The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-30
ly could not hear Lawrence'S low tones 30 feet away.
 Determined To Be Objective

Determined To Be Objective
 The finding of innocent for the cabinet, high command and s. A proved the Tribunals determination to be objective. It particularly sought to avoid branding as crim- inal the run of the mine member ship of those organizations which gave blind loyalty to Hitler and the Nazi regime but knew nothing of high policy.
 There was little solace in that for the 21 leaders awaiting their doom but some may escape death.
 Outside the courtroom, and on the roof above it, American soldiers by the hundreds stood watch to pre- vent demonstrations. Armored cars reinforced the street patrols.
 The first section of the judgment ruled that the Nazis had committed war crimes on a vast scale never be- fore seen in the history of war. It called persecution of Jews a record Of consistent, systematic inhuman- lty on the greatest scale. Concen- tration camps were termed a mo- torious means of terrorizing occu- pied countries.
 Define Aggressive War
 In the opening section, the judg- ment gave history of the prosecu- tion, history of the Nazi regime and a discussion of what constitutes aggressive war.
 It ruled that war for the solution Of international controversies under taken as an instrument of national policy certainly includes a war of aggression, and that such war was outclassed by the Kellogg -Briand pact of Paris, Aug. 28, 1928. Ger many signed that pact.
 The judgment recalled how all de- fendants had taken the attitude that the heads of states should enjoy inn munity from responsibility, and that international law did not apply to individuals. It declared the doc Urine of immunity of the heads of states did not apply where the state had violated international law, and that for many years past mili- tary tribunal had tried and pun ished individuals guilty of violating the rules of warfare laid down by the league convention.
 Blinding lights for still and mo- tlon picture cameramen flooded the stone corridor outside the court room. White-gloved guards with shaking fingers nervously scrutin- ized each entry pass. Goering and Baldur von Schirach put on dark glasses against the glare.
 S. A. Dwindled
 Some 7,000,000 Germans figur- atively stood massed at the dock with the defendants through the prosecution of six organiza tions. These included 4,5OO,OOO s. A. storm troopers at the time of the 1884 blood purge. The s. A. later dwind- led to become only gathering place for small-time party hacks.
 The verdict made clear that the ordinary s. A. man has nothing to fear from Allied justice unless he committed some specific crime.
 Particularly scathing language was directed against the German general staff, although it was clear ed as an organization of criminal ity.
 Evidence of criminality against many members of the general staff and high command as individuals is clear and convincing" the Tribunal said.
 They have been responsible in large measure for the miseries and suffering that has fallen on millions of men, women and children. They have been disgrace to the honor able profession of arms.
 Without their military guidance the aggressive ambitions of Hitler and his fellow Nazis would have been academic and sterile.
 Although they are not as a group falling within the words of the char ter, they were certainly a ruthless caste. Contemporary Ger man militarism flourished briefly with its recent ally, National So- cialism, as well as, or better than, it had in the generations of the past"
 The judgment branded the seiz- ures of Austria and Czechoslovakia as the first Nazi acts of aggression.