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Article: Chambers of memory. (testimony by Whittaker Chambers against Alger Hiss)(Writers & Writing)
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- The New Leader
- Article date:
- February 10, 1997
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 American Labor Conference on International Affairs. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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When two film societies recently attempted to honor Elia Kazan, a storm broke out against the director for having "named names" in 1952 before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the tribute had to be withdrawn. Whatever one may think of his actions, Kazan had merely been a Communist who knew other Communists. A different moral calculus faced HUAC'S most celebrated witness, whose life is recounted in the fascinating and generally persuasive Whittaker Chambers (Random, 638 pp., $35.00), by Sam Tanenhaus. For the burden of Chambers' sins was much greater: He had been a Soviet spy in the '30s, and he had known other spies in the Federal government. It was ...
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