Editing Whittaker Chambers (section)

===Shortlived "Whittaker Chambers Award" (2017–2019)===
In January 2017, the [[National Review Institute]] (NRI) inaugurated a "Whittaker Chambers Award"<ref>{{cite web
| title = 2017 Ideas Summit
| publisher = National Review Institute
| url = https://nrinstitute.org/whittaker-chambers-award
| date = 2017
| access-date = March 30, 2019
| archive-date = March 30, 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330144242/https://nrinstitute.org/whittaker-chambers-award
| url-status = live
}}</ref> for its 2017 Ideas Summit.<ref>{{cite web
| title = 2017 Ideas Summit
| publisher = National Review Institute
| url = http://nrinstitute.org/2017-ideas-summit
| date = January 2017
| access-date = January 23, 2017
| archive-date = February 2, 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202014434/http://nrinstitute.org/2017-ideas-summit
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

Recipients:
* '''Daniel Hannan:''' On March 16, 2017, the first recipient was [[Daniel Hannan]] [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]],<ref>{{cite web
 | first = Jack
 | last = Fowler
 | title = From Atop the Summit
 | publisher = National Review Institute
 | url = http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444749/national-review-ideas-summit-2017-announcement
 | date = February 9, 2017
 | access-date = February 12, 2017
 | archive-date = February 11, 2017
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170211184452/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444749/national-review-ideas-summit-2017-announcement
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref> dubbed "the man who brought you [[Brexit]]" by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news
 | first = Sam
 | last = Knight
 | title = The man who brought you Brexit
 | newspaper = The Guardian
 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/29/daniel-hannan-the-man-who-brought-you-brexit
 | date = September 29, 2016
 | access-date = February 12, 2017
 | archive-date = February 11, 2017
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170211144354/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/29/daniel-hannan-the-man-who-brought-you-brexit
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref> 
* '''Mark Janus:''' In February 2019, NRI announced its second biennial winner of the award, [[Mark Janus]].<ref>{{cite magazine
 | title = Mark Janus to Be Honored with Whittaker Chambers Award at NR Institute 'Ideas Summit'
 | magazine = National Review
 | url = https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mark-janus-to-be-honored-with-whittaker-chambers-award-at-nr-institute-ideas-summit/
 | date = February 20, 2019
 | access-date = March 30, 2019
 | archive-date = March 30, 2019
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330144242/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mark-janus-to-be-honored-with-whittaker-chambers-award-at-nr-institute-ideas-summit/
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine
 | title = National Review Institute to present Mark Janus with the 2019 Whittaker Chambers Award
 | magazine = National Review
 | url = https://nrinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Whittaker-Chambers-Award-Press-Release.pdf
 | date = February 2019
 | access-date = March 30, 2019
 | archive-date = March 30, 2019
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330144325/https://nrinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Whittaker-Chambers-Award-Press-Release.pdf
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref> Supporters say Janus champions free speech; detractors say he seeks to erode public unions by enabling free rides.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Janus and fair share fees The organizations financing the attack on unions' ability to represent workers
 | publisher = Economic Policy Institute
 | url = https://www.epi.org/publication/janus-and-fair-share-fees-the-organizations-financing-the-attack-on-unions-ability-to-represent-workers/
 | date = February 21, 2018
 | access-date = April 4, 2019
 | archive-date = April 4, 2019
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190404130441/https://www.epi.org/publication/janus-and-fair-share-fees-the-organizations-financing-the-attack-on-unions-ability-to-represent-workers/
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>

In March 2019, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported strong opposition from the family of Whittaker Chambers.<ref name=WSJ-Award>{{cite news
| first = Jess
| last = Bravin
| author-link = Jess Bravin
| title = Whittaker Chambers Award Draws Criticism – From His Family: Family members say the conservative icon would be appalled by the recipients of the National Review's prize
| newspaper = [[The Wall Street Journal]]
| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/whittaker-chambers-award-draws-criticismfrom-his-family-11553765402
| date = March 28, 2019
| access-date = March 30, 2019
| archive-date = March 30, 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330031902/https://www.wsj.com/articles/whittaker-chambers-award-draws-criticismfrom-his-family-11553765402
| url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name=WEF-Award>{{cite magazine
| title = National Review Institute ends Whittaker Chambers Award amid his descendants' outcry over recipients
| magazine = [[Washington Examiner]]
| url = https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/national-review-institute-ends-whittaker-chambers-award-amid-his-descendants-outcry-over-recipients
| date = March 29, 2019
| access-date = March 30, 2019
| archive-date = March 30, 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330144240/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/national-review-institute-ends-whittaker-chambers-award-amid-his-descendants-outcry-over-recipients
| url-status = live
}}</ref> It quoted from a family statement: "All of us agree: the efforts of the two awardees run counter to the instincts and experience of Whittaker Chambers. All of us agree: their efforts have not matched his."<ref name=WSJ-Award /> Chambers's son said that the two awardees "are way, way off the target of the man whose name goes along with the award".<ref name=WSJ-Award/> One grandchild said, "I almost thought, well, 'Gosh, did the ''National Review'' guys read his book?'"<ref name=WSJ-Award /> Regarding the award to Daniel Hannan, another grandchild said, "My grandfather would have been horrified" by a [[Brexiteer]] who sought to divide the West (the European Union), as if it were a favor to the "very [[Stalin]]-like" [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name=WSJ-Award /> Regarding the anti-union Mark Janus, the family noted that Chambers's wife, [[Esther Shemitz]], had been a member of the [[International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union]] and that other family members were active in unions, including Chambers himself in the [[Newspaper Guild]].<ref name=WSJ-Award />

In response, ''National Review'' conceded, "We don't own the Chambers name".<ref name=WSJ-Award /> While it refused the family's request to withdraw the two awards, it did agree to discontinue it.<ref name=WSJ-Award/> It also agreed to publish the Chambers family's statement on its website the weekend after the award.<ref name=WSJ-Award /> After ''National Review'' did not publish on time as promised, the family published themselves ("Withdraw Whittaker").<ref>{{cite web
| first = David
| last = Chambers
| title = Withdraw Whittaker
| publisher = WhittakerChambers.org
| url = https://whittakerchambers.org/about/whittaker-chambers-award/
| date = March 31, 2019
| access-date = March 31, 2019
| archive-date = August 4, 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200804113517/https://whittakerchambers.org/about/whittaker-chambers-award/
| url-status = live
}}</ref> [[Christopher Buckley (novelist)|Christopher Buckley]], author and son of William F. Buckley Jr., supported the Chambers family with a similar story about the William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence: when Media Research Center awarded [[Sean Hannity]], Buckley objected, the center rescinded the award, and stopped making the award altogether.<ref name=WSJ-Award/>