The system of financing inter-Gau travel is moreover claimed to be particularly efficient. In the case of an excursion from Berlin to Hamburg, the Berlin Gau will not pay the Hamburg office directly, but will turn over the money collected from the excursionists to the central treasury. After the visitors have left, the Hamburg Gau will submit to the treasury a bill for the money it has put out for lodging and other expenses and will eventually receive payment from the treasury, which at the same time will reimburse the railways for their share of the costs of the excursion. It is stated that the overland excursions by bus or rail are the only form of Strength through Joy activities which completely meet expenses from the income received from participants. There is probably little reason to doubt this statement if actual running expenses are counted apart from overhead charges. These overhead costs bulk large in the activities and projects which will now be discussed. |