ALFRED KRUPP
circle Alfred 4^ l has turncd full death d .. K , rupp - merchant of his been e° f £ d ° lf £soonnnm handed back alm ° st t.ou, 000,000 as compensation for damage done to his plants, in which i}ni manufactured the weapons that rAb? d thous ?s ds °f Allied soldiers and “naii an % British paper, the f Mall ’,. Say d’ ‘ ,The name °f Krupp IS a byword for ruthlessness and treachery.” But the treachery here is not Krupp’s; it can be credited to those who returned him his ill“rriht . Regarding Krupp’s ruthlessness, this endearing attribute is common to predatory capitalisim in al '.moc, enterprise economies, most of which have brotherly connexions with Krupp through cartel agreements. What compensation, I wonder, would be paid to the widow of an American negro lynched for an afternoon’s sport, as described by Erskine Caldwell m his short story “Saturday Afternoon”?—Yours, etc., no t 4 t. J- dennehy. Haast, October 21, 1952.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26870, 24 October 1952, Page 7
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