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1547 THE ALGER HISS TRIAL
are right. Exhibit 10 looks like the stuff I got from Harry White." He did not have to change his mind. If he was lying, he could have kept on lying.
One problem you might have is how could a man like Hiss do these things? He's so handsome. Gee, how could he do it? Well, what about Wadleigh? His father was a minister. He was educated in Europe. Hiss went to Harvard and then to Germany and Chicago to study. Both men ended up in the State Department. Don't be fooled by looks. Judge the facts.
Now why did I call Wadleigh as a witness? Because the defense indicated that Wadleigh was the thief, not Hiss. So I called him. And he told you he did not take these documents.
The defense said the documents were stolen by one man. But they cannot explain the last three telegrams in that set that had Hiss's initials on them.
Can you imagine anybody getting past Miss Lincoln into Sayre's office to steal documents? Miss Lincoln said that carbons always accompanied these documents. Anybody who has worked for the government can tell you that there must have been thousands of carbons traveling around with these documents. And Hiss stole many of them.
Now as to the second count. Did Hiss see Chambers after January 1, 1937? The rug seems to prove it right there. And what better proof do you want that
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