New York State War Council War Transportation Committee Complaint Correspondence File A4404

New York State War Council War Transportation Committee Complaint Correspondence File

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series contains correspondence between the War Transportation Committee (WTC) and its subordinate organizations detailing complaints and problems regarding WTC programs and decisions, and documenting the committee's efforts to enforce both state and federal war-time energy and resource regulations. Issues include: charter bus regulation; school bus routes; gasoline ration allotment; and continuation of routes. Complaints include: parental concerns with bus stop proximity to homes; children's right to ride the school bus; gasoline rationing inequities; and cancellation of charter bus routes.

Creator:

New York State War Council. War Transportation Committee

Title:

Complaint correspondence file

Quantity:

1.8 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1943-1945

Series Number:

A4404

Arrangement

Alphabetical by county.

Scope and Content Note

Issues discussed include: charter bus regulation; school bus routes (routes followed, length of routes, speeds traveled); gasoline ration allotment; and continuation of routes.

Typical complaints originated with parents who wished to move their children's school bus stops closer to their homes or to have their children be given the right to ride the school bus. Other common complaints concerned gasoline rationing inequities or the cancellation of charter bus routes.