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164the importation of certain industrial products would be prohibitedaltogether, thereby creating work for an additionalarmy of hundreds of thousands.No explanation has been given by the party chieftains howyouth‟s compulsory service would reduce the reserve army ofthe proletariat. Nor has any suggestion been offered howGermany‟s isolation from the rest of the world would effecther exports and general prosperity.Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi leader in Berlin, whoseword carries much weight in certain parts of Germany, outlineda Bolshevist program when he said:“Germany has practically no capital except in the formof shares kept in the vaults of Jewish banks in London andNew York. If we had a real German State it would treat allshares held in Jewish banjks as null and void, – mere scraps ofpaper.”. Goebbels has given help toward an understanding of theNazi economic policy in saying: “We are neither capitalistsnor proletarians.” For the sake of greater clarity he mighthave added: “We do not know what we are.”Abolition of all income acquired without work or troubleand of the “interest servitude” (Zinsknechtschaft) had beenother cardinal interests of the Nazi leaders until they beganto feel less enthusiastic about them. This part of the NationalSocialist program is extremely vague. We shall seein another chapter how the German Fascists have approachedthe problem of interest.When the Nazis demand that the department stores shallbe outlawed and rented to small shop-keepers, the world