Whittaker Chambers was originally born as Jay Vivian Chambers on April 1, 1901 (Whittaker, 2004). After graduating from high school, Chambers left his home on Long Island and worked as a construction worker replacing railroad tracks (Boston, 2011). After working on the railroads, Chambers decided to go to college. He attended Columbia University in New York between 1920 and 1924 (Boston, 2011). During his time at Columbia, Chambers became a very gifted writer. While attending Columbia, Chambers decided he wanted to try becoming a poet; however, he understood that he could “never write poetry good enough to be worth writing” (Boston, 2011). Realizing this, Chambers decided to focus his writing skills on more traditional methods. Unlike poetry, Chambers was very gifted at this type of writing. In 1924, Chambers began reading much of the work of Vladimir Lenin (Chambers, 2013). Lenin's work was a source of inspiration for Chambers and he soon began to agree with Lenin's views and ideologies. For this reason, in 1925, he decided to join the Communist Party (Boston, 2011). After joining the chambers of the Communist Party, he obtained his first job in a communist newspaper: the Daily Worker (Tannenhaus, 1997). Chambers was a talented writer for the Daily Worker. During this period, Chambers also worked as an editor at The New Masses (Boston, 2011). After seeing how well Chambers was doing in these two jobs, he was asked to join the Communist Party's underground movement (Boston, 2011). Chambers was asked to be part of the underground because he was Ivy League educated and had good contacts with respected intellectuals, he spoke other languages ​​very well and was already fluent in German , and he was middle of paper......ngger or disappear like Poyntz and leave his family to be alone. After Chambers left the party, he got a job at TIME Magazine as a book and film reviewer (Chambers, 2013). Eventually, Chambers decided he wanted to expose the communist cell in the United States. It was very risky for Chambers; however, he wanted to help expose everyone involved in the Communist Party. While working clandestinely for the Soviets, Chambers recognized Alger-Hiss. Alger-Hiss worked for the U.S. State Department and also worked for Soviet Russia. After hearing this news, Chambers met with Adolf Berle, a top aide to the Roosevelt administration (Chambers, 2013). However, Berle rejected Chambers' claims and decided that a politician like Hiss could not be involved in such espionage. Chambers accepted it and decided to leave the issue aside for a few years..