Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-20 | Page 2 | Nazi Quislings Believed Drafting 'Magna Charta' for Europe

I Nazi Quislings Believed Drafting Magna Charts Charta for Europe By Wade Werner LISBON April 2 The Tho P Tho nazis seem to be bo getting ready to proclaim some some kind of Magna charta cham for Europe with the double purpose of Europeans their best chance of escaping postwar social and economic chaos will bo be under German German German Ger Ger- man leadership while convincing the impoverished German masses they wont won't have to go bolshevik to get social justice Indications in this direction are are seen in discussions of ot the postwar order appearing in the provincial German press and also In the 17 pOInt x program recently drawn draw up by iy Quisling economists and social ocial theorists from all aU parts of Europe at a conference in Bad Salzbrunn At Bad Salzbrunn which is situated situated sit sit- situated in Silesia relatively remote rom from the threat of allied bombs Hitler's followers could discuss amid an atmosphere of peace and quiet the postwar social structure of Europe They frankly aimed at something something something some some- thing halfway between the discredited discredited dis die credited methods of ot the capitalistic tic social welfare policy and the disruptive antisocial slogans o ot oL elass war class war Marxism Their 17 point program accordingly looks like ike a compromise between tho the 1936 Stalin constitution President President President dent Roosevelt's four freedoms Britain's postwar housing and BOdal social so so- cial dal security plans and the principles principles principles prin prin- of the nazi party For Instance Instance in instance In- In stance I Point four tour of the program emphasIzes emphasizes emphasizes em em- the right to work of every citizen which sounds a little little lit lit- tle tie like Stalin's constitution Point eight stresses the right of ot every family amily to adequate living quarters quarters ers and adequate means of existence exist exist- ence In ence in other words good postwar postwar postwar post post- war housing and freedom from want Point 13 stresses the more dant life lite specifically sufficient time for leisure and the pursuit of ot cultural activities The point emphasizes the necessity of applying the principles of the socialistic order to industry and agriculture and emphasizes that this applies t to farm labor as well as land but avoids any reference to collective farms This all adds up to what Is described described de de- scribed not as national socialism but socialism Each of ot the various peoples of Europe is expected to develop the type of socialistic setup best suited to its particular character and needs Tho The general aim Is the creation of ot a socialistic Europe without a proletariat