The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-05-21
Reich War Ministry Starts
Detailed National Inventory
Germany Along With Many
Other Nations S N o W
Eagerly L ookin g For
ward TO Preparations
By M. X. WHITELEATHER
By Associated preSsD

By M. X. WHITELEATHER
By Associated preSED
BERLIN, May 21.-Side by sid
with rearmament, Germany is
pointing her economic and social
forces toward the next war.
A peace-time plan, untried on
such vast scale, has been
sketched and an office created il:
the war ministry to carry il
through.
The idea is called "Wehrwir..
schaft." 1t is designed to gear the
entire nation to support the fight.
ing forces by closely co-ordinatine
and channeling all phases of life.
1t calls fer a long reach into
every nook and Granny of the ma.
tion's cupboard.
Appeals reminiscent of war da Is
are being made to housewives
They are being asked 10 organize
their homes to such mathematical
precision that waste will be ban.
ished.
The typical campaign requests
that empty tOothpaste tubes be
saved, so the metal can be reused
This preparation For the next
war. which German military mer
say probably will be a "totali
tartan tral" = or one wherein
every j.. q Bodied person anC
everything the nation possesses
will be utilized, constitutes "Wehr
Wirtschaft."
Army Man Lists Duties
The fundamentals as described
by Major Kurt Hesse in the Mill
tary Science Review published By
the ministry OF war, are these:
U-The spiritual and menta
preparation o. all those who have
to do with industry and business
This means, says Major Hesse, OF
sacrifice in the interest OF the
public good and the remuneration
O.; some o. LIES necessities dur.
ing war time. This task can be
fulfilled only If public servants
who are responsible for economic
preparedness. have the support OF
all, and especially of the leaders
o. business.
(2)-Statistical preparation OF
the possibilities and necessities
during war. One Of the character
istics of the situation in 1914
Major Hesse asserts. was the fail
IRE to take stock OF raw materials
on hand and those that would be
needed.
(3)-The securing OF nourish-
ment through increasing home
production, and in building up re-
serves .of cereals. animal foods,
fats, oils and meat the regulation
OF imports with an eye to possible
war needs and the making o. con-
tract beforehand with foreign i'm
porters for wartime supplies; the
equipment of agriculture with ma
chinery to replace manual labor.
always scarce when farmers go off
to fight
Power Plants Included
(Q - The management OF in
dustrial raw materials by specific
plan FOR wartime so that all do
mestic materials can be fully used
and foreign materials be obtained
by contracts.
(5)-The management OF en-
ergy, more especially o. electric
ity. by coordinating plants and
power lines.
(6)-The organization OF in
dustry by preparing and classify
ing plants capable o. making war
materials. The training of special
lists who would be on the job when
needed.
CD = Mobilization OF individ-
uals. This, Major Hesse explains,
the classification o. men
as to whether they are to be used
Immediately in the army or
whether they can remain in indus
try or on the land one year. or
longer.
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