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'''Lee Pressman''' was an [[United States|American]] government official and secret [[Communist]].<ref>Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, United States Congress, [http://ia360643.us.archive.org/3/items/hearingsregardin195002unit/hearingsregardin195002unit_bw.pdf Hearings Regarding Communism in the United States Government&mdash;Part 2] (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1950), p. 2850 (PDF p. 16)</ref>

'''Lee Pressman''' was an [[United States|American]] government official and secret [[Communist]].<ref>Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, United States Congress, [http://ia360643.us.archive.org/3/items/hearingsregardin195002unit/hearingsregardin195002unit_bw.pdf Hearings Regarding Communism in the United States Government&mdash;Part 2] (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1950), p. 2850 (PDF p. 16)</ref>

Pressman attended Harvard Law School with [[Alger Hiss]], and served as editor of the ''Harvard Law Review'',<ref>Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, United States Congress, [http://ia360609.us.archive.org/1/items/hearingsregardin1948unit/hearingsregardin1948unit_bw.pdf Espionage in the U.S. Government]: Hearings under Public Law 601 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1948), p. 643 (PDF p. 153)</ref> later joining (together with Hiss)<ref>G. Edward White, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=FvR4HBTiYzAC Alger Hiss's Looking-glass Wars: The Covert Life of a Soviet Spy]'' (Oxford University Press, 2004) ISBN 0195182553, p. 27</ref> the International Juridical Association (IJA), which "consistently followed the Communist Party line."<ref>"[http://ia360638.us.archive.org/2/items/reportonnational1950unit/reportonnational1950unit.pdf Report on the National Lawyers Guild, Legal Bulwark of the Communist Party]," Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, United States Congress (1950), p. 12</ref>

Pressman attended Harvard Law School with [[Alger Hiss]], and served as editor of the ''Harvard Law Review'',<ref>Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, United States Congress, [http://ia360609.us.archive.org/1/items/hearingsregardin1948unit/hearingsregardin1948unit_bw.pdf Espionage in the U.S. Government]: Hearings under Public Law 601 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1948), p. 643 (PDF p. 153)</ref> later joining (together with Hiss)<ref>G. Edward White, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=FvR4HBTiYzAC Alger Hiss's Looking-glass Wars: The Covert Life of a Soviet Spy]'' (Oxford University Press, 2004) ISBN 0195182553, p. 27</ref> the International Juridical Association (IJA), which "consistently followed the Communist Party line."<ref>"[http://ia360638.us.archive.org/2/items/reportonnational1950unit/reportonnational1950unit.pdf Report on the National Lawyers Guild, Legal Bulwark of the Communist Party]," Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, United States Congress (1950), p. 12</ref>

In 1933, Secretary of Agriculture [[Henry A. Wallace]] appointed Pressman assistant general counsel of the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]]; Pressman subsequently recruited [[Alger Hiss|Hiss]] and [[Nathan Witt]] into that office.<ref>Allen Weinstein, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=YRyoAAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case]'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978) ISBN 0394495462, p. 133</ref> AAA administrator George Peek resigned in protest, writing, that "in the legal division were formed the plans which eventually turned the AAA from a device to aid the farmers into a device to introduce the collectivist system of agriculture into this country."<ref>George N. Peek with Samuel Crowther, “In and Out: the Experiences of the First AAA Administrator,” ''The Saturday Evening Post'', May 16, 1936, p. 5</ref>

In 1933, Secretary of Agriculture [[Henry A. Wallace]] appointed Pressman assistant general counsel of the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]]; Pressman subsequently recruited [[Alger Hiss|Hiss]] and [[Nathan Witt]] into that office.<ref>Allen Weinstein, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YRyoAAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case]'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978) ISBN 0394495462, p. 133</ref> AAA administrator George Peek resigned in protest, writing, that "in the legal division were formed the plans which eventually turned the AAA from a device to aid the farmers into a device to introduce the collectivist system of agriculture into this country."<ref>George N. Peek with Samuel Crowther, “In and Out: the Experiences of the First AAA Administrator,” ''The Saturday Evening Post'', May 16, 1936, p. 5</ref>

Pressman would eventually testify that he had at the time been a member of the [[Ware group]], an underground group of Communists in the Federal government.<ref>HUAC 1950, pt. 2: 2850 [PDF 16]; cf. [http://ia360610.us.archive.org/0/items/instituteofpacif1952unit/instituteofpacif1952unit_bw.pdf S. Rpt. 2050, 82d Cong., 2d sess., Serial 11574], Report of the Committee on the Judiciary Pursuant to S. Res. 366 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1952), Appendix, p. 5503 (Exhibit No. 1402)</ref> Pressman would also corroborate [[Whittaker Chambers]]' identification of Witt, [[John Abt]] and [[Charles Kramer]] as members of this Communist cell<ref>Whittaker Chambers, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=xrqbAAAACAAJ Witness]'' (Washington: Regnery, 1952) ISBN 0895267896, p. 612</ref> and admit under oath that he recognized Chambers.<ref>Gilbert J. Gall, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=xCYoLnaWXdoC Pursuing Justice: Lee Pressman, the New Deal, and the CIO]'' (Albany, N.Y: SUNY Press, 1999), ISBN 079144103, p. 553</ref>

Pressman would eventually testify that he had at the time been a member of the [[Ware group]], an underground group of Communists in the Federal government.<ref>HUAC 1950, pt. 2: 2850 [PDF 16]; cf. [http://ia360610.us.archive.org/0/items/instituteofpacif1952unit/instituteofpacif1952unit_bw.pdf S. Rpt. 2050, 82d Cong., 2d sess., Serial 11574], Report of the Committee on the Judiciary Pursuant to S. Res. 366 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1952), Appendix, p. 5503 (Exhibit No. 1402)</ref> Pressman would also corroborate [[Whittaker Chambers]]' identification of Witt, [[John Abt]] and [[Charles Kramer]] as members of this Communist cell<ref>Whittaker Chambers, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xrqbAAAACAAJ Witness]'' (Washington: Regnery, 1952) ISBN 0895267896, p. 612</ref> and admit under oath that he recognized Chambers.<ref>Gilbert J. Gall, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xCYoLnaWXdoC Pursuing Justice: Lee Pressman, the New Deal, and the CIO]'' (Albany, N.Y: SUNY Press, 1999), ISBN 079144103, p. 553</ref>

Then he was general counsel in the [[Works Progress Administration]] from 1935, appointed by [[Harry L. Hopkins]].  Later in 1935 he was general counsel of the Resettlement Administration, appointed by [[Rexford G. Tugwell]]. After leaving government in June 1936 he became general counsel for the [[Committee for Industrial Organization]] (CIO) and for the [[United Steel Workers of America|Steel Workers' Organizing Committee]]. In March 1937 he became General Counsel for the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee.

Then he was general counsel in the [[Works Progress Administration]] from 1935, appointed by [[Harry L. Hopkins]].  Later in 1935 he was general counsel of the Resettlement Administration, appointed by [[Rexford G. Tugwell]]. After leaving government in June 1936 he became general counsel for the [[Committee for Industrial Organization]] (CIO) and for the [[United Steel Workers of America|Steel Workers' Organizing Committee]]. In March 1937 he became General Counsel for the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee.