FOUR-YEAR PLAN

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 190, 8 May 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)

FOUR-YEAR PLAN

How Germany Proposes to Work It I TTio first detailed explanation of how Germany’s Fonr-Year Plan [for economic self-suflicieneyj is organised Ims been disclosed by a well-informed authority. There .are six main departments, the first ami greatest being the Ofiiee for Raw ami Industrial Materials. This is subdivided as follows:— Plann’ng.— This department ,1 aws I up all the schemes. Mineral Oil. Research ami Development. -Here new I processes are tried am] new inventions 1 tested. Executive.—Here the :> -tn-il operation of plans in the different fields, such as mines, textiles, and so on, is brought to reality. Finan-hi) - Financing of schemes, plants, and factories. Foreign Trade. —Export possibilities studied. Officials claim that the Plan should not mean economic isolation. Other Department. The other departments and their objects are:— Bureau for Distribution of Raw Materials.—This decides how the requirements of the manufacturers are to lie met. Distribution of Labour.—To ensure that skilled workers are provided j Food Supply.—To see that sudden i shortages of butter do not occur, that ; adequate supplies of wheat will he available, and in general to assure a steady food supply for Germany's 66.000,000 people. Foreign Currency.—To ensure that Germany drives profitable bargains with foreign countries. Office of the Price Commissioner.— To keep a constant watch on wholesalers and retailors to see that they do not exceed the official maximum prices which the Nazis have fixed, especially for certain foodstuffs.