Tribute paid Stone in Nuernberg court
NUERNBERG (AP) – The International Military Tribunal halted the Nuernberg war crimes trial briefly today to pay tribute to Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone of the United States.
Lord Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence, the Briton who presides, expressed the sympathy of the whole court for "the American people in the loss of a man who proved himself a great public servant… and discharged his duties with great ability and in accordance with the highest traditions.”
Justice Robert H. Jackson, a colleague of Justice Stone and chief American prosecutor here, praised the chief justice as a “forward looking man of great fairness and kindness who was guide, philosopher and friend to many younger men who came to Washington.”
Justice Jackson said Justice Stone’s death “brought great sadness to every American here in Nuernberg.”
Justice Jackson continued: “However. we find consolation in this: He died exactly as he would have wished to die – in full possession of his faculties and in discharge of his duties.”
The German defendants listened through their earphones to translations.