9. The following demands deserve the most conscientious examination and execution: a) further extension of health insurance programs and of accident, disability benefit, and old-age pension legislation; state assistance for those unemployed through no fault of their own, for widows and orphans; b) a maximum workday based on the conditions and particular nature of the individual firms; c) restriction of female and child labor; d) the most comprehensive observance of Sunday rest as possible; e) strict monitoring of the factories, the mining industry, and so on; f) state arbitration offices for wage and other disputes.
10. The development of the prevailing economic system has reached a point where that system must be recognized as a public danger – as shown, among other things, by the recent large-scale work stoppages. Consequently, the German Social Party considers it a patriotic duty to push for a modern reordering of occupational relationships. We must seriously consider working under the aegis of, and in tandem with, state authority, in order to convert the commercial joint-stock corporations in the key branches of production into cooperative enterprises; we must also consider nationalizing and gradually paying off mortgages recorded in the land register.
11. Concomitant to this, an organic transformation of our public and private system of law has to take place. German legal principles – respect towards the person for his or her own sake and for the sake of the state's continued existence – have to replace Roman law, which is concerned with mere titles of tenure. Until that goal is achieved, however, the glaring hardships suffered by broad circles of our population must not continue without remedy.
12. The Antisemitic German Social Party champions the reduction of court costs, especially lawyers' fees; the elimination of mandatory representation by lawyers; the protection of private persons against insults and abuse by the opposing legal counsel in court; the abolition of mintage privileges for private persons and societies; the nationalization of the joint-stock corporation called the “Reichsbank”; the thorough reform of the stock market; and new regulations regarding mortgages and compulsory auctions.
13. With respect to the question of artisans, the Antisemitic German Social Party advocates abolition or restriction of unbridled freedom of trade and supports the introduction of the obligatory qualification certificate [Befähigungsnachweis] for anyone wishing to pursue an artisanal trade as an employer.
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