Evening star., 1934-07-25
SPLIT IS ORDERED
IN NAz| TROOPERS
Black Shirt Schultz State
Made Independent by
Hitler Command.
~ the Associated Press

~ The Associated Press
BERLIN July Is 5-Chsnceilor HIT
ier's black -&hirted Schultz Ssafiel Or
ganizatlon. Q set Of crack troops Gre
ated primarily 70 act as his body
guards. vas separated officially today
from the brown -slirted Eazi Storm
Troops and made an independent or
ganizaiion
In an order issued at Munich Hitler
declared,
In recognition Of the great s. S
(Schutz stafiei service. especially IN
conjunction V1th the events Of June
30. raise the s s 70 an independent
organization within the framework OF
the Eazi party
s. :. Men ExeoutionerS.
On June 30 Hitler "purged" NsZi
ranks Of alleged revolters. and Schultz
Staffel men acted as his principal ex-
ecutlonerS
AT the same time. said the an
nounoement. "the federal s. S. leader.
like the chief OF staff Storm Troop
is responsible 70 the supreme Storm
Troop Chlei tHitief).
The Storm Troop chief OF staff
(Vlktor Lutze) and the S. S Reichs-
fuehrer Federal Leader Himmler)
both have party recognition Of rank
as Reichsleiters federal executive
heads"
This not unexpected development
indicated anew Hitler's growing reh-
ance on the S s., hitherto considered
the elite Of the Storm Troops.
Since June 30 reorganization and
reduction of the Storm Troops, in
whose ranks disloyal leaders were
found, have been freely predicted
The order today was interpreted as
one Of the first steps toward that end.
Meanwhile. the Nazi party and the
Steel Helmets. or Stahlhelm, a pow
erful association Of war veterans, are
at daggers point In new conflict
threatening another dilemma for
Hitler.
The cause OF the trouble Is the
edict OF Col. Konstantine Hlerl and
his Nazi associates in charge Of COM
pulsory labor camps that executives
OF the camps, known as leaders, "
cannot retain membership in the
Stahlhelm.
Hierls action threatens to bring the
old feud between the Nazi Storm
Troops and the Steel Helmets to
white heat and force Hitler TO choose
between his own followers and con-
servatives headed by Franz Seldte, the
Etaal uolnnat leader
Dissolution Demanded.
Friction between the two semi
military organizations was severe be-
fore Chancellor Hitler's "purging'
with bullets June 80. Demands by
Nan Storm Troops for dissolution OF
the Steel Helmets started the feud.
Informed circles said Hierl's order
was an act of revenge against Seldte.
The two have been at outs for some
time
Herr Kretzschmann, Hierls right
hand man in the German labor
service" has published an article IN
which he claims "a necessary separa-
ton between the Stahlhelm and the
labor service" was effected in IL COM
mandments laid down by Hitler June
80 regarding future conduct of the
Storm Troops.
These IL points. Kretzschmann
claims, must and will become the
intellectual property of all leaders
and subleaders of the labor service.
In the long run only such lead
er or subleader will be able to re-
tain his post who proves his National
Socialist loyalty by his daily mode
of life.
1.-The Reich labor leader (HierD
therefore did but the natural thing
when on July he stipulated all lead
ers in the labor service must decide
whether they will submit unquestion-
ingly and unreservedly to National
Socialist will. To continue to be-
long to the Stahlhelm is no longer
possible for a leader of the labor
service"
Seldte expects by personal confer
ences with Hitler to have the order
rescinded.
Training courses in NaZi theology
have been announced by the Steel
Helmets for their ranks in what was
regarded not only as an attempt to
hold Hitler's favor, but also a stra-
tegic move to take away any grounds
that might be seized for a fresh at
tack from the NaZi side.