So they clamped on a complete price-system. This
was done so arbitarilythat the French Departments have never developed much
vitality.
But, like everything else, it shouldfit into the
co-ordinated pattern of the Third Reich.
But, no matter what happens, it will be mainly the
weak and soft whowill perish.
Germanys whole national life has been
systematically put on a warfooting. An outstanding feature of war economics is
secrecy. Andnon-Nazis dont usually like to discuss the subject.
Most of them had entered the war as volunteers when
they were mereboys. The more they prosper, the moreharmful they become.
Today the State or State policy controls or
rulesbusiness.
Profits were skimmed off by
drastictaxation.
Old American residents of Berlin have told meabout
the conditions which then prevailed. Even though this emergency may have been
largelyself-made, it nevertheless exists.
Across the street, sentries paced their beats
withheavy, rhythmic tread.
Between the two extremes lay
intermediateviewpoints.
Jews are givenregular foodcards, but no clothing
cards were issued to them while Iwas in Berlin.
Both of these Nazi jurisprudence throwsinto the
discard. We are crossing the thresholdof a new era. This I proved the first time I
stopped for a moment tobend down and tie a shoe-lace. Closed motor-cars might be
seen entering or leaving theResidence by its semi-circular drive. People ignoreor
slide over premises and then wrangle bitterly over conclusions.
Lastly, the Party is itself incarnated and
sublimated in the person ofits supreme Fuehrer. None of those I talked to would say
very much. On thecontrary, it constitutes the bridge to a new world!
No safeguards exist in such cases for the
individualcitizen.