Furiously through a whole night last week the Stuttgart City Council debated the following motion, supported by Fascist, Democratic and Communist Councilmen:
"Be it resolved that no German shall receive a yearly income, either earned or unearned, of more than 12,000 marks" ($2,865).
Just as dawn broke the resolution passed, was sent to the Württemberg State Diet with an urgent request that it be brought at once before the Reichstag in Berlin. The International Labor Office figures the income of the average Berlin wage earner at 3,364 marks ($804).
...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
