RISING FOOD PRICES
DISCONTENT IN GERMANY APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISOR BERLIN. Nov. 5 Alarmed at the popular discontent at the rising food prices, the Government is seeking to centralise the control of markets. It has appointed Dr. Goerdeler, ex-Mayor of Leipzig, as National Commissioner for the supervision of food prices, with practically dictatorial powers. He will be responsible directly to Herr Hitler. The late President Hindenburg appointed Dr. Goerdeler in 1931 to a similar position, and he reduced prices 10 per cent within four months.
The Government has taken control of the whole of the rye and wheat harvest. Cattle breeders are complaining of a serious shortage of fodder, and they are forbidden to use wheat and rye for this purpose.
General Goering's decree against profiteering states that punishment cannot be too great for those seeking to profit at the expense of the welfare of the people. At Breslnu, the chief of police has closed 24 butchers' shops because the prices were too high. Plumbers and builders are not allowed to use brass or copper.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21951, 7 November 1934, Page 13
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