will then go to a higher district authority of the
Labor Front who in turn may investigate the circum-
stances and perhaps recommend that Party pressure
be exercised against a recalcitrant plant owner.
It would appear that after five years acquaintance 
with National Socialism most plant owners are
aware of this contingency and therefore willingly
anticipate possible demands in this direction. A
socialistic aspect is moreover imparted to some of
the schemes, as for instance the building of a swimming 
pool or sport field jointly by the employers
and the workers, the plant furnishing the material
and the every-day workers, together with their superiors, 
providing the labor.
 
 Another way in which Beauty of Work is promoted 
is by the annual competition for the title of
"model factoy" which was started two years ago.
The designation is bestowed for the best aggregate
showing for meritorious achievement inter alia in
the following lines: (1) furtherance of a workers'
settlement program; (2) cooperation with Strength
through Joy in encouraging and enabling workers to
take vacation trips; (3) training of apprentices;
and (4) improvement of working conditions. The
contest is first carried out regionally and from
the long list of those which survive this stage
a final selection is made of those which will be
named "model factories." The honor is bestowed each
May 1 and the plant may keep the title from year to