The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-01
Six Maxi Chieftains Found
 Guilty on AH Four Counts

Nuremberg, Oct. - tUP)-SlX Nazi chieftainS led by Hermann Goering were found guilty by the International Tribunal today on all four counts of the war crimes in- dictment, 13 were convicted on some counts and three won full &C., quittal.
 The Tribunal was expected to impose the death penalty later to- day on most of those found guilty
 Guilty on all charges in addition to Goering were:
 Joachim von Ribbentrop, Adolf Hitler's foreign minister.
 Field Marshal Wilhelm von Kel- tel, chief of the German High Command
 Colleen. Alfred Jodl, Army chiei of staff who signed the surrender at ReimS.
 Alfred Rosenberg, director of tht Nazi Party's theology.
 KonStantin von Neurath, "protec- tor" of Bohemia-Moravia and Hit ler'S first foreign minister.
 Three Get Acquitted
 The three men who won a sur prise acquittal on all charges against them were Hjalmal Schacht, German financial leader; Franz von Papen, willy diplomatic veteran and wartime ambassador to Turkey; and Hans Fritzsche, Nag editor and propagandist.
 Rudolf Hess, one-time deputy fuehrer who parachuted into Brit ain was convicted on some counts So were Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Prick, Julius Stleicher, Walther Funk, Crane Admiral Karl Doenitz, Grand Ad, mIral Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, the missing Martin Bormann and Arthur Seyss- Inquart
 The Tribunal ruled in convictine Goering, there is nothing to be said in mitigation.
 Goering was completely Wooder in the box as his conviction was read. Once or twice he jerked hi: head, but showed no emotion. Hess squirmed restleSsly and grimaced but showed no interest in the pro- ceedings.
 Goering Was Moving Force
 "Goering often, indeed almost al- ways, was moving force second only to his leader. He was a lead ing war aggressor both as a politi- cal and as a military leader. He was director of the slave labor pro- gram and creator of the oppressive 1 program against Jews and other races at home and abroad
 All these crimes he frankly ad- fnitted. In some specific cases there may be conflict in the testi- mony, but in terms of the broac outline his own admissions are more than sufficiently wide to be con- elusive of his guilt.
 His guilt is unique in it's enorm- ity The record disclosed no ex. cuses for this man."
 The four power Tribunal showed moderation and mercy in it's con- victions. In addition to acquitting three men entirely, it found only seven of the p defendants guilty of all charges placed against them
 Counts Separated
 The four counts of the indict' ment were: D conspiracy, or common plan of aggression, @ crimes against peace, (3 war crimes and (4 crimes against humanity
 Hess was guilty on counts one anc two; Kaltenbrunner, three ane four; Frank, three and four; Prick two, three and four; Streicher, four Funk, two, three and four; Doenitz two and three; Shirach, four Sauckel, three and four; Bormann three and four; Speer, three ant four; Seyss-Inquart, two, three ant four.
 Raeder was found guilty on tn, first three counts. He had no been charged on the fourth count He and the six guilty on all foul counts stand as the cream of Nag monsters.
 The prosecution took its wors defeat on the first count, that 0. a common plan of conspiracy, which had been prosecuted primarily b. the United States. All P defend ants were charged with it, but only eight were convicted. The eightf man was Hess.
 Goering Finding Bitter
 The Tribunals finding on Goerinf was extremely bitter. From tn time he joined the Nazi Party il 1923 as commander of the s. A stormtroopers, it said, he was 'ad wiser and active agent of Hitler ant one of the prime leaders of tn, Nazi movement.
 He developed the Gestapo ant created the first concentration camps, relinquishing them to (Hein rich) Himmler in 1884. He con ducted the Roehm purge that yea. and engineered the sordid proceed ings which resulted in the remova of (WerneD von Blumberg ant (Werner) von Fritsch from thu army"
 It said Goering was the "centra figure-ringleader-in the Austrian anschluss."
 He commanded the luftwaffe il the attack on Poland and througt the aggressive wars which followed lulling the CZechS with falst promises of friendship"
 Goering was charged by thu tribunal with full complicity in ex. plotting slave labor, using Sovie prisoners as anti-aircraft gunner! and actively participating in spoila. ton of conquered territory
 "Goering persecuted the Jews particularly after the November 1888, riots, not only in Germany where he raised the billion marx fine, but in conquered territories too"
 The court said Goering's interest! in Jews were largely economic.
 Although their eXterminatior