to pass a customs examination, each voyager however
being permitted to take out half a bottle of liquor,
a large slab of Dutch chocolate or a package of foreign 
cigarettes. There appear to have been no casualties 
or stay-behinds and the party left promptly at
5 p.m. Under the influence of the Helgoland visit,
the seven-hour return voyage to Hamburg was a gay one.
 
 Upon arrival the travelers were met again by
Strength Through Joy local officials who herded them
into special subway trains taking them to the main
station from which the train left at midnight as per
schedule. The five and a half hour long rail Journey
sitting upon benches of a third class carriage was
grim indeed but was accepted by the majority in good
part as an inevitable price to be paid. The long
hours were variously spent in dozing, accordion playting 
and enjoyment of the spoils of Helgoland. The
spirit in which the travelers took leave of each, 
other upon arriving in Berlin on Monday morning seemed
to be ample proof that everybody had had a good time.
 
 Several interesting general, impressions remain
from the trip. The first is that the strength of
National Socialism appears as heretofore to lie most
deeply rooted in the lower middle class, more particularly 
among the low salaried white collar workers. 
Some of these had brought along an abundance
of National Socialist literature and attempted to
proselytize the writer. Incidentally it was in-