Kurt Daluege
The Stennes Revolt of August 1930, in which members of the SA attacked the Berlin party "Gau" headquarters which was defended by the SS, had profound consequences for the SA and its relationship to its subordinate organization. In an open letter to Berlin SS leader Kurt Daluege, Adolf Hitler proclaimed "SS Mann, deine Ehre heißt Treue!" ("SS soldier, your honour is called loyalty!"). Subsequently, "Meine Ehre heißt Treue" ("My honour is called loyalty") was adopted by the SS as its motto. More significantly, Hitler cashiered SA head Franz Pfeffer von Salomon and assumed the position of "Oberste SA-Führer" personally, and simultaneously promoted both Himmler and Daluege to the new rank of "SS-Obergruppenführer". Daluege was the SS leader of Northern Germany while Himmler controlled southern SS units out of Munich while serving as the National Leader for the SS; this move had the effect of rendering the loyal SS practically independent of the suspect SA, since Himmler and Daluege now outranked all SA commanders.