National Affairs: A CAST OF CHARACTERS

In sworn public testimony, Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers named 37 U.S. Government employees "connected with the Soviet espionage organization." Since then, 17 of the 37 have refused under oath to say whether they were Communists or spies; six have not been called to testify to the charges made by Miss Bentley and by Chambers; one, Harold Ware, died in 1935, and 13—including Alger Hiss and William Remington, now in prison for their perjury—swore that the Bentley-Chambers accusations were false. Among the more interesting cases named by Bentley and/or Chambers:

Harold Glasser, 48,...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!