Death Sentence Conferral

(Original Caption) Members of both the defense and the prosecution as they conferred on the appeal to be filed before the U.S. Supreme Court January 7th in the death sentence given Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita as a war criminal. Seated, left to right: Maj. Robert Kerr, Portland, Ore., prosecution; Solicitor Gen J. Howard McGrath and Attorney General Tom Clark, both representing the U.S. Government, and Col. Harry E. Clarke, Altoona, PA., defense. Standing, left to right: Capt. Delmas Hill, Kansas, prosecution; Assistant Solicitor Gen. Harold Judson; Capt. Milton Sandberg, New York City, defense, and Capt. A. Frank Beel, Cambridge, Mass., defense. The officers were flown here from Manila to present the case.