device for recreation is necessary; (3) the benefits 
it offers could only be afforded By an organization 
operating on a nation-wide scale.
 
 With respect to private enterprises working
for Strength through Joy, some hotel keepers have
criticized the organization on the grounds that it
causes great inconvenience to their staffs and keeps
away better paying tourists. On the other hand,
Strength through Joy asserts that it has opened up
little visited regions and has prolonged the normal 
tourist season by several months.
 
 As regards the workers themselves, many seem
to have held aloof from Strength through Joy in the
past, believing that the trips were too strenuous
and overcrowded. It seems that now a greater
variety of excursions is offered to appeal to individual 
taste, in particular to persons desiring
rests. The long excursions are apparently still
beyond the means of ordinary workers, which would
seem to show that low as the prices are, and although
adapted to the situation of the lower middle-classes'
Strength through Joy has not yet succeeded in extending 
its maximum travel benefits to the ordinary worker. 
Various devices, such as raffles or free trips
paid by the employer, do not solve the difficulty.
 
 In conclusion, Strength through Joy has become
a great national force: (1) by virtue of the money
it has put into circulation; (2) by promoting