their ordinary line of duty with the subjects on
which they lecture, as for instance race or economic policy, and who therefore give their services
free to Strength through Joy. Private teachers
are persuaded by the professional organization to
which they belong to contribute their time at very
low cost (RM 2 per hour being the fee offered a
school teacher brought in from his regular job to
lecture at a Volksbildungsstatte). Records show
that out of 6,787 teachers associated with the Oflice, 74.8% gave their services entirely free of
charge, 23.5% worked for a small nominal fee, whereas only 1.7% were employed by Strength through Joy
on a full-time basis. With respect to the visits'
made to the plants, which play a large role in the
work of the Office for Popular Education, the factory owners can of course easily be coerced by the
Labor Front to throw their plants open to inspection
by visiting groups, and to provide the necessary
guides.
 
 While the Strength through Joy authorities
state that the work of popular education is still
only in its initial stage, they regard the following statistics for attendance during the year 1937
as quite an accomplishment: