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[[File:Abraham-Feller.png]]
[[File:Abraham-Feller.png|Alignment:left|thumb|200px|Abraham Feller]]
'''Abraham Howard Feller''' was a close personal friend of Alger Hiss who, while the Chief Legal Counsel to the [[United Nations]], committed suicide on November 13, 1952 by jumping out of a window at 50 Central Park West in [[New York City]], falling 13 stories.
'''Abraham Howard Feller''' was a close personal friend of Alger Hiss who, while the Chief Legal Counsel to the [[United Nations]], committed suicide on November 13, 1952 by jumping out of a window at 50 Central Park West in [[New York City]], falling 13 stories.
Three popular explanations were given as to why Feller committed suicide:<ref>Nashville Banner, Nov 15, 1952, Page 4 | https://www.newspapers.com/image/603099020/</ref>
Three popular explanations were given as to why Feller committed suicide:<ref>Nashville Banner, Nov 15, 1952, Page 4 | https://www.newspapers.com/image/603099020/</ref>
# The Senate investigation of American UN employees, even though Feller had not been questioned and was not under suspicion.
# [[Trygve Lie]]'s decision to resign as UN Secretary General.
# The electoral defeat of [[Adlai Stevenson]] in the U.S. Presidential contest of 1952, where Dwight Eisenhower was elected.
UN Secretary General Lie blamed the McCarran Committee for Feller's suicide. The Chief UN Security Officer Frank Begley said that Feller's "loyalty had not been under suspicion."<ref>Daily News, Nov 14, 1952, Page 8 | https://www.newspapers.com/image/415718065/</ref>
UN Secretary General Lie blamed the McCarran Committee for Feller's suicide. The Chief UN Security Officer Frank Begley said that Feller's "loyalty had not been under suspicion."<ref>Daily News, Nov 14, 1952, Page 8 | https://www.newspapers.com/image/415718065/</ref>