Yes. Nixon also proposed a guaranteed annual income program for all Americans, the Family Assistance Plan. It passed the House of Representatives, and was defeated in the Senate by only 10 votes.
Maybe you should start a thread about that.
So... what does that have to do with Nixon exposing Hiss as a traitor?
Your point that Nixon was indeed limited by his political aspirations as a politician is understood. It certainly has afflicted many in the ranks of any party from being principled in their proposals.
I do believe that those who want to look at the truely brave and tragic history of the Hiss trials read “Witness” by Whitaker Chambers.
Here was a man that was a communist operative who began to see the evil he had aligned himself with and upon renouncing it then was positioned by history in a manner that made him feel obligated to fight against the communist network. That fight ended in the exposure of Hiss, a well connected and respected Assistant Secretary of State. Hiss had accompanied Roosevelt to Yalta and helped shape the division of Europe for the cold war — a communist agent.
Chamber’s autobiography is one of the greatest biographies of the century without a doubt. It will show you what we fought then we are still fighting today.