mean to favor the institution of state trials or to
introduce any cumbersome machinery but the very
punishment of these men in a dignified manner consistent 
with the advance of civilization, will have
all the greater effect upon posterity. Furthermore,
it will afford the most effective way of making a
record of the Nazi system of terrorism and of the
effort of the Allies to terminate the system and prevent 
its recurrence.
 
 
 I am disposed to believe that at least as to
the chief Nazi officials, we should participate in an
international tribunal constituted to try them. They
should be charged with offences against the laws of
the rules of war in that they have committed wanton
and unnecessary cruelties in connection with the prosecution 
of the war. This law of the Rules of War has
been upheld by our own Supreme Court and will be the
basis of judicial action against the Nazis.
 
 
 Even though these offences have not been committed
against our troops, I feel that our moral position is
better if we take our share in their conviction. Other
war criminals who have committed crimes in subjugated