Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1945 — Page 2

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“In War Crimes Trial. + (Continued From Page One) - n feberar” to testity in Ribben-

Jer warned that war with Britain *would be a life and death strugAnother document revealed that ®.special Nazi planning staff had been set. up. for planning

Son..the. highest level” which would |

be kept secret even from Italy and

Schacht's request for the witnesses for the first time indicated the line of defense he would take against prosecution charges that his financial manipulations pro-

vided the money with which Hitler re-armed Germany in preparation

for aggressive war. Clues as to the type of defense

which will be offered by most of

the 20 war crimes defendants were given when the court granted a whole series of requests for witnesses and documents to be produced in their behalf.

Calls on Nasi Colonel

Schacht was given permission to call two witnesses to testify to his

1938 efforts to overthrow Hitler and

to call a luftwaffe colonel named

QGronav to tell of his part in the

abortive July, 1944, conspiracy. He

was also empowered to call Reichs-

bank ‘Director Kretz Schmann te

tell of his opposition tothe persecution of the Jews and other witnesses to tell how he Opposed Nazi re-

Counsel for Rudolf Hess was given permission to produce the letter Hess left behind. for: Hitler before he made his fameus. flight to Britain. He also yas given permission to present ther report on Hess submitted to the house: of commons by

Alfred Rosenberg, Nati ideol permission

to bring witnesses to support his thesis that he had a quarrel with Heinrich Himmler over persecution of the Poles. ' Prank and Wilhelm Prick, Nazi interior minister, were permitted to " call witnesses to try to prove they had no authority over the concenffation camps and gestapo activi.

- |" tion would: increase wage adjust.

claim he tried to co-operate with youth movements in France and

recommended that foreign be treated kindly, . Albert Speer, armaments minis ter, was permitted to call a witness whom he said would testify “to “certain illegal acts” whieh Speer committed in opposition to ‘Hitler. He will also be allowed produce minutes of a meeting with Hitler th an attempt to show that he was just a “non-political architect” and that he tried to prevent . hardships resulting from Hitler's orders,

Present at the meeting at which Hitler presented his “last will and testament” according to the minutes introduced as evidence, were Hermann Goering, Adm. Erich Raeder, Gen. Werner von Fritsch, Constantin von Neurath gnd Gen. Werner von Blomberg. © _ The transcription of their discus-

of evidence, is known as the Hossbach note, named for the colonel who took the notes.

{two days ahead of schedule, | date mentioned by Liberals, who en-

captured documents a mass of evidence that the Nazis were bluepling the coming war as far back

as . He quoted from Von Blomberg's letter to commanders of the army and air force written in 1935, urging them to “strictest secrecy” in promulgation of the ney reich’s

defense law.

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'| eral Motors

Dispute at by E. C. Wilson, president, and H. W. Anderson, vice president:

“The arbitration procedure proposed on Nov. 23 to the General

OC. L O. was not an offer of arbitration but a demand from the union for abdication bythe 'company of its rights to management of its business, . ” . “THE UNION proposal was advanced so that when the expected rejection came General Motors could be blamed for a strike which the union had been planning for several months. “This is evidenced by the fact that the union ignored the company’s prompt reply to the union ultimatum of Nov. 10, and ordered

out awaiting the communication promised for Nov. 23. “Throughout the negotiations, which began with the union de- - mand for a 30 per cent wage increase, forwarded to the corporation on Aug. 18 (four days after the capitulation of Japan), the union has consistently rejected: -reasonable counter - propesals to. its excessive wage In-

s = = “THIS DEMAND was based

» » » “ON NOV. 7 the corporation

corporation would agree to pay increased wage rates by. classifications which since 19041 had not been raised in proportion to the | cost of living: as determined by | the. government agency respon. | sible for administration of presi- | dential executive orders. “Again, on Nov, 15, the corpora- | tion offerefl a proposal of a 10 | per cent wage increase with th ding that if the final adjustment permitted under the presidential formula proved greater than 10 pér cent the corpora-

ments by that amount.

. ” . ” “ALL THREE of these counter proposals were flatly rejected by the U. A. W.-C. 1. O. on the basis that such wage increasess would | amount to increased prices. So far as the corporation is concerned the price of automobiles to the public is a responsibility of the OPA. “The corporation will supmit to OPA all costs which may properly be considered in relation to establishment of . prices for. current models. ) “Increased costs due to increased “wages would be part of these corporation claims, but their effect upon Jhe ultimate - prices would Tést between Genergl Motors and the OPA, and not between Gen. and’ the

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of its wage dispute but connect. ing it with the questions of profits

three-man board. — : “The corporation feels that any procedure of this sort would re-

sult in substitution by subter-

ORLANDO CONSIDERS PREMIERSHIP OFFER

(Continued From Page One)

out their views on the formation of & new government but they indicated he was still uncertain whether to risk his prestige at this time, | ‘The news agency ONBA said Prince Humbert had given Orlando unofficial authorily to organize a

tatives of all political parties. Orlando, famed as the only one of the “Big Four” to refuse to sign the treaty of Versailles, arrived by plane from his native Sicily Sunday

Orlando was the only -candi-

gineered the crisis, and observers believed his patriarchal standing as a world war I victor would make him an ideal compromise candidate.

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worker more favorable thap it was in wartime; nor does it ine clude expenditures for war bonds, which are considered as savings rather than expenditures. “The U. A. W.-C. 1. O. has seen fit to reject the reasonable corporation proposals. Why? That question must be answered by

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