"The Nazis hate the United States more poisonously than any other country. Our very existence disproves their racial and economic theories. We have welcomed their beaten eneWe persist in speaking, printing, and broadcasting disagreeable truths which they would like to see suppressed. Above all, we alone possess the loot which would make a world conquest worth while.

"The Nazis have often said that there are two opposite poles in the world: Germany, the pole of order, discipline, and scientific progress; and the United States, the pole of democratic anarchy, decadent Christianity, and the degeneration and loss of efficiency which accompanies a system of free enterprise. Hitler's conquest is only partial and incomplete until we are brought into his world system."

If any American businessman retains, at this late date, and in the face of irrefutable proof, the slightest doubt that Hitlerized Germany is his sworn enemy, as an American, and above all, as a businessman doing business as an individual under the system of free and untrammeled enterprise developed under protection of the Constitution, the paragraphs above, selected from Douglas Miller's recent book, "You Can't Do Business with Hitler", and based on his work and observations in Berlin during 15 years, should cause him to reexamine his own beliefs.

Unbiased Report

Without emotion, without personal resentments or colorations, Mr. Miller, commercial attache in Berlin for 15 years, has set down a factual evaluation of Hitler's aims, his ruthless and unconscionable methods, and his total lack of recognition of any standards on honesty or fair play.

He gives us a picture of the complete international brigand, who, after corrupting and demoralizing his own nation, is now attempting to corrupt the entire civilized world, and to reduce it to a state of vassalage to a race which is noted for nothing so much as its inner consciousness of inferiority among civilized peoples.

The keynote of the Hitler method, perhaps, is sounded by the author's statement that Nazi Germany stands, first of all, for the principle of force instead of law.

"The Nazis have so little respect for written law that they have not even bothered to abolish the previous Weimar Constitution. It still continues to operate in part..... What has changed is the fact that the individual has no basic civil rights now. German courts are instructed to decide cases not purely upon written law, but according to 'healthy public opinion.' Since such opinion is not recorded anywhere, this means in practice the judge's opinion at the time, and the judge is a Nazi functionary. No firm or individual has any rights which the government is bound to respect.

Any discussion, says Mr. Miller, as to whether Germany is socialistic or not is pointless because all capital is at the immediate disposal of the government. When a man's life is a forfeit at the whim of government of ficials, it makes no difference whether he has title to his property or not, he points out.

How the Nazis Do Business

Startling are the factual examples the author gives of Nazi control of foreign trades: An American company operating a large plant in Germany exported equipment to Brazil, and although Brazilian export restrictions prevented the money leaving Brazil, the Nazi Government forced the parent company in the

United States to send the money to Germany, so that the company has the money tied up in both Brazil and Germany.

The Nazi government forced an American hardware company to lend its surplus for building low-cost houses, a project which would bring in only about 1 percent a year on the invested capital.

An American typewriter company subsidiary in Germany was advised to go out of business by the Chairman of the Committee on Office Equipment, who happened to be the head of the leading German typewriter manufacturer.

An American firm making soft drinks had developed a very satisfactory business in Germany. After Hitler came into power, German doctors certified that the product was injurious to health, and the police insisted that some of their buildings must be torn down because they did not measure up to the building code. The customary bribes to a party official protected the firm for a while, until another official, presumably not receiving his cut of the blackmail, made a new ruling that the product was Jewish and would pollute any Aryans who drank it. To adjust this situation, at the suggestion of Dr. Robert Ley, head of the German Labor Front, a Nazi delegation visited the United States, at the firm's expense, to investigate the product.

A report that the product was pure was overruled by another official, and Mr. Miller suggested that the company's best course was to close their business and return to the United States.

The foreign exchange controls instituted by the Nazis to favor themselves; the economic slavery of the peoples they conquered, the long distance plans for exploiting the colonies they hope to capture, and the insidious tactics used in Latin America, and even in the United States are fairly well known now, but Mr. Miller, carefully supporting his charges with from his experience, makes them convincing and alive.

The Author's Recommendation

The dangers, direct and indirect, to United States business interests in case of a Nazi victory are clearly outlined by Mr. Miller. Hundreds of American firms have large interests abroad, in plant, distribution organization, patents or stocks of goods, many of them parts of the British Empire. If Hitler wins, he would be able to demand such concessions from these firms that they would either have to abandon their enterprises entirely, or put them practically under Hitler's direction.

The author, entering frankly and daringly into the most heated controversy in the United States today, states: "The day we declare war will be the day the Nazis know they are beaten. They will continue to put up a strong resistance, but their hope of world dominion will be gone...... The lesson for us is not to delay too long. We have been tardy in defense preparations. We must act more swiftly now, for that very reason. The sooner we declare war, the better for us. To wait is far more dangerous than to act."

"It is, indeed, a fallacy, based on no logic, for any Americans to suggest that the rule of force can defeat human freedom in all the other parts of the world and allow it to survive in the United States alone. But it has been that child-like fantasy itself--that misdirected faith-which has led nation after nation to go about their peaceful tasks relying on the thought, and even the promise, that they and their lives and their government would be allowed to live when the juggernaut of force came their way."

Hanson W. Baldwin:

"Can Germany be beaten? Despite the belief in some quarters that Germany is now invincible the answer to the question is a definite 'Yes'--but a 'Yes' heavily weighted with

conditions.

"The answer cannot be phrased in orthodox military terms alone. For total war--Hitler's war--is not orthodox war. It means much more than men and ships and tanks and guns. It means political, economic, psychological and industrial effort, as well as military. Total war requires a total answer."

Winston Churchill:

"None can doubt what our policy will be. We have but one aim, and one single irrevo

cable purpose. We are resolved to destroy

Hitler and every vestige of his Nazi regime; from this nothing will turn us--nothing. We will never parley, we will never negotiate with Hitler or any of his men. We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him by sea, we shall fight him in the air, until, with God's help, we have rid the earth of his shadow and liberated his peoples from the yoke."

R. L. Duffus: (in "I Am An American")

"I am an American. I cannot let the chal

lenge drop. I cannot say, I am not as other men and their tribulations do not concern me. I cannot say, I am free-let others be slaves for all of me." ་་

Anthony Eden:

"We are confident of the justice of our cause and we are sure of victory."

George Fielding Eliot:

"We have made great strides toward building an Army capable of serving the needs of this Republic in an hour of peril perhaps unequaled in its history. Considering all the difficulties and all the lacks, the progress that has been made is well-nigh miraculous. But we are very far from having the Army that we need, and the time may be very short before we shall need it."

Bishop Joseph P. Hurley:

"My great fear is that we will not be permitted to have the choice between war and peace; that the Nazi will not let us have peace as he did not let the nations of Europe have peace."

Frank Knox:

"If we fail, civilization fails, and a brutish paganism triumphs. We cannot fail."

Sumner Welles:

"I cannot believe that peoples of good will will not once more strive to realize the great ideal of an association of nations through which the freedom, the happiness and the security of all peoples may be achieved."

PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING RETAIL INSTALLMENT CREDIT. Domestic Distribution Department, Chamber of Commerce of the United States. (1941. 12 pp.) Proposals in some quarters to apply arbitrary restrictions to installment credit include many ramifications which go beyond the granting of credit to consumers by retailers who sell merchandise on the installment plan. This report is confined to discussions of how such proposals would affect installment credit in the retail field. Included in the report are data relating to the uses and volume of installment credit in the conduct of retailing. Available from: Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D. C.

WHAT WILL INFLATION AND DEVALUATION MEAN TO YOU? American Institute for Economic Research. (1941. 144 pp. Price $1.) A discussion, in nontechnical language of the nature of deflation and inflation, what they mean to the individual and his family, and what he can do to protect himself against them, so far as possible. Part 1 Where does the money come from, and what is inflation? Has the danger of inflation passed? Part 2 timing and warning symptoms of the explosive stage. Probable effects of recent developments. Part 3 Partial protection against a rising cost of living. Adjusting life insurance plans, savings and investments. Available from: American Institute for Economic Research, 54 Dunster St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge, Mass.

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BYPRODUCT OF DEFENSE. True Story Magazine. (1941. 35 pp. Illus.) An examination of the Defense Program as it affects current consumer spending.

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DIRECTORY OF MICROFILM SOURCES. Cibella, Hall Laboratories, Inc. 56 pp. Price 75 cents, plus postage.) Microfilming has, rather suddenly, assumed a place of strategic importance in the field of documentation. Multiplicity of records of value, and a corresponding pressure on space available for the storage of records, documents, books, etc., have increased the importance of microfilming and have given it a sure place in library science. This Directory, started in 1939, by means of a questionnaire which was supplemented in 1940, affords for the first time a record of microfilm sources, and should be of great value to librarians, research workers, industrialists and others. The author is active in the Special Libraries Association, and had the benefit of valuable cooperation from members of the Association. Available from: Special Libraries Association, 31 E. Tenth St., New York, N. Y.

AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION. E. Molloy. (1941. 104 pp. Illus. Price $2.) Presents an up-todate survey of the materials and processes used in the vital work of aircraft production, which is a comparatively new sphere of engineering activity. The information has been classified under seven headings--Materials, Work Methods, Methods of Joining Components, Assembly, Wooden Aircraft, Aero Engines and Airscrews--and the book shows the relation which each process bears to the production of the completed aeroplane. The presentation of this material in a form convenient for ready reference will prove invaluable to those engineers devoting their skill and energies to the highly important production side of aircraft industry.

Available from: Chemical Publishing Co., 234 King St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

DEFICIT SPENDING AND THE NATIONAL INCOME.

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Henry H. Villard. (1941. 429 pp. $3.50.) Among the remedies that have been advocated for the depression with which we have been struggling since 1929 none has received greater attention than deficit spending. Present defense expenditures have given renewed importance to the discussion of the effects of deficit spending. To contribute to the determination of these effects, the author attempts to make clear just what results are to be expected from deficit spending under various sets of circumstances, and so aid in appraising the probable influence of current defense spending upon the American economy. Such an appraisal is not undertaken in this volume; instead it is devoted to a discussion of the effects of deficit spending in the decade which began with the stock market crash in 1929 and ended with the first substantial repercussions of the European war upon the United States toward the end of 1939. Available from: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 232 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.

THE ECONOMICS OF CORPORATE ENTERPRISE. N. S. Price $3.25.)

Buchanan. (1940. 483 pp.

This volume explains the processes of organization, operation and reorganization of corporations. Particular stress is laid on the economic forces which underlie and direct these processes. Features the newer legal and economic aspects of corporate reorganization, and gives a brief summary at the close of each chapter.

Available from: Henry Holt & Co., 257 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y.

NATIONAL UNITY AND DISUNITY. George Kingsley Zipf. (1941. 408 pp. Price $3.50.) The author presents the results of years of original research into the somewhat more profound economic, sociological, and psychological aspects of national unity. This volume had its origin in a controversy with an eminent social scientist over the scope of the author's findings in linguistic change. Dr. Zipf defended his concept of natural balance as applicable to biosocial data in general. As a student of social forces, he revisited Germany immediately after the establishment of the Third Reich, and began extending his research into the field of nationalism. Analyzing the structure of the state, he shows that a nation can be viewed as a biosocial organism which follows precise laws of economic equilibrium in its internal and international change. Available from: Bloomington, Ind.

CANNERS DIRECTORY.

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The National Canners Asso

ciation. (1941. 160 pp. Price $2.) This directory contains a list of canners of the United States by states, together with lists of members of the Canning Machinery and Supplies Association and the National Food Brokers Association.

Available from: The National Canners Association, 1739 H St. NW., Washington, D. C.