Illustrations Hearings & Related Events in 1948 First Appearance Before the Committee, 8/5/48 Second Appearance, 8/16 Origin of the Guilt by Close Association Theory Confrontation at the Commodore, 8/17 Final Hearing, 8/25 Indictment by Committee The Jury That Could Not Agree Pumpkin & Other Papers Conviction by Committee Conduct of Prosecutor & Judge--Appeal The New Evidence of Fraud & Forgery Appendix A Appendix B Index
People accused American public official Alger Hiss of espionage at the height of the Communist scare and convicted him of perjury in 1950 in a controversial case.