these trips. It is pointed out that Strength
through Joy trains are always full; that old
rolling stock is often used; and that a saving in
train personnel, in particular conductors, is effected in the fact that the excursions are run and
managed by Labor Front officials. It was intimated that the fare probably did not meet the capital
and overhead charges involved but that this factor
was adjusted from a "social" point of view in the
general budget of the Reich Railways and was covered by the income from more profitable forms of
traffic.
 
 It is the avowed purpose of the Strength through
Joy to avoid prejudicing financially private enterprises by its activities. Abhorrence of an economic vacuum and the offer of a quick and steady turnover are the principles, it is claimed, which have
rendered its work feasible and successful. In practice this means that if Strength through Joy needs
autobusses for its excursions, it will approach a
private owner and will ask him to hire, for a reduced price which will give him a small margin of
profit, those busses which would otherwise remain
idle. The same procedure is followed in the rent
of hotel accommodations. It is stated that the
offer of a specific number of guests for a determined
period is especially attractive to inn keepers who