Word: strykers
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...Stryker paused to conjure up a picture of Toscanini at Carnegie Hall. "Now in a good orchestration," he declared, "there is always a theme. Perhaps the first violins take up the theme first . . . You sit back and soon [Toscanini] is bowing and the audience is a pulp." Said Stryker: "I pray I can stand in front of this orchestra of justice and take the theme of 'if you don't believe Chambers, then we have no case...
...Letter "G." The defense had loftily announced that it was going to win not only acquittal but vindication in the trial. But Stryker sounded like a man trying not so much to vindicate his client as to get him off. He fled from accusing facts, or brushed them off with a sneer. Seemingly counting on sheer noise to drown out doubts, he assaulted the jury with windblown oratory...
...expert had testified that the State Department documents had been typed on the Hiss typewriter; he could tell by the formations of the letter "G" for example. "You can look at all the 'Gs' you want," Stryker snorted, "they look good to me." He airily dismissed Mrs. Chambers' detailed testimony of homely intimacies between the two families. "You remember her," he said scornfully. "She sat there waving her hands as though she were priming a pump...
...Stryker faced Hiss. His voice was choked with emotion. "Alger Hiss," he said hoarsely, "this long nightmare is drawing to a close. Rest well. Your case, your life, your liberty is in good hands." The summation had taken just over four hours...
...Reason. Stryker sat down confidently. The defense notified the press that the Hisses would hold a "mass interview" as soon as the verdict was in. Perhaps they had underestimated their opponent...