| − | Mr. SMITH. Yes; I have no doubt it is. [http://ia360609.us.archive.org/1/items/hearingsregardin1948unit/hearingsregardin1948unit_bw.pdf Espionage in the U.S. Government]: Hearings under Public Law 601, House Committee on Un-American Activities, United States Congress (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948) p. 1074</ref> but before he could so testify in the Hiss [[trial]], Smith would plunge down a five-story Justice Department stairwell to his [[death]]; there would be no witnesses.<ref>"U.S. Lawyer Who Figured In Hiss Case Killed in Fall," ''The Washington Post,'' October 21, 1948, p. 1</ref> | + | Mr. SMITH. Yes; I have no doubt it is. [http://ia360609.us.archive.org/1/items/hearingsregardin1948unit/hearingsregardin1948unit_bw.pdf Espionage in the U.S. Government]: Hearings under Public Law 601, House Committee on Un-American Activities, United States Congress (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948) p. 1072</ref> but before he could so testify in the Hiss [[trial]], Smith would plunge down a five-story Justice Department stairwell to his [[death]]; there would be no witnesses.<ref>"U.S. Lawyer Who Figured In Hiss Case Killed in Fall," ''The Washington Post,'' October 21, 1948, p. 1</ref> |