The Ware Group was a covert organization of Communist Party USA operatives within the United States government in the 1930s, run first by Harold Ware and then by Whittaker Chambers after Ware's accide
On August 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers first testified before HUAC about the Ware Group
Alger Hiss testifying (1948)
Lee Pressman during testimony to a U.S. Senate subcommittee (March 24, 1938)
J. Peters was the most commonly known pseudonym of a man who last went by the name "Alexander Stevens" in 1949. Peters was a journalist, political activist, and accused Soviet spy who was a leading fi
Ware Group
…and then by Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961) after Ware's accidental death on August 13, 1935. Harold Ware founded the group under the auspices of J. Peters by Summer 1933. Ware was a Communist Party (CPUSA) official working for the federal government in Washington, D.C. The first known meeting of the Ware…
J. Peters appearing as "Alexander Stevens" at HUAC hearing on August 30, 1948