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work. It has a million men and women of high intellectual and manual ability and skill. Furthermore millions of its population desire the higher treasures of life and culture. And, ultimately, it has in its soil the possibility of increas- ing its food supply, and in its natural resources the possi- bility of increasing its material production. It is thus a problem of intelligence, energy, and deter- mination to bring into harmony this cry for goods and the possibility of producing them. When the authority of a gov- ernment and the confidence of a whole nation unite in deter- mined action, they will be able to solve this most difficult problem, because they must solve it. And we are determined not to give in to this task which has to be accomplished, but to grapple with it. ‘Hitler Appointed Chancellor When on January 30th, a year ago, our General Field Marshal, our highly esteemed President of the Nation, by means of a decision, truly magnanimous in view of everything that had happened and preceded it, entrusted me with the for- mation and leadership of the government of Germany, the na- tional-socialist party shouldered a responsibility the greatness of which did not seem to correspond to its influence or to the part it had previously played. At that time, with only two ministers, I entered a cabinet which then held a reserved opin- ion of the movement and of me personally, and I gave before the nation my promise to tackle the tasks imposed upon us by history and providence, and to seek for them a comprehensive solution. 14 In that hour I considered mysclf to be only a representat of and a fighter for my people. I was convinced that even ~ at that moment, a countless multitude inevitably lacked understanding of the true meaning of the mission which - movement had to perform, nevertheless in a short time «— actual deeds would meet with the intuitive assent of the nat Thus from that historical hour, I have never conceived. mission to be other than one of the whole German nation, e if consciously or unconsciously millions of men then did realize this fact or possibly did not want to believe it. I have never seen in purely outward power any pos: substitute for the confidence of the nation, but have alv - honestly striven to convert the power of authority into strength of confidence. I can, therefore, admit with pride just as the national-socialist party had its roots exclusive) the people, so we as a government have never had any thor . than that which did not originate in the people, with people, and for the people. And only out of this deeply inward alliance with the Ger _ nation, there grew up within us the power to fight ar: overcome the conditions which we had to consider not m: as external burdens, but in the long run, as factors leadi: the ultimate destruction of our nation. When, during the fourteen long years of our struggl: power, I again and again proclaimed as a preliminary nex for the reascent of the German nation the destruction wi: compromise of all the middle class and marxist parties, thi appeared to the majority of my political opponents to L hallucination of an insane visionary, to be sheer madness