I Had Repeatedly Made Written Requests To

Slaves Who Are Underfed, Diseased, Resentful, Despairing, And Filled With Hate Will Never Yield That Maximum Of Output Which They Might Achieve Under Normal Conditions.

I Did That All The More, If I May Say So, Because I Was Aware Of The Fact That There Is An Inclination To Go To Extremes In German People, And In The German Character Generally.

As I, As A Worker, Came To Know Them, The Aims Of German Trade Unions Were Political, And There Were A Number Of Various Trade Unions With Varied Political Views.

I Was Never Informed In Advance About The Start Of The War Or About Foreign Political Developments.

The Controversies Between The Proletariat And The Middle Class Had To Be Smoothed Out And Bridged Over By Each Getting To Know And Understand The Other.