Chambers was a brave man.
Alger Hiss was also President of the Carnegie Foundation.
The Reece Commission in 1953/54 on Large Tax Exempt Foundations found that the goals of these two foundations was to keep America constantly at war and to change education. The long-term goal was to create a collectivist society that could one day be merged with Russia (one-world government, Russia just being the other Superpower of the day.)
Here is an interview with Norman Dodd (lead investigator of the majority for Carroll Reece) and G Edward Griffin (Creature from Jeckyl Island.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYCBfmIcHM
My mother saw some of the hearings on tv. She said that the media laughed at this funny looking, nutty, little fat man saying the evidence was hidden in a pumpkin.
Whitaker Chambers’ autobiography “Witness” is one of the TOP TEN books of the 20th Century and should be MUST reading for both high school and college curriculums.
I’m only through the first FOUR major chapters and I can make this recommendation.
Chambers is an excellent writer and his story is gripping and really helps better than any other stories to explain the mind of the person who transforms to a Communist but then leaves the movement.
I can’t wait to get to the Hiss trials.
It really needs a good movie about his life.
The TRUTH: Hiss was a communist and a spy.
Get over it libs. The Truth will set you free.
Chambers’ exact words were: “Hey, this guy’s a commie!”
And Chambers was right