Show w 11 i MARQUIS CHILDS CHILDS' 1 Evidence ence Must Be Sound In Prosecution of Nazis azis th the W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Trial Trial of or war criminals Is Ie a perilous undertaking It can cnn go wron wrong In a a. variety varlet of ot ways that will project trouble Into the distant future That I Is ono one reason why necessarily necessarily the process has hIlS been so long drawn out If U It was WM to tobe be a a. trial a bona bonn fide Ide trial then tho the case cao had to be bo ironclad Otherwise It w would uld be the kind kindor of or performance that corrodes respect for tho the processes of law lawand and undermines belief belle In basic lc Institutions Justice Robert H HI Jackson tho American prosecutor In tho the trials trial of ot the German war leaders lead lead- ers erl t to be h held ld nt at t Nuremberg has worked tirelessly First there ther was wai the difficulty of or reconciling reconciling rec ree rec- rec four our different systems of law law British British French Russian and U. U S S. S That took weeks of ot discussion and nd ar argument While this was waa going on on In Investigators investigators In- In wore were at wor work worl documenting documenting docu docu- the caso case against the tho 25 to 30 high nazis and militarists militar militar- lISts isIs who will po go o on trial In a afew afew few weeks week Fortunately tho the Germans are a a. thorough peo peo- pie Nazi Records Aid Md They document nt everything In the course of or the tho trial voluminous voluminous voluminous vol vol- vol- vol records record will show sho tho the growth of oC tho nazi conspiracy to dominate the world by methods methods meth meth- essentially criminal that criminal that thatIs Is Is mass murder for races such mich michas as the Jews Jew and the tho Gypsies Gypsie Not only did they put It In writIng writIng writ- writ Ing but search of ot film tUrn archives has hill produced some significant nt shots of or tho the conspirators at work Now Pre Trum Truman m has appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed former f Atty Gen Francis Francis Francis Fran Fran- cis to be the American judge of ot the Judge four e court which will try the accused Ger Ger- mans His alternate te will bo be Fed Circuit Judge John J. J Parker of North Carolina a ft RepublIcan an The presidents president's first choice W was former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. J Roberts Robert Roberts Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts first Indicated he ho would serve erve although he was reluctant reluctant tant taut to undertake th the difficult assignment At this time however came the hie army and and- navy Pearl Harbar Harbor Harbor Har Har- bor bar reports report Taking these re reports reports ro- ro ports as their text some members mem mem- bers bets of congress s and some newspapers newspapers news news- pap papers rs criticized Rob Roberts rt for forthe forthe the Investigation m Into Pearl Harbor that he ha made mado At the request re re request request re- re quest of oC Pres Roosevelt This s seemed to the former fonner supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme court justice gratuitous abuse for tor wh what t had been In any event a a. thankless ta task k At a time when hen the tho country was be bewildered and shocked hocked by the debacle at t Pearl Harbor Rob erts had agreed to I Impartial report as a I. p r dut duty Reward of Abne Because he did not nJ Roosevelt guilty he did not no i at course satisfy the clamor J 0 the Isolationists So SQ hi hla hIl abuse This was may wen wei h been the factor that him finally to dide a accepting the thO We Ve often m lUke mak public figures pay a l high for their service e. e Biddle has left the d I of jt ton too recently to 10 toT toTany i any worthwhile jud judgment ent record there One OM thing h ht he If beyond any doubt and with high Integrity 4 was waa to hold tho the line on liberties The contrast with World Wi W W. W I I. I and particularly the tie p Immediately after the en end that war Is sharp harp fl The of witch burning which took toole p In tho the earlier period waa wu ii ful iii What a a. current Harpers Harper's calls cills our worst time mistake the thc tho If Mr r tion of Japanese Amei two-thirds two of or them Arne Am citizens In itt Internment Urn earn BIddle strongly oP opposed oppose fought a good fight but lo lothe lost lest the military It b is by no means jin n f rw ta task k that thal BIddle has hIlS accept accepted Tho The gaze gaza of the world will U n bj fixed that most on extraordinary c. of ot modem modern trials t t. t If U the tho cases cues presented to t lit tbt court are convincing and i U if t 3 sentences passed seem Juit t ta a long step In International t twill will hn have ve been taken It it is It possible that another of pot nUat- nUat war makers stop look and listen belo before light tho the fuse f t Copyright by United Future Syndicate |