The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-10

member of the party whose death the commission has recommended must be referred to the Reich party headquarters beforehand.
 Kill Wounded Soldiers
 One application of euthanasia which has had Q strong psycholog- ical effect in wartime Germany is the killing of hopNlessiy wounded soldiers, which has been applied in come known caseE. Regular practice of this, obviously, could be c severe shock to the morale of both the soldiers and their families. The Bishop of Muenster, Count Won Ga- len, warned against this practice in a famous and courageous tele- gram to Hitler.
 In addition to abolishing insane asylurns within 20 years, Hitler also says he will have the breweries making only fruit juices and milk drinks, though the vineyards repre- senting an investrnent in soil will be allowed to remain.
 Hitler,S pursuit of the perfect hu- man-type has led him not only to plan for the coming race but also to the development of one of his idiosyncracies, the judgment of men with whom he comes into contact by their hands. In his first conversation with some personality, whether po- htical or military, whether German or foreign, he usually most careful ly observes their hands-the form of them, whether they are well- cared for, whether they are long, stumpy, broad or narrow and the form of the nails, etc.
 Various generals and diplomats have wondered why Hitler some- times after starting Q conversation in cordial and friendly way, be- came cool as 1t went along and often closed the discourse curtly or abruptly without much progress having been made. They learned only later that Hitler had not been pleased by the shape of their hands, incredible as this may sound and in- credible as 1t has seemed to some medical persons who knew Hitler.
 Many Found Favor
 However, numerous men have found favor and advancement with Hitler, at least partially, on the basis of possessing hands which he regarded favorably. This was true of his favorite architect Professor Ludwig Troost, whose bony, even gross, hands Hitler viewed as ideal, and who was given many very iml- portant architectural projects to carry out.
 Goering's hands are not up to Hit ler's standards and are described by him as "too fat and round". When Hitler, in discussing this addiction to hands, wants to show what he considers an outstandingly good hand, he puts forth his own right, and in many of his photographs he is pictured with this hand posed on his hip.
 In special folio, Hitler has sketches, or reproductions of paint ings of hands of many historical figures of all times, insofar as they are available. Among the hands which he regards as good are those of Hindenburg, Mussolini, Wilhelm 1T, and Beethoven. Among hands which he considers bad are those of the Jewish painter Liebermann, the first president of the republic, Ebert, the Socialist leader Scheidemann, Stresemann, Lenin, and, interesting to note, Ernst Roehm, to whom Hit Ter was otherwise closely attached In the early days of the party strug- gle, but whom he had shot in the blood purge of 1884.
 Hitler once said to Q prominent English physician who visited him in the company of Sir Oswald Mose- ley that "the hand is the mirror of human character"