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The Kaaapfbuad was founded on D««*s*b#r 16* 1932, 1 B o rder a© a o n e e n t r a t e t h e aff*>rte of t h e l a t l o n a l -f o e t a l l « t p s r t y sis winning over the middle el«».«a©» t o t h e ©ansa ©f Metional-£©etaIiaisu The Kanpfbund haa undergone the sssae development© as t h e I*S*B*0* I a c t i o n a l s - m i a l 1 s t is©: © Be t r lba f©l l en o rgar . l aa t ion) and as the p a r t y Insofar as i t s iaewbsrship has •aorstously inereaaed a f t e r t ha a©e©a«ioa t o power of t ha p a r t y * ffhlla t h r e e etonths ago the membership araoantad t o approximately 85*000* i t l a now f a r above 100*000* The exac t f i g e r e s cannot y e t be given aa t h e t e c h n i c a l appa ra tu s ©f t h e ©Jrgantact I on has not Quite caught ag> wi th i t s sodden growth*

Whi3e the .K*S*B*0* haa been invaded by approximate* ly t h r e e f o u r t h s of awl11ion of n o n - M a s i s , ' t h u s g i v i n g "Marxian" a s t r o n g hold* the fCsstpflwind haa been f looded wi th a l a r g o •igaber of former i&aeibera of t h e " W l r t s c h a f t s -y a r t e l * * (The w i r t a c b a f t s p a r t e l was on© of tha sisal l p a r t i e s 1 B t h e Reichs tag* r e p r e s e n t i n g the tnt#r©@ts of t h e I n d u s t r i a l sniddle c l a s h e s * and waa of a r a t h e r r e d l e a l cha rac t e r •>

i»m Sohns see© t h e g r e a t e s t danger i n the davclopRont* i n t h e non«3fasi K©*»herehip and p o s s i b l e adherenea t o t h e old eosnosnle syate®* I t w i l l he one of t h e g r e a t t a s k s of t h e Ktanpfbond t o de s t roy as sown ae p o ^ s i h l a t h e Ind iv idua l trad© o r g a n i s a t i o n s * I t I f hoped t h a t t he reby tha ' i n d i v i d u a l i s t l a o laaa I n t e r e s t s w i l l be stamped out and t h e middle class©© be l e d t o t h e K a t i e n a l * $ o c l a l l s t tdeat p u b l i c i n t e r e s t above p r i v a t e i n t e r e s t *

t h e a c t i v i t i e s of t h e KaapfbnnA*. in, accordance with t h i s airs , w i l l be d i r e c t e d towards educa t ing t h e i r Berbers by way of c o e r c i n g th©s< to wis I t wel l conducted p a r t y meet ings and r ead ing wel l a d l t e d magaslneajo

In order t o s t r e n g t h e n tit© f i g h t i n g e a o e e l t y of t h e Kastefbund t h e r e w i l l be^ la rge c l ean ing -up in, tha) n e a r f u t u r e , sod >m®to®¥sh.lp wi l l he c losed f o r a e a r t s i n pe r iod*

The Ejuspfba''d*« i a e r g y w i l l a l s o be d i r e c t e d tow&rdo l e a d i n g a l l p r i v a t e i n i t i a t i v e i n t o l e g a l channe l s* I n d i v i d u a l aoaonras which havs a l r o a d y d i s t u r b e d bus in s ae l i f e dur ing t h a p a s t waoka* t i l l be v igo rous ly o p p r e s s e d * Tha l e a d e r s of t ha Easpfbuitd* Dr* von Benteln and Dr* Sohns, neither of all'-5® is a

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member of the indus t r i a l middle c lashes , end t h e r e -fore without any personal i n t e r e s t In the ns&fcter, wi l l offer su f f i c ien t guaranty t h a t c l a s s i n t e r e s t 0 w i l l notes be permitted to exer t influence* Dr» Sohns ! • aware of the f ac t t h a t the local "KastpfbanA* organlzsationa are a f t ea counteracting the masu re s of the headquarters* but he bel ieves t ha t a l l unauthorised act ions wi l l in the nea# future be e n t i r e l y stopped*

He vigero «aly. attacked Ministers Go©ring and Dr* Geebbels who hair© recent ly attate&ed the Kawpfbund in public* Me s»a,id l i t e r a l l y t "Weno. d ie Kerren una auch nooli so sehr mifc Greek bewerfen* wS* eind j a daran gewoehnt* iron unaere-n i*#gnern j&hrclang s i t Sateuts beworfer. *u warden* f i r warden auch daran nlcht kaputt gehen -mm--. u--@ tmsere Fresmde a i t Schznuts bewerfen**