Whittaker Chambers and Algeu Hiss had been silhouetted dimly for ten months against smoky fires which smoldered at the foundations of state. The baleful glow did not light them sharply; as they swayed and grappled it was only possible to tell that they were locked in a strange and merciless combat and that one, or both, would inevitably suffer a total and deathlike disgrace.
Last week the Hiss-Chambers case was formally brought before a bar of justice in a Manhattan federal courtroom. In a strictly legal sense, only Alger Hiss was on trial. But in a larger sense both men...
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