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political leader in any country has ever has his text-book
so widely read as has been Hitler's "Mein Kampf."  But very
few foreigners notice the accent he therein casts upon two
things- the importance of the spoken (as contrasted with
the written) word, and his constant demand for physical fit-
ness throughout Germany.  Well, he himself is a perfect example
both of the finished orator, and of the physically fit.  This matter of
providing the means sana with it's corpore sano is noticeable for
Hitler, as it is for Mussolini, for President Roosevelt, or for 
President Kamal of Turkey.  He showed his interest in all three
of these foreign leaders several times during our talk.
 
 
We began by speaking of his eagerness for bettering the bo-
dies of Germany's youth, and he explained why his book pre-
fers boxing to fencing.- "only fencing was then thought correct
and elegant in Germany," said, he, "but, though fencing is
a fine sport, it lacks the physical contacts of boxing, to say
nothing of the latter's all round muscular effects." In this
case, as in every other subject we touched upon, he gave rea-
sons for the conclusions he stated.
 
 
Because I am a member of the International Olympic Committee,
we naturally spoke of our 1936 Games scheduled for Berlin and
Garmisch.  In these he expressed keen interest.  This is not the
place to write of the unfortunate Jewish question or similar
religious matters.  Those matters touch Olympic policy and should
be publicly discussed,  by our Committee's President alo-
ne.  But it is only fair to say that if Hitler were an American he would