workers from Berlin alone took part in these excursions.) Strength through Joy owns four sea-going yachts, the largest of which holds 50 passengers, and again in conjunction with the Office for Travel, it offers workers training courses in sailing lasting a week or ten days at a price of about RM 30 (including the loan of sea togs.) In addition to these larger vessels which cruise about the North Sea and Baltic coasts and frequently put in at Danish and Swedish ports, the organization also owns over 100 smaller sailing craft located in various sea harbors and lakes in Germany. Not least of the accomplishments of the Sport Office is the service it has rendered in making sport equipment available to workers at a price they can afford. The Office has prevailed upon manufacturers to produce and put on sale at sport stores, a skiing set, consisting of skis, suit and boots, costing RM 39; a tennis racket priced at RM 12.50; and a pair of roller skates at RM 3. Though skeptical at first, the manufacturers are reported to have found the new venture profitable by virtue of the large turnover involved, some 30,000 ski sets, for instance, having been sold last year. These articles are advertised under the name of Strength through Joy and, in conjunction with the project for producing a Strength |