role that has been played by the motor-cycle. It
is believed, that even with the installment-paying
scheme very few day laborers (whose average weekly
net wage for 1937 was RM 31.2, as reported on page
43 of the semi-annual review of the REICHS-KREDIT-
GESELLSHAFT, English edition, for the first half
of 1938) will be able to afford a Strength through
Joy car. These cars, as in the case of the motorcycle, will first be bought by the lower middle
classes and the comparatively well-paid skilled
worker, and then perhaps two or three years after
they come into general use- say, six or seven, or
even ten years from now - may eventually become
available at second-hand prices to large numbers
of the .every-day worker, as has occurred in the
United States.
 
 It is admitted by the competent authorities
that the Strength through Joy car project presents
many difficulties. In particular it is realized
that four years would be required before the car
can be entirely paid for by a purchaser paying the
lowest weekly installment, and that when the peak of
production is finally reached some scheme may have
to be devised to enable the lowest-paying owners
to acquire new cars at shorter intervals than four
years. It is understood, however, that the authorities are giving attention to this problem as well