Evening star., 1934-03-30
HITLER IS ANXIOUS
| TO SEE ROOSEVELT
Believes Man-to- Man Talks
Would Avoid "PitfallS
of Diplomacy"
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we need an army Of 100000 men I
don't propose afterward to come down
to 250,00O. I want Germany's sigma
ture to mean something again.
Insists on Own Course.
And under no CIRCUMSTANCES
here the chancellor's voice vibrated
with emotion, his jaw became firmly
set, his index finger pointed straight
at the Observation-Disclosures no circum-
stances will submit to dictation.
When I am once convinced that a
certain course is the only and the
right one for my nation, I intend to
pursue it, come what may. will do
what I do openly. I will not, for ex-
ample, pretend outwardly to accept
100000 men a. a basis for our army
then secretly arm another 100000"
This statement led to reference to
the armaments situation as affected by
Frances refusal to approach the
problem from the viewpoints of Great
Britain, Italy and Germany.
Eager for Disarmament.
Nobody would rather have seen the
world dIsarm than l." he said. We
want to put our resources to produc-
tive purposes. We want to get our
jobless back to work. Next, we want
to raise the living standards of every
body.
we want to drain our SWampS and
improve our unproductive lands; trv
and make our nation self-sustaining;
no for RI ho vim,
out of his land and the manufacturer
and industrial worker the maximum
out of his industry; devise artificial
means for supplying what our country
may lack in the way of raw materials.
when we build roads, when we dig
canals, when he drain sWampS, erect
dikeS, and construct locks, we are
doing things which are constructive,
things which may well absorb all our
energy.
But as one responsible for the well
fare of my country, I cannot have
Germany exposed to the possibility
that some neighbor may inva lie us or
drop bombs over our industrial plants
or embark upon So-called prevent
i've war just to distract attention from
troubles at home
1T is for this purpose, and for this
purpose only, that we want an army
adequate for self-defenSe
The chancellor was asked whether,
in endeavoring to obtain employment
for all now out of work, he enviSaged
reducing everybody to a proletarian
state-in other words. whether he
would be content so to spread work
that everybody would have a minimum
income but nobody would be left with
larger incomes.
FavOrS American System.
Hitler replied:
"Quite the contrary. As the first
step. I must avoid the scourge of un-
employment, but once the people are
back at work, their purchasing power
will naturally increase.
From there it is but another step
to improving the living standards We
don't want to become primitive peo-
pie but, rather. a nation with the
highest possible standard Of living.
II approve the American idea of not
equalizing everybody, but graduating
life as if it were like ladder. There
must be a possibility, however, for
everybody to climb that ladder.
Every new invention rightly is first
the property of the man who made it,
but the aim must ever be to place
his invention at the service of every
body.
The first pane of glass was a
luxury, but today everybody uses glass;
it has become a common necessity.
The first incandescent light was a
luxury. but the idea of the inventor
was to make it available to every
body. The aim of all progress must
be that of making the entire people
all humanity-happier."
What is your attitude toward criti-
cism. both individual and of the
preSs?" he was asked.
Seeks Advice.
Quickly, the chancellor answered:
do vou realize that I have a whole