Chancellor Hitler, whose voice developed a noticeable cough in" the course of two hours speech, hurled back the charge that world trade is retrogressing "because of German methods for the mutual exchange of [s0ods—the barter system "The compulsion under which Ger. /many's economic policy stands now," Herr Hitler said, "is so great that no threat of capitalistic measures can Rep us from this activity, for. the necessity does not arise from capitalistic greed for gain, but simply from the exigencies forced upon us through the fault of others and for no urgent cause.
"If ever dire need made a people sce, it has done s0 in the ease of the German people. Under the pressure of this dire need, we learned above things. to. reckon with the most essential capital of a nation, namely its labour power. In the face of industry and' the ability of a national labour power planfully invested, all gold and foreign exchange hoards pale {nto insignificance.
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