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a ea a AR te Ee —a ae Rathi EE aS «a ty ae . US. Si The United Stat me | Court stunned the civilized world last night gianting Gen. \Lomoyuks amashita, the convicted Japanese war griminal, mo upreme Court pes tect wt = 7 ere time in his attempted evasion of justice. Yamashita had been,«€ntenced to ha by an American military court in Manila, capital of the Philippines, for a series of ruthless atrocities against hun- dreds of Filipinos as well as American airmen, - _ Lawyers for this murderer then asked for a writ of habeas corpus on Dec. 7 or a transfer of the case to the - Supreme Court itself. The request was repeated yesterday, cw ee with a demand that Yamashita be returned to the status ofa POW. _— F, The Supreme Court granted ry stay, pending a hearing —perhaps at the next regular session, Jan. 2—of the pet tion for a civil trial in the United States.” — Whatever the court’s legal technicalities, it’s clear that this bending-over-backwards to a ruthless killer can only cause consternation—-in the Philippines ‘and among ' Gi'’s and veterans of the Pacifig theater, _ Every two-bit Japanese war criminal will be encour- - aged to try the same evasion of justice. And the 21 Nazi ; fleeves, - - : iw tn Gamers M1. sae anrwat-= i the Supreme Court anyway~— h a What's 2 if , Let a milita ry trial goo { enough for YXamashita’s kin tt ay 50 JAN naw ie ¢ L- Ar eS Rie f4 7%) Cy JAN 1 1946 7 This is a clipping from : page / of ths . defendants in Nuremberg will be laughing. up their ir bloody . DAILY WORKER Date 42-4 <e7 Clipped at the Bea of Government.