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After graduation, MacLeish lectured at Harvard, became an editor at ''The New Republic'' with [[Walter Lippmann]], then joined the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart, which would later employ [[Alger Hiss]].<ref>[http://www.mdhs.org/library/Mss/ms002504.html Alger Hiss Collection, 1934-1979], Maryland Historical Society</ref> In 1932, MacLeish won the Pulitzer Prize for his epic poem ''Conquistadors.'' That year, he wrote an article questioning the [[legitimacy]] of the existing “[[capitalist]] order,”<ref>Archibald MacLeish, “To the Young Men of Wall Street,” ''Saturday Review'', January 16, 1932</ref> which caught Hiss' eye.<ref>Tony Hiss, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=14B3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 The View From Alger's Window]'' (New York: Vintage Books, 2000) ISBN 0375701281, pp. 140-141</ref>

After graduation, MacLeish lectured at Harvard, became an editor at ''The New Republic'' with [[Walter Lippmann]], then joined the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart, which would later employ [[Alger Hiss]].<ref>[http://www.mdhs.org/library/Mss/ms002504.html Alger Hiss Collection, 1934-1979], Maryland Historical Society</ref> In 1932, MacLeish won the Pulitzer Prize for his epic poem ''Conquistadors.'' That year, he wrote an article questioning the [[legitimacy]] of the existing “[[capitalist]] order,”<ref>Archibald MacLeish, “To the Young Men of Wall Street,” ''Saturday Review'', January 16, 1932</ref> which caught Hiss' eye.<ref>Tony Hiss, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=14B3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 The View From Alger's Window]'' (New York: Vintage Books, 2000) ISBN 0375701281, pp. 140-141</ref>

In 1936, MacLeish submitted two articles to the [[Communist Party]] organ ''New Masses,'' whose editor was [[Whittaker Chambers]].<ref>MacLeish  “would not have written for that party publication at all unless he shared some of the goals of American communism.” Hilton Kramer, ''[http://books.google.com/books?ei=IuThSpqVFIq6yQSZ89j3Cw&id=yPZ3AAAAMAAJ The Twilight of the Intellectuals: Culture and Politics in the Era of the Cold War]'' (Chicago: I.R. Dee, 2000) ISBN 1566632226, p. 262</ref> The next year, he chaired the first open meeting of the Second Congress of the [[Communist front]] [[League of American Writers]],<ref>”[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,758006,00.html Books: Creators' Congress]," ''Time'', June 21, 1937</ref> where he introduced Communist Party General Secretary [[Earl Browder]].<ref>Ellen McClay, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=SwD5_1nAcbcC In the Presence of Our Enemies]'' (Bloomington, In.: AuthorHouse, 2006) ISBN 1420894226, p. 251</ref> The following year, President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] appointed him Librarian of Congress. During [[World War II]], MacLeish served as director of the War Department's Office of Facts and Figures and assistant director of the [[Office of War Information]]<ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/47 Archibald MacLeish], Academy of American Poets</ref>(where his subordinates included [[Owen Lattimore]], director of Pacific Operations, and [[Joseph Barnes]], in charge of international broadcasting),<ref>Erik Barnouw, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=UzVDHPsJ6AoC The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States, 1933 to 1953]'' (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0195004752, p. 159</ref> then (in 1944) assistant secretary of state for Cultural Affairs.

In 1936, MacLeish submitted two articles to the [[Communist Party]] organ ''New Masses,'' whose editor was [[Whittaker Chambers]].<ref>MacLeish  “would not have written for that party publication at all unless he shared some of the goals of American communism.” Hilton Kramer, ''[http://books.google.com/books?ei=IuThSpqVFIq6yQSZ89j3Cw&id=yPZ3AAAAMAAJ The Twilight of the Intellectuals: Culture and Politics in the Era of the Cold War]'' (Chicago: I.R. Dee, 2000) ISBN 1566632226, p. 262</ref> The next year, he chaired the first open meeting of the Second Congress of the [[League of American Writers]] (LAW),<ref>”[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,758006,00.html Books: Creators' Congress]," ''Time'', June 21, 1937</ref> where he introduced Communist Party General Secretary [[Earl Browder]].<ref>Ellen McClay, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=SwD5_1nAcbcC In the Presence of Our Enemies]'' (Bloomington, In.: AuthorHouse, 2006) ISBN 1420894226, p. 251</ref> The LAW was [[Communist front]], “founded under [[Communist]] auspices in 1935,” according to a 1942 report by [[President]] [[Franklin Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s [[Attorney General]] [[Francis Biddle]].<ref>During the [[Nazi-Soviet pact]], said Biddle, the League “began openly to follow the Communist Party line as dictated by the foreign policy of the Soviet Union.” The League's sudden pacifism during the pact, and equally sudden reversion to pro-war militancy upon its breakdown, observed Biddle, left “little doubt of its Communist control.” {{cite journal |year=September 2, 1942 |journal=Congressional Record |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |pages=7685-7686}} cited in {{cite book |title=Third Report: Un-American Activities in California |last=Joint Fact-Finding Committee |first=California Legislature |year=1947 |publisher=California Senate |location=Sacramento |pages=67-69 (PDF pp. 77-79) |url=http://ia331311.us.archive.org/3/items/jointfactunamer00calirich/jointfactunamer00calirich.pdf |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref>The following year, President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] appointed him Librarian of Congress. During [[World War II]], MacLeish served as director of the War Department's Office of Facts and Figures and assistant director of the [[Office of War Information]]<ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/47 Archibald MacLeish], Academy of American Poets</ref>(where his subordinates included [[Owen Lattimore]], director of Pacific Operations, and [[Joseph Barnes]], in charge of international broadcasting),<ref>Erik Barnouw, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=UzVDHPsJ6AoC The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States, 1933 to 1953]'' (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0195004752, p. 159</ref> then (in 1944) assistant secretary of state for Cultural Affairs.

After the war, MacLeish served with Hiss on the U.S. delegation drafting the [[United Nations]] [http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/preamble.shtml Charter]. The official assigned by the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (predecessor of the CIA) to record the drafting of that document would later say MacLeish "kicked me out" of the session.<ref>[http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unationsday/docs/lindquist19april90.pdf Oliver Lundquist Interview], United Nations Oral History Project, Yale University, 1990</ref> [[Secretary of State]] [[Dean Acheson]] appointed MacLeish chairman of the U.S. delegation to the organizational meeting of [[UNESCO]].

After the war, MacLeish served with Hiss on the U.S. delegation drafting the [[United Nations]] [http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/preamble.shtml Charter]. The official assigned by the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (predecessor of the CIA) to record the drafting of that document would later say MacLeish "kicked me out" of the session.<ref>[http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unationsday/docs/lindquist19april90.pdf Oliver Lundquist Interview], United Nations Oral History Project, Yale University, 1990</ref> [[Secretary of State]] [[Dean Acheson]] appointed MacLeish chairman of the U.S. delegation to the organizational meeting of [[UNESCO]].