| | '''Alger Hiss''' (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was a | | '''Alger Hiss''' (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was a |
| | high-ranking<ref>"Alger Hiss, a former [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2000/nr00-02.html high-ranking State Department official]"; "#refBogdanor08|one of America's leading diplomats..."</ref> [[U.S. State Department]] official and Secretary-General<ref>"The Secretary-General of the Conference was Alger Hiss... Secretary-General: Alger Hiss" [[#refUN46|UN 1946-47]]: 14, 48 (PDF 15, 49)</ref> of the founding conference of the [[United Nations]]. Hiss was [[conviction|convicted]] of [[perjury]] in 1950, after denying involvement in [[USSR|Soviet]] [[espionage]]. For decades, a great number of Americans saw Hiss, a [[liberal]]<ref>Hiss referred to "liberals like myself," writing that he had acquired a "liberal outlook" as a student, which was "strengthened and given focus at the Harvard Law School"; his work for Justice Holmes "increased my liberal convictions"; etc. Alger Hiss, [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/liberalism.html Draft of a Chapter on the Foundations of His Liberalism], Small Manuscript Collection, Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library</ref> [[Democratic Party|Democrat]],<ref>"[http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Alger+Hiss Alger Hiss]," ''Hutchinson Encyclopedia''. Hiss had "[[#refBogdanor08|strong ties to the Democratic Party]—not just [[Franklin Roosevelt|Roosevelt]], but others in it."</ref> as an [http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/Since1945/?view=usa&ci=9780195182552 innocent victim of McCarthyism].<ref>Some have depicted Hiss as the victim of an [http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/terrorists_spies/spies/hiss/11.html elaborate frame-up], railroaded by [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/history.html the demagoguery] of [[Richard Nixon]] and the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]].</ref> | | high-ranking<ref>"Alger Hiss, a former [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2000/nr00-02.html high-ranking State Department official]"; "#refBogdanor08|one of America's leading diplomats..."</ref> [[U.S. State Department]] official and Secretary-General<ref>"The Secretary-General of the Conference was Alger Hiss... Secretary-General: Alger Hiss" [[#refUN46|UN 1946-47]]: 14, 48 (PDF 15, 49)</ref> of the founding conference of the [[United Nations]]. Hiss was [[conviction|convicted]] of [[perjury]] in 1950, after denying involvement in [[USSR|Soviet]] [[espionage]]. For decades, a great number of Americans saw Hiss, a [[liberal]]<ref>Hiss referred to "liberals like myself," writing that he had acquired a "liberal outlook" as a student, which was "strengthened and given focus at the Harvard Law School"; his work for Justice Holmes "increased my liberal convictions"; etc. Alger Hiss, [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/liberalism.html Draft of a Chapter on the Foundations of His Liberalism], Small Manuscript Collection, Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library</ref> [[Democratic Party|Democrat]],<ref>"[http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Alger+Hiss Alger Hiss]," ''Hutchinson Encyclopedia''. Hiss had "[[#refBogdanor08|strong ties to the Democratic Party]—not just [[Franklin Roosevelt|Roosevelt]], but others in it."</ref> as an [http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/Since1945/?view=usa&ci=9780195182552 innocent victim of McCarthyism].<ref>Some have depicted Hiss as the victim of an [http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/terrorists_spies/spies/hiss/11.html elaborate frame-up], railroaded by [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/history.html the demagoguery] of [[Richard Nixon]] and the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]].</ref> |