Chapter 188 Hitler's New Deal IX
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In May 1931, the Nazi Party-Motherland People's Party cabinet led by Adolf Hitler had achieved remarkable achievements. In the past few months, the "Restriction of Jews" Act was passed one after another, and the German Bolshevik Party was banned through the Congressional arson case. At the same time, the Banking Act was amended, which took back control of the German Imperial Bank and cleared the obstacles to creating demand for additional currency. In the month when the Banking Act was revised, the Imperial Bank issued a "job creation bill" worth 1 billion marks to support enterprises to hire more workers.
In late May, the Hitler government began to formulate the "Cartel Regulations". The regulations stipulate that the Imperial Ministry of Economic Affairs has the right to establish new cartels, and all cartels have the authority to merge outside enterprises. Any outside enterprises that oppose such regulations can refuse to recognize them, thereby depriving them of the rights to obtain raw materials and commodity supply.
At first glance, this reform does not attract attention without "anti-Semitic" and "Mark-Brushing" but its role in a series of "Hitler's New Deals" cannot be underestimated. It can be said that together with the amendment of the Banking Law, it constitutes the core of the national socialist economic route.
"Ludwig, once this 'cartel regulations' is passed, Germany's important industries can form 'cartels' with large companies as the core. The Imperial Ministry of Economic Affairs can effectively regulate the German economy through these 'cartels'."
On the train to Geneva, Switzerland, Adolf Hitler was talking and promoting the Cartel Regulations to Hessmann by the Nazi Party-Motherland People's Party Cabinet. Because this "regulation" would shift the power of the current Industrial Promotion Committee to the Imperial Ministry of Economy, turning the Imperial Ministry of Economy into an enhanced industrial promotion committee. Although the Industrial Promotion Committee is an organization under the cabinet, it has always been controlled by the military, so to move this part, it must win the support of the army.
“This would turn the Imperial Ministry of Economy into a national planning committee,” Hessman said. “Each cartel is similar to the Soviet Union’s industry ministries.”
The so-called cartel is an organization such as enterprise alliances and interbank alliances, which belong to one of the forms of monopoly organizations. It is usually composed of enterprises that produce or sell a certain similar commodity.
However, the "cartels" in Hitler's new policy are not entirely monopoly organizations. They are more "industry departments" like the Soviet Union. Through them, the Imperial Ministry of Economic Affairs can manage a certain industry in Germany with administrative orders.
"It's not exactly the same," Hitler shook his head. "The Soviet Union was managed entirely with government instructions, which is not in line with Lister's economics. The government cannot and should not replace the market, but the government must manage the market based on the principle of nationalism."
"I know the difference." Hessman picked up the coffee cup placed on a table between him and Hitler and took a sip. The table fixed to the train floor was filled with documents.
Most of these documents are related to the International Disarmament Conference to be held in Geneva. Shortly before Hitler's cabinet came to power, Germany brazenly announced the restoration of the compulsory military service system, partially tore up the Treaty of Versailles, which caused an uproar in Europe. Therefore, the convening of the National Disarmament Conference this time became an opportunity for Germany to restore relations with Britain and France.
Moreover, Hessman hopes to use this eye-catching international conference to continue selling his private goods. Although he is not a member of the Nazi Party or the BJP, he is now a national socialist theorist.
Not long ago, the Army Policy Association he controlled proposed the formula of "national interests (national interests) supremacy + Lister's economic route + good and sustainable social welfare + care for the interests of the middle and lower classes + relative centralization (the degree of centralization is greater than that of small governments in Britain, France and the United States, but weaker than that of the Soviet Union) = national socialism".
It also imitated the Bolshevik propaganda method and launched a pamphlet called "National Socialism ABC". It began to be distributed everywhere in Germany and was also ready to be distributed abroad. This pamphlet is simple and easy to understand than Hitler's "My Struggle". Any educated adult can probably figure out what national socialism is like after spending half an hour.
At the same time, Hessman's book "The Conspiracy of the Jewish Financial Powers in the Great Depression" also began to become a best-selling book. In this era where the world except the Soviet Union was tortured by the Great Depression, I don't know how many politicians and economists were exploring the causes and solutions to the Great Depression, and no one pointed the finger at the financial oligarchs.
However, the politician who analyzed it as simple and thorough as Hessman and implemented a policy of cracking down on Jewish financial power after "acquiring" the regime is now becoming more and more famous. Hessman is no longer an unknown German general, but a small influential politician. Therefore, after the Nazi Party-Motherland People's Party cabinet began to implement the proposition "Hissman proposed", many people bought "The Conspiracy of the Jewish Financial Powers in the Great Depression" and "National Socialism ABC" to find out.
Hessman also hopes to successfully defeat the Great Depression and build a sample of the success of the national socialist model. This is conducive to promoting national socialism outside Germany. The spread of national socialist ideas is undoubtedly increasing Germany's allies.
Unlike Hitler's practice of overemphasizing the race struggle in history, Hessman's ideal World War II should be a war of ideology. It was a struggle between national socialism and capitalism and Soviet socialism!
The victory of national socialism must be based on the superiority of this system. In Hessman's view, the system of national socialism is actually a correction to the wildly growing free capitalism. It is not about eliminating the free economy and implementing a planned economy, nor about eliminating competition... But the Nazi Party obviously has this tendency.
So Hessmann did not want the Nazis to completely control Germany's economic policies.
After making up his mind, Hessman smiled and nodded, "Mr. Prime Minister. Of course, I agree to rationalize the economy. This is the difference between us and capitalism."
National socialism is not capitalism, but socialism! Although the Soviet Union has not made any statement so far, this does not prevent Germany from claiming to be a socialist country, the Soviet Union does not have the final right to interpret socialism!
"But the state's regulation should be limited, which is also emphasized by Listerism." Hessmann said carefully, "More things that the market can solve should be left to the market. Things that the market cannot solve should be solved by the state's regulation. In my opinion, there are not many areas that require state regulation at present, only some areas such as finance, steel, chemicals, mining, aviation, shipbuilding, railways, urban construction, public utilities, people's housing and foreign trade. Of course, if Germany is about to face war in the future, the number of departments that need state control will be greatly increased."
"That is, do you think the Cartel Ordinance does not apply to all industries in peacetime?" Hitler asked calmly.
He seemed to have accepted the situation of Nazi-Junke co-governance. After all, the Juncker Group's current strength is very strong and cannot be shaken by the Nazi Party.
"Yes," Hessmann stressed, "unless in wartime." He paused, "and we must fight, and only through war can we save Europe with national socialism!"
"Of course, we must fight!" Hitler said affirmatively.
"So, the current economic regulation must take into account the needs of future wars!" Hessman looked at Hitler's gray-blue eyes, "In the past decade, the National Defense Forces have been quietly interfering in the German economy and supporting industries that are crucial to future wars... From now on, our intervention is successful. I think we must continue to intervene until the war is victorious!"
Hitler frowned, said nothing, but just looked at Hessman quietly.
"So I think we should reorganize the Industrial Promotion Committee and turn it into the German General Economic Commission, which will be jointly appointed by the Imperial Government and the National Wehrmacht." Hessman paused and looked at Hitler. The other party still did not express an annoyed expression. "Of course, Mr. Prime Minister, you must be the chairman of the German General Economic Commission."
The inside of the car became a little silent, and only the sound of the wheels colliding with the rails was heard.
I don’t know how long it took to hear Hitler ask in a faint voice: “Ludwig, you know, I always want to fight, so I will not ignore the investment in heavy industry and military industry in any case! I will build the most powerful war machine in the world!”
Hessman smiled. He knew that Hitler's words were true, but in history, the German economy controlled by the Nazi Party was somewhat similar to the Soviet Union. Both had a certain degree of imbalance. They did not invest enough in agriculture and light industry and had too much control, which made Germany's grain production stagnant at the level of the early 1930s, and they had to import about 4 million tons of grain every year.
"Adolf, I know you really want to win a world war," Hessman said with a smile. "Our goal is consistent. Our National Wehrmacht has more research on this issue. In fact, we started to make plans around 1920. So we know what to produce and how much to produce. So we have to participate in the German General Council of Economic Affairs, which is a necessary condition for winning a world war.
Moreover, has your Nazi Party studied the issue of how to integrate the economies of European countries with Germany in the future?"
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