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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 25, 1947
EXECUTIVE ORDER
#9868
APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF A MILITARY
TRIBUNAL ESTABLISHED FOR THE TRIAL
AND PUNISHMENT OF MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS
IN GERMANY
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Consti-
tution and the statutes, and as President of the United States
and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States,
it is ordered as follows:
1. I hereby designate Edward Francis Carter, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska, and Curtis
Grover Shake, former Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of
Indiana, as members of one of the several military tribunals
established by the Military Governor for the United States Zone of
Occupation within Germany pursuant to the quadripartite agreement of
the Control Council for Germany, enacted December 20, 1945, as Control
Council Law No. 10, and pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of the Charter
of the International Military Tribunal, which tribunal was established
by the Government of the United States of America, the Provisional
Government of the French Republic, the Government of the United Ying-
dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, for the trial and punishment of
major war criminals of the European Axis. Such members may, at the
direction of the Military Governor of the United States Zone of
Occupation, serve on any of the several military tribunals above
mentioned, which tribunals are a component part of the military
occupational forces of the United States, and upon which the members
designated herein shall perform active service during the period of
their designation.
2. The members herein designated shall receive such com-
pensation and allowances for expenses as may be determined by the
Secretary of War and as may be payable from appropriations or funds
available to the War Department for such purposes.
3. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the
Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized to
provide appropriate assistance to the members herein designated in
the performance of their duties and may assign or detail such person-
nel under their respective jurisdictions, including members of the
armed forces, as may be requested for the purpose. Personnel so
assigned or detailed shall receive such compensation and allowances
for expenses as may be determined by the Secretary of War and as may
be payable from appropriations or funds available to the War Depart-
ment for such purposes, except that personnel assigned or detailed
from the Navy Department shall receive such compensation and allow-
ances for expenses to which they may be entitled by reason of their
military grade and service and as may be payable from appropriations
or funds available to the Navy Department for such purposos.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 24, 1947.