THE SPORT OFFICE OF STRENGTH THROUGH JOY          
 
 The movement in favor of athletics and out-
door sports made rapid progress in Germany after
the War, but National Socialism has promoted and
organized this trend to a degree that is perhaps
nowhere else equalled, the averted reason being
that the authorities regard a healthy people as a
primary adjunct of social happiness and as necessary also for the maintenance of Germany's industrial and military position in the world. The
success achieved in this field in three short
years by the new German methods, which amount in
some of their aspects to regimentation, was amply
demonstrated by Germany's achievement in the Olympic 
Games of 1936 as compared with its shoving in
the Games of 1932.
 
 The direction of sport and athletics is centralized in the Reich League for Physical Training
headed by Captain Tschammer von 0sten. This body
directs the physical training of children in the
State youth organizations, and keeps on the lookout for promising young athletes, giving them the
proper kind of training and in the case of the very
best, even finding them jobs which will not interfere with their athletic form. The Reich League also
supervises the activities of the Sport Office of
Strength through Joy.