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other small loan. He had taken a few small loans— maybe amounting to $30—from me during the time I knew him. But he had not repaid me. I told him then that I didn't think he was ever going to repay me what he owed me. I thought we had better forget about that money and not see each other anymore. Q. Did you ever see him after that? A. Not until the HUAC hearings. I had been shown pictures of him before, but I didn't recognize him. Even at the hearings I had trouble recognizing him. When I knew him in 1934, he was a short, heavyset man with very bad teeth. In 1948 his teeth had been fixed and it had changed the shape of his mouth, and he had lost considerable weight, and that had also changed his appear-
Snapshot of Chambers in 1934
Hiss answered all questions with a soft, calm voice. He was more poised and less nervous than he had been in his first trial. He explained that he had told HUAC the same facts he was telling in court today.
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