment] and I accepted gratefully. I brought no furniture, I might...