Amy Investigate Appeal Of
Convicted German Soldiers '
When the United States Supreme
Court, by a tie vote, declined to hear
the appeal of seventeen German sol-
'diers, convicted and sentenced to die
;in connection with the massacre of
unarmed American prisoners of war
near. Malmedy, Secretary of the Army
Kenneth Boyall stayed the executions
until proper Army officials could in
vestigate.
The Court, it should be understood.
did not pass upon the petition of the
convicted Germans. Because of a tie
vote upon the question of allowing
a hearing the matter was rejected
and the petition was automatically
dismissed. The custom in connection
with our Supreme Court, is that liti
gants must have the permission of
(the Court in order to proceed.
The action of Secretary Royall
.should demonstrate, to all the peoples
lof Europe, the attention which of
ficials of this country pay to the ju
dicial processes. It is an object lesson
in the supremacy of law, and funda
mental ideas of justice, in connection
with governmental affairs, even in
cluding the punishment of those who
have been convicted of killing Ameri
can soldiers in cold blood.
When we say this much, we have
said all that can be said favorably
about the matter. The petition for
the German prisoners was filed by a
former army officer who defended
the;; prisoners while in the service.
This attorney alleges that the United
States used "sham" courts, threats
and third degree methods to force
confessions from the prisoners. In
cidentally, this is the same allegation
that is often made against .the Rus
sian government, just like it was
made against the Nazi government.
' The charges are rather serious and
it is well for the Army to thoroughly
investigate them. If they are true,
something should be done. " More to
the point, if they are false, something
should also be done. The public would
be interested in knowing whether
there exists any basis for such
charges against the Army, and those
who conducted the trials in Germany.
Moreover, the people of this country
are entitled to know whether they
represent nothing more than the pro
cess adopted by an over-enthusiastic
attorney to win, a point.
fetalin b rroposal May Lead To
Feeling Of False Security v ,
Included in the text - of the reply
by Premier Joseph Stalin to the open
letter of Henry A. Wallace, one finds
the following:
"The U. S. S: R. government con
siders that, despite the difference in
the economic system and ideologies,
the co-existence of these systems and
a peaceful settlement of differences
between the U. S. S. R. and the Unit
ed States are not only possible but
also doubtlessly necessary in the in
terest of a general peace."
Wa do not think that the Govern
ment of the United States, or of the
other Western Democracies, is unwil
ling to enter into a discussion with
the Soviet Government when firmly
convinced that the Russians are
ready to cooperate with the other na
tions .of the world on a basis of sen
sible compromise.
The background of the Russian
Government's conclusion, that the ec
onomic systems can' co-exist in peace
is to be understood by (a) the steady
growth of the Soviet's sphere of in
fluence in Europe since the end of
the war and (b) the end of this era
of unlimited advance because of an
apparent determination on the part
of the United States to contest, by
force, if necessary, the imposition of
Russian control upon other areas.
I If the Soviet conclusion is based
upon a frank recognition of the im
possibility of further advances with
out the serious risk of war and does
not stem from a sincere desire to live
cooperatively in a modern world,
there is little use in proceeding with
negotiations.
The danger in the Soviet proposal
is that it will lull the people of the
United States into a false security,
making them believe that it is not
necessary to be thoroughly prepared
for war and thus lead to the weak
ening of democratic forces tnat are
now- accelerating and rapidly acquir
ing a position sufficiently strong to
stop the Russians even in case of a
ar.
This situation, we believe, has much
to do with the decision of the Com
munist government to seek a peace
ful settlement of differences in. the
interest of "a general peace". Such
a peace, however, must not be a per
iod of quiescence or over-confidence
on the part of the democracies while
the Soviet Union continues to main
tain disproportionate armed strength
or to augment it and thus become
more powerful relative to the free
countries of the world. t
Exports To Russia Bar
War-making Material
American sales to Russian-dominated
areas in Eastern Europe have
dropped sharply since March first.
This freeze on exports to Russia was
one of tJie points raised by the Sov
iet in reply to Ambassador Smith's
statement of American policy.
Charles Sawyer, new Secretary of
Commerce, is working on a plan to
boost our sales in Eastern Europe.
He is preparing a list of things which
the United States can safely sell
after eliminating weapons, ammuni
tion and industrial goods that might
add to Russia's potential.
In the report sent to Congress,
the Secretary of Commerce calls at
tention to the "periodic outburst of
unwarranted hysteria" that has ac
companied reports of goods being
shipped to Eastern Europ& Without
saying so, the 'Secretary reterrea to
the practice of those seeking popular
favor by denouncing every shipment
of goods that went to Russia or her
satellite nations.
Regardless of political or economic
differences with Russia, there is a
safe area in which to develop normal
trade policies. It is hardly intelli
gent for the American people to
worry about the goods going to Rus
sia when these amounted to only
1524,000 in the month of March.
Lack of American Dollars
Causes U. S. Export Lag
European and Asiatic countries, for
the most part, cannot buy goods in
the United States because they do
not have any dollar credit in this
country.
Now comes the news that the
latin-American countries have ex
hausted credit worth $4,500,000,000
T
in American banks since the end of
the: war and nineteen 'trad a exnprta
recently told the National Associa
tion ol Credit Men that there is an
acute shortage of dollars in Latin
America. ; , ; V-
While , this condition ' lias been ag
gravated by the use of productive
facilities for War nurnosesi on should
note that the acute dollar shortage
nas not been lessened by the advent
of so-called peace. The truth of the
matter is that the rest of thn world
cannot build up dollar-credits in this
country, ror the purpose of buying
American products, solely because
the United States is unwilling to buv
the products of other countries.
Obviously, if country B sells a bil
lion dollars worth of its Droducts to
the people of the United States, it
secures a billion dollars which can
be used to purchase the products of
our farms and factories. If country
B as limited in its sales to the United
btates, by tariff walls, auota restric
tions, currency regulations or other
controls, the extent of its purchases
in this country is reduced.
in other words, if the United States
expects to sell its products to foreign
countries, it .must be willing to buy
some of the products of other peoples
of the world.
Communist-control Bill
Will Do Little Harm
The so-called Communist-Control
bill, recently passed by the House,
states as a conventional finding that
a world Communist movement is at
tempting to establish in all countries
totalitarian dictatorships, controlled
and directed bv the "Communist dic
tatorship of a foreign country."
consequently, the measure makes
it a crime to attempt to establish in
this country such a dictatorship, when
the direction and control are to be
under the .domination of anv foreie-n
government, foreign organization or
foreign individual.
Passage of the measure by the
House represents something of a con
demnation of such action on the part
of American citizens but whether it
will be possible to prove in the courts
of this country that a political move-,
ment is under the domination of a
foreign government is . something
else.
While we are not in favor of at
tempting to legislate against the po
litical rights of the people of this
(Concluded on Page Six)
At everv trifle scorn to take oAFptisp
That always shows great pride or
little sense. Pope.
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