The principal task of the teachers hired on a permanent 
basis is to train promising young athletes among
the workers who in turn will be able to give their
services as instructors to Strength through Joy free
of charge. The grooming of a set of new instructors, 
which is regarded as necessary in any event
to care for the ever-expanding number of sport participants, 
is proudly described as a contribution to
the "national physical wealth."
 
 With regard to the financing of sport activities, 
it is explained that while the fees received
from course members pay for instructors' salaries,
they do not cover other costs, such as administration, 
renting of gymnasium and sport fields, and
equipment. These expenses are charged against the
general funds of the Strength through Joy organization.
 
 Brief consideration may be given to some of
the more elaborate activities of the Sport Office.
The Office has six hotels, where workers may spend
a "sport vacation" at a nominal price. In collaboration 
with the Office for Travel, Hiking and Vacation, 
it arranges winter skiing excursions, and in
preparation for these gives practice skiing courses
on salt or pine needles. (The price of a week's
stay in the Allgau in Upper Bavaria, including railway 
fare from Berlin and return is, for instance,
RM 55; it is stated that last year some 20,000