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Alger Hiss was a former official in the State Department. He had been accused of lying about helping provide secret information to the Soviet Union. He denied the accusations.
Nixon demanded a congressional investigation. Other members of the House thought the issue should be dropped. But Nixon succeeded and led the investigation.
Alger Hiss, shown in this August 25, 1948 photo testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington
While never convicted of espionage, Hiss was tried and found guilty of lying to a grand jury that investigated the case. He was sentenced to prison.
Some Americans disliked Richard Nixon for the way he treated people during the investigation. They felt that some of his attacks were unfair. At that time, fear of communism was very strong. Critics thought he was using the situation for his own gain, to improve his political future.
In nineteen fifty, Richard Nixon ran for the Senate. Nixon, a Republican, competed against Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas, a former actress and three-time California Congresswoman.
During the often bitter campaign he accused her of not recognizing the threat of communism in America.
He also said that she was “pink, right down to her underwear,” a reference to her being sympathetic to communism.
In response, Congresswoman Douglas gave Nixon a nickname he would never completely lose, “Tricky Dick.”
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