MUSSOLINI AND HITLER

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1937, Page 11

MUSSOLINI AND HITLER

SECRET MILLIONAIRES Inquiries by international observers regarding the salaries paid to Hitler, Mussolini and other dictators have revealed that although their official pay may be small, they uro “salting” away huge private furtuincs (says the “Daily Herald”). Mussolini’s official salary as Premier is £lO5O. He draws no pay from his four other Ministerial posts, but. ho has many financial irons in the fire, tor he is the sole proprietor of the newspaper “Popolo d’ltalia,” with a vast sale and steep advertising rales, owns, large farms and gets paid the highest, sums in Italian journalism for any articles he writes. His speeches are printed in book form, and it is not considered wise in Italy to refrain from buying the Duce’s latest works.

Hitler’s salary is £4OBO a year, but he does not draw the money, being content to live on his personal fortune.

This is nearly as large as Mussolini’s, for Hitler is a partner in the Nazi paity’s publishing business.

l-'ioni this ho derives an income which has never been disclosed, but which must run into formidable figures, in view of the stranglehold on competition. His book, "My Struggle," sells by the million, and his royalties will never fall off, for every newly married couple, for example, must have a 'copy.

Salaries paid to other dictators are: Stalin, £600; Dr. Schuschnigg, £1140; and Marshal Smigly-Rydz, £2280.