lieve to be innocent of the charges madenagainst them.” In the next issue a NewnRepublic story entitled “Somebody isnLying” said that “it seems certain thatneither Elizabeth Bentley and WhittakernChambers were perjuring themselvesnon a monumental scale, or that this wasntrue of many of those who they accusednof being members of a Communist espionagensystem before and during thenSecond World War.” The New Republicnwent on to report on the cases in a fashionnwhich would lead most readers tonconclude that The New Republic leanednto the view that Bentley and Chambersnwere more likely to have perjurednthemselves.nLater, when Hiss was tried for perjury,nThe New Republic summarized the casenagainst Hiss as revolving around Chambers,nthe “chief and almost only witnessnagainst Hiss.” This remark is odd, givennthe fact that although Chambers’s testimonynwas central to the case against Hiss,na number of other witnesses testifiednwho either supported Chambers’s storynor discredited Hiss’s. The jury convictednHiss, and The New Republic’s immediatenreaction was hostile, questioning “thenjudicial implications of conviction onnthe testimony of a confessed liar,” referringnto Chambers. One wonders hownStrai^t could have written, or allowed tonbe written, such a contemptuous descriptionnof Chambers, considering Straight’snown unconfessed secret.nThe New Republic published its mostnextensive article on the Hiss case severalnweeks after the verdict. Authored bynMerle Miller, the essay reviewed the entirencase in a tone hostile to Chambersnand sympathetic to Hiss. Miller chargednthat “the Government of the United Statesnwas spending tens of thousands of dollarsntrying to make a villain of Alger Hiss.” But,nwrote Miller, “Alger Hiss, even to thenname, was cast for the role of hero.” Millernalso recounted Hiss’s establishment backgroundnof a respectable Baltimore family,nscholarship at Johns Hopkins, attendancenat Harvard Law School, selection fornthe law review, friendship with JusticenFelix Frankfurter, Supreme Court clerk-n”For intellectual and spiritual support andnreinforcement, parents will want to readnTHE FAMILY: AMERICA’S HOPE.n… it will lift your spirits and strengthen your determinationnto fulfill the role you and God have undertaken together: that ofnbeing the best parents you can possibly be in spite of the designs ofnthose who would destroy the foundationnof Western civilization.”n—The Barbara M. Morris ReportnV^’CfAMlV^ n.ylmerkas-.nspeeches presented atna national conference by:nMichael Novak • James HitchcocknArchbishop Nicholas T. Elko • HaroldM. VothnMayer Eisenstein • Joe J. ChristensennHarold O.J, Brown • Leopold TyrmandnJohn A. HowardnTBe QfAMILYnSend check payable to:nThe Rockford Instituten934 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103nOrder THE FAMILY: AMERICAS HOPE todaynand we’ll send you a bonus copy of Allan C.nCarlson’s “The Family in America, 1982.”nn Payment enclosed ($4.00 plus 50