1940's Law and Justice | "Hiss and Chambers: Strange Story of Two Men"

Newspaper article

By: Robert G. Whalen

Date: December 12, 1948

Source: Whalen, Robert G. "Hiss and Chambers, Strange Story of Two Men." The New York Times, December 12, 1948, sec. 4, p. 6.

About the Author: Robert G. Whalen (1913–1969) was an editor for The New York Times. He often wrote anonymously and was little known outside the paper, though he had published articles in Reader's Digest and Scholastic Magazine before coming to the Times. He edited the Times's "Week in Review" column and acted as assistant to the Sunday editor. At the time of his death from cancer in 1969 he was known among colleagues for his fairness and pioneering use of "perspective" journalism.

Introduction

Alger Hiss was seen by many as the embodiment of the liberal establishment. He clerked for Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.;...