Joy, particularly in the way of sport and factory
entertainments, but they admitted that the travel
and vacation facilities afforded today could only
be put into execution by an organization such as
Strength through Joy operating on a national basis.
A fact elicited, which corrects the impression given by official spokesmen that Strength through Joy
had taken hold from the very beginning, is that the
workers in many factories are just now beginning, to
take part in the excursions, having been doubtful
at first as to whether they would enjoy themselves.
At that it would appear that the greater proportion
of the excursionists are younger people and employees of the white collar class.
 
 An interesting theory advanced was that some
such device as Strength through Joy is perhaps necessary in view of the increased demands in the way
of intensified labor processes and longer overtime
being made of the German worker as a result of the
high tempo of the rearmament and Four Year Plan
projects. With respect to what might be called
the over-organization of some excursions (which
was certainly not observed, however, on the trip
which the writer made, but which it is understood
characterizes some other tours), some of the employers were of the opinion that this might not indeed
be a disadvantage from the workers' point of view