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Then, for the second time in the eight years he has been a Deputy, Dr. Alfred Hugenberg took the rostrum. Germany's potent "Little Man in Blue" was in blue serge as usual. He is the Hearst, Paramount & Famous Lasky Corp. and Associated Press of Germany, a magnat and monopolist of propaganda who has bought the leadership of the Nationalist Party (reactionary, monarchist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Ha, Ha! Ha, Ha! Ha, Ha!! | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

...Reichstag burst into one vast German guffaw; but Dr. Hugenberg, strong in his basic potency, stood his ground like a magnat, and when silence came again read his speech to the end. He announced that overnight the Nationalist Party had reversed itself, would stand with the Cabinet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Ha, Ha! Ha, Ha! Ha, Ha!! | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

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