Evening journal., 1920-12-30
new GERMANY
IN ten YEARS
Industries Will be Run by
Community, Business
Men Say
SOCIALIZE ALL
is THE PROGRAM
Rx FRANZ LETINHOFF.

UNITED Press stan Correspondent
BERLIN (By Nail The whole in
dustrial specialization problem. which
caused such a furry after the "rcvo-
lution," has gradually concentrated
until now II is centered around the
sociaization OF the coal mines. For
mutation Of sOcializatiOn bal Is now
intrusted to a committee OF four
teen" under the Reichswirtschaftsrat
1t is believed this committee will find
a middle way between the so-called
Lerederer plan full, immediate social
izatlonl, and the Rathenau plan (sO-
cialization gradually within a period
or thirty years. Investigation indi-
Gates that the majority OF the Ger
man workmen stand behind the idea
OF full sOcialiZatiOn OF the mines.
There can be no doubt that it would
be easy 10 throw the torch Of a new
general stike among the ranks OF the
miners were the government 10 seek
70 sidestep at this time.
The workmen are becoming tired OF
much talk about socialization and
little action But everybody con-
cerned is finding Il difiicult 10 put
into practice a real scheme OF either
full or partial socialization.
A clear proposal has come only
from the former frst director OF the
Thyssen concern, BergassessOr HOr-
ten Horten, organizer OF the great
works at Helterdlngen, one OF the big
gest plans In the world, has created
the enmity OF the capitalists and won
The friendship OF working circles
through his schemes. Horten contends
that coal sooialization done Is insult
hoient and even impossible. He would
socialize number OF branches. His
Plan contemplates making one great
factory organization out OF a number
OF kinds OF plants in the Ruhr dis
trict and placing this under control OF
the community at large. With this
great factory organization as a basis,
he would add other lines from time
70 time, until at the end OF, say, ten
years, the whole country had been
socialized. He holds that coal alone
cannot be soeialized because OF the
fact that 1t is intertwined with other
lines like coal and steel.
lie would socialize only industries
which are fully developed and whose
existence is indispensable to the COM
mon welfare. Lines which require
especial Inventive talent or research
which would be fostered more by in
oivldual Initiative than otherwise-he
would leave unsocialized. In other
words, he would take only works
from which no new progress can he
expected. Coal, iron and the like have.
IN general, reached their high point il
development. And many Industries he
claims, do not want 10 progress fur
ther; in fact. they buy up patents
and scrap them, rather than utilize
them.
While The Specialization people are
busy with their schemes. a great
massing OF capital is occurring. taking
the form Of concentration OF various
big enterprises. The greatest brains
or Germany are Interested In the lat
est concentration movement. In fhe
SHINES concern are such men as Cen
eral Director Voegler, a Reichsiae
representative, and Emil Kirdof. In
the concentrated SHINES group belong
Goals, electrical works, iron mines
cast steel works, auto works and shin
ping interests. The concern has in
terests in the Hamburg Amerika line.
the Deutsch-Ostafrika line. and num-
Der OF shipbuilding concerns. Shines
concern has also an innuence-direct
or indirect - In at least 900 German
newspapers.
The second great concern Is the
kloeskner, with interests In mines and
numerous factories, while the big
Thyssen concern has iron works
mines, machine works and ship
building.