Evening star., 1934-03-30

in numerous phases Of economic, So
cial and political life. whom I have
associated with me for no other pur-
pose than that I want them to criti-
cize?
Before we pass any law, I show a
draft Of IL to these men and say. Tell
me what is wrong with this
II don't want these people to be
merely yes men, They are no use
to me unless they criticize and tell
me what defect might possibly be
connected with our measures.
Similarly, I don't want the press
merely and solely to take from above
what is handed out. It's no fun to
read Is papers, all Of which have al
most the same wording. In the due
course of time our editors will again
be so trained that they can supply
their own valuable contributions to
national reconstruction.
This I can tell you, however,
and here his face darkened and his
voice grew hard-"I won't stand for
press that exists exclusively to
destroy what we are trying to build up.
IF editors approach our regime
with a view of imposing their intol-
Grant weltanschauung (world philos-
ophy), I tell them then propose
to use the modern power of the press
just as efficaciously to fight them.
propose to show no quarter what
soever to agents Of enemy powers.
Such men violate the laws of hos
pitality.
Asks Unbiased Treatment.
"I most heartily welcome the pres
ence of any foreign journalist who
reports effectively, without bias, what
he sees and hears in Germany. He
ought to take care, for his own sake
and the sake of his reputation as a
journalist. not to place himcelf in a
position where later he must recall
his own words because he failed to
grasp the significance or the justice
of measures adopted by our regime" :"
Hitler paused briefly, then went on.
While on the one hand l well
come criticism, yet 1 also insist that
those who work for the public veal
must know that a period of quiet is
ahead of them. The trouble with
earlier regimes was that no minister
or man in power knew how long he
would be there. So he neither cleaned
up the mess left by his predecessors
nor did he dare plan far ahead into
the future.
Il told the men who took over the
government with me, even those who
did not belong to my party, that they
could be assured Of the stability Of
then jobs. That meant that all are
working joyfully and wholcheartedly
with their eyes solely on a construc-
tive future"
He was asked: ain the days before
you came into power you mingled
with the people to keep in close con-
tact with them; now, when you ap-
pear anywhere the streets are deco
rated and set speeches of welcome,
delivered by the heads Of local gov
ernments, greets you; how do you
manage to keep your hand on the
pulse of the nation? How do you
keep in contact with the common
MANI"
House Like Beehive"
A smile illuminated Hitler's face
and then he laughed.
For one thing, you ought to sit
at my daily lunch table upstairs" he
said, and laughed again. "You would
see how every day new faces turn up.
My house is like a beehive.
The latch string is always out for
my co-fghters, no matter how humble
their rank. Our organization reaches
down into the smallest hamlet and
village; from everywhere, my follow
ers come to Berlin and drop in on
me. Over that lunch table, they then
tell me about their worries and their
troubles.
There are, of course, numerous
other methods of keeping in touch
characteristic one by way of Illus
tration.
There is one thing I want to en-
phasize. however: While listening to
all these petty troubles and from
multitude of small incidents making
picture for myself of conditions as
a whole, do not ever propose to lose
myself in such detail that my view
will be obscured
Il must keep the main purposes in
mind and pursue them with un-
f1inching tenacity. 1 may not like
this or that detail, but I must leave
it to those working with me to iron
out the smaller difficulties.
I'VE have great aims and purposes
To realize them slowly but methodi-
cally is my chief concern.
Il need four years for realizing
what we put forward as the first part
of our program; then I will need an
other four years for the next section,
and so on.
Our aim Is a greater, better,
happier Germany"