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Hadn't Whittaker Chambers once said that his disclosure of the Communist conspiracy was like an act of war, like shooting an enemy? "You were comparing yourself to a soldier in combat?" asked Defense Attorney Lloyd Paul Stryker, in a mocking tone...
...turned to "this man who calls himself Chambers, alias Adams, alias Crosley, alias Cantwell, and was a member of this nefarious, filthy conspiracy for twelve long years." Midway in his diatribe he veered to throw in a shocker. Discussing the secret documents which the State would present, Lloyd Stryker cried in triumph: "We have the typewriter! We'll let these FBIs come over and look at it all they like...
Fiery Crucible. Then Defense Attorney Lloyd Paul Stryker strode toward the jury box-and the atmosphere of the trial suddenly changed. At 64, after 40 years as a pleader and advocate, frowning, crop-haired Lloyd Stryker was one of the most spectacular trial lawyers in the U.S. His voice ranged from a soothing whisper to a thundering roar as he began turning out flamboyant courtroom oratory...
...jury was fascinated. So was Judge Samuel Kaufman-he moved quietly from the bench to the witness chair to watch at close range while the master worked. Stryker agreed that his friend, Mr. Murphy, had stated the issues well-it was a case of Chambers' word against that of Alger Hiss. He began painting a word picture of Hiss-a model boy and a model student, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School and a protégeé of the great Oliver Wendell Holmes...
When Chambers finished his direct testimony a deadly cross-examination began. Defense Attorney Stryker leaped out of his chair at the moment the prosecutor sat down and advanced on the witness like a man about to kill a wild beast with his hands. Within minutes, Chambers had coolly admitted taking "a false and perjurous" oath in getting a Government job back in 1937. From then on, hour after hour, Stryker labored hard to wreck the witness' credibility...