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July 25, 2024

90 YEARS AGO

An endeavor to introduce a new code of ethics for German business is one thing for which Adolf Hitler deserves credit. E. Lewis B. Curtis, head of the History Department at Oneonta State Normal School said in conversation yesterday. Other achievements of the Hitler regime that Mr. Curtis mentioned were the administrative unification of Germany, and a start at breaking up the large landed estates of East Prussia. Dr. Karl J. Arndt, head of the German Department at Hartwick College, stated that the recent “purge by blood” of the Nazi Party involved far less violence than did the suppressing of the recent Austrian revolt by Chancellor Dollfuss. Both professors agreed that Hitler was untactful and had gone to extremes, but that he was absolutely sincere in his efforts to serve the best interests of the German people. Dr. Arndt called attention to the fact that Hitler had begun his work among university students and had many university graduates in responsible positions, though the Chancellor himself was not a graduate.

July 1934