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[[Charles Kramer]], a [[KGB]] agent and member of the [[Perlo group]] of Soviet spies, transmitted to the [[Soviet Union]] vital war production and weapon design information while serving on his staff.<ref>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/White_Notebook_No.3_Translated.pdf White Notebook #3], Translation of original notes from KGB archival files by Alexander Vassiliev between 1993-1996. Translated by Steve Shabad, reviewed and edited by Alexander Vassiliev and John Earl Haynes (2007). wilsoncenter.org</ref>  When [[World War II]] ended, Pepper was conciliatory toward [[Joseph Stalin]] despite Stalin's broken promise to [[President Franklin Roosevelt]] to hold democratic elections and respect the right of self-determination of peoples. Pepper opposed Truman's policy of [[Containment]] to stop the spread of Soviet Communism.  Pepper supported [[progressive]] [[Henry Wallace]] against [[Harry Truman]] for president in 1948.  

[[Charles Kramer]], a [[KGB]] agent and member of the [[Perlo group]] of Soviet spies, transmitted to the [[Soviet Union]] vital war production and weapon design information while serving on his staff.<ref>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/White_Notebook_No.3_Translated.pdf White Notebook #3], Translation of original notes from KGB archival files by Alexander Vassiliev between 1993-1996. Translated by Steve Shabad, reviewed and edited by Alexander Vassiliev and John Earl Haynes (2007). wilsoncenter.org</ref>  When [[World War II]] ended, Pepper was conciliatory toward [[Joseph Stalin]] despite Stalin's broken promise to [[President Franklin Roosevelt]] to hold democratic elections and respect the right of self-determination of peoples. Pepper opposed Truman's policy of [[Containment]] to stop the spread of Soviet Communism.  Pepper supported [[progressive]] [[Henry Wallace]] against [[Harry Truman]] for president in 1948.  

After the [[J. Robert Oppenheimer#Espionage at Los Alamos|theft of U.S. atomic secrets]] by New Deal Democrats and communists began killing American servicemen in the [[Korean War]] with Soviet-built weapons, Pepper was unseated in the regular 1950 Senate election by the more [[conservative]] [[George Smathers]], then a two-term U.S. Representative from House District 4. Pepper returned to his law practice in 1951, this time in the capital city of [[Tallahassee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/claude-peppers-time-in-tallahassee/|author=Mallary Rawls|title=Claude Pepper's Time in Tallahassee|publisher=Florida State University Special Collections |date=May 4, 2015|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}</ref>

After the [[J. Robert Oppenheimer#Espionage at Los Alamos|theft of U.S. atomic secrets]] by New Deal Democrats and communists began killing American servicemen in the [[Korean War]] with Soviet-built weapons, Pepper was unseated in the regular 1950 Senate election by the more moderate [[George Smathers]], then a two-term U.S. Representative from House District 4. Pepper returned to his law practice in 1951, this time in the capital city of [[Tallahassee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/claude-peppers-time-in-tallahassee/|author=Mallary Rawls|title=Claude Pepper's Time in Tallahassee|publisher=Florida State University Special Collections |date=May 4, 2015|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}</ref>

Thirteen years later, Pepper was elected from the then newly established District 3 (since renumbered multiple times) seat in the U.S. House. as a representative, he then began espousing [[anti-communist]] positions and was critical of [[Cuba]]n dictator [[Fidel Castro]], who was unpopular in south Florida. He chaired the  House Permanent Select Committee on Aging and attempted to strengthen [[Social Security]] and [[Medicare]]. From 1983 to 1989, he chaired the House Rules Committee. Upon his death at the age of eighty-eight, he was honored with a state funeral. Eleven years later, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a  stamp in his honor.<ref name=obit/>

Thirteen years later, Pepper was elected from the then newly established District 3 (since renumbered multiple times) seat in the U.S. House. as a representative, he then began espousing [[anti-communist]] positions and was critical of [[Cuba]]n dictator [[Fidel Castro]], who was unpopular in south Florida. He chaired the  House Permanent Select Committee on Aging and attempted to strengthen [[Social Security]] and [[Medicare]]. From 1983 to 1989, he chaired the House Rules Committee. Upon his death at the age of eighty-eight, he was honored with a state funeral. Eleven years later, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a  stamp in his honor.<ref name=obit/>