New York Times, Friday, August 15, 1947; 21 Farben Heads Deny War Guilt

и НЕ NEW YORK TIMES, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15. 1947. 1 21 FARBEN HEADS DENY WAR GUILT Counsel Fails in Endeavor to Have Trial Delayed — Three Accused Absent U. N. Proceedings Special Event Lowering of old flag of India and raising of new Dominion flag at By KATHLEEN McLAUGHLIN sped»! :o Tbj Nr»- Уо*к Timm. NUREMBERG, Germany, Aug. 11— Twenty-one of the twenty-four former officials of the I. G. Farben chemical cartel entered pleas of not guilty as they were arraigned here this morning on charges of having conspired with the Hitler regime to wage an aggressive war. Hearing of the evidence will begin Aug. 27. Or- the remaining three defend- prJv.eH„roi ants Carl Lautcnschlager was per- rroceaura‘ mitted to remain in his cell ad¬ joining the prison because lie re¬ ceived yesterday news of the death of his son. and Max Brucggcmann and Karl Wurster were reported patients in hospitals at Ducxscldorf and Ludwigshafen respectively. An attem.pt by defense counsel to obtain a six months' postpone¬ ment of the trial was blocked by Judge Curtis G. Shake of Vin¬ cennes, Ind. Judge Shake ruled that the presiding justices in the Nuremburg military tribunal al¬ ready had rendered a decision on the motion referred to by Dr. Con¬ rad Boettcher on behalf of all at¬ torneys representing the accused. Dr. Boettcher argued that insuf¬ ficient office and travel facilities had been provided for the defend¬ ants to insure the adequate prepa¬ ration of their case. He also as¬ serted that the indictment was faulty because the generalization it contained did not cite direct connections between the individual prisoners and the charges speci¬ fied. Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor, as chief pr ' <:utor. opposed a delay rayed in seats occupied for ten months by the surviving members of the Nazi hierarchy were twenty- one of the most powerful indus¬ trial leaders in the world before the war. With few exceptions, . ... they might easily have been mis- 12:20 P. M. today in front of Ad- laken for smalI businessmen but ministration Building. the extcnt of their responsibility Security Council for the world catastrophe from | Heard Soviet Delegate attack Unit- l9J9 to 1945. as set forth in the! ed States and Australian resolu- indictment, indicated the power tions on Balkan problem In morn-, they welded outside as well as in-! ing session. In afternoon, heard side Germany. Indonesian representative call for Reading of the long indictment withdrawal of Netherland troops was dispensed with after Judge from republic. Council meets at Shake had questioned each defen 3 P. M. to continue discussion oi Indonesian case. Atomic Energy Commission -Work¬ ing Committee meets nl 10:30 Л. M. (closed). Control Commit¬ tee meets afterward Economic anh Social Council danl as to whether he had read the document in German text at least thirty days prior arraignment. Its particulars include accusa¬ tions that executives ol’ this cartel supported the Hitler regime ac¬ tively, stifled the production of Scheduled International Conference strategic materials abroad while on Freedom of Information and stockpiling them in Germany, of the Press to open In Geneva sought deliberately to weaken the March 23. 1918. Council meet* at United States as the arsenal of 3:30 P. M. democracy, established an espton- Committee Rccom- age service abroad, and utilized mended that Council hold only slave labor in its plants, two sessions instead of three in Carl Krauch. as chairman of the 1948. Meets at 10:30 A. M. supervisory board of directors of (closed). Farben and General Plenipotentiary Committee on Specialized Agencies —Concluded draft agreement to bring International Telecommuni¬ cations Union into relation with United Nations as specialized Йспсу. Meets at 10:30 Л. M. eeting of Committee on Non- Governmental Agencies follow#. (Both closed.) General Assembly Committee on Contribution#— Meets it 11 А. M. and 3 P. M. (closed). All meetings at Lake Success. All open unless otherwise specified. in taking the defendants' pleas on the ground that Dr. Boettcher's ar¬ gument did not constitute a mo¬ tion, was irrelevant at this stage of the case «nd could properly be presented later. He added that the same tactics had been used unsuc¬ cessfully in the trial of the major Nazi criminals here. Dr. Boettcher's assertion that "this trial will make' history^’ was the consensus in the court room Ar- for special questions of chemical production under the Goering four- year-plan. has been placed in the seat in the prisoners dock that Goering formerly occupied. Where Rudolf Hess sat. white-haired Her¬ mann Schmitz, chairman of the managing board of directors of Farben. sits. The other defendants present to¬ day were Georg von Scheitzler, Fritz Gajewski. Heinrich Hoerlein. August von Kniericm. Fritz Ter Meer. Christian Schneider, Otto Ambros, Ernst Buergin. Heinrich Buctefisch. Paul Haefllgcr. Max Ilger, Friedrich Jaesie. bans Kuehne, Wilhelm Mann. Heinrich Oster. Walter Ducrfeld. Heinrich Gattineau. Erich von dcr Heyde and Hans Krugler.