GERMANY: First-Class Steamroller

What he called a "widespread public misapprehension" was scotched last week by Nazidom's hot-eyed little Minister of Propaganda & Public Enlightenment, Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels.

The German public, Dr. Goebbels discovered, still thought last week that new political parties could be formed before the Reichstag election Nov. 12. On the contrary, he declared, there is now in Germany one Party—all others have been dissolved and to form a new party is a "statutory offense, covered by drastic penalties."

Coached by Dr. Goebbels, the German Press explained elaborately how to vote. There is only...

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