The Technical Arrangement of Strength            
                   through Joy Excursions                   
 
 
 The cost of Strength through Joy trips is anywhere 
from a quarter to one fifth of the minimum
rates which would normally be charged. The reduction
offered is based upon prices charged more or less
according to the following standard scale: railway 
travel is computed at a cost of 1 pfennig per
kilometer; bus journeys at I 1/2 pfennig per
kilometer; board and lodging at RM 2.50 per day.
To the actual cost of each trip is added a l0% sur-
charge for administrative expenses. To recapitulate, 
a seven-day trip of 300 kilometers, say, from
Berlin to Kolberg, a Baltic coast resort, would thus
break down into the following components:
300 x 1pf. x 2, for railway fare.......... RM 6.-
7 X RM 2.50, for board and lodging ........RM 17.50
10% of this total (RM 23.50) for ad-
ministrative expenses......................RM 2.40
Total cost of the trip.....................RM 25.90
 
 The railroad fare of 1 pfennig per kilometer
represents a reduction, of 75% of the standard rate
of 4 pfennigs per kilometer per person third class.
In view of the fact that no detailed budget for the
State railways is published, it is impossible to tell
what effect these Journeys may have upon their economy.
Oral inquiry made of officials of the Reich Railways
has elicited the information that the fare charged is 
sufficient to meet the actual operating expenses for