 The danger of relying on ore imports was proven by the strikes and anti-Nazi mood in Sweden and by the success of the Popular Front in France.In July 1937 the steel barons were stunned by a decree which instituted the "Reichswerke", an integrated state company tasked with surpassing the Ruhr in finished steel output.Fearing creation of excessive industrial capacity and cutthroat competition with the state, they cautiously discussed the ways of curbing Göring's ambitions.