Background: This pamphlet, issued around May of 1932, (before the July Reichstag

election), outlines the official a!i positions on economic policy" #t $as issued in a
large edition, and $as to be binding on party spea%ers and $riters" #t pro&ides a $ide
range of proposals, many of $hich $ould ha&e loo%ed attracti&e to 'ermans suffering
through the 'reat (epression, $hich $as far $orse in 'ermany than in the )nited
*tates" #t is based on the $or% of 'regor *trasser, some$hat on the +left, of the party,
and $ho si- months later left it" The program aroused considerable opposition from
business and financial circles, $ith the result that .itler ordered that distribution of it
cease in /ctober 1932"
#0m not as familiar $ith economic terminology as $ith other areas, so #0m less
confident of the accuracy of my translation than # usually am"
The source: Wirtschaftliches Sofortprogramm der N.S.D.A.P. (Munich1 2her 3erlag,
1932)"
Emergency Economic Program of the NSDAP
4ighting 5amphlet r" 161 5amphlet *eries of the Reichspropaganda78eitung of the
*(95
5roduced by *ection #3 (2conomics) of the Reichsorganisationsleitung der *(95"
2nd edition (1:1,::: to 6::,::: copies)
The follo$ing discussion contains the *(950s emergency economic program in the
form of concise information for spea%ers" #t pro&ides binding guidelines for *(95
spea%ers as $ell as for press articles"
9ll statements by party comrades that de&iate from or contradict this material are to
be &ie$ed as pri&ate opinions"
*(95 spea%ers are encouraged to use the material particularly during the campaign
for 31 June 1932 election"
'regor *trasser (Reichsorganisationlsleiter der *(95)
Contents
I. The National Socialist Job Creation Program
9" The reasons for creating ;obs
1" )nemployment causes
po&erty, employment creates
prosperity"
2" <apital does not create ;obs,
but rather ;obs create capital"
3" )nemployment benefits
burden the economy, but ;ob
creation stimulates the
economy"
=" >or%ing people cannot be
satisfied $ith meager
unemployment benefits"
>or%ing people demand the
right to a ;ob"
?" Methods of creating ;obs
1" >e ha&e the producti&e
capacity for more ;obs"
2" >e ha&e mar%ets for
increased ;obs"
3" These mar%ets are a&ailable
only domestically"
=" <reating ;obs re@uires refocusing the 'erman economy on the domestic
mar%et"
A" 4ocusing on the domestic mar%et re@uires an increase in agricultural
production"
6" The focus on domestic mar%ets must lead to the social liberation of the 'erman
$or%er"
B" >hat needs to be done"
C" /nly the state can accomplish these tas%s"
<" 8and reclamation
1" The e-tent of necessary land reclamation $or%
2" ?enefits and costs of the $or%
(" >or%ing housing
1" The pri&ate home as d$elling
2" The pri&ate home as a producti&e space
3" ?uilding settlements of indi&idual homes
2" 4inances
1" 4inancing public ;ob creation
2" 4inancing production
II. General Economic Measures
4" <ommercial and financial measures
1" 4oreign trade
2" 4oreign currency supplies
3" 8a$ against capital flight
=" <urrency reform
'" ?an% and credit policy
1" ?an% super&ision
2" The money transfer system
3" Reducing interest rates
." 9dministrati&e and ta- measures
1" 5rice controls
2" 9&oiding e-cessi&e e-penditures
3" #ncreasing the burden on those $ith strong shoulders
=" 2liminating corruption
#" 9griculture
1" The current situation
2" >rong economic policies
3" <orrect economic policies
=" >hat measures must be ta%enD
A" *ettling the 2ast
J" omitted!
E" #ndustry
1" 9ppro&al re@uirements for ne$ production facilities
2" ationali!ation and state super&ision
3" 2asier financing
8" <raftsmen, commerce, and retail
1" The current situation
2" (epartment stores and consumer societies
3" <ooperati&es
=" 5ublicly7o$ned concerns
A" 5ublic contracts
M" *ocial issues
1" The right to employment
2" 2-isting ;obs must be reser&ed for 'erman people0s comrades
3" *ocial insurance
=" <are of the elderly
A" 5rofit sharing
6" 8abor ser&ice
8iterature1 'regor *traFer, Jobs and Prosperity (Reichstag speech of 1: May 1932,
4ran!72her73erlag, 1: pf"
/tto%ar 8oren!, Eliminating Unemployment (>irtschaftspolitischer 3erlag, ?erlin >
3A, 9m Earlsbad 19, 5rice1 A: pf")"
". The reasons #or creating $obs
%. &nem'lo(ment causes 'o)ert(* em'lo(ment creates 'ros'erit(.
Just as the indi&idual sin%s into po&erty $hen he no longer has a ;ob, so also must a
$hole people sin% into po&erty $hen it does not use its producti&e strength and
tolerates a political7economic system that hinders people0s comrades $ho are $illing
and able to $or% to support themsel&es"
+. Ca'ital does not create $obs* but rather $obs create ca'ital.
The +brilliant, capitalist economists maintain that $e cannot $or% because $e lac%
the means" That is nonsense" The less $e $or%, the less must be our means, and the
greater the unproducti&e $aste and destruction of our national resources" The more $e
$or%, the greater our capital, and therefore the greater the results of our labor"
,. &nem'lo(ment bene#its burden the econom(* but $ob creation stimulates the
econom(.
Tolerating unemployment means1
1" >ith less labor, less is produced, and therefore less can be consumed" The
result1 hunger* 'o)ert(* and -age cuts"
2" The fe$er $ho $or%, the fe$er $ho pay ta-es, To get the same ta- re&enues,
therefore, indi&iduals must bear a hea&ier burden" The result1 ta. increases.
3" (ecreasing purchasing po$er and increased ta-ation forces more firms into
ban%ruptcy" The result1an increase in unem'lo(ment.
=" The unemployed must be supported by the community, $hich means an
increase in public e-penditures" The result1 the colla'se o# 'ublic #inance*
des'ite an increase in ta.ation.
A" <ontributions to the unemployment fund decrease, $hile po&erty forces more
to depend on it" The result1 colla'se o# the unem'lo(ment com'ensation
s(stem* des'ite increases in contributions and cutting o# bene#its.
6" 5ri&ate industry collapses under the increased burdens" *mall firms become
ban%rupt" Inde'endent 'eo'le are ruined. ?ig capitalist firms, trusts, etc", are
rescued by the state, since their collapse $ould thro$ hundreds of thousands of
people into po&erty" Billions go #or rescuing banks* hundreds o# millions #or
su''orting the big industrial and shi''ing concerns.
9ll of these sacrifices are useless" )nemployment, po&erty, and deficits ha&e to get
$orse, the general situation e&er more hopeless, as long as there is not a complete
change" /nl( a s(stematic 'rogram o# $ob creation can bring that change.
#f public means are no longer $asted, but rather are used to create ;obs, our labor $ill
no longer be $asted, but rather used producti&ely, $hich $ill result in impro&ements
e&ery$here1 an increases in 'roduction* increased 'urchasing 'o-er* reduction in
ta.es* a general im'ro)ement in the econom(.
Today $e are $asting our resources, but this policy $ill lead to the formation of ne$
capital" ational *ocialism $ill ensure that this ne$ capital belongs e-clusi&ely to
those $ho ha&e created it through their labor and sacrifice"
0. 1orking 'eo'le cannot be satis#ied -ith meager unem'lo(ment bene#its.
1orking 'eo'le demand the right to a $ob.
Tolerating unemployment means a brutal depri&ation of rights for the producti&e
people0s comrade" .e is robbed of his freedom to earn his li&ing by his o$n efforts"
.e is robbed of the ability to support himself, and is forced to rely on miserable public
support, $hich is constantly being cut" The $or%ing people does not $ant to sell its
right to life for these fe$ pennies, but rather demands the right to $or%" >e ational
*ocialists are in the forefront of the battle for the rights of $or%ing people" That is
$hy $e $ere the first to proclaim this right, and to ha&e proposed a ;ob creation
program"
B. Methods o# creating $obs
%. 1e ha)e the 'roducti)e ca'acit( #or more $obs.
The stupidest ob;ection to ;ob creation is the claim that $e lac% the producti&e
capacity" >e ha&e the land to produce more food (see section <)" >e ha&e the mines
to produce more coal and ore" >e ha&e the $ater po$er to generate more electricity"
>e ha&e the machines and factories necessary to produce anything $e can thin% of"
Today, ho$e&er, the land is not culti&ated, mines shut do$n, factories close their
gates, and machines rust" /ur econom( is ailing not because -e lack 'roducti)e
ca'acit(* but rather because the e.isting 'roducti)e ca'acit( is not used.
+. 1e ha)e markets #or increased $obs.
Mar%ets for 'erman production must e-ist as long as the needs o# the last German
'eo'le2s comrade are not met. Today, 6 million people0s comrades are unemployed"
They are star&ing, and they and their families suffer the most bitter po&erty" 9nd ho$
many of the other people0s comrades today ha&e $hat they need to li&eD #n the face of
bitter po&erty, the capitalist press dares to $rite about o&erproduction" The opposite is
true" German 'roduction toda( is #ar under -hat our 'eo'le needs. It can*
there#ore* be greatl( increased.
,. These markets are a)ailable onl( domesticall(.
#f the 'erman economy is to meet its real tas% G meeting the needs of the 'erman
people G there are &ast opportunities that are not today being met" Pre)ious
economic 'olic( has aimed abo)e all at increasing German e.'orts* $hich
has disru'ted the domestic market in the interests of our ability to complete on the
$orld mar%et" (4or e-ample, pressure on $ages, insufficient protection of domestic
production against competition from abroad") This economic policy has failed
completely" (espite all efforts, 'erman e-ports fell from a monthly a&erage of 1"2
billion mar%s in 192B to A:6"9 million mar%s in the first fi&e months of 1932" The
current system destroyed the domestic mar%et $hile simultaneously losing ground on
the $orld mar%et"
0. Creating $obs re3uires re#ocusing the German econom( on the domestic
market.
The results of pre&ious economic policy ha&e pro&en that all the efforts to increase
our e-ports resulted not in increased ;obs, but only in increased unemployment" >e
therefore ha&e to see% increased sales $here they are to be found, in the domestic
mar%et" Therefore, $e need to increase protection for domestic production (see section
4 1), since other$ise the dumping prices of foreign competitors $ill ma%e selling our
o$n products on the domestic mar%et impossible"
4. 5ocusing on the domestic market re3uires an increase in agricultural
'roduction.
9lthough our industrial production capacity is far greater than necessary to meet
'erman demand, our agriculture today is not in a position to produce $hat the
'erman people needs" >ithin a fe$ years, ho$e&er, 'erman soil can be impro&ed and
its culti&ation intensified so that 'ermany can be independent of foreign foodstuffs
(see *ection <)"
6. The #ocus on domestic markets must lead to the social liberation o# the
German -orker.
Refocusing the 'erman economy on the domestic mar%et can succeed only if the
masses of the people ha&e sufficient purchasing strength to absorb the increased
production" That, in turn, can happen only if each 'erman has the right to a ;ob, and
$hen each $or%er recei&es a decent income that corresponds to his achie&ements"
These are the foundations for freeing the $or%er" 9nd refocusing the economy on the
domestic mar%et $ill automatically reduce the influence of capital, for the
significance of the large capitalist concerns $ill decrease as the significance of
agricultural production increases" 'i&en the current situation in 'ermany, agricultural
production cannot e-pand by e-panding the large operations, but rather only by
strengthening the independent small and mid7si!ed farmers" This $ill pro&ide the
opportunity and necessity of helping poor $or%ers to gain their o$n homes G a
further step to$ard deproletariani!ing $or%ing people"
7. 1hat needs to be done.
The follo$ing steps must be ta%en to refocus the 'erman economy on the domestic
mar%et1
5romoting the fertility of 'erman soil by land reclamation (see *ection <)"
Building de)elo'ments -ith single8#amil( houses for $or%ers to promote the
deproletariani!ation of $or%ing people, strengthening the purchasing po$er of
$or%ers, and encouraging a reduction in the industrial $or%ing day (see *ection ()"
Building roads* canals* etc., to support the domestic e-change of goods, settling
people in the 2ast, and loosening the hold of big cities"
" general #inancing o# 'roduction to promote pri&ate industry"
9. /nl( the state can accom'lish these tasks.
The burden on public finance caused by unemployment today hinders any attempt to
promote ne$ ;obs and production facilities, that is, any gro$th in pri&ate
industry" Economic 'ros'erit( -ill be achie)ed onl( through a generous 'rogram
o# $ob creation* -hich -ill also restructure the econom(. /nly the state is in a
position to accomplish such a tas%"
C. :and ;eclamation
%. The e.tent o# necessar( land reclamation -or%"
a) (raining land1 C"A million hectares" The increase in production is C: mar%s per
hectare, or 6C: million mar%s in total"
b) Marling meado$s and fields1 2 million hectares" This $ill result in an increase in
production of A: mar%s per hectare, or 1:: million mar%s"
c) <ulti&atable moor lands1 1,9::,::: hectares, increasing production by 3:: mar%s
per hectare, or AB:,:::,::: mar%s"
d) <ulti&atable barren land1 6::,::: hectares, increasing production by 2:: mar%s per
hectare, or 12: million mar%s"
e) Redistributing lands in need of impro&ement1 A million hectares, increasing
production by 2AH to A:H, or at least A:: million mar%s"
f) 8and to be gained by ri&er control, dams, and di%es1 not yet determined"
+. Bene#its and costs o# the -ork
The increase in production in a7e abo&e totals around 2 billion mar%s"
The costs are estimated at about C"A billion mar%s, e-cluding land redistribution costs,
by the 'erman *ociety for 8and Reclamation" 9ssuming an additional 1"A billion
mar%s for land redistribution, dams, and di%es, total costs $ould be about 1: billion
mar%s, resulting in an annual increase in producti&ity of at least t$o billion mar%s"
<. 1orker =ousing
%. The 'ri)ate home as d-elling
9long $ith food and clothing, housing is one of the necessities of life" The ma;ority of
those $ho li&e in big cities today do not li&e in decent apartments, but rather in
terrible confined @uarters $ithout light and fresh air" The bad effects of such
apartments on people is clear from the general state of health and decline in the
birthrate in big cities, $hich are far belo$ the a&erage" The number of deaths e-ceeds
the number of births" ?ig cities $ould die out if people did not %eep mo&ing in"
2-panding big cities is impossible for military reasons (air attac%s, gas)"
/b$ection: >e already ha&e too many apartments today"
;es'onse: This false impression results from the general economic crisis" #n fact, $e
ha&e for too fe$ satisfactory d$ellings" That $ill become instantly apparent once
unemployment declines and people can again pay for better d$ellings" The only
people $ho may be hurt by building settlements of single7family houses are those
apartment o$ners $ho profit by renting the $orst and most unpleasant slums"
+. The 'ri)ate home as a 'roducti)e s'ace
2ach pri&ate home should ha&e a yard of about 1I= hectare" That $ill allo$ a $or%er
to raise a significant part of the food he needs from his o$n land" .is life thereby
becomes more secure, and he is less dependent on his employer" #f the $or%er
becomes an o$ner $ho is assured $or% and the results of his labor on his o$n land,
he $ill be able to sur&i&e necessary reductions in $or%ing hours that under current
economic and social conditions can result only in absolute po&erty for $or%ers"
/b$ection %: 9griculture $ill be hurt by the gardens of homeo$ners"
;es'onse: .omeo$ners $ill be unable to raise either grain or animals on their piece
of land" They $ill ha&e to buy these, as before, from farmers" Their produce $ill harm
no one, for it $ill not replace e-isting production, but rather allo- the -orker to
consume more than be#ore. They $ill produce that $hich they lac% today because
they are unable to buy it" The mar%et for 'erman agriculture $ill increase
significantly as a result of decreased unemployment and our commercial measures"
/b$ection +: The produce of homeo$ners $ill harm farmers0 mar%ets"
;es'onse: .omeo$ners $ill not sell their produce, but rather usually consume $hat
they produce themsel&es" 4armers sell little directly to $or%ers" ?ut e&en if sales
decline slightly, it $ill be made up ten times o&er by increased sale of young plants,
seeds, etc", to home o$ners"
/b$ection ,: ?rJning0s go&ernment had a complete fiasco $ith housing settlements at
the edges of cities"
;es'onse: That is true, but our 'lan is entirel( di##erent than Br>ning2s. The ne$
pri&ate homes $ill not be dog houses, as ?rJning0s *ystem planned, but rather solid,
useful homes in $hich the o$ners $ill ta%e pleasure"
4urthermore, ?rJning0s housing de&elopments $ould surely be threatened as he
reduces unemployment payments, $ithout the settlers being able to support
themsel&es from their tiny plots of land" ational *ocialist housing de&elopments $ill
benefit from the general impro&ement in the economy, $hich $illguarantee that the
homeo-ners ha)e $obs (usually part7time employment)" This produce $ill be an
additional resource, not his only source of income"
,. Building settlements o# indi)idual homes
2ach $or%er $illing and able to buy a single7family house $ill recei&e a =:H
sub&ention from the go&ernment" #f he has a ;ob, he can borro$ the rest from a state
ban%, $hich $ill guarantee fa&orable terms and a @uic% decision" #f he is unemployed,
he $ill be paid for helping to build the settlement (the larger the building program is,
the greater can be the number of uns%illed $or%ers)" 9 percentage of his pay $ill go
to$ard the purchase of a single7family house" The terms $ill be at least as fa&orable
as for the first group"
The plan is to build =::,::: pri&ate homes per year" That $ill pro&ide employment
for one million people"
E. 5inances
%. 5inancing 'ublic $ob creation
9s ne$ ;obs are created, unemployment and $elfare payments $ill decline and ta-
re&enues and social security contributions $ill increase" These sa&ings and increases
$ill co&er at least A:H of total costs" /n a&erage, BAH of the costs $ill be for $ages,
2AH for plant and material costs (as much of the material costs as possible in are
included as $ages), $ith the follo$ing sa&ings and re&enue increases through ;ob
creation1
*a&ings for the unemployedK office and to$n payments for unemployment support of
33H of $ages, or 2AH of the total costs"
#ncreased re&enues for social security1 16H of $ages, or 12H of total costs"
#ncreased ta-es1 1AH of total costs"
These monies are a&ailable for the ;ob creation program" The state does not ha&e to
re@uire repayment of these monies after implementation, since the funds $ould be
spent e&en if the ;ob creation program $ere not implemented" Those $ho benefit, or
$ho purchase a pri&ate home, can, therefore, easily recei&e a sub&ention of =:H" That
$ill encourage them to raise the rest themsel&es, and $ill therefore contribute to
financing ;ob creation" They $ill not, of course, be able to raise the full amount
immediately, but it is reasonable to assume they can pro&ide 2:H to 3:H of the total
costs, *ince A:H of total costs $ill come from sa&ings and increased re&enues on the
part of the go&ernment, B:H to C:H of total costs $ill @uic%ly be a&ailable" The
remaining 2:H to 3:H can be financed by credit" *uch a limited increase in credit is
no danger to the stability of our currency"
+. 5inancing 'roduction
The ational *ocialist ;ob creation program $ill increase the prosperity and
purchasing po$er of the people" More $ill be purchased, and the economy $ill sell
more, and orders $ill increase" *ince these increases $ill be gradual, interim measures
to encourage production are needed"
This $ill in&ol&e pro&iding credit for manufacturing standard products that are in
demand and can be stored" These include grain, fertili!ers, coal, metals, etc", $hich
$ill recei&e sub&entions under the condition that the products be sold at s'eci#ied
'rices and that large numbers o# ne- -orkers be hired.
That $ill result in an immediate increase in production, and gi&e many $or%ers ;obs
and prosperity"
.armful impacts on our currency $ill not occur, since1
1" The products may not be sold at a higher than allo$ed price,
2" The credit $ill be paid off as the products are sold"

5. Commercial and #inancial measures
%. 5oreign trade
The current situation
*ince the middle of last year, foreign countries began systematically to strangle
'erman e-ports" The result has been a decline in German e.'orts o# about ,4?,
more than a third, in the first four months of 1932 as against the pre&ious year, $hile
'erman imports declined about 9? during the same period" This attac% by foreign
nations on the 'erman economy has $orsened our condition significantly" #t is time to
ta%e defensi&e measures to rescue our economy"
Guidelines #or our trade 'olic(
/ur foreign trade policy must be guided by the follo$ing guidelines1
1" The reparations policies of post7$ar go&ernments ha&e made 'ermany one of
the poorest ci&ili!ed nations" L4ootnote1 9ccording to "merican estimates by
the official #nstut (sic) of 2conomics in >ashington, 'ermany has so far
paid ,9 billion marks in re'arations to the &ictorious states" 9ccording
to German estimates* if one includes the occupation of the Ruhr and the
dismantling of our industry, the total is 6B 1I2 billion mar%s" 9nd this huge sum
does not include the &alue of the land $e lost, nor that of our colonies" The
colonies alone are estimated to be $orth 9@ to %@@ billion marks. or does it
include the incalculable harm and losses resulting from the arbitrary
dismembering of 'ermany" 4urthermore, to pay reparations, 'ermany too%
on a 'ri)ate #oreign debt o# %@., billion marks* $hich it must also repay on
top of reparations"M #t $ould be an irresponsible $aste to accept a negati&e
balance of payments $ith foreign countries in the future" The 'erman people
does not e-ist in order to acce't the sur'lus 'roduction of other peoples"
2" 1e should stri&e to produce that $hich $e are ca'able of producing" The
'erman people is forced to do this"
3" ational *ocialism demands that the needs of 'erman $or%ers no longer be
supplied by So)iet sla)es* Chinese coolies, and Negroes" ational *ocialism is
determined to eliminate the barriers bet$een the cultural le&el of 'erman
$or%ers and 'erman farmers" Therefore, im'ort restrictions must be
im'lemented $hen the result $ill be $or% for the 'erman $or%er or the
'erman farmer" ational *ocialism opposes the liberal -orld econom(* as
-ell as the Mar.ist -orld econom(. Instead, it demands that each people0s
comrade be protected from foreign competition"
=" ?efore the $ar, 'ermany $as one of the great po$ers" Today, it is a second
class country" #ts ra- materials come primarily from abroad, the transportation
routes to $hich can be instantly se&ered, for 'ermany is not in a position to
maintain and protect the routes to these sources of ra$ materials" Therefore, a
guideline of ational *ocialist policy is to co&er the 'erman people0s needs b(
its o-n 'roduction as #ar as 'ossible* securing the amount in e-cess of
domestic production from friendly 2uropean states, 'articularl( if they are
$iling to accept industrial 'roducts #rom German( as 'a(ment.
<arrying out these measures $ill be the tas% of the /ffice for 4oreign 2conomic
Relations (4oreign Trade /ffice and 4oreign <urrency /ffice)"
/b$ection %:The decline in 'erman e-ports is simply the result of the $orld
economic crisis"
;es'onse: #f this $ere the case, e-ports of other countries $ould also ha&e declined
by 3AH in the first four months of 1932" 2nglish e-ports, ho$e&er, declined by only
CH"
/b$ection +: Reducing imports $ill reduce 'erman e-ports, and thus result in
increased unemployment"
;es'onse: 'erman e-ports $ill not be reduced by a decrease in 'erman imports,
since $e $ill primarily reduce imports from those countries from $hich $e imported
more than $e e-ported, those $ith $hich $e had a negati&e balance of payments"
9ccording to the official Reich *tatistical /ffice, 'ermany had a negati&e balance of
payments of about 2B: million mar%s $ithin countries outside 2urope during the first
@uarter of 1932"
/b$ection ,: 5rotecting domestic production $ill lead to a general increase in prices"
;es'onse: That $ill not happen, since to the e-tent 'erman production increases,
$elfare payments $ill decline" 5ublic e-penses $ill therefore be lo$er, and
distributed to a larger range of producti&e acti&ity" There $ill, therefore, be no ne$
burdens on the economy, but rather a lesser burden"
+. 5oreign currenc( su''lies
The bourgeois7liberal and Mar-ist go&ernments of the post7$ar period ha&e burdened
the 'erman people $ith foreign debts that are currently about ++ billion marks"
These pri&ate debts $ere loaded on to the 'erman people to co&er a part (1:"3 billion)
of the outrageous reparations payments, in part also (6"3 billion) to pay for im'orts of
colonial goods and delicacies, not life necessities for the 'erman people, and also to
pay for foodstuffs that could ha&e been produced domestically"
That is the inheritance that the bourgeois7liberal and Mar-ist go&ernments ha&e left to
us1 22 billion in foreign debt"
These debts
1" ha&e to be repaid $ith interest" #n 1931, the 'erman people had to send %.6
billion marks in interest payments abroad"
2" re@uire not insignificant borro$ing abroad" This forces the 'erman economy to
sell at dum'ing and star)ation 'rices"
#t is entirely clear that the measures mentioned are not sufficient to meet the annual
payments" >e $ill $or% out a reduction in interest $ith our foreign creditors,
ma%ing it e@ui&alent to the rate of interest they charge borro$ers in their o$n
countries"
In the case o# short term #oreign loans, currently about B billion, $e $ill $or% out
a long term agreement $ith our foreign creditors to free us of the ris% of being
robbed of the foreign currency $e need for ra$ materials, foodstuffs, and interest
payments by sudden e&ents"
>e also need a foreign currency policy" #f $e ha&e a surplus of foreign currency, $e
do not need a policy" Today, ho$e&er, $e ha&e a shortage o# #oreign currenc(
that forced the ?rJning go&ernment to de&elop a policy against its $ill, e&en though
all the other *ystem parties pre&iously argued that a foreign currency policy $as
ational *ocialist nonsense"
Today $e ha&e such a shortage of foreign currency that on 3: 9pril 1932 $e had less
than %@? in reser&es of gold and foreign currency to back the marks in circulation"
(<urrency in circulation1 ="12C billion" 8ess than =:: million in gold and con&ertible
foreign currency in reser&e" The Reich ?an% sho$s N1=: million, or 6:: million
mar%s, but the Reich *tatistical /ffice does not consider these a&ailable, since it is in
the form of short term loans from abroad, or from the 'old (iscount ?an%")
/ur present situation1 8ac%ing any usable reser&es of foreign currency, and burdened
$ith foreign currency debts of 22 billion mar%s"
ational *ocialism $ill fulfill its duty to the 'erman people, and abo&e all to the
younger generation, by using the limited #oreign currenc( that $e annually
ha&e e.clusi)el( for importing the ra- materials that industry needs, and temporarily
for purchasing the additional #oodstu##s that $e absolutely need, and cannot be
produced domestically"
4urthermore, additional $ithdra$als from the 'erman economy by foreign capital
must be restricted as long as the 'erman people0s economy suffers such catastrophic
blood7letting"
#n the future, foreign currency may be used only in $ays that benefit the $hole
'erman people" o one may be paid abroad any longer" #t is intolerable that people0s
comrades $ho are paid by the state use these means in $ays harmful to the 'erman
economy"
)nder a ational *ocialist state, the flo$ of money and capital abroad $ill only
happen if appro&ed by the state German 5oreign Bank A5oreign Currenc( /##iceB"
The 'erman 4oreign ?an% $ill coordinate all foreign currency and other &aluables
$ithin the 'erman ban%ing system" ational *ocialism $ill insure that the bleeding
dr( of the 'erman economy $ill cease" These measures $ill contribute to ending the
e-isting system of star&ation"
#magine a large dam" Just as the outlets ensure that $ater flo$s out at an appropriate
le&el, so also $ill the head of the 4oreign <urrency /ffice insure that foreign currency
flo$s in economically appropriate $ays, that they be used only for absolutely
necessary purposes, and that they do not flo$ abroad until the 'erman people has
sur&i&ed its great crisis"
9s a result of these measures, hundreds of millions $ill remain in the country, and
additional resources $ill be a&ailable for the 'erman economy" ational *ocialism
$ill use these resources for $ob creation"
/b$ection %: 9 foreign currency policy is useless, since one cannot guarantee that
some people $ill not get around the regulations"
;es'onse: 9 foreign currency policy is absolutely necessary to maintain economic
order" .e $ho re;ects a foreign currency policy might as $ell re;ect criminal la$,
since criminal la$s are often &iolated" )sing the same reasoning, one $ould eliminate
the railroad security ser&ice and ta%e do$n the signals, since these measures do not
completely eliminate rail$ay accidents"
/b$ection +: >e already ha&e this %ind of foreign currency policy"
;es'onse: <urrently, there is onl( an obligation to re'ort to the Reich ?an% for
4oreign <urrency" >e, ho$e&er, demand that no foreign currency transactions occur
$ithout the permission of the 'erman 4oreign ?an% (4oreign <urrency /ffice), and
that all trans#ers to and #rom other countries go through the 4oreign <urrency
/ffice" <urrent policy is insu##icient, since it e-empts payments up to 2:: mar%s,
allo$ing someone to transfer a large sum in 2:: mar% increments" #t also
e-empts securities purchasedbe#ore %4 Jul( %C,%"
>e, on the other hand, $ill re@uire that any transfer of foreign currency can be
controlled, that a tight la$ $ithout loopholes be passed to enable the 'erman 4oreign
?an% to control all foreign currency"
Most important, $e $ill ensure that foreign currency flo$s into economically
important channels, $hereas today it is distributed according to a mechanical plan"
9dditionally, a foreign currency policy pro&ides the state $ith the ability to control
foreign commerce"
,. :a- against ca'ital #light
ational *ocialism demands that e&erything possible be done to ma%e capital that has
been transferred abroad useful again for the 'erman economy"
#n order to ma%e the burdens its emergency decrees ha&e put on the 'erman
people more 'alatable, theBr>ning go&ernment has found it ad&isable to issue
se&eral regulations against capital flight"
These regulations are in no -a( enough1
1" #t is necessary to introduce a general re'orting re3uirement -ith no
minimum le)el, and not toe.em't an( 'ro'ert( that $as send abroad before a
certain time"
2" 4oreign companies in 'ermany, and 'erman companies abroad, must be
strictly super&ised to pre&ent capital transfers"
3" <apital transfers must be declared an economic crime punishable by the death
penalty"
0. Currenc( ;e#orm
4or years, ational *ocialism has called for 'ermany to gi)e u' the gold standard1
1" The Reich ?an%0s gold and #oreign currenc( reser)es are constantly
declining" 9s of 3: 9pril 1932, -e had reser&es to co&er less than %@? of the
ban%notes in circulation (the short term foreign credits, according to the head of
the *tatistical /ffice are also not sufficient to co&er them)"
2" This $ould ma%e 'erman industry competiti&e on the $orld mar%et"
The economic effects of departing from the gold standard are most clearly sho$n
by England2s de'arture #rom the gold standard"
9ccording to r" =, 5art 9 of the semi7official Vierteljahrshefte fr
Konjunkturforschung:
+>hile the contraction process continued in other countries, the process came to a
halt in the fourth @uarter G after a slo$ing do$n had already occurred" Production,
imports of ra$ materials, and e-ports increased" This is the result o# #reeing the
'ound #rom the gold standard, and the resulting change in the &alue of the pound",
'i&ing up the gold standard, therefore, had the best conse3uences imaginable for the
2nglish economy"1ithin the #rame-ork o# its emergenc( 'rogram* there#ore*
National Socialism demands the introduction o# an e3ualiDation #ee A#oreign
currenc( ta.B for those countries that ha&e gi&en up the gold standard, or else
reduced the e-change rate of their currency during the post7$ar period in comparison
to its &alue before the $ar" The e@uali!ation fee $ill be 'aid b( those -ho im'ort
goods and -ill be credited to those -ho e.'ort goods.
/b$ection: 'i&ing up the gold standard means inflation, according to the bourgeois7
Mar-ist press"
;es'onse: 2ngland ga&e up the gold standard on 21 *eptember 1931" The pound0s
rate of e-change fell by B:H, but the domestic 'urchasing 'o-er of the pound
remained unchanged" 9ccording to r" =, 5art 9, page 16 of the semi7
official Vierteljahrshefte fr Konjunkturforschung A)olume #or %C,%E,+B1
+There $ere only slight increases in prices" )p to o&ember, $holesale prices
increased by about CH, thendeclined as a result of de&elopments on the $orld mar%et"
Thus, a#ter a tem'orar( increase, prices fell again" The increase in $holesale prices
$as largely due to ad;ustments resulting from prices determined abroad to the
re&aluation of the pound" <omestic 'rices $ere either not a##ected at all* rose onl(
slightl(* or e)en declined"
G. Bank and credit 'olic(
%. Bank su'er)ision
The problems $ith today0s pri&ate ban%ing system are clear" ?an% presidents recei&e
hundreds of thousands in 'a( for their supposed &astly important $or%K each member
of the board of directors, $hich usually meet only once a year, often recei)es tens of
thousands" The responsibility of ban% presidents and boards of directors is sho$n by
the fact that the state had to pay 1 1I2 billion mar%s for their #oolish s'eculations and
bad in)estments" ?an% presidents do -hat the( -ant, and the state 'a(s the bills"
>e therefore demand that the ban%ing system and the mone( and ca'ital s(stems be
nationali!ed, ;ust as the railroad and 'ostal s(stems $ere fifty years ago, $hen under
?ismarc%0s leadership the transportation of persons, goods, and communications $ere
ta%en under state control"
9s a result of the state support since July 1931, through $hich the Reich co&ered 1
1I2 billion mar%s of foolish speculation on the part of the big ban%s $ith ta-
money, more than hal# o# the German credit bank s(stem is alread( in the hands
o# the ;eich"
9s preparation for the nationali!ation of the ban%ing system, $e demand the right of
the state to su'er)ise and inter)ene, and a re@uirement that ban%s re'ort to the
state"
The su'er)isor( ca'acit( must gi&e the state the possibility of fully understanding
e&erything that happens in the ban%ing system, and the right to inter)ene must ma%e
it possible to introduce measures in the ban%ing system that are in the interest of the
economy" The re'orting re3uirement $ill insure a monthly statement on all positions
and important changes"
/nly these measures $ill ma%e it 'ossible to stop #oolish in)estments" /nly they $ill
ma%e it possible toreduce interest rates to the necessary degree and brea% the sla&ery
of interest" 9nd only these measures can create the foundation for #inancing the $ob
creation 'rogram"
4urthermore, the head of the ?an% /ffice $ill ha&e the authority to ma%e the
organi!ational changes he thin%s necessary to prepare for and implement the
nationali!ation of the ban%ing system"
+. The mone( trans#er s(stem
'ermany is behind in the cashless transfer of money" #n England chec%s ha&e become
$idely accepted" #n"merica* children learn ho$ to fill out a chec% in school" >e
demand a significant e-pansion of the money transfer system, in particular of the
Reich ?an% and the 5ost /ffice ban%s, as $ell as the systems of the other credit
banks" >e further demand legal protection for cashless money transfers, as already
e-ists in other countries, so that he $ho $rites a chec% or transfers money at post
office ban%s or Reich ?an% branches -ithout ha)ing the necessar( #unds in his
account $ill be se&erely punished" 5ostdating chec%s or transfer orders $ill also be
punishable"
Postal checks $ill ha&e a con)enient siDe"
9n e-pansion of the money transfer system $ill help eliminate the shortage o#
currenc( in circulation, and also concentrate the money $ithin the economy, as has
happened in 2ngland, and $hich has contributed to the leading role o# the :ondon
#inancial market" This $ill also increase the credit basis for ;ob creation" The
e-pansion of the money transfer system $ill also ma%e the o&erall financial situation
clearer anddecrease the cost of money transfers"
,. ;educing interest rates
The charging of interest has lost its purpose $hen it de&ours, or e&en e-ceeds, the
profits of production" #n the latter case, the producti&e capacity itself, and therefore
the ;obs, are destroyed" <urrent interest rates ha&e had that effect" There are
significantly higher than during the pre7$ar period of prosperity" 9nd it is ob&ious that
a healthy economy can bear higher interest rates than one that has collapsed"
9 comprehensi&e state control of the entire ban%ing system must eliminate this
situation and reduce interest rates to a point $here producti&e capacity and ;obs can be
maintained and increased"
The ob$ection that this is impossible can be ans$ered by saying that it is absolutely
necessary" ?esides that, the ?rJning go&ernment has already $or%ed to reduce
interest, although to an insufficient degree, $ithout the conse@uences that $ere
predicted" #f interest rates are not reduced, production $ill cease entirely, $hich $ill
put an end to interest, $ith the result that inflation $ill once again occur, sa&ings $ill
be lost, and the people and go&ernment $ill sin% into chaos"
=. "dministrati)e and ta. measures
%. Price controls
>ages, salaries, and pri&ate income are part of national income" The degree to $hich
it is a part consists on the one hand on the amount of the $ages, salaries, and pri&ate
incomes, on the other hand on the price of goods" #f the price of a good is raised abo&e
the appropriate amount (cost of production plus a reasonable profit) because of a
cartel or the presence of a monopoly of some sort, the purchaser must pay an
un;ustifiably larger part of his share of the national income" This is al$ays socially
un;ust and economically dangerous"
*tate price controls, therefore, must insure that large de&iations from appropriate
prices are pre&ented (fertili!er prices, salt prices, radio tubes, etc")"
/b$ection: This is a harmful inter&ention by the state"
;es'onse: #f prices are reasonable, state inter&ention is unnecessar(" 9nd the
freedom of creati&e economic acti&ity must not be confused $ith the freedom to
ruthlessly e-ploit others"
+. ")oiding e.cessi)e e.'enditures
To pro&ide the funds for ;ob creation, the state must e-ercise the greatest economy,
;ust as in pri&ate industry"
Part( book o##icials, $ho do nothing for the general good, and $ho $aste public
resources, must be eliminated"
"dministration must be sim'li#ied, respecting the $ell7earned rights of the
professional ci&il ser&ice"
E.'enses #or 'restige 'ro$ects must be radically reduced" This includes limitations
on the use of go&ernment automobiles, etc" 9s long as cities do not ha&e enough funds
for $elfare payments, they should not spend a penny for ceremonial acti&ities"
)nnecessary e-penses must also be eliminated in 'ri)ate industr(" Board o#
directors honoraria must be eliminated"
,. Increasing the burden on those -ith strong shoulders
o one $ill belie&e that ;obs can be created $ithout sacrifice" ?ut the sacrifices need
to create ;obs cannot randomly be added to all the other burdens laid on $or%ing
people" 9ll the sacrifices are simply e&idence of the fact that the economy is
collapsing, and getting $orse" *acrifices to create ;obs $ill lead us out from collapse
and to freedom" >e $ill be sure that the sacrifices that ha&e to be demanded $ill
benefit $or%ing people (see section ( 31 The pay deductions from purchasers of
single family houses must not enrich capitalists, but rather increase the property of the
$or%er himself" #n the same $ay, state sub&entions $ill enable $or%ers to gain
property more easily, or to enable policies that are in the interest of the $hole
economy or that guarantee our people0s food supply)" Moreo&er, $e $ill be sure that
the hea&iest sacrifices are not demanded from the poorest and neediest" 4or the
duration of the crisis, sacrifices should come from those $ho are best able to bear
them1
Those $ith high incomes o&er A:: mar%s monthly must be a surta- for ;ob creation"
=igh earners of o&er 1A,::: mar%s annually $ill pay a correspondingly higher ta-"
4or ci&il ser&ants, the highest annual 'a( $ill be fi-ed at 12,::: mar%s" (This $ill
not be a permanent change in the salary scale, but rather $ill be effecti&e only for the
duration of the current crisis") *alaries in pri&ate industry $ill be similar to those of
the ci&il ser&ice, ta%ing into account the fact that such employees do not ha&e a
pension, and ha&e less ;ob security"
The gro$th of those $ith t-o incomes must be completely prohibited"
0. Eliminating corru'tion
<i&il ser&ants may not participate in any $ay in companies $ith $hich their offices
ha&e business relations"
(octors may ha&e no connections to pharmaceutical factories and other concerns that
manufacture medications or health products"
The death penalty for blac% mar%eters and profiteers"
I. "griculture
%. The current situation
9s a result of foreign competition, farmers recei&e prices that may e&en be under their
production costs, and only a fraction of $hat consumers in the cities pay"
9 further fundamental cause of the po&erty of 'erman farmers is the difference in
prices for agricultural and industrial products $hen compared to the pre7$ar period
(The agricultural price inde- is 91"9, the inde- for finished industrial products is
11C"2")
Reduced purchasing po$er and unbearable interest and ta- rates ha&e led to
catastrophic agricultural indebtedness, $hich today totals about 1A billion, and
de&ours the a&ailable operating capital" 4armers today can pay neither ta-es, interest,
nor debts, nor are they able to till their fields and bring in the har&est due to a lac% of
operating capital"
The result1 4urther impo&erishment of framers, reduced purchasing po$er, increased
unemployment, and a lessening of the 'erman people0s ability to feed itself"
+. 1rong economic 'olicies
Today, $e meet only three @uarters of our food needs by our o$n $or% on our o$n
soil" The missing @uarter of our food needs can be met only in part because of the
reduction in our purchasing po$er and our e-ports" The 'erman people is star&ing,
star&ing simplify because of the $rong economic policies of the present *ystem"
(#nsufficient protection from foreign products, price pressure on agricultural products,
interest and ta- ?olshe&ism, toleration and support for outdated middlemen that
de&eloped during the period of inflation")
,. Correct economic 'olicies
/ur economic policy must ensure that the 'erman people is fed" #t is clear that, $ith
the necessary impro&ements, e"g" land melioration (see section <), $e $ill be able to
meet our full food needs" 4ull use of 'erman soil $ould increase the purchasing
po$er of farmers (a third of the total population), create $or% for more than a million
unemployed, and additionally lead to ;obs for about a million industrial $or%ers and
craftsmen, thus decreasing unemployment payments and increasing ta- re&enues" This
$ould lead to a general impro&ement in other branches of the economy and a
corresponding impro&ement in the 'erman economy"
0. 1hat measures must be takenF
1" Raising the prices of agricultural products be reducing imports of agricultural
goods" #mports can be reduced from those states that do not ta%e our e-ports,
and correcting the ine@uity in the prices for agricultural and industrial products,
$ithout increasing prices in shops"
2" 2liminating un;ust profiteering by middlemen"
3" Reducing the price for fertili!er"
=" Reducing the interest burden to about half of its former le&el"
A" Ree&aluation of long term loans"
6" 8egal protections, suspension of the right to sei!e agricultural products and
suspension of interest and principal payments until agriculture reco&ers"
B" 5ro&ision of about 2A: million for land impro&ement loans and about C:
million for grain ele&ators"
C" 5ro&ision of about a million mar%s for agriculture, in particular for har&est
loans (see section 2 2")
4. Settling the East
4or reasons of both population and national need, $e re@uire the fastest possible
program of settlements in the 2ast"
'oal1 2stablishing independent 'erman agriculture in the threatened 2ast"
Re@uirements1 4undamental impro&ements in agriculture in general, multiple years of
ta-ation e-emption for the settlers, cheap loans and the creation of mar%ets by
impro&ing transportation routes, and ma%ing them less e-pensi&e"
G. Industr(
%. "''ro)al re3uirements #or ne- 'roduction #acilities
9s outlined in section ? A, 'ermany0s industrial capacity is structured not only at the
'erman domestic mar%et, but also on e-port opportunities that did indeed e-ist during
earlier periods, but today are lost due to the industriali!ation of many countries as $ell
as the protection measures of both old and ne$ industrial nations" >e suffer, therefore,
from inflated production capacity and underde&eloped agriculture" >e must, therefore,
in&est ne$ capital not in industry, but rather in agriculture" ?uilding ne$ industrial
production facilities must be sub;ect to appro&al" The appro&al may be granted only if
good reasons are presented (e"g", for factories that reduce the need to import ra$
materials)"
+. NationaliDation and state su'er)ision
Mono'olies that are not dissol&ed must immediately come under direct state
administration, i"e", be nationali!ed" 9 monopoly can by run ;ust as $ell by the state as
by pri&ate industry" *tate control, ho$e&er, assures that the profits benefit the nation,
not finance capital"
Stock com'anies must be placed under state super&ision, $hich $ill largely follo$
the model of ban% control (see section ' 1)"
/b$ection: 9ny state inter&ention is harmful"
;es'onse: *tate inter&ention, on the contrary, is necessary to protect the economy
from the $orst damage by the interests of finance capital" *tate inter&ention has gotten
a bad reputation only because the Mar-ist parties al$ays inter&ened in the -rong
'laces. 9lthough the state can administer monopolies much better than pri&ate
industry, the Mar-ists ga&e them o&er to finance capital (the (a$es and Ooung 5lans
ga&e a$ay the former 'erman Railroad, the match monopoly $as gi&en to the big
capitalist s$indler Ereuger by the *ocial (emocratic Minister of 4inance .ilferding),
$hereas countless unnecessary go&ernment concerns $ere maintained that only
competed $ith craftsmen and manufacturers, producing goods much more e-pensi&e
and of lo$er @uality than those of pri&ate industry"
,. Easier #inancing
<ompanies that ha&e contracts must be guaranteed the necessary credit to carry out
those contracts" *ee section 2 2"
:. Cra#tsmen* commerce* and retail
%. The current situation
The t$o great economic sins of the *ystem, the theft of 'erman property through
inflation and the theft of property through confiscatory ta-ation in the years follo$ing
the inflation, ha&e had the $orst and most destructi&e impact on the independent
middle class, proletariani!ing a large part of it" The goal of ational *ocialist
economic and social policy is to deproletariani!e the 'erman $or%er" 2&en more, a
policy for the middle class must hinder the proletariani!ation of further parts of the
people" 4inance capital attac%s the middle class from abo&e, since 1:: million mar%
loans e-ist for the huge concerns to finance dubious enterprises, but middle class
craftsmen, businessmen, and retailers can recei&e only small loans at unbearable rates
of interest" Then there are the department stores, chains, and lo$7priced outlets" 4rom
belo$, the middle class is attac%ed by Mar-ism, directl( by the Red consumer
cooperati&es andindirectl( through legislation (promotion of public companies)"
+. <e'artment stores and consumer societies
#mmediate help is necessary" e$ department stores, lo$7priced shops, and chain
stores may not be opened" The reorgani!ation of the entire department store system
follo$ing the ational *ocialist party program is essential" Ta- preferences for user
groups (consumer societies) are to be eliminated"
,. Coo'erati)es
9ll cooperati&es that support the independent middle class $ill be protected and
encouraged" <ooperati&es that endanger the independent middle class $ill be
combated through ta-ation and other means"
0. Publicl(8o-ned concerns
5ublicly7o$ned concerns are to be reduced to the absolute minimum necessary" *uch
concerns $ill be prohibited immediately from accept pri&ate orders, unless there is a
compelling public interest or some other re@uirement (*ee other assistance measures
under the lo$ering of interest, ban% controls, etc")
4. Public contracts
The public contract system is to be reorgani!ed $ith the fe$est regulations possible,
and under 5oint 16 of the party platform should fa&or small companies in the
a$arding of public contracts"
/b$ection and ;es'onse: The Mar-ist ob;ection that one must proletariani!e the
independent middle class in the interests of hurrying the arri&al of the future Mar-ist
state contradicts the interests of the 'erman $or%er" The goal for the 'erman $or%er
must not be the proletariani!ing of the middle class, but rather the deproletariani!ing
of the 'erman $or%er, and pro&iding him $ith property"
M. Social Huestions
%. The right to em'lo(ment
The foundation for sol&ing the social @uestion is the reali!ation of the right to
employment, $hich can only happen through our ;ob creation program" 9 la- on
em'lo(ment $ill lay do$n the rights of the $or%er" 4reedom for creati&e labor $ill
be assured, freedom for capitalist e-ploitation abolished"
+. E.isting $obs must be reser)ed #or German 'eo'le2s comrades
#f $e are to guarantee the right to employment for our people0s comrades, $e must
pre&ent non7'ermans from ta%ing ;obs a$ay from them" 9ccording to points B and C
of our party platform, the state is obligated first of all to pro&ide for its citi!ens" 9
citi!en must be a people0s comrade (point =)"
<onsistent $ith this principle, $e must be sure that in all production German
material is 're#erred to #oreign material $hene&er possible" This principle $ill be
implemented immediately in the case of public contracts" 5ri&ate industry can be
encouraged to do the same, for e-ample by not a$arding public contracts to firms that
repeatedly prefer foreign materials"
,. Social insurance
ational *ocialism $ill do all it can to maintain the social insurance system, $hich
has been dri&en to collapse by the present *ystem" The only $ay to rescue social
insurance is by creating ;obs"
0. Care o# the elderl(
>e $ill ma%e immediate preparations to carry out point 1A of the party platform1 +>e
demand a generous e-pansion of support for the aged",
5aying of ne$ pensions, of course, can happen only after the ne$ly insured ha&e
made contributions o&er a number of years" Maintenance of benefits for those in;ured
by $ar and for miners is to be guaranteed"
4. Pro#it sharing
#nterest reductions (section ' 3), price controls (section . 1), state super&ision of
corporations (section E 2), the la$ on employment (section M 1), the ta- measures
(section . 3), and the cost7sa&ing measures (section . 2) $ill assure that all re&enues
first go to strengthening the 'erman economy and creating ;obs" 9s soon as the
'erman economy has been re&i&ed by ;ob creation and begins to produce significant
profits, it $ill be time to de&elop a comprehensi&e system of profit sharing"
6. :abor ser)ice
The labor ser&ice is not compulsory labor for the unemployed, but rather a $ay to
in&ol&e all young 'erman men of a certain age range in $or% that is important for the
$hole 'erman economy, and that cannot be accomplished through normal means
(those in the labor ser&ice, therefore, $ill not compete $ith $or%ers in normal ;obs)"
There $ill be no e-emptions for students and the $ealthy, but rather each $ill ta%e a
sho&el in hand to ser&e the nation though his labor" Respect and honor for manual
laborers $ill thereby increase, ;ust as respect for the military is increased by the
introduction of uni&ersal military ser&ice"