Alger Hiss (left),former State Department official accused of perjury, and his attorney, Lloyd Paul Stryker, arrive at Federal Courthouse here today for the opening of Hiss trial. Hiss Is accused of having lied in denying before a federal spy hunting grand Jury that he gave secret State Department papers to Whittaker Chambers, After Six postponements the trial got under way at noon. May 31, 1949. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).