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In Document 1666-PS, a second 1666-PS but of another
date, the 27th of March 1942 — I ask the Tribunal to take judicial
notice of this original decree, which is published in the 1942
Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, at Page 180:
"In pursuance of the Führer's
decree of 21st of March 1942, I decree as follows:
"1. My manpower sections are hereby abolished (circular letter
of 22d of October 1936). Their duties (recruitment and allocation of
manpower, regulation of labor conditions) are taken over by the
Plenipotentiary General for Allocation of Labor, who is directly under
me.
"2. The Plenipotentiary General for Allocation of Labor will be
responsible for regulating the conditions of labor (wage policy)
employed in the Reich territory, having regard to the requirements of
labor allocation.
"3. The Plenipotentiary General for Allocation of Labor is part
of the Four Year Plan. In cases where new legislation is required or
existing laws need to be modified, he will submit appropriate
proposals to me.
"4. The Plenipotentiary General for Allocation of Labor will
have at his disposal for the performance of his task the right
delegated to me by the Führer for issuing instructions to the
highest Reich authorities and their subordinate offices, as well as
the Party offices and their sections and their affiliated
organizations, also to the Reich Protector, the Governor General, the
military commanders, and heads of the civil administrations. In the
case of ordinances and instructions of fundamental importance, a
report is to be submitted to me in advance."
Document Number 1903-PS is a Hitler decree of the 30th of September 1942
giving the Defendant Sauckel extraordinary powers over the civil and
military authority of the territories occupied by Germany. We ask that
judicial notice be taken by this Tribunal of the original decree, which
is published in Volume II, Page 510, of the Verfügungen,
Anordnungen, und Bekanntgaben, published by the Party Chancellery.
This decree states as follows:
"I herewith authorize the
Plenipotentiary General for Allocation of Labor, Reich Governor and
Gauleiter Fritz Sauckel to take all necessary measures for the
enforcement of my decree of 21 March 1942, concerning a
Plenipotentiary General for Allocation of Labor (Reichsgesetzblatt
I, Page 179), according to his own judgment, in the Greater German
Reich, in the Protectorate, and in the Government General, as well as
in the Occupied Territories-measures which will safeguard under all
circumstances the regulated deployment of labor