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== Later Life ==

== Later Life ==

Hiss was released in 1954. Disbarred, he became a salesman. Five years later, Alger and Priscilla Hiss separated.<ref>Matthew Richer, "[http://www.mmisi.org/ma/46_04/richer.pdf The Ongoing Campaign of Alger Hiss: The Sins of the Father]," Modern Age, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Fall 2004), p. 309 (PDF p. 3)</ref> In the late '60s, Hiss met Mrs. Isabel Dowden Johnson, a former [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00103 editor at ''The New York Times'' and ex-wife] of [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170660/bio the Communist]<ref>Cole, who titled his 1981 memoir ''Hollywood Red'', "remained a hardcore Communist" until his death in 1985. Ronald Radosh and Allis Radosh, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=J_BkAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 Red Star Over Hollywood]'' (San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2005) ISBN 1893554961, p. 29; Cf. Kenneth Lloyd Billingsley, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=YWtZAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 Hollywood Party: How Communism Seduced the American Film Industry in the 1930s and 1940s]'' (Rocklin, Calif: Prima Publishing, 1998) ISBN 0761513760, pp. 266-267</ref> screen writer Lester Cole, a member of the "Hollywood Ten."<ref> Priscilla reportedly had a breakdown, in which she said she was “tired of all the [http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1858F750-23F1-43DF-93C8-86E30C5224E2 lies and cover-ups],” and complained that "Alger was willing to [http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=445F476F-9BFF-4E61-AED9-733CFFE94E65 sacrifice us all] on the altar of his vindication." Following Priscilla's death in 1984, [http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/nyregion/isabel-j-hiss-91-widow-of-alger-hiss.html Alger and Isabel married].

Hiss was released in 1954. Disbarred, he became a salesman. Five years later, Alger and Priscilla Hiss separated.<ref>Matthew Richer, "[http://www.mmisi.org/ma/46_04/richer.pdf The Ongoing Campaign of Alger Hiss: The Sins of the Father]," Modern Age, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Fall 2004), p. 309 (PDF p. 3)</ref> In the late '60s, Hiss met Mrs. Isabel Dowden Johnson, a former [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00103 editor at ''The New York Times'' and ex-wife] of [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170660/bio the Communist]<ref>Cole, who titled his 1981 memoir ''Hollywood Red'', "remained a hardcore Communist" until his death in 1985. Ronald Radosh and Allis Radosh, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=J_BkAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 Red Star Over Hollywood]'' (San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2005) ISBN 1893554961, p. 29; Cf. Kenneth Lloyd Billingsley, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=YWtZAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 Hollywood Party: How Communism Seduced the American Film Industry in the 1930s and 1940s]'' (Rocklin, Calif: Prima Publishing, 1998) ISBN 0761513760, pp. 266-267</ref> screen writer Lester Cole, a member of the "Hollywood Ten." Priscilla reportedly had a breakdown, in which she said she was “tired of all the [http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1858F750-23F1-43DF-93C8-86E30C5224E2 lies and cover-ups],” and complained that "Alger was willing to [http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=445F476F-9BFF-4E61-AED9-733CFFE94E65 sacrifice us all] on the altar of his vindication." Following Priscilla's death in 1984, [http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/nyregion/isabel-j-hiss-91-widow-of-alger-hiss.html Alger and Isabel married].

In 1974, the [[Watergate]] scandal forced [[Richard M. Nixon|President Nixon]] to resign, giving "some credence to a wide spectrum of conspiracy theories involving fake typewriters, phony microfilm, and various collusions among the FBI, Nixon, HUAC, the CIA, the radical right, and the KGB."<ref>"[http://www.historynet.com/the-alger-hiss-spy-case.htm/4 The Alger Hiss Spy Case]," HistoryNet.com</ref> In 1975, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court granted Hiss' petition for readmittance to the State Bar of Massachusetts, although the court's ruling stated "nothing we have said here should be construed as detracting one iota from the fact that in considering Hiss's petition we consider him to be guilty as charged."<ref>''[http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/368/368mass447.html In the Matter of Alger Hiss'', 368 Mass. 447], 1975; [http://books.google.com/books?id=xcA2AAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 333 N.E.2d 429]; [http://www.loris.net/onken/nationalcases/Masshiss(goodmercycase).htm 1975 Mass. LEXIS 1014]</ref>

In 1974, the [[Watergate]] scandal forced [[Richard M. Nixon|President Nixon]] to resign, giving "some credence to a wide spectrum of conspiracy theories involving fake typewriters, phony microfilm, and various collusions among the FBI, Nixon, HUAC, the CIA, the radical right, and the KGB."<ref>"[http://www.historynet.com/the-alger-hiss-spy-case.htm/4 The Alger Hiss Spy Case]," HistoryNet.com</ref> In 1975, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court granted Hiss' petition for readmittance to the State Bar of Massachusetts, although the court's ruling stated "nothing we have said here should be construed as detracting one iota from the fact that in considering Hiss's petition we consider him to be guilty as charged."<ref>''[http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/368/368mass447.html In the Matter of Alger Hiss'', 368 Mass. 447], 1975; [http://books.google.com/books?id=xcA2AAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 333 N.E.2d 429]; [http://www.loris.net/onken/nationalcases/Masshiss(goodmercycase).htm 1975 Mass. LEXIS 1014]</ref>