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Whittaker Chambers Hiss Case Seen as Dramatic Political Drama
Washington observers view the Chambers Hiss affair as high drama with public confrontations at the House committee and a dramatic discovery of microfilms in a Maryland pumpkin. The piece notes Chambers as Time editor and Hiss as a State Department figure and mentions the Cherner Motor Co and the nickname Uncle Joe.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Shakespeare
Chambers
Time Magazine
Hiss
State Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Committee
Maryland
Chambers-Hiss
Communist Party
Cherner Motor Co
Mr. Cherner
Uncle Joe