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Show fHLPhillipr. If THE TRIAL OF HERMANN GOERIXG Q. You are charged with being Instigator and full supporter of nearly near-ly every foul crime committed against civilization in the European war. J A. (In surprise) Who? Met Q. You are further charged with being the rlghthand man to Adolf j Hitler, with concurring In all his de-i de-i cisions and with directing the ruth-! ruth-! less use of airplanes against de- fenseless peoples and communities. I A. It must be some mistake, gen-, gen-, tlemen. I am a good-natured man, i a good fellow and at heart merely t costume Jewelry collector. Q. Name one Instance In which you opposed Nazi ruthlessness. A. Well, I was once so outraged by the blitzing of civilians that I had to quit my banquet table after the twelfth course. And I remember remem-ber an occasion when my senslbili-I senslbili-I tics were so disturbed by ft de-1 de-1 portation of Frenchmen as slaves I that In dressing I forgot nine Of my I twenty-two medals. -- Q. Do you deny guilt for Coventry, Coven-try, Plymouth, Rotterdam, Warsaw and the horrors of London? A. I was against such acts. Q. What did you do to stop them? A. I spoke very sharply to Hitler, but you know what ft low-lived, brutal, bru-tal, unspeakable, vile fellow that monster was. Q. You hold Hitler alone responsible? respon-sible? A. That filthy, merciless skunk was to blame for everything. Q. Do you think Hitler's dead? A. If I didn't do you think I would talk about blm like this!!!! Q. You were associated with Der Fuehrer from his earliest days; you were In on evesy project; you heard and approved every proposal to destroy de-stroy Europe, did you not? A. I may have been present, but I desire to announce that I never beard well. I am quite deaf. Q. This Is the first time anybody has ever heard that alibi from you. How do you explain it? A. This is the first time It seemed necessary to use it. I Q. High In the councils of the Nazis at all times, you approved the book burnings, the persecution of Jews, the pogroms, slave labor operations op-erations and blitzes, did you not? A. Nelnl They broke my heart. The thought of each act of that nature na-ture outraged me. Q. Name one instance of your opposition. op-position. A. I protested s thousand times to Hitler by telephone. Q. How many times was the wire busy? A. A thousand times! Q. What did you ever do In any way to stop the atrocious treatment of war prisoners? A. I remember distinctly once cancelling a wild boar hunt, forgetting for-getting where I had put three stolen masterpieces and putting the pants of uniform B-315 on wrongside out. Q. Do you sit there and deny you were as guilty as Hitler and the rest of his henchmen In every foul outrage out-rage against human decency? A. How can you gentlemen look at me and even suspect such ft thing? The Entire Tribunal LOOKING AT YOU MAKES IT EASIER! Quisling complained that the cell into which he was put was of a common sort and kicked because a bag containing chocolate and cognac was taken away from him. That just gives you an idea. Peter Widener has named a race horse after "Happy" Chandler, Chan-dler, the new czar of baseball. That's what we call pretty embarrassing. em-barrassing. But Mr. Chandler can always retaliate by naming a shortstop after a horse. German hopes appear to have been knocked higher than ft Kcitel. I It struck us that it was somewhat of boost for democracy that the ! surrender of Germany was signed i tor our side by an American named ! Smith. Walter Smith. And the name ' sounds pretty good up against all the German Vons-Thls-and-Vons-Thats. If Hitler were not dead, the sight of the Stars and Stripes flying over Berrhtesgadrn would kill him. After the war in Europe and Ja-1 Ja-1 pan there is still a Job to do. This ; country still has the Job of making ' peace with John L. Lewis. j te coon oi n DAYS I Clarence Smedley Thomptnn, uhn ' dird the other day at hit Ining I'lace hme in m York, wit our firu . lie sure lit our frt jnh at a cith re-purler re-purler hark home and hesand that (file Ut the benefit of hit piilient training, train-ing, 1111' aifiire and mirm friendship Ue Hill treasure a faded mite uhiih gaie ut n nei e r-to-he forgotten thriH. Ii tnid that "uithoul iiiiri'luliim on mir part I am $lad to increase your pay from J! a nrrfc In !. rftertif thit ueek" Ihree Mrrfc uut the ttnrlint uage in thnte dai and it temed a Inl of money, file dollurt unt nnmethint thai ! made on feel in the lipiirr hrarkftt i |