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Prosecution's Closing Statement / 155
Hiss saw Chambers in 1937 than the $400 loan? And what about the New Year's Eve party on December 31, 1936? Of course the defense tells us that party didn't happen because the Hisses were up in Chappaqua then. They showed a letter written near the end of December 1936. But Dr. Nicholson said, "I saw Timmy on January 2." Mrs. Hiss was back for that New Year's Eve party.
The Hisses say they gave the typewriter to the Catletts in December 1937 because it was a wreck. But when did the Catletts really get the typewriter? When Chambers quit the party in 1938. Because at that time the Hisses realized, Well, we've got the rug stored away. The only other thing that could get us in trouble other than Chambers's word is the typewriter. They knew if they sold the typewriter, it might be traced. If they dropped it off the bridge into the Potomac River, somebody might see them. So what did they do? They gave it to their trusted maid's children, knowing full well that they didn't type and that the typewriter would be abused and gradually disintegrate. But Burnetta Fisher used the typewriter in school and Mr. Feehan from the FBI typed on it without trouble. So why wouldn't Mrs. Hiss let their boy learn to type on it?
We have the secret documents, and the experts agreed they were typed on the Woodstock. So how does Hiss get around that? He says, "Wadleigh did
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