Category — Corporations

Sources tell me that Hitler was called from Munich to Berlin to talk with Chancellor Bruening about prolonging Hindenburg’s presidential term. Hindenburg does not want to go through the strain of another election. The old man wants to prolong his own term, but not have to once again fight for it against Hitler and others.

Hitler reportedly said in Munich when he received the summons to Berlin that, “Now I have them in my pocket! They have recognized me as a partner in their negotiations.”

Bruening’s  proposal includes two incentives. If the Nazis agree to Hindenburg’s term extension, Bruening will retire once he settles the problem of repaying reparations and restoring equality for rearming Germany. He also said that on his retirement, he would suggest to Hindenburg that Herr Hitler be made Chancellor.

Hitler has apparently not given an answer yet. He has retired to the Kaiserhof just down the street to confer with his deputies. My sources at the hotel tell me that Hess, Strasser, Goebbels, Goering and Roehm are all in attendance.

We shall see what the morrow brings.

Sources tell me that Hitler’s lieutenants are in discussions in Berlin, New York and London with at least four major American companies and foundations and a British oil company. The Rockefeller Foundation is providing money for funding the study of eugenics. The Carnegie Foundation is apparently in talks regarding funding German-based studies of race relations. Ford and General Motors are salivating at the thought of mechanizing the Wehrmacht. IBM is touting the value of its Hollerith electronic data tabulation system for facilitating a German census cataloging each person by race, religion, trade, and so forth. In the mean time, the British Anglo-Persian Oil Company is offering oil to Germany. What does all this mean? The Nazis are obviously preparing the groundwork for when they take power. But such an outcome is not inevitable. I have faith in the German people.