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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    
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