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trade, and ranks second only to milk in production value as a 

 raw material and foodstuff. 



2. One-third of Germany's soil is forested, as is the soil of 

 Germany's neighbors, especially Russia, while England must 

 import her wood. 



The Monroy-Goering proposals were carried out, and Dr. 

 Glesinger writes that "it is Hitler's belief in wood which gives 

 him the confidence that he and his system will survive the 

 war; that no Allied blockade can wear down the Reich." 



Professor Bergius, leading Nazi scientist, who won the 

 Nobel Prize for discovering the hydrogenation of coal (to 

 produce gasoline), made this important comment on the value 

 of wood as a raw material and foodstuff, according to Dr. 

 Glesinger: 



"How many people know that an acre of good forest land 

 will produce more sugar than an acre of sugar beets? Who 

 in America is aware of the fact that an acre of their Georgia 

 land will yield five times as much cellulose if planted with 

 yellow pine as it will if planted with cotton? 



"Prepared with true German thoroughness, the wood 

 utilization plans are founded," wrote Dr. Glesinger, "on a 

 completely new classification of the uses of wood as a raw 

 material. The five main categories are: 



"a. Solid and liquid fuels [wood gas for civilian vehicles, 

 and alcohol for the production of gasoline and synthetic 

 rubber for war equipment]. 



"b. Food and fodder [sugar, proteins, and cattle feed]. 



"c. Cellulose and textile fibers [artificial wool and rayon], 



"d. Structural material in various fields of technical appli- 

 cation [transportable wooden huts for troops, wallboard and 

 fiberboard, and 'wooden iron' a type of plastic-bonded 

 plywood for airplane parts]. 



"e. Wood by-products as basic materials for chemical in- 

 dustries." [Among them is lignin, a gluelike substance that 



