[The Government Mileage Administrator, March 1945]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

he Government
MILEAGE
ADMINISTRATOR
Office of Price Administration..Washington,D.C.
Volume 3	MARCH 1945	Number^
State Reduction Average Up Again for Third Quarter
The percentage-wise national average in mileage reduction for State governments has climbed another notch toward the 40 percent objective of the Government Mileage Conservation Program, it is revealed in figures for the third quarter of 1944, which show a saving of 100,903,609 miles reported by 39 States for the July 1 to September 30 period. The over-all gain shown by the reporting States raises the national average to 35.92 percent from the 34.83 percent shown at the end of the first half of the year.
States showing a mileage reduction of 40 percent or better for the third quarter include: Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Washington. Pushing for a place in the “40 percent club,” with reduction averages of better than 38 percent for the third quarter are the States of Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, and Rhode Island. No reports have been received to date from the States of Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, North Dakota, Texas, and Utah.
Outstanding gains over the percent of mileage reduction shown for the first half were reported by Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. That the record of these States contributed largely to the over-all national gain is shown in the fact that their improved mileage reduction offset poorer results shown by a number of other States.
The 39 reporting States in the third quarter provide an opportunity to forecast the year result of the State program, for this group shows, in the first 9 months of 1944, a reduction of 311,023,656 miles be-(Continued on page 2 column 2)
City of New York Receives Award of Merit for 1944 Mileage Drop
50-Million-Mile Saving, a Reduction of 40.4|Percent, Record of 9,500 Vehicles in Largest City
With a 1944 mileage reduction of 40.4 percent below'1941, the city of New York became the first major city in the United States to win the Office of Price Administration’s Award of Merit under the Government Mileage Conservation Program. The presentation of the award by OPA Regional Administrator Daniel P. Woolley to Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia and City Mileage Administrator Edwin A. Salmon, recognizes a saving of nearly 50 million miles in official passenger car, truck, and bus travel.
In 1941, the city of New York operated 122,029,142 miles to carry on the business of the city, a mileage greater than that of any State or other municipal government unit in the country, and nearly as large as the two leading mileage users in the Federal Government. The 1944 mileage totaled 72,670,291 miles, a reduction of 49,358,851 miles. In terms of gasoline, tires, and automobiles, this saving is the equivalent of nearly 7 million gallons of gasoline, 825 new automobiles, and some over 6,500 new, pre-war grade tires.
The success of the mileage-conservation program for the city of New York is particularly remarkable in that it includes the Board of Transportation’s operation of city bus lines which, in itself, is a vast network of public transportation. The 1944 mileage represents the operation of 1,786 passenger cars, 433 motorcycles, 6,008 trucks, 340 buses, and 855 pieces of miscellaneous highway equipment. This total of 9,422 vehicles identifies the
city of New York as the second largest government user of vehicles in the United States, being exceeded only by the Federal agencies. That mileage conservation was a result of factors other than a great drop in the number of vehicles used is shown in the record which indicates only 90 less pieces of automotive equipment operating in 1944 than in 1941.
Under the direction of City Mileage Administrator Edwin A. Salmon and Deputy Administrator James A. Intrieri, a broad program was established to secure a cut in official travel. In this endeavor, Administrator Salmon received the full cooperation of city department and commission heads, and the active assistance of the City Priorities and Allocations Board. All the devices of revision of schedules for routine calls, ride-sharing and elimination of needless trips were joined with a concerted drive on better tire care and better engine performance with its resulting drop in gasoline consumption. The largest user of gasoline in the city operation is the Department of Sanitation. Trucks of special design are used for removal of refuse, and these vehicles are large, heavy, and subjected to “stop-and-go” driving which consumes vast quantities of gasoline. A special program of maintenance was developed for these trucks, and the drivers were given a course of instruction in the various aspects of conservation. These programs paid large dividends to the department in lowered
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Mileage Administrator
March 1945
The Government Mileage Administrator
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Volume 3	Number 3
NEW GOVERNORS
In 17 States a new chief executive has been inaugurated. Thus, this number of State government mileage - conservation programs carry over from a former governor into a new regime. As 14 of the programs in this group of States were based upon an executive order, we are in the process of calling to the attention of the new gubernatorial incumbents the importance of mileage conservation in 1945.
At the time of this writing, national, regional, and district OPA officials have met with Governors Horace Hildreth of Maine, Charles M. Dale of New Hampshire, Mortimer Proctor of Vermont, Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts, R. Gregg Cherry of North Carolina, Ransome J. Williams of South Carolina, Millard Caldwell of Florida, and J. M. McCord of Tennessee. In all cases we have received a pledge for continued executive support in the Government Mileage Program. In the near future, similar conferences will be held with Governors Ben Laney of Arkansas, Charles C. Gossett of Idaho, Ralph F. Gates of Indiana, Robert D. Blue of Iowa, Phil M. Donnelly of Missouri, Fred G. Aandahl of North Dakota, Frank J. Lausche of Ohio, Mon C. Wallgren of Washington, and Clarence W. Meadows of West Virginia.
Governors Dale, Blue, and Wallgren have taken office in States where mileage control and conservation is a statutory matter. Governor Lausche, as Mayor of Cleveland, sponsored a fine city-mileage program during his administration. In the case of 4 other States with a new governor, legislation is being introduced to provide for permanent utilization of many features of the mileage program.
City of New York
(Continued from page 1) consumption^ gasoline and longer wear on tires.
Allocation of gasoline for official city use was carefully controlled, with a daily record showing the exact disposition of the thousands of gallons required to operate the fleet of city equipment.
Commenting on the winning of the award, Administrator Woolley said: “This achievement of the city of New York represents the largest single contribution to mileage conservation by any State or municipal government in the United States. In the months during which we have enjoyed the cooperation of government units in this program, we have had called to our attention many times the fact that mileage conservation represents a considerable saving to the taxpayer. In earning this award, the city of New York has indicated to its citizens that the city has shared the problems of mileage rationing with them. This attainment should serve as an incentive for every municipal and State government and Federal agency to increase their effort for mileage conservation in 1945.”
Guests for the ceremony of presentation include: Commissioner Clifford J. Fletcher, Mileage Administrator, State of New. York; Hon. Joseph D. McGoldrick, Comptroller of the city of New York; Hon. Albert Pleydell, Commission
State Average
(Continued from page 1-) low the 1941 level. When all State reports have been received for the third quarter, another 12-million-mile saving should be added to this total. At the present rate, therefore, the year 1944 will show a mileage saving in State governments of at least 425 million miles.
The States of California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Indiana continue to use the greatest number of miles to conduct State business, all reporting over 10 million miles a quarter. However, this figure represents a considerable drop from 1941 mileage in all four cases. The States of Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming use the least mileage per quarter, each reporting under 1 million miles. These 3 States, like
of Purchase; Hon. Irving V. A. Huie, Commissioner of Public Works; Hon. John Cashmore, Borough President of Brooklyn; Hon. Thomas J. Patterson, Director of the Budget; Dr. Paul John Witte, Director and Secretary of the City Priorities and Allocations Board; Mr. Louis J. Cook, Chief, Priorities Division; Hon. John H. Delaney, Chairman, Board of Transportation ; Mr. Loron G. Kurtz, Director, Board of Transportation; Hon. J. J. Lyons, President, Borough of the Bronx; Hon. Edgar J. Nathan, Jr., President, Borough of Manhattan; Hon. James A. Burke, President, Borough of Queens; Hon. Joseph A. Palma, President, Borough of Richmond; Dr. Peter F. Amoroso, Commissioner, Department of Correction ; Hon. Patrick Walsh, Commissioner, Fire Department; Dr. Ernest L. Stebbins, Commissioner, Department of Health; Dr. Edward M. Bernecker, Commissioner of Hospitals; Hon. Robert Moses, Commissioner, Department of Parks; Hon. Lewis J. Valentine, Commissioner, Police Department; Hon. William F. Carey, Commissioner of Sanitation; Hon. Patrick Quilty, Commissioner, Water Supply, Gas and Electricity; Hon. John McKenzie, Commissioner, Marine and Aviation; Hon. William Wilson, Commissioner, Housing and Buildings; Hon. H. M. Brundage, Commissioner, Department of Markets; Hon. Harry W. Marsh, Commissioner, Department of Welfare.
wise, show a marked drop from the 1941 level.
As material for this edition was being prepared, a number of the fourth quarter reports had been received, showing the 1944 calendar year result for the reporting States. These reports are being studied as rapidly as possible for final 1944 conservation figures.
ADMINISTRATORS
FEDERAL
H. O. Lytle—Railroad Retirement Board.
STATE
G. J. Meredith—State of Louisiana.
P. M. Johnson—State of Montana.
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Mileage Administrator
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Questa Box
Albuquerque Wins Award and Promises to Better Its Own Record in 1945
Question.—What is the attitude of city governments toward providing police escorts, when they are trying to reduce official mileage?
Answer. — The Michigan Municipal League has been interested in this question, and recently made a survey of 14 Michigan cities of over 40,000 population to learn the policies and practices followed. The results of this survey were released by the Public Administration Clearing House, and showed no single policy predominating through the State.
“Escort service is provided during and after banking hours in 8 cities: Lansing, Pontiac, Dearborn, Kalamazoo, Hamtramck, Jackson, Bay City, and Muskegon. Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Pontiac give the service to theaters, and Pontiac in addition furnishes a police cruiserescort for mail trucks.
Detroit and Grand Rapids provide a limited service in one or two instances. Detroit, which discourages as much as possible the practice of providing police escort service, furnishes a police cruiser to escort the Ford Motor Company pay roll to the city limits. In Grand Rapids, a police officer stationed at the Union Depot makes one trip to the bank a day with a railroad official, but the company’s car is used.
Other comments made by officials of the cities: Bay City reports the service represents a big item of expense to the city, while Jackson considers the service costly and the police chief favors abandoning the practice.
In 10 of the communities, including several whose police department furnishes escort service, private armored-car service is available to theaters, hotels, taverns, and others desiring escort service, the study showed.”
District Director John D. Bingaman, Office of Price Administration, presents the "Award of Merit" to Mayor Clyde Tingley in recognition of the mileage reduction for Albuquerque, N. Mex.
When the city of Albuquerque, N. Mex., received the Award of Merit for having exceeded, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, the 40 percent mileage reduction requested in the Government Mileage Conservation Program, Mayor Clyde Tingley said. “Wait until 1945! If the gasoline shortage continues the city will reduce its consumption even below the gallonage used in 1944.”
Thus the saving of over 400,000 miles which won the award for Albuquerque appears certain to be bettered as the need for conservation continues. Under the program of City Mileage Administrator Charles E. Wells, Albuquerque dropped its official mileage from 962,587 in 1941 to 562,396 in the fiscal year ending last June 30.
The presentation of the Award of Merit to Mayor Tingley was made in the mayor’s colorful office by OPA District Director John D. Bingaman. A bit of the office “color” is shown in the photograph accompanying this article, for on the Mayor’s desk will be seen a statute of Will Rogers and an autographed picture of columnist Ernie Pyle.
( Citing the means by which the
mileage reduction was achieved in Albuquerque, Mayor Tingley pointed out that some of the saving resulted from completion of the airport and less need for repair and new construction of sewer and water mains. However, it was stated that reductions had also been made in the use of trucks for maintenance of city parks and for transporting men reading water meters. Yet another method of mileage conservation was found in lowered cruising of police cars.
Still another distinction is added to the Albuquerque Award, for according to OPA records it was the first instance in which a State government and the principal city within the State have received the merit citation. The State of New Mexico was the first State unit to receive the award, which was presented to Governor John J. Dempsey by OPA Director Bingaman in August 1944.
A bit of rivalry has been injected into mileage conservation in New Mexico, for Mayor Tingley is a former Governor, and the city of Albuquerque and the State of New Mexico are engaged in a friendly competition to see which can have the best record of mileage reduction.
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Mileage Administrator
CIVILIAN USE OF AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES
GASOLINE USED IN PASSENGER CARS
1938 881811 ■	342,511,000 Barrels
1939 8168118..	358,844,000 Barrels
1940 1816111«	376,612,000 Barrels
o4i 68668186»	424,710,000 Barrels
1942 881181.	327,962000 Barrels
1943 Hill	244,628,000 Barrels
1944 Still	249,520,000 Barrels
TIRES SOLD FOR PASSENGER CAR USE	
1938	37,766,000 Tires
1939	49,558,000 Tires
i94o	5Q6OO0OO Tires
1941	54,079,000 Tires
1942 JL	3,546,000 Tires
1943	<3,259,000 Tires
1944	18,000,000 Tires
NEW PASSENGER CARS SOLD	
1938	1,958,000 Cars
1939	4^^ 4M|'	2,724,000 Cars
1940	4^^ 4^1 4^^^ 4^	3,464,000 Cars
1941 4^t 4^1 4^1	4^14^1	3,780,000 Cars
1942 41	251,088 Cars
1943 4	209,583 Cars
1944 A	67,800 Cars
The impact of war and rationing upon civilian passenger car use of gasoline, tires, and sales of new cars, is shown in the accompanying chart. Using the last three prewar years of 1939-40-41 as a basis for comparison, we see that gasoline use has decreased 29.1 percent, tire sales have dropped 77.4 percent, and new car sales have declined 94.7 percent.
The effect of these reductions on our passenger cars should be obvious, but when tire inspectors and recappers report that even now an unbelievable percentage of tires are driven beyond the recapping stage, it becomes necessary to remind you again that less than 25
percent of the tires on cars when the war started have been replaced, and that the remaining 75 percent of pre-war carcasses must last for some time to come. Perhaps the best comment on the prospect for new cars was made by a man who looked at this chart and said: “At the present rate, when you add the picture of 1945’s new car sales, you’ll have to draw the lens of one taillight.”
There is still only one program which is the solution for this problem—conserve your present car; recap your tires in time; don’t waste a drop of gasoline. By these means you will aid the war effort and preserve your own means of transportation.
March 1945
Your Present Tires Are a Sacred Trust
By John D. Mann, Chief, Tire Rationing Branch
You may blissfully believe that there are plenty of tires—tires which can be abused and replaced. This is not so. Tires have been scarce for 3 years. We cannot hope to meet the demand for new tires for a long time to come. The demands of the Army come first. Tires maintain truck operations on all of the fighting fronts. Tires are essential to airplane operations in all theaters of war.
The American armies fighting along the German border face a serious tire shortage. Tire wear in that theater of war has exceeded all precombat estimates.
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s recent letter, addressed to every officer and enlisted man in the theater, said: “Today as our armies exert ever-increased pressure against the last defensive walls around the German Reich, the importance of bending every effort to hasten the day of victory in Europe is of personal concern to us all. From the top to the bottom of our military structure there is room for but one thought: To aid the war.
“This is a war of supply equally as much as it is a war of tactics. Furthermore, it is a war which consumes supplies at a terrific rate. While our factories at home produce these supplies, it is up to us to use them wisely and conserve them where possible.
“One item of surpassing importance is tires. Tire wear in this theater has exceeded all precombat estimates. As a result we are now faced with a tire shortage which will, unless drastic conservation steps are taken, tie up 10 percent of our vehicles by the end of February.
“The care and conservation of tires is based on a few simple rules. Observance of these rules is the clear-cut function of the command. In addition, there must be keen awareness and eagerness on the part of every officer and soldier who rides in or operates a motor vehicle to protect that vehicle’s tires for future rides.
“I am not exaggerating when I say that the war will be needlessly extended unless we extract every possible mile from our tires and use
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Mileage Administrator
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CONSERVATION
Cider or Rum?
A few years ago it was a New England tradition that a man could get his garage driveway plowed in the winter by the State, city, or town plow in return for a few drinks of hard cider. As such “special” services began to meet more and more opposition from tired taxpayers, the custom faded from the winter landscape. By the time mileage conservation was a wartime necessity, the practice was all but forgotten. But not quite forgotten ! A few weeks ago a snowstorm hit one of our Northern States. It was coincidence that this State was one in which mileage reduction for highway department trucks was not up to the desired average. An OPA official, who was on his way to confer with the mileage administrator regarding the truck mileage, saw a State plow clearing a private driveway. The only variation from the old custom was that the drink had shifted from hard cider to hot rum. Perhaps there should be a price “ceiling” on clearing driveways.
Unlimited Speed?
Reports have reached us from two States that “expediters” for certain war plants have, when stopped by State police for excessive speed, presented an “Authorization To Exceed the Speed Limit.” This “authorization” is said to have been issued by a Government agency. Having no direct knowledge of such a practice, we are attempting to verify the story. The first thing that comes to mind (if any Federal agency has issued such
an authorization) is the question of how the procedure can be reconciled with the fact that there is no national speed law, and that the States retain the power to enforce both the peacetime and wartime speed limit.
Changes in Reports
As the 1944 quarterly reports have been received and recorded for State, county, and city governments, there have been numerous instances in which the 1941 mileage figures included thereon for comparison with the current mileage have varied from the 1941 figures reported for the same quarters in 1943. In every case of sizeable variation, the mileage administrator has been asked to advise us of the reason for his revised 1941 mileage total. In almost as many cases, his reply shows that some departments are still getting their 1941 figures to the administrator. Perhaps we will achieve stability in 1945.
An Old Friend
At least one of the new governors who must contend with problems of mileage conservation in a State will not approach the State mileage administrator with any lack of knowledge of the certification task. As mayor of a small city he performed the duties of mileage administrator himself, and reviewed every application of a city employee as well as all fleet applications for city cars. This State mileage administrator should have no question of a sympathetic understanding for his tasks with his chief executive.
Change in Tire Regulations
State governments rilay no longer secure an emergency reserve of tires for passenger cars “used exclusively for maintaining fire-fighting services or public policing services,” or for off-the-road equipment according to a recent amendment to the tire rationing regulations. Henceforth, all applications for tires for state-owned passenger
cars and equipment must be submitted to local War Price and Rationing Boards on OPA Form R-l, instead of Form R-l 9 as has been the case with some States in the past.
This change in the regulations is mainly technical, for a State government is not required to certify that it has no tires available when it applies for replacements on Form R-l.
“Roll of Honor" Suggested For First Administrators
Possibly some kind of a “Roll of Honor” should be developed for those mileage administrators who have withstood the complaints and the objections to reduction in official government mileage since the Conservation Program was inaugurated. Examination of the list of State mileage administrators indicates that the “mortality” has been high—exactly 50 percent of the currently serving administrators being the original appointees.
Twenty-four States have been served by more than one mileage administrator. Those who formerly held the position are now serving the war effort in a wide variety of tasks. Five are members of the Armed Forces; one has joined the national office staff of the Office of Price Administration; three are employed by other Federal agencies in Washington; five have taken other positions in their own State government; one is serving as secretary to a governor; a number have returned to private industry or professions.
Of the 24 “original” State mileage administrators, some have been working on mileage conservation since November 1942, while George Hesalroad of Iowa, Robert Faulkner of Maine, and J. H. Shaw of Utah predate the start of the Government Mileage Conservation Program. In addition to these three, the following have served since the first appointment: Allen Hargrove of Alabama, A. H. Henderson of California, Edward Geissler of Connecticut, W. B. McKendrick, Jr., of Delaware, J. J. Gilliam of Florida, William Biby of Kansas, Andrew T. Conner of Maryland, George J. Cronin of Massachusetts, Elden Rowe of Minnesota, W. 0. Tatum of Mississippi, Wardner G. Scott of Nebraska, W. H. Rogers, Jr., of North Carolina, C. J. Crawford of North Dakota, Clyde C. Hadden of Ohio, T. Elmer Transeau of Pennsylvania, G. Merlyn O’Keefe of Rhode Island, J. S. Williamson of South Carolina, A. B. Blake of -South Dakota, H. E. Sargent of Vermont, Burton Marye, Jr., of Virginia, and W. E. Davis of Wyoming.
Had it been possible to keep a complete listing of changes in the personnel of local government mileage administrators, the frequency of changes would be even more apparent.
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Mileage Administrator
March 1945
Administrators Can Assist Drive To Limit Meetings
Government mileage administrators are in a strategic position to assist in the national effort to reduce the number of conventions and group meetings in order to relieve the burden on the Nation’s transportation system. The individual in charge of mileage reduction and travel for a unit of government is faced with the double task of “holding the line” on motor vehicle travel to attend such gatherings if the use of public transportation is barred.
Col. J. Monroe Johnson, Administrator of the Office of Defense Transportation, has been appointed head of a committee “to receive and pass upon applications for the holding of group meetings after February 1 which are to be attended by more than fifty persons to determine if the need for these meetings is sufficiently in the war interest to warrant the tax on transportation and services.”
In Federal and State governments particularly, there are numerous meetings and conferences of department employees, field workers, and the like which, though important from the viewpoint of interchange of ideas, might well be postponed as a factor in war conservation. Mileage administrators are frequently aware of plans for such meetings well in advance of the actual date, due to the necessity for transportation arrangements. If, in response to the general attempt to hold fewer gatherings of large groups, a decision is reached to use automobile transportation instead of public transportation, the achievement of the mileage reduction goal of the Government Mileage Conservation Program will be more and more difficult.
It would be advisable for mileage administrators to remind department heads of the effort to relieve overburdened public transportation by banning large group meetings. At the same time, another reminder of the effort to reduce motor vehicular mileage would be in order. There is the possibility that conservation in both types of transportation could be attained if mileage administrators offered to act in an advisory capacity on any plans for group meetings which involve government personnel.
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Department of Commerce
A fine example of careful planning in advance of starting field operations has been shown in the 1945 Census of Agriculture, now being conducted. Several weeks before census enumerators and supervisors were to begin their rounds, Mileage Administrator John S. Collins and Census Bureau Mileage Administrator Franklin J. Lillard met with OPA national office personnel in order to assure full compliance with the mileage rationing regulations and the certification requirements under the Mileage Conservation Program. Arrangements were made on a nation-wide basis to have all certification done in the name of John S. Collins, Mileage Administrator, with specific deputies designated who would certify for Mr. Collins on all applications in given areas. All Regional and District OPA offices and through them all local War Price and Rationing Boards, were advised of the procedure, thus keeping questions of “new” government applications to a minimum as the census program opened.
Federal Works Agency
In acknowledging the Award of Merit to Administrator Chester Bowles, Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming said: “This recognition will, I am sure, be an incentive to our officials for continued efforts to conserve gasoline, tires, and motor vehicle equipment;.”
Your Present Tires
(Continued from page 4) them only as we find it necessary to do so.”
If our armed forces, who are giving so much, are finding it necessary to extract every possible mile
Tennessee Valley Authority
This agency continues to turn out “catchy” posters designed to promote car-sharing and mileage conservation. Three recent editions have been received from Mileage Administrator Charles E. Lex, Jr., one of which contains a good slogan for 1945: “National Mileage Conservation Is Your Personal Problem.” Another contains a picture of a kangaroo, with TVA employees riding in the marsupial pouch, and the legend states: “It Hasn’t Come To This Yet, But—in the past 24 months TVA business has worn out 281 passenger vehicles and half-ton trucks. Another 100 will be gone by June 30,1945.”
General
The District OPA office in Seattle, Wash., recently made a survey of Federal agency participation in government mileage conservation, and was alarmed when it had to report a number of agencies without certifying mileage administrators, a smaller number with no knowledge of an organized effort to conserve official government travel, and a few unwilling to cooperate in answering specific questions regarding their mileage requirements.
This report was transmitted to the national Mileage Administrators of all Federal departments, and brought the most prompt response in the entire history of the Federal program.
from their tires, isn’t it the least we can do on the home front to protect our present tires by prompt recapping and regular tire care? We can do no less! As long as Army demands continue, we must carefully conserve every tire in America.
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Mileage Administrator
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“The reduction in official mileage of the government of the State of New Jersey for the 18 months from January 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944, compared with the calendar year 1941 as a basis of “normal” operation, has saved the equivalent of 2,092 new, pre-war grade tires, 261 new passenger automobiles, and well over a million gallons of gasoline.”
“Add to this record the fact that 30 New Jersey municipalities now reporting to the Office of Price Administration on the results of their Government Mileage Conservation Program are saving another 1,662,-000 miles a year, and you have a comprehensive view of the contribution being made by governmental units in New Jersey to the preservation of equipment vital to the war and essential to the performance of public services.”
“A solution (to the rationing of Government mileage) rested on the choice between regulations for Government mileage issued from Washington, and some device whereby the Office of Price Administration set an objective and then left the decision as to where and how the mileage reduction could be made to the Government units themselves. The latter was the logical and fortunate choice. Uniform regulations from Washington faced the insurmountable obstacle that the problems of Red Bank, N. J., are not those of Hattiesburg, Miss., and the travel needs of the State of New Jersey are dissimilar to those of the State of Wyoming.”
“Review of the Government Mileage Conservation Program discloses the fact that the mileage rationing regulations affecting government have never been changed since the program was launched in 1942. Through the cooperation of administrators, department heads, and employees of government, the mileage reduction has been translated into a ration reduction. This is a case of cooperation which is more than empty words. When State and local governments were asked to do a specific task, they went ahead with enthusiasm.”
“One factor which augmented the interest of governments in mileage conservation was the discovery
Richland County, South Carolina, Gets Award at Junior Chamber Luncheon Meeting
The Junior Chamber of Commerce of Columbia, S. C., utilized the presentation of OPA’s “Award of Merit” to Richland County as the basis of a weekly luncheon meeting and radio broadcast. This county was one of three in South Carolina which received the citation for its 1943 calendar year record in mileage conservation.
District Director E. L. Talbert of the Office of Price Administration pointed out, in presenting the certificate, that the mileage reduc
Senator Joe E. Berry (right, standing) receives the OP A Award of Merit for Richland County's mileage reduction from E. L. Talbert (left, standing), district OPA Director, at a meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Seated, left to right, are Lem Harper, program committee chairman, and Charles Stork, president of the Junior Chamber; H. H. Hinnant, county supervisor, and O. H. Joyner, County Mileage Administrator.
that cost reduction went hand in hand with mileage reduction. The saving of money for wartime budgets won the favor of administration and taxpayers alike.”
—Excerpts from an article in “New Jersey Municipalities” by Q. W. Regestein, Chief, Gasoline Rationing Branch, Office of Price A dministration.
“We have completed the first year of our organized travel conservation program with a degree of success, in which every State employee can justly feel proud, and which
tion represented a saving of 15,000 gallons of gasoline and $15,190 to the county in cost of tires, gasoline, and automotive equipment.
O. H. Joyner, county mileage administrator, was one of the speakers at the Regional Conference of Government Mileage Administrators held at Atlanta on July 6 and 7, 1944. Mr. Joyner outlined the county program which resulted in attainment of the 40 percent reduction objective.
should inspire us to greater efforts' in the year which we are now entering.”
“During the first part of 1944, our efforts were directed exclusively toward the conservation of travel by passenger automobiles. At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 1944, we undertook the administration of the conservation of truck travel.”
—From the Janua/ry issue of the Mamual on Mileage Conservation, State of Georgia, John C. Anderson, Mileage Administrator.
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March 1Ö45
Quarterly Mileage Report Still Official Conservation Program for
The filing of the quarterly report on government mileage (Form OPA R-567) is still an integral part of the Government Mileage Conservation Program. The form has not been “eliminated,” for it constitutes the only means of evaluating the results of government mileage conservation in local War Price and Rationing Boards, and at OPA District, Regional, and National offices.
Although these statements may seem a little “out of place” at a time when we are well into 1945, they are made to counteract a growing impression that we are no longer asking for the quarterly mileage report. As has been pointed out in the past, the report is proof of the effectiveness of a mileage program. When a local Board is considering the application of a government employee for “in
course-of-work” driving, such Board may request a copy of the latest R-567 report as a part of the evidence of the need for the ration and the extent of the government units’ participation in the conservation program. More and more Boards are asking for these quarterly reports, and considerable delay may be avoided if the report figures are kept available on a current basis.
Yet another reason for the report is the fact that it provides the figures on which the Award of Merit eligibility is established. There are doubtless county, city, and town governments in the United States which are eligible for the Award if they were filing the quarterly reports and their records could be established.
A review of the report form
a Part of
Governments
shows that it is not complex in its requirements for information. The mileage of government-owned passenger cars, trucks, busses, motorcycles, and other highway equipment, and for private vehicles operated in government service, is listed for quarterly periods. For purposes of comparison, the same information is sought for the year 1941. The form contains space to carry forward the cumulative mileage totals for the year. The number of vehicles being operated in the various type classifications is included on the form. Estimates are allowed on all figures for 1941 if no accurate figure can be obtained.
Copies of the report form may be secured from the State Mileage Administrator, or from the nearest OPA District or Regional office.
OPA FORM P_Cß7	FORM APPROVED
REV. 12-43 ri	BUDGET BUREAU NO. 08-R 348.2
APPROVAL EXPIRES 1-31-46
THIS FORM MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT CHANGE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
SUBMITTED BY (GOVT OR GOV’T AGENCY)
ADDRESS—NUMBER AND STREET
CITY AND STATE
GOVERNMENT MILEAGE CONSERVATION PROGRAM QUARTERLY REPORT
SIGNATURE OF GOVT MILEAGE ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICIAL POSITION
REPORT	□ January 1 to March 31, 194		LJ July 1 to September 30, 194	
FOR QUARTER AS CHECKED	□ April 1 to June 30, 194—	□ October 1 to December 31, 194	
TO BE PREPARED FOR EACH CALENDAR QUARTER
BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT MILEAGE ADMINISTRATORS
Within 20 days following the end of each calendar quarter, each local government mileage administrator should prepare in TRIPLICATE a report covering all vehicles for which he is responsible as an administrator of the program. One copy of this report should be retained in the administrator’s files, and the original and one copy submitted to the State government mileage administrator.
BY STATE GOVERNMENT MILEAGE ADMINISTRATORS
Within 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter, the State government mileage administrator should prepare in TRIPLICATE a report covering all vehicles used in the service of the State. One copy of this report should be retained in the administrator’s files, and the original submitted to the Office of Price Administration. Automotive Supply
Rationing Division, Washington 25, D. C. The third copy should be sent to the regional office of the Office of Price Administration for the region in which his State is located. The State government mileage administrator, after examination for adequacy, should also forward to the Office of Price Administration, Automotive Supply Rationing Division, Washington 25, D. C., one copy of each quarterly report submitted by local government mileage administrators.
BY FEDERAL DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY MILEAGE ADMINISTRATORS
Within 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter, each Federal mileage administrator in Washington, D. C., should prepare in TRIPLICATE a report covering all vehicles under the jurisdiction of his department or agency. One copy of this report should be retained in the files of the administrator, and the original and one copy submitted to the Office of Price Administration. Automotive Supply Rationing Division, Washington 25» D. C.
NUMBER AND MILEAGE OF PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY OWNED OR LEASED VEHICLES USED IN PUBLIC SERVICE
TYPE OF VEHICLE	NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN USE					. NUMBER OF MILES DRIVEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE					
	AT BEGINNING OF REPORT PERIOD				AT BEGINNING OF CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 19411	DURING CURRENT QUARTERLY REPORT PERIOD	DURING CORRESPONDING QUARTER IN 1941 >	(LEAVE BLANK)	FROM JANUARY 1 OF CURRENT YEAR TO END OF REPORT PERIOD »	DURING CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1941 » 2	(LEAVE BLANK)
	GOVERNMENT		PRIVATELY OWNED	TOTAL							
	OWNED	LEASED									
Passenger2											
Motorcycle											
Truck											
Bus											
Other											
TOTAL		•									
•Any 1941 figure previously reported need not be reported. In the absence of assembled data for 1941, make best possible estimates and so indicate by an asterisk. (*)
2 These columns need not be filled in on report for first quarter of a calendar year.
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• Consider station wagons as passenger cars, trucks, or buses according to class of gasoline ration for which they are eligible.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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