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Alger Hiss was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The statute of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. Before the trial Hiss was involved in the establishment of the United Nations, both as a US State Department official and as a UN official. In later life, he worked as a lecturer and author.
Whittaker Chambers was an American writer and intelligence agent. After early years as a Communist Party member (1925) and Soviet spy (1932–1938), he defected from the Soviet underground (1938), worked for Time magazine (1939–1948), and then testified about the Ware Group in what became the Hiss case for perjury (1949–1950), often referred to as the trial of the century, all described in his 1952 memoir Witness. Afterwards, he worked as a senior editor at National Review (1957–1959). US President Ronald Reagan awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984.
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Events from the year 1948 in the United States.
The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders took place in New York City from 1949 to 1958. These trials were a series of prosecutions carried out by the US federal government during the postwar period and the Cold War era, which was characterized by tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. The leaders of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) faced accusations of violating the Smith Act, a statute that made it illegal to advocate for the violent overthrow of the government. In their defense, the defendants claimed that they advocated for a peaceful transition to socialism and that their membership in a political party was protected by the First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of speech and association. The issues raised in these trials were eventually addressed by the US Supreme Court in its rulings Dennis v. United States (1951) and Yates v. United States (1957).
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- ↑ Dawson, James P. (June 23, 1949). "Charles Wins NBA Heavyweight Title by Beating Walcott". The New York Times : 35.
- ↑ "200,000 Expelled In Hungary Purge". The New York Times : 8. June 24, 1949.
- ↑ "Iran, Iraq Sign Mutual Aid Pact". The New York Times : 6. June 24, 1949.
- ↑ Hulen, Bertram D. (June 25, 1949). "Two Indonesians Slain In Dutch Exit". The New York Times : 5.
- ↑ Hamilton, Thomas J. (June 25, 1949). "New U. N. Deadlock On Members Issue". The New York Times : 4.
- ↑ Schmidt, Dana Adams (June 28, 1949). "Prague Silences the Clergy; Excommunications Flouted". The New York Times : 1.
- ↑ "Alabama Moves To Unmask Mobs". The New York Times : 20. June 23, 1949.
- ↑ "Alabama Outlaws Wearing Of Masks". The New York Times : 54. June 29, 1949.
- ↑ Knowles, Clayton (June 30, 1949). "House Passes Housing Bill; Low Rent Section Retained, A Major Fair Deal Victory". The New York Times : 1.
- ↑ "Soviet Signs Pact With 3 Countries". The New York Times : 4. July 5, 1949.
- ↑ Trumbull, Robert (June 30, 1949). "Hindu God's State Joins India Today". The New York Times : 10.
