[The Government Mileage Administrator, January 1945]
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Office of Price Administration..Washington,D.C.
Volume 3
Government Agencies Using More Vehicles Than in 1941
Federal and State governments are operating 7,713 more motor vehicles than in 1941 to perform their field services, yet the official travel of these vehicles dropped 257,406,-413 miles in the first half of 1944 as compared with the same period in 1941. These figures, from the reports on the Government Mileage Conservation Program, are complete in the Federal Government except for the War Department, Navy Department, and the Maritime Commission, while the State tabulation is complete except for Louisiana, North Dakota, and Virginia.
The total of government-owned vehicles and private automobiles operated in government- service for the Federal agencies is 6,315 greater than in the last pre-war year, a jump of 5.4 percent. State governments are operating 1,398 more vehicles, a gain of only 1.7 percent.
The survey revealed that in 1944 the number of privately owned vehicles operated in the Federal Government service exceeded the total number of Federally owned vehicles in operation. Private vehicles comprised over 55 percent of the Federal department operation; while, in contrast, the States operated more government-owned vehicles than privately owned cars to carry on their functions, 60 percent of the total being in this category.
Yet another contrast between Federal and State governments is the disclosure that passenger cars constitute 33 percent of the Federal operation in 1944, while such vehicles make up 49 percent of the State fleets. In fact, the States are operating 5,593 more government-owned passenger cars today than is the case with the Federal departments and agencies. On the other hand, Federally owned trucks and
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JANUARY 1945	Number 1
Portland and Los Angeles Cut Miles Despite Growth
Mileage conservation activities of the city of Los Angeles, Calif., and the city of Portland, Oreg., do much to refute the claim that it is impossible to effect a reduction in official mileage for a city which has expanded and has an increased population due to an influx of war workers. Despite a population increase of 55 percent, Portland has reduced official gasoline use 43 percent, as compared with 1941, and has made a 58 percent saving in tire use for a comparable period. Los Angeles has reduced the mileage of its municipal electric and water departments by 40 percent and 49 percent, respectively, since December 31,1941, in spite of a population jump of approximately half a million people.
The most interesting aspects of the Portland program, as outlined by Mileage Administrator James Flood, are the studies made of individual departments which are nor
mally believed to have an increased mileage from increased war activities. In the police department, 113 passenger cars, 10 trucks, 21 motorcycles, and 4 tow trucks have reduced gasoline consumption from 71,485 gallons per 3-month period in 1941 to 50,031 gallons in similar periods in 1944. The conservation technique in this department was evolved by the joint study of the mileage administrator and the chief of police, and consisted of stationing 21 police cars with two-way radio at strategic points in the city. All police work was handled by districts as set off by the location of these cars. This policy eliminated cars “cruising” about the city and improved the whole police coverage while it reduced mileage.
Another Portland city agency which might have been expected to increase its mileage was the public dock commission. With a greatly
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Volume 3	Number 1
IN NEW FORM
This issue of The Government Mileage Administrator reaches you in a new form, printed instead of multilithed, and with a number of revisions in general composition which will, we believe, improve the publication both as to its news value, and as a service to government mileage administrators.
For some months the growing availability of pictorial material for these columns has led to our decision that we should provide for better reproduction of photographs and other items which will tell the story of the accomplishments of Federal, State, and local agencies throughout the United States. Frankly, we admit that the new style of the publication removes an element of informality which was one of our features during the past 2 years. However, we believe that the advantages of revision far outweigh the other considerations.
You will see that we have retained various “columns” which have appeared in this bulletin with regularity. Unless there is a pressing demand for feature-story space, these “columns” will be found under their new-style captions in all future issues. We hope to add another such feature entitled “With the Local Governments” at an early date.
In order that we may be consistent with editors of other publications of this kind, we are requesting all government mileage administrators to send us news items which will be of interest to our readers. With well over 3,000 units of government participating in the Government Mileage Conservation Program, it is impossible for us to spot every newsworthy accomplishment in your programs. So, don’t be shy—send us news I
Portland and Los Angeles
(Continued from page 1) expanded program, this department worked out a system of “clearing” all travel through a central point and operating only on scheduled calls. By this means, gasoline consumption dropped from 6,000 gallons per quarter in 1941 to 2,959 gallons per quarter in 1944. Even with this cut, the commission returned 871 gallons to the Office of Price Administration at the close of a typical 3-month period in 1944, and reduced its request for the next quarter accordingly.
The over-all program of Mileage Administrator Flood includes central certification of ration applications, based on recorded mileage experience. Weekly speedometer readings from city-owned cars are forwarded to the mileage administrator, and these are carefully checked against the past record. In the case of apparent excess, the employee is immediately called to the mileage office to explain in detail the work performed which required this high mileage. Private cars used in city business are held to a “ceiling” of 600 miles per month and, according to Mr. Flood, this ceiling is not “broken” for any private car.
A new method of focusing attention on mileage is the installation of a blackboard at the headquarters of city departments, on which is posted the daily mileage of each employee. Thus, both the public who call at the department office and all employees can see the mile-
Radio Talks by Local Board Chairmen
Pubiicize Connecticut s Program
Publicity has always been emphasized as an effective way of promoting the Government mileage program, and radio is one of the media that can serve this end as a recent example of its use so clearly indicates. The presentation of the Award of Merit to the State of Connecticut, for instance, was used as the subject for a 5-minute radio talk given during the following week by board chairmen in all cities in the State where there were radio stations. The following excerpt from this broadcast shows how the results of Connecticut’s program were tied-in with the general carsharing campaign:
age record. If it begins to climb too high, censure stems from department heads and other employees.
City-owned equipment is checked regularly for signs of tire abuse, dented fenders, or other damage, and if such is found due to negligence, the employee must pay for repairs.
“Home-to-work” mileage of city employees is studied and certified by the mileage administrator with the assistance of an advisory board of five members from five city departments.
Although the population increase percentagewise for Los Angeles is less than that of Portland, it must be remembered that the area served by such Los Angeles city utilities as light and water is extremely large, and problems of service and repairs are correspondingly great. In the instance of the water department there have been three major accidents to the water “line” since the end of 1941, as well as a labor problem which curtailed activity for a short time. In other words, there have been reasons for expanding mileage as well as for less mileage. As shown in the diagram accompanying this article, electric department mileage has dropped from 754,000 per month to a “low” of 454,000. The accompanying gasoline reduction was from 66,000 gallons per month to approximately 40,000 per month. Water department mileage has decreased from 636,000 per month to 322,000, while gasoline use dropped from 52,000 gallons per month to 28,000 gallons.
“Several times recently on these programs, we’ve discussed car sharing as one of the best ways of conserving tires, gasoline, and cars themselves. This evening I’d like to tell you about a job of conservation that ought to thrill all of us here in Connecticut.
“The other day at the capitol, up in Hartford, our State OPA Director, Anthony F. Arpaia, presented Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin with a certificate of merit for our State government. This certificate came from Washington, and Connecticut .. . let’s remember it with pride ... is one of only five States
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in. the country to receive it. Let me tell you what it was for, because this is important to all of us.
“As you know, the State owns a good many cars that are used for all sorts of official business ... the State police, of course, the department of agriculture, the highway department, the department of health, and so on down the line. Ours isn’t a large State, but when we remember all of the State departments and all of the work that has to be done in running a State, it isn’t surprising that in the course of a year, these cars normally drive better than 30 million miles. That’s what it was in 1941, anyway . . . before we actually got into the war.
“Let’s see, then, what our State government did when tires and gasoline and automobiles themselves became short. The action contains a good lesson for us. Last year, State-owned cars had reduced their driving by 56 percent. This is a pretty big achievement. Remember these cars were always driven only for essential business, and still the State was able to cut down its travel by more than half . . .
“I can’t tell you all of the ways in which it was done . . . combining errands on the same trip... making one trip do for a number of persons traveling to the same town . .. using trains and busses. The important thing is that it was done, and that it could be done, by using imagination, by taking inconveniences cheerfully. As citizens of Connecticut we owe a real debt of gratitude to Edward Geissler and Kurt Wyrdzen, whose work and planning made this saving possible, and to all the State people who cooperated so willingly.
“I’m leaving it to you to figure out, if you’d like to, the tremendous amount of gasoline these 17 million miles that weren’t driven represent. You can figure out, too, how much has been saved in tires. And if you’re still in the figuring mood, think how many new cars would be worn out doing those 17 million miles.”
The remainder of the broadcast was devoted to the job that as individual citizens most of us could do to help save mileage. Stress was placed on the pooling of cars for. home-to-work mileage.
Colorado Pools Official Car Passengers To Save Mileage
One-third of all the miles covered by State-owned automobiles on official business of the State of Colorado found extra passengers being carried in each vehicle, according to a report issued by David N. Walker, State mileage administrator. This record is a valuable commentary on the feasibility of consolidating official trips in an organized car-sharing effort, for many departments which are ordinarily held to require exclusive vehicle use are found in the list of participants in this “ride-pool” portion of the Colorado program.
State-owned cars operated 822,-028 miles between July 1,1943, and June 30, 1944. Extra passengers were carried for 274,267 of these miles. Eighteen departments sent employees on these trips as »passengers in a car operated by another department. Outstanding records are those of the industrial commission .and the employment security department, in which 66 percent of their travel in State cars was as passengers. Other good records in the passenger category are those of
STATE OF COLORADO
CAR-SHARING ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS MILEAGE
the board of barber examiners with 59 percent; department of revenue, 58 percent; bureau of mines, 56 percent; and the liquor and license department, 55 percent.
In the over-all record of all departments, one month saw 46 percent of the State-owned car mileage including the trips of extra passengers. Four other months ranged 40 percent or better in ridesharing. The lowest percentage was 18 in September 1943, shortly after the start of the program.
An interesting factor in the Colorado result is the fact that it was accomplished in a State where common-carrier transportation is very limited. This lack of rail and bus service is often cited as the reason for a government’s inability to share cars, contending that each employee needs to operate an automobile of his own in order to reach rural areas. Consolidated trips are said to be impractical without common-carrier service to use when a joint itinerary separates. The extent of departmental participation in the Colorado plan seems to refute some of these claims.
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STATES oSUZcfal/na
Louisiana
This State swung into active participation in the Government Mileage Conservation Program with the appointment of Mr. P. A. Juneau as mileage administrator, and first “returns” in official mileage from State departments indicate that mileage has been reduced by a substantial amount. The first agency to submit its record for October was the department of welfare, showing a reduction for the month from 71,825 miles in 1941, to 37,349 miles in 1944. In this department alone, the cost saving amounted to $2,068.56 in 1 month. Gov. James Davis authorized Administrator Juneau to supervise mileage of State-owned passenger cars and trucks, private vehicles operated in State service, and “home-to-work” driving of State employees.
California
Administrator A. H. Henderson has done one of the outstanding jobs on “home-to-work” driving of State employees, and personnel in the group of buildings which includes the capitol at Sacramento now have a car-sharing average of 3.57. Mr. Henderson started this program at Sacramento, dividing the city into 89 zones and evolving a rider-driver file of all employees. No “home-to-work” mileage was allowed for persons living within a mile of the capitol buildings. Private car ride-sharing removed over 1,200 State employees from overcrowded public transportation facilities, thus making room for war plant workers on city bus lines. As soon as the Sacramento operation was functioning, the program was extended to San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno, and eight other points where there was a concentration of State employees in one or adjacent buildings.
Missouri
When the OPA Award of Merit was presented to Gov. Forrest C. Donnell and Mileage Administra
tor M. Stanley Ginn of the State of Missouri, Colonel Ginn acknowledged the “fine record made by the State departments” in attaining the mileage reduction of more than 40 percent below 1941. The list of departments which cut at least 40 percent in mileage included: State department, 85.9; school for the blind, 75.9; fruit experiment station, 73.3; unemployment compensation 72.9; Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, 72.5; highway department, 71.7; library commission, 70.5; osteopathic board, 67.5; penal institutions, 62.6; Central Missouri State Teachers College, 61.7; chiropractic examiners, 61.1; Lincoln University, 60.7; planning board, 59.8; workmen’s compensation commission, 58.1; historical society, 56.1; park board, 55.7; executive department, 53.5; social security, 49.6; department of education, 40.9; supreme court marshal, 40.5.
Oklahoma
One member of the staff of Mileage Administrator W. T. Burton devotes his time to organized ride-sharing, particularly for the “home-to-work” travel of capitol employees. This is an important service, as the State administrative buildings are located at a considerable distance from the center of Oklahoma City. Riders and drivers are “matched” on a large board containing index cards. This board is located in the capitol rotunda, and is in constant use. File records, as well as actual car-occupancy counts on the streets used by State employees coming to and leaving the capitol, show an average of four riders per car.
Wisconsin
A review of the latest quarterly report for Wisconsin shows, in addition to the mileage saving, a cost saving of some over $30,000 for the 3-month period. Total car-use costs were reduced from $194,325.77 in the 1941 quarter to $161,726.98.
Memphis Finds Mileage Control Saves Money
By Ura M. Finch
Mileage Administrator, City of Memphis, Tennessee
In cooperation with the Office of Price Administration, the city of Memphis placed in effect on April 1, 1943, a conservation program on gasoline and tires. This program included every automobile used in the services of the city, and the specific plan adopted was a simple technique based, in the main, on the program developed by the State of New Hampshire in its efforts to conserve mileage. Because of the use.of leased automobiles by our municipal government, we could not utilize all the details of the New Hampshire program.
After attending a meeting of OPA, State, and city officials in Nashville for the discussion of such a program, Mayor Walter Chandler appointed me as mileage administrator for the city of Memphis. I was given full authority to enforce each phase of the program. Every piece of equipment, whether city or privately owned, had to have the approval of the mileage administrator to obtain gasoline and tires for use in official business.
To start our program, we required each department to furnish us a complete record of all its automobile operations for a 60-day period prior to March 1, 1943. We attempted to break down this record to the actual mileage necessary for the performance of essential work. It was here that, in certain instances, we discovered the excessive use of gasoline as well as some unnecessary driving. On April 1, 1943, we allotted each automobile i an amount of gasoline sufficient to perform its required duties. This allotment was based on the actual miles driven in municipal work, only. As the month of April was a “test” month, a complete chart record was kept on each automobile to show the amount of gasoline used and the miles driven in the performance of required work.
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Note.—The subject of this question is one which nearly every mileage administrator will encounter. We feel that it is important enough to warrant feature space.
Q. How can I handle certification of mileage for a newly created department or for a new program or division within a department, when considerable field travel is involved and we have no basis of past experience or estimate on which to figure a reasonable mileage allotment?
A. Probably the best answer to this question is in the solution reached in an actual case by Mr. W. T. Burton, mileage administrator of the State of Oklahoma. The pattern established by Mr. Burton can be scaled to the size of any State or local unit of government, and if it is followed in detail it should provide employees in a new program with a fair mileage ration for inaugurating field services and then settling into a more routinized coverage.
The State of Oklahoma added a new program in the department of education which required a number of supervisors located throughout the
Car-Sharing Symbol
An official “Car-Sharing Symbol” has been produced by the Information Department of the Office of Price Administration, and it is now being offered to groups engaged in organized mileage conservation programs. We are reproducing the symbol here, and have forwarded a larger size, in color, to each State mileage administrator. We can offer matrices of this symbol in either 1" or 1%" size for your use in reproducing a quantity of them for such use as will support the objective of your program.
Any Government mileage administrator can obtain a matrix by writing to us. Address: Editor, “The Government Mileage Administrator,” Room 2202, Federal Office Building No. 1, Washington 25, D. C.
State. In cooperation with the department, Mr. Burton studied the area to be served by each supervisor, the location of the schools to be visited, and the mileage between the supervisor’s station and these schools. From the results of this study, it was agreed that supervisors covering one county would be allowed 500 miles a month; two counties would allow 1,000 miles a month, and coverage of three or more counties would permit 1,500 miles a month. Thirty-day mileage rations were certified on this basis as the program opened.
As soon as first vouchers for travel were submitted by the supervisors, the administrator secured his first information on compensated-for mileage under actual working conditions. Immediately another 30-day ration was certified, this time based on the experience of the first month. At the end of this time the fund of knowledge on mileage requirements covered 60 days, and subsequent ration applications were certified under the practice followed for established department divisions—on compensated mileage records only.
A similar procedure can be worked out by any mileage administrator.
Brief New Hampshire Law Allows Elaborate Travel
Control Policy
The New Hampshire statute which made conservation and control of official mileage a permanent procedure of the administrative structure of that government probably represents the minimum for a legislative enactment to retain the features of this wartime program which can be carried over into peacetime years. As announced in our October issue, we are reproducing the New Hampshire law here, and will follow it in a subsequent issue with the Washington statute.
The brevity of the New Hampshire law is due to the fact that it is an “enabling act” which adds the duties of travel and mileage control to an already existing department. Those who developed the program were of the opinion that the logical place for control of mileage was with the “man who paid the bill.” In New Hampshire, actual disbursement of State funds rests with the State treasurer, but the fiscal control officer is the comptroller, and it was with the comptroller’s department that the program was placed.
The New Hampshire statute reads as follows:
“AN ACT
Establishing a Travel Division in the Department of
the Comptroller
1. Powers and Duties of the Comptroller. Amend Section 14 of Chapter 23 of the revised laws by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: (9) To adopt, with the approval of the governor and council, such rules and regulations as may be necessary to supervise and control all payments made from State funds for travel of officials and employees within the State. For the purpose hereof the comptroller shall establish within his department a travel division and, subject to the approval of the governor and council, appoint a director thereof.”
This method of securing statutory authority for the program avoids the danger of long arguments before legislative committees which may occur in cases
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Mileage Ceilings?
The mileage administrator of one State reports that he has been working steadily toward mileage reductions in certain departments where a general tendency toward excessive travel seemed to exist. After 6 months of departmental records, the administrator saw that field employees of one agency were asking for 3,000 miles a month, regardless of the size of the territory assigned to them. With the full cooperation of the department head, the mileage administrator set a “ceiling” of 1,800 miles in this department, and this firm stand has withstood numerous attempts to regain the old ration figure. As some over 40 employees were involved, this action saved approximately 50,000 miles a month in one State agency.
City vs. County
A location in a west coast State presents an interesting contrast between a city and county mileage conservation program. The city, by intensive organization, has cut its mileage about 20 percent, despite a 40-percent increase in city population and the fact that there was no consolidation of inspection services possible, as this had been done by the creation of a central inspection department some years ago. On the other hand, the county, in which this city is the
Memphis
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a “Minimum Mileage Plan.” On May 1 an allotment was assigned each automobile, and it was compulsory that this vehicle stay within its allotment unless an emergency need arose for additional gasoline. In such case, a letter from the commissioner in charge of this department was required, which would show in detail the reason why more gasoline was needed. The extra allotment, if it was granted, applied only in the month for which it was requested. • In the following month the vehicle returned to its original allotment.
principal governmental unit, was forced to take over highway maintenance from the towns just prior to the war, thus increasing from 500 to 2,600 the mileage of the roads to be cared for. This year the county is using twice as many trucks as in 1941, and all the efforts of the county mileage administrator to reduce official travel and maintenance mileage have yet to show one month on the reduction side of the ledger.
Police vs. Other Agencies
Another large west coast city received some front-page publicity when it was announced that while all city departments save one averaged a 36-percent reduction in mileage in spite of increased duties, the police department vehicles had so far increased mileage above 1941 levels that the saving in the other ♦ agencies was practically nullified.
Transporting Prisoners
No week passes without its story of some law enforcement officer taking a trip of from 1 to 3 thousand miles by automobile to “transport a prisoner.” These requests for a gasoline ration reach local boards in almost identical form, asserting that railroad reservations cannot be secured, 'that the prisoner is dangerous, and that manacled prisoners cannot be transported on public carriers.
This program has meant quite a large saving to the city of Memphis, yet it has not impaired the efficient service required for municipal functions. In 1943 the city of Memphis used 850,211 gallons of gasoline, compared to 1,121,406 gallons used in the same period in 1941. This saving of 271,195 gallons of gasoline was not only a contribution to the war effort, but it meant a saving of $18,981.85 to the taxpayers of Memphis. Of course, in reducing the gasoline consumption, the over-all cost of operations was decreased. Another direct result was the fact that our tire repair and replacement costs are now at a minimum.
Brookline, Mass., has coordinated health and safety inspection through use of an interdepartmental committee composed of the police and fire chiefs, town engineer, building commissioner, and the tenement house inspector, the International City Managers Association reports. The committee meets once a week to consider applications for licenses for any building and for public gatherings in any building in which the owner will have a definite responsibility for the public. Inspectors from each department check such buildings for compliance with the various fire, health, and safety regulations and report simultaneously so the committee can give a consolidated recommendation to the board of selectmen, which issues licenses. —Public Administration Clearing
House, Chicago, III., December 16,1944.
New Hampshire Law (Continued from page 5) where the proposed law “spells out” all the details of the proposed administrative operation. The rules and regulations adopted by New Hampshire under the authority of this statute will be found in the manual “Government Mileage Conservation in Wartime.” Reference to these rules will indicate that they are extensive and detailed and would have evoked lengthy discussion had they been offered as a part of the law itself. Moreover, departments and employees are protected against arbitrary rules by the fact that such must have the approval of the chief executive and his council before they are effective.
Another feature of the New Hampshire statute is a scope broad enough to cover travel by State-owned or private car, or via common carrier transportation, provided payment therefor is from State funds. In this way a State can work out a system of “Transportation Requests” to be used on common carriers, thus avoiding “out of pocket” expenditures for employees while keeping a central control on travel expense.
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Gasoline Goes To War
The above chart represents the demand on gasoline supply in 1941 and 1944. We point out that the diagramatic figures are not indicative of supply, but purport to show only the relative requirements of military, civilian commercial-automotive, and civilian passenger-car automotive use in peacetime and wartime.
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Age of Cars a Growing Administrator Problem
A number of mileage administrators report a growing problem as the age of passenger automobiles used by government employees increases, and the prospect of immediate replacement continues to be remote. In several cases employees who have formerly used their own vehicle are now requesting the use of a government-owned car for official travel. The mileage administrators are quick to point out that the same replacement problem exists for government as for the private citizen.
The following diagram tells the story:
W47CW YOUR CAR LUBRICATION
WATCH YOUR TIRES
WATCH YOUR BATTERY
WATCH YOUR SPEED
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KEEP YOUR CAR ON THE ROAD
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Seven Federal agencies have received the Office of Price Administration “Award of Merit” for having achieved a reduction in official automobile mileage of 40 percent or more below that operated in 1941.
The Department of Agriculture, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Works Agency, Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Power Commission, and the National Archives were the departments which effected a drop in passenger car and truck mileage sufficient to win the OPA certificate.
Mileage reductions by the seven agencies total a saving of 133,464,-029 miles. The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation awards were for maintaining mileage reductions for the 15-month period from April 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944, in excess of the 40-percent objective cited by President Roosevelt when he directed Federal participation in the Government Mileage Conservation Program. The other agencies received certificates for reductions for the fiscal year July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944.
In forwarding the awards to the Federal agencies, OPA Administrator Chester Bowles said : “In my opinion, the administrative operation which earned this certificate is both a signal contribution to the conservation of gasoline, tires, and motor vehicle equipment and an effective means of advising the public that their Federal Govern-
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(Continued from page 1) busses overbalance the total in these classifications for the State by 14,762 vehicles. In another comparison, the States are seen operating six times as many motorcycles this year as is shown for the Federal Government.
In the grand total of government and privately owned vehicles used for official business, the Federal agencies are using 123,788 pieces of equipment this year, as compared with 117,473 in 1941. State governments are utilizing 80,403 vehicles in 1944, as contrasted with 79,-005 in 1941.
Seven Federal Agencies Win Award For Cut In Mileage Below 1941 Figure
ment has shared the problems of mileage rationing with them. It is my understanding that your department, with several others, is continuing to maintain its record , of mileage conservation throughr out the current fiscal year.”
The complete list of agencies follows :
Federal Power Commission— Basil Manly, Chairman ; Leon M. Fuquay, Mileage Administrator. Mileage reduction, 59 percent.
Federal Trade Commission— Robert E. Freer, Chairman; Otis B. Johnson, Mileage Administrator. Mileage reduction, 55 percent.
Department of Agriculture—the Honorable Claude S. Wickard, Secretary; Arthur B. Thatcher, Mileage Administrator. Mileage reduction, 41.5 percent.
Federal Works Agency—Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, Administrator; Ernest E. Hall, Mileage Administrator. Mileage reduction, -41 percent.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation—Leo T. Crowley, Chairman; Neil G. Greensides, Mileage Administrator. Mileage reduction, 51 percent.
The National Archives—Solon J. Buck, Archivist of the United States; Frank P. Wilson, Mileage Administrator. Mileage reduction, 50 percent.
Interstate Commerce Commission—W. J. Patterson, Chairman; C. E. Calvert, Mileage Administrator. Mileage reduction, 42 percent.
Federal
Department of Agriculture Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Power Commission Federal Trade Commission Federal Works Agency The National Archives
State
State of Nevada State of Oklahoma
Local
City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
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