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This series contains correspondence documenting the War Transportation Committee (WTC) Director's efforts to regulate transportation resources. Issues discussed include: staggered hours for school and business operations; special bus regulation exemption requests; transportation to summer camps; and school transportation for athletes.
Agencies with which the WTC worked, and for which correspondence is found, include: Office of War Training; U.S. War Manpower Commission; U.S. Office of Price Administration; and U.S. Office of Defense Transportation.
The status of transportation programs throughout the state and the agenda and minutes of the Motor Bus Advisory Committee, which advised theWTC on bus regulations, are also found in this series. In addition, a complicated incident of non-compliance with WTC regulations which occurred in the Bronx is also documented in this series.
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