by several foreign journalists who made the trip
to Norway and who have stated that everybody seemed
to have a thouroughly good time (and that curiously
enough very little propoganda was purveyed to the
travelers).  It has been noted, however, that several workers have spoken of these trips somewhat 
wistfully as being beyond their means.
 
 The workers' remarks on this point would seem 
to raise the question as to what degree Strength
through Joy has been really successful in benefiting the every-day laborer for whom it is supposed 
to have been created.  From an absolute standard,
Strength through Joy prices are exceedingly low and
it would be difficult to conceive of any further reduction being granted without changing the whole basis of operation and thus necessatating a larger subsidy from the Labor Front.  Each excursion is open 
to the worker who has the means to pay for it.  At
the same time, however, it is doubtful whether a
married worker earning as much as RM 50 per week
(a good salary in Germany) could afford for himself, without his wife, more than one trip a year
costing much over RM 15, the price of one of the 
shorter week-end excursions.  The conclusion may
perhaps be drawn that, marvelous as the organization Strength through Joy may be, and perfectly
adapted as it is to the situation of the lower middle class (particularly the office employee group),