President Truman confers with war crimes prosecutor for U.S. U.S. President Harry S.

President Truman confers with war crimes prosecutor for U.S. U.S. President Harry S. Truman (left) confers with Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief war crimes prosecutor for the U.S., at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 5, 1945, two days after Justice Jackson returned to the U.S. from Europe for final instructions. Mr. Jackson who plans to return to Europe in mid-September, said the trials of 24 major German war criminals would begin around November 1.