tional and training courses for their members, fashioned 
after a different pattern, however, from those
now open to-the public. While Strength through Joy
had a model in the Italian workers' recreational organization, 
Dopolavoro, it appears to have far out
stripped the latter in the variety and extent of its
work. A comparison with the Soviet Russian recreational 
system is rejected by the National Socialists
on the ground that this is operated by the State which
chooses the workers to be favored and assumes practitally 
the entire cost of their vacation trips.
 
 As regards the development of Strength through
Joy, its guiding genius is said to be Dr.Ley himself who in
addition, to his many other duties has taken the time
to organize, and invent ever new programs. The present
head of the Strength through Joy division is Dr. Lafferentz, 
who has held that position for about a year.
 
 At the end of 1937 and before Austria* was brought
into the Reich, the Labor Front possessed about 18,120,000
members, all of whom were nominally entitled to profit
in some way or another from Strength through Joy. Many
enterprises other than the purely industrial undertakings
are incorporated in the Labor Front, the various Fachamter, 
which correspond roughly to individual unions,
including associations of retailers, merchants, hotel
servants, etc. A large number of professional groups
are also affiliated with the Labor Front, membership
in one of the following carrying with it also membership 
in the Labor Front: Reich League of German
 
 
*The Labor Front is in the process of being built
up in Austria, and Strength through Joy has already
begun operating on a limited scale among the Aus-
trian workers.