On April 13th, 1931, The New York Times published an article about the tension that was present in the Nazi party. The famous Nazi leader, Hitler was not always favored in his party. Hitler favored his voters rather than his Guards and Troopers. Hitler ordered them not to make any resistance to President Paul von Hindenburg's decree suppressing freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and free speech. The Troopers saw this as a betrayal of the party:
“Instead of obeying, Storm Captain Stennes and his "brown shirts" seized the only Hitler newsorgan in Berlin, Der Angriff, filled an entire edition with abuse of the owner,* sent it out headlined TRAITOR HITLER!”
In the article we see other accounts of the party not being supportive of Hitler’s actions and decisions, such as the payment that the party members received.
Hitler was always seen as the supreme leader of the Nazi party, which followed his word and did whatever was asked of them by him. In reality, there were moments were the people stopped and though, “Is this man right for us?” To justify Hitler’s actions, it was said that he tried to get in a few more party members into the German Cabinet, by appealing to the people, rather than his own party. This would increase his political power in Germany and help him win the seat of power. This tactical approach might seem very rash because he has the chance to lose the support of the enforcers, but this holds a bigger chance of succeeding in pushing him up to the command of Germany. Hitler knew this and picked the wiser path-to do everything in his power to get picked as the next ruler of Germany.
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