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He served stateside in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] beginning in 1942, and at war's end took over as publisher of his family-owned ''[[The New Republic]]'' magazine where he hired former [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice President]] and future Presidential candidate [[Henry A. Wallace]] as the magazine's editor. Straight left the ''The New Republic'' in 1956 and began writing novels.  
 
He served stateside in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] beginning in 1942, and at war's end took over as publisher of his family-owned ''[[The New Republic]]'' magazine where he hired former [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice President]] and future Presidential candidate [[Henry A. Wallace]] as the magazine's editor. Straight left the ''The New Republic'' in 1956 and began writing novels.  
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However, in 1963, in response to an offer of government employment in Washington, DC, he faced a background check and decided to voluntarily inform family friend and Presidential special assistant, [[Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.]] about his communist connections at Cambridge. This led directly to the exposure of Anthony Blunt as the recruiter of the [[Cambridge Five]] spy ring.
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However, in 1963, in response to an offer of government employment in Washington, DC, he faced a background check and decided to voluntarily inform family friend and Presidential special assistant, [[Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.]] about his communist connections at Cambridge. This led directly to the exposure of Anthony Blunt as the recruiter of the [[Cambridge Five]] spy ring.  Straight named [[Zalmond Franklin]] in his FBI interview as one of his Soviet intelligence contacts.
    
Straight later served as the deputy chairman of the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] from 1969 to 1977. In 1988 he published "''Nancy Hanks: An Intimate Portrait''" that told the story of the second chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts with whom he had worked.  
 
Straight later served as the deputy chairman of the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] from 1969 to 1977. In 1988 he published "''Nancy Hanks: An Intimate Portrait''" that told the story of the second chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts with whom he had worked.  
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