The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-12-28
sHeilHitler' Is
SeldomSpoken
Germans Guessing Where
Fuehrer VIII Hide: Name
Loses Glamour.

STOCKHOLM. everywhere
Germans are specializing on plans
of Hitler and others for escape when
the country collapses. an observer
said here after five-year residence
in Germany. Nazi leaders. he says,
virtually are in eclipse. and enjoy
less and less respect from the
people"
This is the situation as he tells it:
Hitler once was placed on pedes.
tai as the imam who could make
no mistake" Now, when Hitler's
name is mentioned at all il most
likely will be critically.
Before the July 20 putsch the Hell
Hitler" greeting already had vir-
tually disappeared. Now efforts are
being made to reinstate it.
Soldiers seldom die for the
Fuehrer." as death announcements
stated generally at the start OF the
war. In newspapers very little is
written about Hitler. He rarely
speaks officially. DR.. Robert Ley.
chief of Germany's labor front. com.
mented recently that Hitler's great
est strength lies in his silence"
Goering Seldom Seen.
The man whom Hitler designated
as his successor should he die -
Hermann Goering. chairman Of the
council for defense of the Reich
has disappeared entirely from the
public eye. He is sitting in his own
headquarters at Karinhall Hunting
lodge. outside Berlin. All powers he
once had now have been ceded to
the three men who always had been
his opponents - Paul Joseph Goeb.
bells. Heinrich Himmler, and Albert
Speer.
Last time I saw him was in Der.
lin just before Christmas on the Viii.
helmsplatz." my source said OF
Goering. I'm company Of three gen.
erals he drove in front Of ruins of
the Hotel Kaiserhof. where Hitler
once had his unofficial chancellery
Passers-by greeted him enthusiastic
cally."
One OF the most active Nazi lead
ers presently is DR.. Ley, who has
been dubbed 1.-The Priest" by work
ers because he generally concludes
his addresses with a prayer for
Hitler.
Legs pep talks to workers,
which never have been reported in
detail by the press, generally end
thus: Dear God. protect our
Fuehrer. Let the heaviest bombs
fall on us; let US lose our homes.
property, our men, brothers and
children at the front. All this is
immaterial if only you protect our
dear Feuhrer. Adolf Hitler, and al
low him to live" .-.>~... +
Has Big Job.
Politically, Ley rates low. Utter
ances by DR.. Ley should not be
taken too seriously" Paul Schmidt.
foreign Office spokesman, told the
foreign press at a conference fol.
lowing the putsch. The propaganda
ministry said: You will do Ger.
many great service if you don't pub
lish Legs articles" s-a.. s...
His biggest job is to solve the
housing shortage resulting from
bombings. Hundreds Of so-called
"Palais du Ley now are springing
up outside Berlin. They are small.
two-room wooden houses, IL by ID
yards in size, without plumbing.
Ley has realized his great
plans" bombed out Germans com.
plain bitterly. I'm accordance with
his promise. we now have more
light. air and SUI" ..a - s..
Growing out of this virtual con-
tempt, the question being generally
asked is How do Nazi leaders in
tend to save themselves when The
war ends in Allied victory?"
LEY was reported this month "a
have purchased secretly L. &c
farm in ArgentinaD -,
According to common concep-
ton in Germany" my informant
said. .'they all will fee abroad.
People claim Hitler has his own
giant U-boat in Giynia, and with
others intends to Zee TO Japan.
.'Others are supposed to have pre-
pared for flight to South America,
and mep such as Goerins to
Sweden. Everyone believes only Q
few will commit suicide"