Owen D. Young recommended that Germany's reparations should be reduced to 3/4 and that they should make the payments annually so that they would be able to pay the reparations off easier. Hitler when he rose to power did not like this idea.
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The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living. - Owen D. Young
Question
How would Germany pay the reparations if the payment wasn't lowered?