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...Hitler's power was far too small to make a difference against such a popular candidate as Hindenburg, and although Hitler's following was enthusiastic and well-trained as far as it went, it was insufficient to overcome Hindenburg's total of 19 million votes," he continued. "Hindenburg was popular personally, as was shown by the fact that he polled a larger vote than could have been secured by the parties supporting him if they had been voting for seats in a Reichstag election. Hindenburg's election shows the sturdy common sense of the majority of the German people...
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Candidate Gustave Winter, darkest of dark horses, could fairly be said to have prevented President von Hindenburg's reelection. His platform was that some payment or restitution should be made to holders of "worthless" German paper mark banknotes of 1,000-mark denominations or larger...
...Communist Party, which won 4,590,000 votes in 1930 and was expected to make large gains last week, fooled everyone, made virtually no gain. Only 4,900,000 Germans voted for Comrade Ernst Thaelmann, "The Red Napoleon." In Hamburg, his native city, Comrade Thaelmann trailed both Hitler and Hindenburg; but in Berlin the big, blond, leather-lunged Red ran ahead of Hitler though behind Hindenburg...
...after the No. 1 election, Adolf Hitler announced himself a candidate in the No. 2 election and so did President von Hindenburg. Most observers assumed that the President will of course be re-elected on April 10?by a huge plurality. But granting this, there remains the question whether Paul von Hindenburg can possibly live out a second term, at the end of which he would be 91. Well might Frenchmen cry last week "Vive Hindenburg!" for the President's life is precious to order and peace...