environment. The sum total of all surroundings of a living organism, including natural forces and other living things, which provide conditions for development and growth as well as of danger and damage.
Under subpoena in 1948, he testified in what became Alger Hiss's perjury (espionage) trials (1949â1950) and he became an outspoken anti-communist (all described in his 1952 memoir Witness). Afterwards, he worked briefly as a senior editor at National Review (1957â1959). President Ronald Reagan awarded him the Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984.
What did Whittaker Chambers accuse Alger Hiss of? Under subpoena to the House on Un-American Activities Committee  (HUAC) on August 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers  accused Alger Hiss and other former Federal  officials of forâ¦ming part of his Washington-based spy ring on  behalf of the Soviets during the 1930s.