Letter from Willis E. Everett, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment
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EVERETT & EVERETT
WILLIS M. EVERETT (1863-1943)
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
WILLIS M. EVERETT, JR.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
ATLANTA, GA.
January 24, 1949
The Honorable Harry S. Truman,
President of the United States of America,
Washington, D. C.
Your Excellency
In a recent action by myself before the Supreme Court of the
United States styled Everett v. Truman et. al. (334 U.S. 824, 68 S.
Ct. 1081), the divided decision established the subject matter as one
of International Law. A copy of said petition, less Exhibit E, is en-
closed for ready reference. Your Secretary of the Army, Kenneth C.
Royall, upon being appraised of my serious charges against certain
individuals of the U. S. Army, directed that a Commission proceed to
Germany Mr. Justice Gordon Simpson of the Texas Supreme Court,
Judge E. LeRoy van Roden of Pennsylvania, and Lieutenant Colonel
Charles Lawrence, Jr., of the Regular Army investigated many of my
charges and I am informed they verified many incidents which resulted
in a unaminous recommendation to commute all remaining death penalties
to
life
imprisonment. Irrespective of these recommendations, I was in-
formed by letter from General Lucius D. Clay's Chief of Staff dated
December 21, 1948, that they were going to proceed with the hanging
but allowing me sixty days to make an appeal to the International
Court of Justice at the Hague.
Under Article 42 of Chapter II of the Statute of the Inter-
national Court of Justice as signed at San Francisco on June 26, 1945, ,
all parties litigant shall be represented by an Agent. This request
is for you to appoint a suitable agent to represent our Government in
this action to require the Commanding General, European Command, to
accord our defeated foe a fair and just trial. For almost three years
I have devotedly plead for justice, issued no newspaper publicity, and
made no attack except by direct letters to responsible officers of the
United States Army in Europe and Washington or through my enclosed
petition to the Supreme Court. All my ancestors came to the United
States prior to the 17th century and I am confident that my single
handed fight is confined entirely to principles of Justice and Right
which coincide with your views.
Your early reply would be appreciated due to the short time I
have for perfecting an appeal.
Respectfully yours,
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