The union times., 1945-12-01
Supreme Court
 Justice Jackson Presents Charge
Unions Had To Be Ex. terminated Before Nazis
 Could Proceed
By Nathan Sherman

The historic charge against the Nazis made by United States Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, Justice of the Su- preme Court, at the opening of the Nuremberg war crime trials, tells a straightforward and tragic story of how Hitler and the Nazi Party systemati- cally planned the destruction of the German trade union movement.
 The Labor movement of Ger many was one of the most highly organized in the world, and its liquidation by the Nazis enabled them to proceed with their plot to Nazify the whole wofld. That eventually they were baked, and finally destroyed in the confagra- ton of their own making, is justice of the highest order.
 A GREAT DOCUMENT
 Justice Jackson's charge against the Nazis is great historical docu- ment. The Union Times is proud to present that section which deals, in Justice Jackson's own words, with ssThe War Against the Working Glass;" We regret tkat we are the only newspaper in Connecticut which is presenting the full text to its readers.
 The indictment by Justice Jackson, as offered to the Court of Judges at Nuremberg, says:
 EXPERIMENTATION
 The Nazi conspiracy, as we shall show, always contemplated not mere ly overcoming current opposition but exterminating clements which could not De reconciled with its philosophy of the state. It not only sought to es- tablish the Maxi "new order" but to secure its sway, as Hitler predicted, "for thousand years" Nazis were never in doubt or disagreement as to what these dissident elements were. They were concisely described by one of them, Col. General von Fritsch, on December II, 1888, in these words:
 ssShortly after the first war I came to the conclusion that we should have to be victorious in three battles if Germany were to become powerful again: l. The battle against the working class Hitler has won this. 2. Against the Catholic Church, perhaps better expressed against Ultramontanism. 8. Against the Jews."
 The warfare against these elements was continuous. The battle in Ger many was but practice skirmish for the worldwide drive against them. We have in point of geography and of time two groups of crimes against hurnanity-onc within Germany be- fore and during the war, the other in occupied territory during the war. But the two are not separated in Nazi planning.
 CONTINUOUS PLAN
 They are a continuous unfolding of the Nazi plan to exterminate peo- ples and institutions whcih might serve as a focus or instrument for overturning their "new world order" at any time. We consider these crimes against humanity in this address as manifestations of the one Nazi plan nd discuss them according to General yon Fritsch's classification
 THE BATTLE AGAINST THE WORKING CLASS
 When Hitler came to power, there were in Germany three groups of trade unions. The General German Trade Union Confederation (ADGB) with twenty-eight affiliated unions, and the General Independent Elm ployes Confederation (AFA) with thirteen federated unions together numbered more than 4,5O0,00 mem bers. The Christian Trade Union had over 1,250000 members.
 The working people of Ger many, like the working people of other nations had little to gain personally by war. While labor is usually brought around to the supp port of the nation at war, labor by and large is pacific, though by no /~--As-o1 f~1.a Dn-~ N-~N