[Government Mileage Conservation in Wartime]
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GOVERNMENT MILEAGE CONSERVATION IN WARTIME
A Manual for the Use of Government Mileage Administrators
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION Automotive Supply Rationing Division WASHINGTON, D. C.
1943
Form OPA R-575
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OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
To All Government Mileage Administrators :
To win the war, essential transportation must be maintained. To maintain essential transportation, gasoline, tires, and automotive equipment must be conserved. To conserve these vital materials, mileage must be reduced.
As an aid to the achievement of this objective, the Government Mileage Conservation Program has been launched. Its goal is the elimination of every mile of driving in the public service which is unnecessary and which does not contribute directly to the general welfare or to the prosecution of the war.
Participation in the Program by any unit of government is secured by the appointment of an official known as the Government Mileage Administrator, who is charged with the responsibility of supervising the use of motor vehicles driven in the service of the government. It is expected that he will reduce mileage by at least 40 percent under that driven in 1941.
' Heads of Federal departments and agencies and the governors of the States have given encouraging response to the request which has been directed to them to inaugurate the Mileage Conservation Program. Furthermore, many cities, boroughs, counties, and other units of local government all over the country are, at the request of the respective governors, participating wholeheartedly. We hope that the movement which they have helped to pioneer will be extended to all governmental units throughout the Nation.
It should be emphasized that under the Government Mileage Conservation Program, no one way of administering the use of motor vehicles is required. Recognition is given to the fact that variations in the structure, size, and functions of different governmental units make adaptations to each situation necessary. The material presented in this manual is offered as a suggestion in terms of conservation plans which have been tested by actual operation and found to be successful. However, it is the feeling of those associated with the Program that insofar as each specific situation permits, the basic proposal herein contained should be adopted.
We gratefully acknowledge the fine spirit of cooperation with the Program which thousands of loyal public officials and employees of our Federal, State, and local governments have shown. To them, this manual is dedicated.
Sincerely yours,
Chester Bowles,
Administrator. November 15, 1943.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter rage
I. The Government Mileage Conservation Program and How It Can Be Adopted____________________________________________________________L 1
II. How the Program Benefits Your Particular Government______________ 4
III. How the Government Mileage Conservation Program Can Be Administered____________________.____________________________________’ 6
IV. How Support for the Program Can Be Secured______________________ 20
Appendix
A. Letters of the President and the Administrator of the Office of Price Administration Launching the Mileage Conservation Program for the Federal, State, and Local Governments____________________________ 25
B. Some Rules, Regulations, Operational Forms, and Maintenance Instructions Which Are Being Used____________________________________ 30
C. A Dispatching System for Motor Vehicles____,_______________________ 62
D. A Brief Guide to the Mileage Rationing and New Passenger Automobile Rationing Regulations________■________________________________ 65
E. A Directory of Federal and State Government Mileage Administrators and of OPA and ODT National and Field Offices________________________ 69
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CHAPTER I
The Government Mileage Conservation Program and How It Can Be Adopted
Government a Large User of Motor Vehicles
Government is one of the largest users of motor vehicles in the United States. Most recent figures indicate that approximately three quarters of a million passenger cars, motorcycles, and commercial-type vehicles are owned by various government units—Federal, State, and local. In addition, thousands of privately owned passenger cars are driven in the public service. Although complete mileage figures are not available, estimates indicate that the mileage driven annually runs into the billions.
Government Must Set Example of Conservation
The rationing of automobiles, tires, and gasoline has focused attention upon Government use of motor vehicles. It is obvious that the Government must lead the way in conserving the mileage driven in its service. In the first place, this would be an important step in mileage conservation. Measures which reduce Government mileage to the same degree as the rationing program has already cut civilian use will result in a very substantial saving of the stock pile of rubber and correspondingly scarce supply of petroleum products in certain areas. Furthermore, it will provide a constructive example to the citizenry and aid materially in gaining full public cooperation in reducing their driving to that which is absolutely essential. In a democracy, officials of government cannot ask sacrifices and adjustments of the citizens which they themselves are not willing to make. The public is becoming very critical of any evidence of the failure of their officials to eliminate abuses and inefficient practices in the operation of motor i vehicles driven in the public service. It is regarded as a breach of responsibility on the part of public officials at a time when the very destiny of the country is at stake. \
The Proposal
To the end that Federal, State, and local governments may adopt every possible measure to eliminate unnecessary use of motor vehicles, the. Government Mileage Conservation Program has been launched. Its terms are simple and direct. In instituting the program, the following steps should be taken:
1. The chief executive officer of each government or government agency designates or appoints an official known as a Government Mileage Administrator who is given authority to supervise the use of motor vehicles driven on official business. The jurisdiction of this official extends to passenger cars, trucks, busses, and other
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types of equipment which are owned and operated by thé government and to those vehicles which are privately owned, but driven in the public service. (This does not include privately owned vehicles used by individuals, corporations, or associations operating under a government contract.)
2. Through the proper administration of motor vehicular equip* ment, the mileage administrator will be expected to achieve a mileage reduction of at least 40 percent compared with the mileage driven in 1941. He exercises responsibility for applying such measures as elimination of the use of motor vehicles in those services not contributing to the general welfare or to the prosecution of the war, the pooling of cars, the prior clearance of travel requests, the use of public carriers where feasible, and closer supervision over the maintenance and operation of commercial-type vehicles.
3. He has the duty of setting up and supervising a plan for clearing ration applications for gasoline, tires, and automotive equipment.
4. At the end of each quarter of the calendar year, each State and local mileage administrator submits a report to his chief executive officer and to the Office of Price Administration. Local administrators of cities, counties, special districts, and others report to the Office of Price Administration through the State Government Mileage Administrator. State Government Mileage Administrators transmit both their own reports and the local mileage administrators’ reports directly to the Office of Price Administration. Federal mileage administrators assemble the data from the reports covering operations in Washington and in the field offices and re-, port directly to the Office of Price Administration. The reporting procedure is explained in detail in Chapter III of this manual.
Position of OP A and ODT Regarding Program
It is important to emphasize that the Government Mileage Administrators are in no way under the jurisdiction of the Office of Price Administration. They are officials of their respective government units, and their relation to the Office of Price Administration under the Mileage Conservation Program is a cooperative one. However, their control of vehicular use must conform to the mileage regulations prescribed by the Office of Price Administration and the Office of Defense Transportation.
Basic Principles
The Government Mileage Conservation Program rests upon two fundamental considerations :
1. It recognizes that most unnecessary use of motor vehicles driven in the service of government is caused by the lack of coordinated supervision rather than by deliberate abuse. Regardless of the willingness of officials or employees to cooperate in saving mileage, they are distinctly handicapped if no system is provided for them to follow. The only answer is to put into effect a plan which they will all have to observe. No such plan can function effectively without proper administrative supervision. For this reason, one official should be appointed whose sole responsibility it is to devise and administer ways and means of securing maximum efficiency in the use of motor vehicles.
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2. Instead of securing the reduction of government mileage by the issuance of regulations from Washington, each unit of government determines for itself, within the limits of the general mileage rationing regulations as applied by the War Price and Rationing Boards, where mileage reductions are to be made. This places a distinct responsibility upon the .officials who use or supervise the use of motor vehicles in the government service to see that all abuses and inefficiencies are eliminated.
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CHAPTER II
How the Program Benefits Your Particular Government
It Saves Critical War Materials
Motor vehicles use some of the most critical materials heeded for the war—rubber for tires; gasoline and oil for the motor; steel, copper, and other metals for repairs.
Measures which save mileage save material.
It Prolongs the Life of Existing Equipment
New motor vehicular equipment of all types is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. For the duration of the war existing equipment must largely suffice. Furthermore, it will be a considerable time after the close of hostilities before the automotive industry can return to production oi passenger cars and commercial-type vehicles. This date is so uncertain that officials charged with the supervision of such equipment cannot afford to take chances by failing to conserve it.
As the present equipment becomes older, particular care will have to be taken to preserve it and keep it in good condition. If this is not done, many essential services may have to be seriously curtailed or eliminated because of lack of transportation.
It Helps Preserve the Nation’s Transportation
The load which has been placed upon our transportation system by the war is so great that any substantial increase in demands for service may well cause a break-down in some of its phases. Since governments require the extensive use of transportation in order to operate, they must employ every means possible of maintaining the facilities necessary to carry on essential functions.
It Increases Efficiency of Operation
The coordinated utilization of motor vehicular equipment in the government service increases the efficiency not only in the use of the vehicles themselves, but in the functions performed as well. It assures maximum use of equipment, avoids duplication of many services, and saves time of public employees because of the better planning which is required.
It Saves Money
Measures which conserve equipment and reduce its use also save money. Unnecessary travel is eliminated, full use of vehicles secured, and the planned use of truck pick-up and delivery services assured. Furthermore, the careful supervision of motor vehicular maintenance avoids many costly repair bills.
Such measures reduce expenditures at a time when revenues in many units of government are falling off. The money which is
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It Secures Public Acclaim
Civic groups, individual citizens, and taxpayers welcome evidence of efficient government administration. This is particularly true in respect to the use of motor vehicles. The war and its attendant rationing regulations have highlighted the situation because the citizen feels that he should not be deprived of the full use of his car and. truck, especially when his very livelihood is at stake, only to have his government apparently waste the savings which he has made. Government vehicles with their special insignia, and in some instances, license plates, are a matter for public notice. Likewise, heightened tax consciousness caused by the war makes all citizens doubly appreciative of any measure to save money taken by their representatives in office.
Where the Mileage Conservation Program has been adopted, enthusiastic support has been given in the press, on the radio, and in the publications of civic organizations. No other single measure can assure such favorable public response.
CHAPTER III
How the Government Mileage Conservation Program Can Be Administered
Setting Up the Government Mileage Administrator’s Office
Appointment of the Government Mileage Administrator
The chief executive officer of each unit of government should designate an official to be called a Government Mileage Administrator and to.be charged with responsibility for supervising the use of all types of motor vehicles driven in the public service. Where few vehicles are used, the duties of the office can be performed by the executive officer himself. Where an official has already been exercising authority to control the use of motor vehicles, formal participation in the Government Mileage Conservation Program can be secured by designating him as the Government Mileage Administrator.
Should Have Appropriate Background of Experience
The first requirement for a Government Mileage Administrator is that he should be an official of the government unit in which he serves, rather than an- adviser from the outside. This is necessary in order that he may exercise the authority which the duties of the position require.
He should have had administrative experience, either in the field of travel, fiscal control, or motor-vehicular management. It has been found that designating the head of the travel office as'Government Mileage Administrator tends to assure objective control, since the travel office itself does not use motor vehicles in an operational capacity. However, the choice of a mileage administrator should be made in terms of each situation, rather than in conformity with general principles alone.
States and cities which have previously appointed a transportation administrator at the request of the Office of Defense Transportation, or which have executive secretaries of the state Highway Traffic Advisory Committees to the War Department, may deem it advisable to give such officials responsibility for administering the Government Mileage Conservation Program. However, it is recommended that this should be done only when the transportation administrator or the executive secretary of the state Highway Traffic Advisory Committee is an official of the particular government unit making the appointment. Administrator’s Office Is a Bull-Time Position Where Substantial Num-
bers of Vehicles Are Used
Where substantial numbers of vehicles are in use, the position of Government Mileage Administrator should be a full-time one. The responsibilities of administering a control system are so great that,
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if an effective program is to be carried out, a separate office adequately staffed with administrative and clerical help is required. Where it is felt that the prestige of an existing official having a high rank is essential in order to assure the program’s effectiveness, an assistant administrator should be appointed to assume major responsibility for the details of administration.
The economies effected by the program will greatly outweigh the expenses of maintaining a separate office. In one State, for example, an office costing $7,000 per year to operate saved approximately $250,000 in travel costs alone. This is a feature of the plan which appeals to both Government administrators and the public.
Should Be Given Centralized Control Over Operation of Motor Vehicles
Two basic practices, with variations, have been followed in setting up the Government Mileage Administrator’s office and prescribing his authority. One has been to leave the assignment of motor vehicles and the control over their use in the hands of the various departments, with the Government Mileage Administrator serving as a coordinator. His authority, in such instances, is primarily to suggest, stimulate, and coordinate mileage conservation plans.
The other approach has been to place the assignment and ultimate control of all motor vehicles of the Government in the Mileage Administrator’s hands. He then determines which departments perform functions requiring the reassignment of vehicles—such as police, fire, and highway departments—and the terms under which such reassignments are made. He exercises immediate control over the remainder of the vehicles by operating them from a central pool to be described later.
Wherever possible, the centralized type of office should be set up. The advantages are:
1. It eliminates abuses in the use of cars assigned to departments or individuals. The Mileage Administrator is better able to distinguish essentiality from mere inconvenience than is an official or other employee having authority to use a vehicle without specific review each time it is used.
2. It makes possible the establishment of a central clearance point for travel, thereby securing maximum efficiency. Where control is decentralized by departments, department A and department B may each send cars having only one or two persons in them to the same outlying point. Central clearance assures that only one car goes, thereby saving mileage with resulting economies in tires, gasoline, equipment, and money. [Attempts to have, interdepartmental clearances made upon a voluntary or cooperative basis by means of bulletin boards or telephone calls may work after a fashion for a time, but such a practice soon tends to fall into disuse. The requirement of central clearance having the backing of an administrative directive assures a continuing operation of interdepartmental pooling.]
3. It makes for more efficient distribution of motor vehicular equipment—particularly trucks, busses, and other commercial types or vehicles—over the various services of the government. The mileage administrator, by having centralized records on vehicular maintenance and operation, is able to analyze relative needs for such equipment in terms of administrative efficiency.
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4. It enables the Mileage Administrator to make effective certifications of motor vehicular ration applications. Decentralized control tends to place the Mileage Administrator in the position either of rubber-stamping the department head’s requests or of questioning their validity where it appears that excessive rations are sought. In large units of government, it is advisable for the Government Mileage Administrator to work with designated officials in the various departments and agencies who are connected with the operation of motor vehicles. Where the Mileage Administrator has centralized authority over the control of motor vehicles, these officials should serve as deputy administrators exercising such delegated authority as the Government Mileage Administrator deems expedient to give them. Where control over the use of motor vehicles remains decentralized in the departments, the departmental representatives should in effect become departmental mileage administrators working under the gen- ' eral direction of the chief Government Mileage Administrator.
Where motor vehicles are operated in the field, subagencies of the Mileage Administrator’s office should be set up. Since in most cases the volume of work entailed is relatively small, the function can be performed by some operating official designated for the purpose. Whether extra remuneration is allowed is a matter for administrative determination based upon the amount of work entailed and the funds available.
The Mileage Administrator’s Office and Authority Should Be Specifically Authorized
The Government Mileage Administrator’s office and the authority which he exercises must be defined by law, either by Executive order or by legislative action.
If legislative action is necessary, the act should be in the form of an authorization to the chief executive officer to set up the Government Mileage Administrator’s office, stipulating only in broad terms the powers to be exercised. The necessary executive rules and regulations should then be promulgated to cover the details. Model forms are presented in the Appendix, pages 31-45.
What the Government Mileage Administrator Should Do To Launch the Program
Make a Study
Immediately following his appointment, the Government Mileage Administrator should make a study of the pertinent laws and administrative rules and regulations relating to the maintenance and operation of motor vehicles. In this way he will be able to determine what legal changes, if any, are required in order to establish the type of office possessing the authority needed in administering the program. Where serious legal barriers exist, it may be necessary to establish the office of nlileage administration as well as can be done under existing law, and then immediately prepare the necessary legislative or administrative acts or rules to provide the desired authority.
Next should be a study of the methods by which motor vehicular equipment is maintained and operated, with a view to determining the most efficient way of administering its use. This should cover both
GOVERNMENT MILEAGE CONSERVATION IN WARTIME 9 publicly and privately owned and leased vehicles used in the'public service, including passenger cars, motorcycles, trucks, trailers^ and busses. Information should be secured as to the number and type of vehicles in use, how use is authorized, the way in which it is reported, and such other specific data as are deemed essential. Furthermore, a functional analysis should be made of the government to determine which services can or cannot be administered without the use of motor vehicles. Such information is necessary to put the administration of the whole program upon a firm foundation of fact, and to facilitate compliance with war regulations, particularly those of the Office of Price Administration and the Office of Defense Transportation.
Since the Government Mileage Administrator functions as an exec-, utive official, his authority does not extend to the supervision of vehicles operated by officials of the legislative and judicial branches. However, it is advisable for him to call the program to the attention of the appropriate officials of these branches, such as clerk of the legislature and clerk of court, and enlist their cooperation.
Staff and Equip an Office
As soon as the scope of the administrator’s authority is determined and his authority delineated, needs for office space, equipment, and administrative and clerical help should be determined. If this step follows a study of the problem, the presentation of requirements to personnel and budget officials is much more effective since it is backed up by specific knowledge of what is to be done. During the survey period it may be necessary to secure help by having employees detailed for duty until such time as the needs for a permanent staff can be decided upon.
Have the Chief Executive Officer Establish Authority by Administrative Order
After the type of office and the authority to be exercised by the Government Mileage Administrator have been decided upon, the position should be given administrative .recognition by executive order. Copies of -the order should be directed to the heads of all departments, agencies, and offices.
Prepare and Distribute Operating Instructions and Forms
The Government Mileage Administrator’s authority can be made effective only through the issuance of operating instructions and forms. These should cover such matters as authorization for travel for both privately and publicly owned passenger cars, travel logs for reporting mileage, methods and forms for securing information on the operation and maintenance of equipment, including applications for mileage rations for clearance through the mileage admin-strator’s office, and the like. (See Appendix, pages 45-61, for sample forms.)
It is advisable to issue a periodic bulletin to the heads of the various departments and agencies, and in some cases to employees, keeping them informed on new procedures and rationing requirements. At specified times, a report should be included of the progress made at the various departments and agencies under the Mileage Conservation Program.
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Hold a Meeting of Department and Agency Heads
When instructions and forms are ready for distribution, a meeting should be called of all department heads and others affected by the program to explain its purpose and the method of operation. If possible, the meeting should be presided over by the chief executive officer.
In Case of State Government Mileage Administrators, Steps Should Be Taken to Secure Adoption of Program by Local Units of Government
The State Government Mileage Administrator should prepare a letter for the governor’s signature to the heads of local governments of the State. They should be asked to participate in the Mileage Conservation Program by appointing their own Government Mileage Administrators, clothed with the authority to administer a Mileage Conservation Program. Information explaining how the program can be administered should be included. Even though many of the smaller units may operate few vehicles, all of them should.be canvassed, since the total mileage of these units represents a substantial amount. .
As the program develops, the State Government Mileage Administrators should stimulate and coordinate the activities of local mileage administrators through conferences, letters, and personal contacts. Furthermore, they should be instructed to submit all reports on the progress of the program to the State Government Mileage Administrator, as discussed later on page 18.
To facilitate the coordination of local programs, the State Government Mileage Administrator may find it advisable to appoint a mileage conservation advisory committee made up of representatives of State and local governments and official associations.
How the Mileage Conservation Program Operates
There are many ways in which efficiency in the use of motor vehicles may be increased. The suggestions given below are taken from the actual operation of mileage conservation measures put into effect by Federal, State, and local units of government. ’By adopting these techniques, mileage reductions have been achieved up to as much as 60 percent of that driven when no central administrative control existed.
Eliminating Use of Vehicles for Services Not Contributing Directly to Public Health, Safety, or the War
The need for mileage conservation is so great that many services to which the public has been accustomed must be curtailed or eliminated. Therefore, the Government Mileage Administrator should, after the over-all study has been made, prepare a list of duties and functions which either could be eliminated for the duration, or which could be carried on without the use of passenger cars, busses, or trucks. Through cooperation with the proper operating officials, backed by the support of the chief executive officer, the necessary adjustments can be made. Where legislative action is necessary to permit this to be done, steps should be taken to have the proper provisions enacted.
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A method used with success in reducing mileage is to have departments communicate with those public groups who most frequently receive services, asking them to rely more upon themselves and local authorities, rather than upon some State or Federal office. For example, persons are requested to call the local health'and police authorities instead of the county, State, or Federal offices.
The elimination of unessential services is a difficult task, but it is a fruitful source of mileage reduction. It is facilitated by the pressure of the war effort and by the falling-off in demands for certain Government services, such as maintenance of parks and recreational facilities, construction of public building projects, and the like.
Such an adjustment is in line with what is being done by private enterprise, where, for example, store deliveries and other services are either eliminated or drastically curtailed. It is only reasonable that the Government itself should make similar adjustments. Proper publicity on such curtailment of services will convert possible opposition to active support and gain acceptance for such measures as may be necessary to effect it.
Central Pooling of Passenger Cars
One of the most widespread abuses in the use of official passenger cars arises from their assignment ta departments and individuals without central administrative supervision. Individual assignment, in particular, gives rise to much unnecessary driving both in performing official duties and for personal use. Such controls as the checking on gasoline consumption, reporting speedometer readings, and “investigations” are generally ineffectual. Real efficiency can only be secured when the control is exercised prior to travel rather than afterward.
For this reason, it is advisable to have all official cars initially assigned to the Mileage Administrator’s office. A careful study should be made of departmental needs. Where it is advisable to operate cars without prior travel clearances, a reassignment of cars to such departments should be made. This is usually done in the case of police, fire, and certain enforcement or inspectional agencies where prior authorization for use is not feasible. However, when reassignment is made, the terms under which the vehicles are to be used should be stipulated. Thus, in the case of police patrol cars, it may be desirable to use them for transporting employees, in an emergency, between points not adequately served by public transportation facilities. An understanding could also be secured that unnecessary police cruising will be eliminated by putting patrol cars on call at fire houses and by having road cars stationed at traffic concentration points. Where commercial-type vehicles are involved, a careful study should be made of their use and a plan enforced to assure their most efficient utilization. Moreover, closer supervision should be maintained over all reassigned vehicles to make certain that they are properly maintained and operated.
The central pooling of privately owned cars can be put into effect either by allowing extra compensation for carrying additional passengers or by establishing the rule that reimbursement for mileage will be denied to employees not operating their cars within the pool. One State provides that the employee who is willing to pool the service of his car will receive 5 cents per mile for his own transportation and 2
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cents a mile extra up to a maximum of 10 cents a mile for each additional employee whom he carries. Each department is then billed by the central office at the rate of 5 cents a mile for each of its employees riding in the car up to a maximum of 10 cents a mile for any one department. In this way, the central office can show a “profit” on the transaction which can be applied to the cost of operating the office and to the purchase of additional motor equipment and repairs. Because this is a bookkeeping measure, the Government saves money since, for example, the transportation of five persons will only show a net cost of 10 cents a mile as compared to 25 cents, should each employee ride in a separate car.
It should be noted that central pooling does not necessarily mean that all cars must be kept at the same place. It merely means that the control of their use is centrally exercised.
Prior Clearance of Travel
The success of a truly effective mileage conservation program rests upon the requirement that travel for all departments and agencies must be authorized .in advance in the office of the Governm^ht Mileage Administrator. Where the authority to authorize travel is retained at the departmental level, the maximum amount of interdepartmental cooperation should be obtained through voluntary clearance with the Government Mileage Administrator or by means of a bulletin board.
The steps to be taken in administering a system of central advance clearance for travel in the Mileage Administrator’s office are as follows:
1. Application.—Each employee files an application for approval of his trip by passenger car preceding the proposed trip. Such applications should be filed for trips of 1 day, or itineraries of more than 1 day. At the latest, filing should be on the day preceding the start of the trip, and at a designated time. When possible to plan schedules, itineraries of a week or more should be requested on one application, and filed as far in advance of the trip as possible. A statement of the duties to be performed should be included in the application. This should be in brief detail to give the administrator sufficient information to group intelligently compatible services in pooled automobile travel.
2. Coordination of Applications.—This should be attained by two basic methods:
A. Visual, by location.—In which the points to which travel is requested are grouped. The use of pins on a map of the territory being served is the best visual index. This method, coupled with a matched grouping of the applications, clarifies overlapping destinations.
B. Compatibility of services.—In which travel to identical destinations is carefully considered by the administrator so that traveling employees may be properly grouped in terms of the work to be performed. Pooling serves little purpose if an essential service on a “one-stop job” is combined with another on a trip involving 20 calls. The administrative feasibility of consolidated trips is an important factor in the successful operation of a pooling plan. By full knowledge of all travel through a centralized control point, inefficiencies arising from unsound combinations can be avoided. Similarly, travel can be planned
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by combinations of various methods, using pool cars, assigned cars, and common carriers to complete a point-to-point journey. For example: An employee may be assigned to a pool car for travel from an origin point to city A. The pool car may then go on to another point, and the employee remaining in city A travel to city B by bus. At city B the employee is picked up by another pool car for travel to city C and returned to the point of origin.
3. Checking of travel reguests with common carrier schedules.— Each application should be checked against the common carrier schedules to see if jailroad or bus services are adequate. If it appears from the duties to be performed and the time schedule given that common carriers will suffice, the applicant should be so advised.
4. Authorization of travel.—Each employee should be provided with a certificate indicating that his travel has been approved and listing the names of the persons who are to accompany him ór whom he is to accompany. In the case of privately owned vehicles, if the employees are anxious to use their cars, a system of rotation can be applied.
5. Travel records.—The mileage administrator should maintain the following information:
A. An index of all vehicles which might be operated, either Government or privately owned, such index showing the ownership, license number, and capacity of the vehicle. Each vehicle should be assigned an identifying number.
B. The approximate position of each car in travel as indicated by numbered pins on a map to correspond with the identifying number.
C. A periodic statement to each department, listing the travel approved for that department and the amount of reimbursement due.
Dispatching System
Where delivery, messenger, and passenger shuttle services are used within the confines of a city or other comparable geographic area, a central dispatching system is a great mileage saver. Police cars assigned for cruising and for emergency calls can adopt much the same plan. A description of a dispatching system in use is given in the Appendix, pages 62-64.
Use of Public Carriers, Telephone, and Mails to Save Mileage
Whenever possible, alternative means of transportation and communication should be used. A study of public carrier routes and schedules will often disclose that such facilities can be used to advantage. One State Mileage Administrator found that, prior to establishing central travel clearance, 14 passenger cars carrying 1 official each drove between the State capitol and an outlying town, 4 of them, incidentally, from the same department. This was done despite the fact that 32 round trips a day were made by public carriers. Under the administrator’s'regulations now in effect, all travel between these points is made by common carrier.
The practice has developed of purchasing streetcar tokens and passes for the use of employees required to make short trips around town. Economies in mileage and cost of operation can similarly be
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made by having high ranking officials use taxis rather than individually assigned cars and chauffeurs. In one instance, cars costing $6 a day to operate and used only a few hours a day were withdrawn from assignment, and the same transportation was furnished by taxi service at a cost of only a few cents a day.
The full use of telephone and mail services oftentimes reduces the need for travel. Unnecessary personal calls which require travel by passenger car can be eliminated. Careful scheduling of appointments in advance can result in fuller utilization of time spent on field trips; and appointments can be made at times when it is known that common carriers will provide transportation rather than with the hope that the timetable will fit the meeting hour. Preparation of informal bulletins and reply forms, coupled with frequent announcements through the press of governmental policies and procedures, also helps materially to conserve mileage by reducing demands upon officials.
Proper Maintenance and Operation of Equipment
Through proper maintenance and operation of motor vehicular equipment, savings in tires and gasoline can be made which achieve results corresponding to a substantial reduction of mileage. There is no advantage in saving tires by reducing the amount and speed of driving only to have them ruined by abuse and neglect. Likewise, there is no point in eliminating unnecessary mileage to save gasoline while, at the same time, an equivalent amount of gasoline is wasted through operating an improperly tuned motor or because of an operator’s faulty driving habits.
Certain general maintenance and operation techniques should be observed:
1. Inspect all vehicles every 1,000 miles.
2. Replace faulty parts before a break-down occurs.
3. Have repairs made by skilled mechanics.
4. Place official vehicles under shelter wherever possible.
5. Observe the 35-mile-an-hour speed limit.
6. Train drivers in proper driving habits.
7. Supply official vehicles with “defect report cards,” on which those using the cars report any defect, even those of minor nature, when the car is returned to the central garage. These cards may be turned over to a repair foreman, or placed under the blade of the windshield wiper in plain view, to assure correction of defects before the vehicle is used again.
8. Secure professional tire-conservation service now being offered, for a nominal fee, by several tire manufacturing concerns, if 10 or more vehicles are operated.
Certify Ration Applications
Working in cooperation with the department heads of a government unit, the administrator is in the best position to certify applications for gasoline, tire, and motor vehicle rations for official vehicles and for gasoline rations for those which are privately owned but operated in government service. By such a method, all departments and individuals receive fair and impartial treatment, no essential service need is sacrificed for one which is nonessential, arid the granting of inflated? rations is precluded.
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Under the principle of the separation of powers, the Government Mileage Administrator’s authority ordinarily extends only to the certification of ration applications for motor vehicles used by the executive branch. However, it is suggested that the cooperation of the judicial and legislative branches with the Government Mileage Conservation Program be solicited by the chief executive officer.
A. Certification Procedure
1. The Government Mileage Administrator should seek from his chief executive officer the sole authority to certify all ration applications involving motor vehicles used in the service of at least the executive branch. This authority should extend to all types of rations, as described in Section C, pages 17-18, although it may be exercised over one or more types of rations as determined by the chief executive.
2. The Mileage Administrator notifies the national, State, or district office of the Office of Price Administration, as the case may be of: (1) his name; (2) his office address; (3) the authority which he exercises over the approval or certification of all ration applications involving motor vehicles, including a statement whether or not this authority extends to the legislative and judicial branches; and (4) the identity of the government unit which he represents. The recommended procedure to be followed is:
(a) Federal Government Mileage Administrators in Washington should transmit this information to the national office of the Office of Price Administration. Furthermore, each Federal departmental administrator who is represented in the field by field mileage administrators, should instruct them to furnish the above-mentioned information to the appropriate district offices of the Office of Price Administration when the internal development of the Mileage Conservation Program makes this step possible.
(&) State Government Mileage Administrators should notify the district office of the Office of Price Administration which has jurisdiction over the area which includes the capital city.
(c) Local Government Mileage Administrators should notify the district office of the Office of Price Administration which has jurisdiction over the area which includes the seat of government.
3. The particular office of the Office of Price Administration which receives this information will transmit it to the War Price and Rationing Boards within its jurisdiction and to the appropriate district office of the Office of Defense Transportation for tneir use when considering motor vehicular applications from the unit of government whose mileage administrator has officially indicated participation in the Government Mileage Conservation Program.
4. Department heads are advised by the mileage administrator, and through them employees are notified, that as of a fixed date, all ration applications for vehicles must be certified by the administrator.
5. As renewal dates for rations are known well in advance, applications are prepared and mailed or delivered to the administrators, depending upon whether the employees are at the seat of government or in the field. Upon receipt of such applications, the administrator :
(®) Compares the requested ration with current usage.
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(5) Determines whether or not the reduction policy has been considered.
6. If the application is reasonable, in accordance with reduced needs, it is certified by the administrator and returned to the applicant for presentation to his local War Price and Rationing Board. If the application shows a request for an increase in rations, the administrator:
(«) Contacts the department head to determine if any new or extended duties make additional ration necessary.
(5) Agrees on the essential increase if such is generally necessary, and certifies accordingly.
(c) Advises the department head that certification will be at the reduced level if no need for increase is shown. Certification is then given at the reduced figure, designated in red beside the applicant’s requested figure, and plainly marked as the ration to he granted. Some State administrators use a special rubber stamp calling attention to any variance between the reguested and certified ration allowances.
(d) Checks on any applications which may have gone directly to a rationing board or to the district ODT office without passing through the administrator’s office. Arrangements should be made to have these reviewed by the administrator for any adjustment which he feels is warranted.
B. Action of OPA Ration Boards and ODT District Offices on Applications
Local War Price and Rationing Boards and the district ODT offices have been advised to proceed by the following methods:
1. Local ~War Price and Rationing Boards
(a) Whenever an application for gasoline, tires, and automobiles is made on behalf of a government agency which is under the jurisdiction'of a Government Mileage Administrator, the Board should determine whether or not that application has been approved by the Mileage Administrator in accordance with the approval or certification authority which he exercises in behalf of his own government. If it has not been approved by the Mileage Admin-istrator in accordance with his authority, the Board should require such approval unless the applicant furnishes satisfactory explanation for not securing it.
Therefore, the Government Mileage Administrator should notify appropriate department heads and employees that applications involving gasoline and tires for vehicles owned by the government, or the purchase of automobiles for government use, should have the approval of the administrator before the application is forwarded to the Board.
(6) Where the Board is notified that the Government Mileage Administrator of a particular unit of government has sole authority to certify applications for supplemental gasoline rations needed for official business in private cars or motorcycles, the Board shall require such certification by the Government Mileage Administrator.
In this case, the administrator should notify all department heads and employees, where, there is use of private cars or motorcycles on
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Government business, that applications must be certified by the administrator before being forwarded to the Board.
(a) Under the Mileage Rationing Regulations, Ration Order 5C, the Boards have broad discretion in requiring evidence of occupational needs when passing upon applications for official and supplemental gasoline rations. It is, therefore, within the scope of the Boards’ authority to question the need for the amount of occupational mileage sought by any unit of government which fails to meet effectively any or all provisions of the Government Mileage Conservation Program.
2. District Offices of the Office of Defense Transportation .
(a) The district ODT offices have been notified by their national office that any working arrangement which is made with the Government Mileage Administrators in their respective areas is a matter for their own determination. The Mileage Administrator should take the initiative and arrange a meeting with the district ODT office to confer on an agreeable procedure whereby his advice and recommendation may be received when considering Certificates of War Necessity for commercial vehicles used by his Government or for the purchase of new commercial-type equipment.
3. Action on applications for vehicles used in the service of legislative and judicial branches.
Unless the rationing boards and district ODT offices are specifically informed of the Mileage Administrator’s authority to certify ration applications for vehicles used by the judicial and legislative branches, they will require his certification only on applications for vehicles used by the executive branch. Where legislative and judicial applications are not to be certified by the Government Mileage Administrator, the certification procedure will follow that which has always been prescribed in the Regulations, OPA Ration Order 5C.
State and local Government Mileage Administrators should, when submitting to the appropriate OPA district office the statement of their certification authority over motor vehicular ration applications, specifically mention whether or not this authority extends to the legislative and judicial branches.
C. Types of Motor Vehicle Rations
The Mileage Administrator’s certification authority should extend to all applications for:
1. Gasoline Rations (see Appendix, pages 66-67).
(a) Official.—For passenger vehicles owned by the Government, on OPA Form R-551.
(b) Supplemental.—For passenger vehicles which are privately owned and operated in Government service with or without compensation, on OPA Forms R-535 and R-543 (Renewal).
(c) Preferred.—Same as for (5).
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After any Lubrication Service or Oil Change is performed on State of. California Motor Vehicle, fill in above information. MAIL THIS CARD IMMEDIATELY. Dealer Name or Station Stamp , SIGN - (Signature in full) Address
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GOVERNMENT MILEAGE CONSERVATION PROGRAM
SUBMITTED BT (GOV'T OR GOV'T AGENCY)
ADDRESS
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FORM APPROVED* BUDGET BUREAU NO. 00-RJM APPROVAL EXPIRES 12-31-43
Jan. to March 31 194
April 1 to June 30 194
July to Sept. 30 194
Oct. to Dec. 31, 194
QUARTERLY REPORT
TO BE PREPARED WITHIN 10 DAYS FOLLOWING THE END OF EACH CALENDAR QUARTER
SIGNATURE Of GOV'T MILEAGE ADM.
POSITION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ml LEAK ADMINISTRATORS ;
Within ten days following the end of each calendar quarter, each local government mileage administrator should,prepare in triplicate a report on opa form R-567, cove ri ng all vehicles for which he is responsible as an administrator of the program. One copy of this report should Jml retained in the administrator's files, and the original and one copy submitted to the state government mileage administrator.
STATE GOVERNMENT MILEAGE ADMINISTRATORS Within ten days following the end of each calendar quarter, the state government mileage administrator should prepare In triplicate a report on opa Form R-567, covering all vehicles used in the service at the state. One copy of this reoort should be retained, in |he administrator’s files, and the original submitted to the Office of Price Administration, Automotive Supply Rationing Division, Washington, o. 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 adninistrator, after examination for adequacy, should also'forward to theOfflce of Price Adm! hi st rat ion. Automotive Supply Rationing Division, Washington, 0. C., one copy of each quarterly report submitted to him by local government mileage administrators.' * ' FEDERAL DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY Ml LEAK ADMINISTRATORS Within ten days following the end of each calendar quarter, each federal mileage administrator in Washington, 0« C., should prepare In triplicate a report on OPA'Fom R-567, covering all vehicles under the jurisdiction of his department or agency. One copy of this report should be retained in the files of thead-ministrator, and the original and one copy submitted to the Office Of Price Administration, Automotive Supply Rationing Division, Washington, D. C. I. Mileage of Publicly and privately owned or Leased vehicles used Id PubllciService
TYPE of VEHICLE HUMBER OF VEHICLES IM USE NUMBER OF MILES DRIVEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE
BEGINNING OF REPORT PERIOD DURING SAME PERIOD during current 'quarterly REPORT .PERIOD DURING SAME QUARTER IN 1941 2> (LEAVE SUNK) FROMdAN.l OP CURRENT YEAR TO ENO OF REPORT DURING SAME PERIOD IN 1941 ¿I 3/ (LEAVE BUNK)
GOVERNMENT PRIVATELY TOTAL
OWNED LEASED
PASSENGER
MOTORCYCLE
TRUC*
BUS
OTHER
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¿7 Consider station ss^pssssnjsr^csrs, ¿7 In^ths sbssnct^of asaamblad data for 1941, • ' 3/ Those eolunms need not bo fllledln 2. Attach a separate statement to the initial quarterly report describing measures taken to reduce mileage. This should cover Such matters as the pooling of cars, the methods of authorizing passenger-car travel, the assignment of cars, mileage-reporting methods of maintaining and operating equipment* and the like. By wayof illustration please furnish duplicate copies of material re’ating to the program, such as ordinances or executive orders, travel forms, bullet ins,important news releases,and similar matter, with later quarterly reports send copies of additional materials showing changes.and developments. 3« Suggestions to improve program: (If th« spaee below-1a Insufficient attach a separate sheet)
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*. MOW THE GOVERNMENT MILEAGE CONSERVATION PROGRAM IS CLUSTERED •Th» quotient on thl« pogo n««d bo ansverod only at the tl«o the flrat report Is •u*mittM» On subsequent report« Indleeto significant cnanges.l
A HOW WAS THE MILEAGE CONSERVATION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED? AUTHORIZATION FOR TRAVEL BY AUTOMOBILE IS CLEARED»
Statute, ordinance, -or resolution 1 in the case of publicly-owned or leased vehicles:
| order of chief executive
I Departmental or agency order prior to travel
| Other
| pot yet in effect: will be put jn effect cn 4OAT Fl | After travel
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In the case of prlvateTy-wned or tensed vehicles used tn the public
1 WHAT TYPE OF REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE MILEAGE CONSERVATION PROGRAM?
T| prior to travel
| a!1 types, or
I Only passenger cars and motorcycles | After travel
| Only comnercial-type vehicles □'
2j Other
0 THE MILEAGE ADMINISTRATOR’S AUTHORITY EXTENDS TO: E ADMINISTRATOR NAS SOLE CERTIFYING .AUlWRITY FOR:
control of use of all vehicles of the type Included within the “| mileage conservation program ¿11 ration applications involving motor vehicles operated in government
. control of use of vehicles only in certain departments,bureaus, and J agencies* Please list exceptions: —|Certain types of motor vehicles or rations« ftflowee-
__ Gasoline applications fbr pubTicly-twneW passenger cars and fj motorcycles
, , Gasoline applications for privately-owned passenger cars and mo-II torcycles driven in the public service
_ Applications for Certificates of war Necessity for commercial-type . n vehicles.
coordination of the mileage conservation program but with actual control over use of motor vehicles exercised by the various de- —| partnvnts, bureaus, and agencies*
J“| Applications for tires for publicly-owned vehicles
"1 Applications for the purchase of motor vehicles
OPA FORM R-567 MCN
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Maintenance Instructions Issued by the Department of the Interior
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
August 15, 19^1. Order No. 1601.
In view of the national emergency it is important to conserve petroleum products such as gasoline and lubricants. Large savings in these products can be effected through observance of certain proven practices. It is desired that employees of the Department comply with the following requirements in the operation of government-owned, motor-driven equipment and vehicles in the interest of economy and safety:
1. Do not race the motor.
2. Do not accelerate too fast—“pickup” moderately.
3. Use the choke sparingly and as Infrequently as possible.
4. Do not “ride the clutch” and see that it does not slip.
5. Keep tires inflated to pressure recommended by manufacturer.
6. Do not overload the vehicle.
7. Use proper lubricants and change oil and grease regularly.
8. Reduce engine idling time to a minimum.
9. Stop the motor when the car is not in motion, for instance, when loading or unloading.
10. Check ignition system, including coil and distributor, at regular intervals to see that all parts are in adjustment. Have all connections tight. Clean spark plugs and have electrode gaps set properly.
11. Keep carburetor in proper adjustment for seasonal temperatures.
12. Be sure that engine has proper compression by having the motor tuned up periodically and repairs made when necessary—low compression results in excessive fuel consumption. A reduction in compression indicates defective piston rings, sticky valves, worn cylinder walls, or improper valve seating, etc.
13. Check fuel and oil lines for leaks.
14. Keep cooling system clean and radiator filled to proper level.
15. Always drive as far as possible to the right except when passing.
16. Do not swerve car in going around curves.
17. Keep within the lane when indicated on the highway.
Gasoline and oil consumption in a vehicle in the best condition can be materially reduced by traveling at reasonable speeds. A speed of 40 miles per hour should be the maximum, except in case of extreme emergency such as the apprehension of game law violators. [In Order No. 1734, dated September 11, 1942, the Secretary reduced the speed limit on all passenger cars, trucks, or other vehicles belonging to, or under the jurisdiction of, the Department to 35 miles an hour. ] All State, municipal, and local laws and regulations on speed and driving of motor vehicles shall be complied with.
It is imperative that work projects be planned and managed so that motor vehicle mileage and heavy equipment operation hours can be reduced without decreasing the effectiveness of the work; for example, arrange schedules to avoid cross-hauling and useless trips and do not use heavy equipment where light equipment will suffice.
Observance of these requirements will result in a great saving in gasoline, fuel oil, and lubricants. The resultant lower operation cost per vehicle mile and per hour cost of heavy equipment will accrue as direct savings in Government funds. The observance of these rules will also result in better maintained and safer equipment, both items of which are highly important to all of us.
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior.
APPENDIX C •
A Central Dispatching System for Motor Vehicles used by the Office for. Emergency Management, Washington, D. C.
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Description of Central Dispatching System___________________i____ 62
Figure 1, Control Board for Central Dispatching System----- 63
Figure 2, Daily Record of Motor Vehicle Use________________ 63
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A Central Dispatching System
1. The purpose of the control board shown in Figure 1 is to allocate the equipment properly, to keep the dispatchers informed as to the availability of services, and to keep mileage to a minimum in order to conserve tires, gasoline, time, expenses, and equipment.
2. The side or vertical line of letters represents Dispatching Stations.
8. The top or horizontal line of letters represents Receiving Stations.
4. In the space at the top of the board are blocks of wood, approximately one inch square and one-quarter inch thick. These blocks represent vehicles. The blocks are elementary in color; red on one side and green on the opposite. Green is for GO and red is for STOP.
5. On the table with this board is an inter-communicating system with a direct line to each Dispatching Station represented on the board.
6. The motors are sent out from the Central Dispatching Station and are allocated according to the needs of each Station.
7. When the driver reports in to the dispatcher at the Receiving Station, the dispatcher immediately calls the control dispatcher and notifies him that the vehicle and driver are in and that they are available.
8. Before the driver leaves this point on his next assignment, the dispatcher calls the control dispatcher on the direct line and reports that he is dispatching the motor. He gives the number of stops and the last stop. If the last stop is a pick-up, he has the driver report back to the Dispatching Station. If the last stop is a delivery, then the control dispatcher has the driver report to the nearest Receiving Station that needs his services.
9. On the board, the movements of the vehicles are enacted by means of the blocks. For example, Vehicle No. 1 is leaving Dispatching Station “E”. The driver has six stops and when he finishes his calls or deliveries, he is to report to Receiving Station “C”. The' block would be placed where the horizontal lines of Station “E” and the vertical lines of Station “C” cross. The block would have the green side up. This indicates that Vehicle No. 1 left Station “E”, and upon completion of the assignment would report to Station “C”. This is to prevent the overlapping of runs. Assume, for instance, that Vehicle No. 1 leaves Station “E” and unless otherwise directed, will return there. Station “0” is fifty blocks from Station “E” and only six blocks from the last place the driver stopped. If it were not for the Control Board, that would mean he would have to go the fifty blocks back to Station “E”. The Control Board would, in this instance, eliminate the traveling of a hundred blocks. When the vehicle arrives at the Receiving Station, the block is turned up RED and placed in the space, in the vertical line of letters, for that station. The vehicle is now available for service at Station “E”.
10. Daily records on each vehicle are kept following a form like the one illustrated in Figure 2.
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Figure 1
(The shaded blocks 1 and 3 are green; the unshaded blocks 2 and 4 are red.)
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Control Board for Central Dispatching System, Office for Emergency Management, Washington, D. C.
Figure 2
Vehicle No. Time out Number of building stops Number of calls and deliveries Dispatching station Receiving | station Time in
1 10:00 4 7 E c 11:35
1 11:55 2 3 C F 12:15
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Daily Record of Motor Vehicle Use Under Central Dispatching System
APPENDIX D
A Brief Guide to the Mileage Rationing and New Passenger Automobile
Rationing Regulations (November 1, 1943)
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Gasoline_______________________________________________________________ 65
Tires _________________________________________________________________ 66
Automobiles___________________x_________________—______________________ 67
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Securing Compliance With Mileage Rationing and Vehicle Purchase Regulations
A. Gasoline
1. The Regulations make, the following distinctions in the kinds of rations to be issued for motor vehicles used for public purposes:
a. Official rations.—Mileage Rationing: Gasoline Regulations 5C, Sections 1394.7751-1394.7757. Official rations may be issued with respect to passenger automobiles and motorcycles (except military vehicles) owned or leased by Federal, State, local, or foreign governments or government agencies.
_ (1) Official rations may be issued for occupational driving only, that is, driving, in the performance of official business. With respect to each vehicle, the applicant must show.either (i) that transportation is needed for occupational purposes and that no alternate adequate means of transportation are available; or (ii) that a bona fide ride-sharing arrangement of the same kind as that required for issuance of Supplemental rations has been entered into. In such event, the persons to be carried need not sign the application, but their names and addresses must be listed on a sheet attached to the application. The Regulations should be consulted for details.
(2 ) Section 1394.7753 (b) provides that “each application for official rations must be certified by a government mileage administrator (or. by his authorized agent) if one has been designated by the government or government agency to exercise authority to certify such applications on behalf of the unit of government or the specified branch thereof which owns or leases the vehicle for which application is made. If no such government mileage administrator has been designated, such application must be certified by an officer empowered to authorize or supervise travel for the government or government agency which owns or leases the vefiicle for which the ration is sought.”
&. Transport rations.—Ration Order 5C, Sections 1394.7801-1394.7807. Transport rations are intended for use by (1) “commercial vehicles” as defined in the Regulations, such as busses, trucks, ambulances or hearses, taxicabs or jitneys and the like, and, (2) all types of vehicles owned or leased by the Military and Naval Forces of the United States or by State military forces.
(1) Commercial vehicles under regulations of the Office of Defense Transportation. General Order ODT-21 provides that no commercial vehicles as defined in the Regulations, except as stipulated in (2) below, may be operated without a Certificate of War Necessity issued by the Office of Defense Transportation, and no ration may be issued unless such a Certificate is presented. In case of doubt, the matter should be referred for decision to the Office of Defense Transportation.
(2) Military vehicles which are exempt from control by the Office of Defense Transportation. •
Vehicles owned or leased by the Armed Forces of the United States or by a State may be operated without a Certificate of War Necessity, and hence may receive rations without presenting this Certificate.
c. Nonpreferred supplemental rations—Ration Order 5C, Section 1394,7701-1394.7705. Nonpreferred Supplemental rations are issued for passenger automobiles and motorcycles other than official and fleet vehicles for, occupational mileage in excess of the “A” ration.
(1) Supplemental rations may be issued to an officer, agent, representative, or employee of a government or a government agency for driving in a privately owned or leased passenger ear or motorcycle in the performance of official > business.
(2) The applicant must show that the mileage is for occupational purposes and that either a bona fide ride-sharing agreement has been made pursuant to which at least four persons will be regularly carried or that as many persons as can be reasonably transported are carried and that no adequate alternative means of transportation exist. Where rapid transit systems exist or where an area is declared to have unfilled public transportation facilities, the Board may deny Supplemental mileage, even where full ride-sharing agreement has been made, if the applicant can use such means of transportation.
(3) An application for supplemental rations for driving in the public service “must be certified, as indicated thereon, by a government mileage ad
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ministrator (or by his authorized agent) if one has been designated by such government or government agency to exercise authority to certify such applications on behalf of the unit of government or the specified branch thereof in respect to which the application is made. If no such government mileage administrator has been designated, sucli application must be certified by an officer who is empowered to authorize or supervise travel for such government or government agency.”—Section 1394.7704 (a) (5b
(4) Ordinarily, the mileage administrator certifies only that part of the nonpreferred supplemental ration application which involves driving in line of duty. However, if he is charged by his government with responsibility for supervising ride-sharing groups for home-to-work driving, he may also certify such mileage. ' ,
d. Preferred supplemental rations.—Ration Order 5C, Section 1394.7706. Supplementary mileage in excess of that provided by the “A” and “B” ration books is referred to as preferred mileage.
(1) Preferred mileage may be issued to an agent, officer, representative, or employee'of a government or government agency for driving a privately owned or leased passenger car or motorcycle on official business, who either holds an elective office or who is compensated by such government or government agency for his personal services or for travel expenses incurred in the travel for which preferred mileage is sought.
(a) Eligibility of government. agents, officers, representatives, or employees for preferred mileage differs from nonpreferred eligibility in that such officers or employees must either hold an elective office or receive compensation for their . personal services or for travel expenses incurred in the travel for which preferred mileage is sought. This provision excludes volunteer workers for preferred eligibility as government workers. Certain classes of volunteer government workers have been made eligible for preferred mileage in subsection (x) which has been added to Section 1304.7706.
(&) The tests described above in Section (c) (2) must be met.
(c) Daily or periodic travel between home or lodging and a fixed place of work is not deemed the performance of official business. However, travel by members of federal and state legislative bodies between their place of residence and the city or town of legislative session is deemed the carrying out of official functions. A similar definition is given to travel within the city or town of the legislative session and within the legislators’ respective legislative district or elsewhere which involves the carrying out of their functions and duties as legislators. However, daily or periodic travel between home or lodgings and a fixed place of work is not considered official business.
(2) All applications for preferred supplemental rations must be certified as indicated above in Section (c) (3). The certification of volunteer worker applications does not come within the jurisdiction of the government mileage administrators.
B. Tires
Tires for passenger cars and commercial-type motor vehicles are secured as follows, under the Tire Regulations, Ration Order 1A:
1. Passenger cars—Eligibility for Grade I or III tire is determined by the mileage allowed by gasoline ration, provided all the other eligibility requirements are met, including proof of need and periodic inspection. Generally, a new tire cannot be obtained if the applicant has a recappable tire carcass. Vehicles required to answer emergency calls at high rates of speed, however, such as police cars, are eligible for Grade I tires irrespective of the mileage allowed. Sections 1315.501, 1315.502, 1315.503.
2. Commercial-type motor vehicles.—Eligibility for tires is determined by the function performed by the vehicle. The Regulations provide eligibility for certain commercial motor vehicles whose functions are considered essential and includes vehicles used exclusively as ambulances, for fire fighting, for the maintenance of sanitation services, and for road construction purposes. Excluded from eligibility for replacement are commercial motor vehicles whose functions are deemed nonessential, an example of which is the transportation of materials or services solely for landscaping dr the beautification of a construction project. Even when List A functions are performed by the vehicle, the Local Board may determine that the functions performed by the use of the tires are not essential to the public health, public safety, or the war effort,
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and the tire application may be denied. Thus, a truck delivering an essential commodity may be denied tires because an alternative adequate means of transportation not requiring the use of rubber Is available.
All applications for tires or tubes are made on OPA Form R-l and R-l Revised, except in the case of emergency reserve applicants. Such applications are made on Form 'OPA R-19.
C. Motor Vehicles-
1. Passenger Automobiles
a. A government or government agency may acquire a 1942 car list priced at or below $1,500, according to Revised Price Schedule No. 85, for certain purposes provided it needs a car for its own use and does not have the use of a serviceable one for the specified purpose. The uses for which such a car may be acquired are listed in Section 1.3 (a), appearing in Amendments 2 and 5 to Ration Order No. 2B.
b. A government or government agency may acquire a 1942 car list priced over $1,500, according to Revised Price Schedule No. 85, or any convertible car regardless of price, provided it needs a car and does not have the use of a serviceable one.
In either of the above cases, application is made on Form R-213 (Revised), either in person or by mail, to the Local War Price and" Rationing Board serving the area where the car will normally be garaged.
Federal government agencies make application directly to the Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C., on Form R-216 or on any other form approved by the Office of Price Administration. However, if the agency has authorized the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department to buy new cars for it, the application must be filed with the Procurement Division.
The following may acquire a 1942 car in exchange for a Government Exemption Permit issued by the War Production Board:
(1) Army and Navy of the United States.
(2) United States Maritime Commission.
(3) Panama Canal.
(4) Coast and Geodetic Survey.
(5) Coast Guard.
(6) Civil Aeronautics Authority.
(7) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
(8) Office of Scientific Research and Development.
(9) Office of Lend-Lease Administration.
(10) War Shipping Administration.
(11) A person who acquires a 1942 car for export to and use m any foreign
c A government or government agency may acquire a 1942 car list priced at or above $2,500, according to Revised Price Schedule No. 85, or any 1941 car driven less than 1,000 miles, provided the car will be used in work contributing to the war effort or the public welfare. .
In this case, a statement (described in Ration Order 2B, Section 1.2) is signed bv the buyer and seller and is then sent to the Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C. Upon receipt of this statement, a clearance statement permitting the car to be registered is issued. Provided the car is a 1942 model and provided that the conditions of Section 1.2 are satisfied. No clearance statement to'register a 1941 car is necessary
d. There are no restrictions on 1941 cars driven over 1,000 miles, or on any other previous models. . _T ,. , ~ . ,,
e Departments and agencies filing applications in Washington, D. C., should consult Operating Instruction No. 1-0 (Paragraph 3103) of the Automobile Guide to Automobile Rationing Regulations for special procedures which apply.
2 New commercial-type vehicles—Application for the purchase of new commercial-type vehicles is made on Form WPB--663, formerly PD-310. This form mav be secured from any truck dealer or from the local allocation officer m the Bureau of Motor Carriers, Interstate Commerce Commission. It is then submitted to the local allocation officer. In case the application is disapproved by the local allocation officer, the applicant has the right, under General Conservation Order M-100, to file an appeal within 30 days from date of disapproval addressing his letter of appeal to the chairman of the appeal board in care of of fhe local allocation officer.
APPENDIX E
A Directory of Federal and State Government Mileage Administrators and of OPA and ODT National and Field Offices (October 15, 1943)
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Federal Mileage Administrators----------------------------___________ 69
State Mileage Administrators_________:------------------------------- , 70
Office of Price Administration________________________.__________— 71
Office of Defense Transportation_______________________________________ t 72
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Federal Mileage Administrators
Washington, D. C.
Agriculture________________________:—2________Arthur B. Thatcher.
Office of Economic Warfare-----------------E. H. Glade.
Bureau of the Budget__________________________Jacob Hale.
Civil Aeronautics Board_______________________ G. L. Zuch.
Civil Service Commission______________________H. G. Porter.
Commerce Department___________________________John S. Collins.
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs_________Lawrence B. Kinports.
Federal Bureau of Investigation---------------C. A. Tolson.
Federal Communications Commission--------.----- Stacy Norman.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation---------Neil G. Greensides.
Federal Power Commission----------------------Leon M. Fuquay.
Federal Reserve System------.------—----------Fred A. Nelson.
Federal Security Agency—----------------------Taylor H. McCauley.
Federal Trade Commission----------------------Otis B. Johnson.
Federal Works Agency.--------------------— Ernest E. Hall.
General Accounting Office---------------------Reed F. Martin.
Interior Department—--------—-----------------Floyd E. Dotson.
Interstate Commerce Commission----------------C. E. Calvert.
Justice Department----------------------------H. C. Donaldson.
Labor Department____________._________________James E. Dodson.
Maritime Commission___________________________R- L- McDonald.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics---Ralph Ulmer.
National Archives-----------------------------
National Capital Park and Planning Commission— T. S. Settle
National Gallery of Art-----------------------^reer‘
National Housing Agency-----------------------L.E. Williams.
Federal Housing Administration------------------Wesley Zane.
Federal Public Housing Authority----------x-----George A. Baird.
Federal Home Loan Bank Administration--------J. Francis Moore.
National War Labor Board----------------------John Meyers. ■
Navy Department------------------------------ ArHiur Hllk
Office of Alien Property Custodian (Chicago, DL)_. R. ® -Linenan.
S bo—r.
' Office of Defense Transportation-----------C. N. Leign.
Office for Emergency Management---------------— Jonn r. waisn.
Office of Lend-Lease Administration----------Philip t
Office of Price Administration---------------Glendon J. Mowitt.
Office of Scientific Research and Development-SSciilboro J?
Office of Strategic Services----------------- Tnhn^S^
Office of War Information--------------------John P“tcha •
Panama Canal--------------------------------------
Washington Office-----------------------------R- 22 ey‘ „
Post Office Department-----------------------— A. G- Biedenweg.
Railroad Retirement Board (Chicago, Ill.)-------James J. Ryan.
Rpconstruction Finance Corporation--------------Frank J-racy.
Securities and Exchange Commission--------------Hastings P. Avery.
Smaller War Plants Corporation------------------Richard K McKey.
Smithsonian institution-------AL L. KeneSrick.
TenneessiPVaSy Authority (Knoxville, Tenn.)---Charles
Treasury Department-----------------------------p w Bafiev '
Veterans’ Administration------.--------- - - R £ Maxwell.
War Department---------“ Lt. Col. John L. Newbold. Jr.
War Manpower Commission------------------ • Robert s Deman.
War Production Board-------------- - Col R E Fiero<
- War Relocation Authority----------------- —
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State Mileage Administrators
Alabama: Allen Hargrove, 211 Highway Building, State Capitol, Montgomery, Ala.
Arizona: E. H. Braatelien, Arizona Highway Department Building, 1701 West Jackson St., Phoenix, Ariz.
Arkansas: Bryan Sims, State House, Little Rock, Ark.
California: A. H. Henderson, State House, Sacramento, Calif.
Colorado: William Williams, State House, Denver, Colo.
Connecticut: Edward Geissler, P. O. Box 60, Hartford, Conn.
Delaware: Walter B. McKendrick; Jr., State Capitol, Dover, Del.
District of Columbia: Col. J. D. Arthur, District Building, Washington, D. C.
Florida: Jesse J. Gilliam, Highway Patrol Building, Tallahassee, Fla.
Georgia : Hon. Ellis Arnall, State House, Atlanta, Ga.
Idaho: G. H. Davis, State House, Boise, Idaho.
Illinois: W. W. Polk, Centennial Building, Springfield, Ill.
Indiana: Ralph E. Wilson, Room 304, State House, Indianapolis, Ind.
Iowa: George Hesalroad, State House, Des Moines, Iowa.
Kansas: William A. Biby, New England Building, Topeka, Kans.
Kentucky: Robert Jewell, State Office Building, Frankfort, Ky.
Louisiana: W. H. Mecom, State Capitol Annex, Baton Rouge, La.
Maine: Robert Faulkner, State Capitol, Augusta, Maine.
Maryland: Capt. Andrew T. Conner, Pikesville Armory, Pikesville, Md.
Massachusetts: George J. Cronin, State House, Boston, Mass.
Michigan: Frank W. Herrick, Bank of Lansing Bldg., Lansing 4, Mich.
Minnesota: E’don Rowe, Highway Patrol Building, Saint Paul, Minn.
Mississippi: W. O. Tatum, Box 785, Hat-tiesbuig, Miss.
Missouri: Col. M. • Stanley Ginn, State Office Building, Jefferson City, Mo.
Montana: Max Ennis, State Highway Department, Helena, Mont.
Nebraska: Wardner G. Scott, State Capitol Bldg., Lincoln, Neb.
Nevada: Robert A. Allen, State Capitol Building, Carson City, Nev.
New Hampshire: Harry C. Brunel, State Capitol Building, Concord, N. H.
New Jersey: Wayne T. Cox, State House Annex, Trenton, N. J.
New Mexico: F. M. Limbaugh, State Capitol Building, Santa Fe, N. Mex.
North Carolina: W. H. Rogers, Jr., State House, Raleigh, N. C.
New York: C. J. Fletcher, Capitol Building, Albany, N. Y.
North Dakota: C. J. Crawford, Highway Department, Bismarck, N. Dak.
Ohio: Clyde C. Hadden, State House, Columbus, Ohio.
Oklahoma: Nelson H. Newman, State Capitol Building, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Oregon: Floyd J. Cook, State Capitol, Salem, Oreg.
Pennsylvania: T. Elmer Transeau, Bureau of Highway Safety, Harrisburg, 'Pa.
Rhode Island: G. Merlyn O’Keefe, Room 220, State Office Building, Providence, R. I.
South Carolina: J. S. Williamson, State House, Columbia, S. C.
South Dakota: A. B. Blake, Post Office, Pierre, S. Dak.
Tennessee: Clyde S. Jones, Tennessee State Office Building, Nashville, Tenn.
Texas: Col. Homer Garrison, ■ Camp Mabry, Austin, Tex.
Utah: J. H. Shaw, State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Vermont: Hubert E. Sargent, Highway Department Building, Montpelier, Vt.
Virginia: Burton Marye, Jr., Memorial Hall, 1201 East Broad Street, Richmond, Va.
Washington: J. D. Whittali, Highway Patrol, Olympia, Wash.
West Virginia: Melton M. Maloney, State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Wisconsin: August Frey, Room 12-A South, State Capitol, Madison, Wis.
Wyoming: W. E. Davis, State Highway Department, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Office of Price Administration
National Office, Washington 25, D. C.
Director, Automotive Supply Rationing Division, Charles F. Phillips. Chief, Gasoline Rationing Branch, Richard C. Harrison. Head, Government Mileage Conservation Program, R. Wallace Brewster.
Field Offices region i Regional Office, 55 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.
District Offices
55 Allyn Street, Hartford, Conn.
151 Water Street, Augusta, Maine.
7 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
15 Capitol Street, Concord, N. H.
938 Hospital Trust Building, Providence, R. I.
Pavilion Hotel, Montpelier, Vt.
REGION II
Regional Office, Empire State Building, New York 1, N. Y.
District Offices
102 Pennsylvania Railroad Building, Wilmington, Del.
5601 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Baltimore 'Trust Building, Baltimore, Md.
Broadway-Stevens Building, 300 Broadway, Camden,- N. J.
20 Washington Place, Newark, N. J.
Broad Street National Bank Building, 145 East State Street, Trenton, N. J.
Empire State Building, New York 1, N.Y.
112 State Street, Albany, N. Y.
Telephone Company Building, Binghamton, N. Y.
190 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
Syracuse-Kemper Building, Syracuse,
N. Y. ‘ ,
813 New Broad Street Station Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rothert Building, Twelfth Avenue and Twelfth Street, Altoona, Pa.
Commerce Building, Erie, Pa.
Blackstone Building, Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
205 Fulton Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lincoln Trust Building, Scranton Pa.
830 Government Place, Williamsport, Pa.
REGION HI
Regional Office, 863 Union Commerce Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
District Offices
510 North New Jersey Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
700 Kenyon Building, Louisville, Ky.
152 East Short Street, Lexington, Ky.
600 Griswold Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
506 Keeler Furniture Building, Fountain Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
101% East Ludington Street, Iron Mountain, Mich.
135 North Water Street, Saginaw, Mich.
68 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio.
605 Union Trust Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Union Commerce Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
.Home Bank Building, Toledo, Ohio. 217 Peoples Building, Charleston, W. Va. Fidelity Building, Wheeling, W. Va.
REGION IV
Regional Office, Candler Building, Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
District Offices
Bell Building, Montgomery 4, Ala.
Phoenix Building, Birmingham, Ala.
Ninth Floor, Barnett National Bank -Building, Jacksonville, Fla.
44 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Blun Building, 35 Bull Street, Savannah, Ga.
Tower Building, Jackson, Miss. 227 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, N. C.
Law Building, 730 East Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.
Liberty Life Building, Columbia, S. C.
Stahlman Building, Nashville, Tenn. 2113 Sterrick Building, Memphis, Tenn. Schmidt Building, Seventh and Franklin
Streets, Richmond, Va.
Frigidaire Building, 29 West Franklin Road, Roanoke, Va.
region v
Regional Office, Fidelity Building, 1000 Main Street, Dallas, Tex.
District Offices
Commercial National Bank Building, Little Rock, Ark.
York Rite Building, Wichita, Kans. Canal Bank Building, New Orleans, La. 720 Ardis Building, Shreveport, La.
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MANUAL FOR GOVERNMENT MILEAGE ADMINISTRATORS
640 Paul Brown Building, St. Louis, Mo.' Mutual Interstate Building, Kansas City
6, Mo.
Fifth Floor, Key Building, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mayo Building, Tulsa, Qkla.
Fort Worth Club Building, Fort Worth, Tex.
Rio Grande Building, 1100 Main Street, Dallas, Tex.
802 Electric Building, Houston, Tex.
208 Lubbock National Bank Building, Lubbock, Tex.
Majestic Building, San Antonio, Tex.
REGION VI
Regional Office, 226 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Ill.
District Offices
801 West Adams Street, Springfield, Ill.
1630 Fifth Avenue, Moline, Ill.
1100 Alliance Life Insurance Building, 410 South Main Street, Peoria, Ill.
228 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.
Liberty Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
Frances Building, Fifth and Pierce Streets, Sioux City, Iowa.
W-1281 First National Bank Building, St. Paul, Minn.
600 Christie Building, 120 North Fourth Avenue, Duluth, Minn.
Ill East Sixth Street, North Platte, Nebr.
City National Bank Building, Omaha, Nebr.
Universal Building, 510 Fourth Avenue North, Fargo, N. Dak.
405% Eighth Street, East Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Plankington Building, 161 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.
414 East Walnut Street, Green Bay,, Wis. La Crosse Building, Fifth Avenue and Jay Street, La Crosse, Wis.
Region VII
Regional Office, 506 Kittredge Building, Denver, Colo.
District Offices
420 Kittredge Building, Denver, Colo.
Capital Securities Building, Boise, Idaho.
Placer Hotel Building, Main and Grand Streets, Helena, Mont.
Rosenwald Building, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Atlas Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
600 East Twenty-fifth Street, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Region VIII
Regional Office, 1355 Market Street, San Francisco 3, Calif.
District Offices
17 West Van Buren Street, Phoenix, Ariz.
Western Pacific Building, 1031 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif.
California Fruit Building, Fourth and J Streets, Sacramento, Calif.
540 San Diego Trust & Savings Building, 530 Broadway, San Diego, Calif.
1355 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.
430 Patterson Building, Fresno, Calif.
285 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nev.
Bedell Building, 520 South West Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oreg.
1338 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, Wash.
Sun Life Building, 1023 Riverside Street, Spokane, Wash.
Office of Defense Transportation
Division of Motor Transport, National Office, Washington 25, D. O., Director, H. O. Arnot
District Offices
REGION I
5410 Empire State Building, New York, ■ N. Y.
119 Ann Street, Hartford, Conn.
152 Temple Street, New Haven, Conn.
148 Exchange Street, Bangor, Maine.
185 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.
196 Worthington Street, Springfield, Mass.
122 North Main Street, Concord, N. H.
1060 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.
143 East State Street, Trenton, N. J.
Room 1122-A, 112 State Street, Albany, N. Y.
64 Henry Street, Binghamton, N. Y.
1507 Genesee Building, Buffalo, N. Y.
477 Congress Street, Portland, Maine.
Masonic Temple Building, Peekskill, - N. Y.
411 Commerce Building, Rochester, N. Y.
1016 State Tower Building, Syracuse, N. Y. -
206 1st National Bank Building, Utica, N. Y.
235 Hospital Trust Building, Providence, R. I.
79.Main Street, Montpelier, Vt.
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REGION H
518 Stephen Girard Building, 21 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
31 Lockerman Street, Dover, Del. _ Barber-Ross Building, Washington, D. G. 100 Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. 707 Earle Building, Hagerstown, Md. 1616 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 306 Colonial Building, Allentown, Pa. 1207 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Pa. 808 Commerce Building, Erie, Pa. Blackstone Building, Harrisburg, Pa. 620 Fulton Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dime Bank Building, Scranton, Pa.
60 Haddington Building, Norfolk, Va. 17 North Seventh Street, Richmond, Va. 112 West Kirk Avenue, Roanoke, Va.
REGION HI
705 Massey Building, Birmingham, Ala. 524 Federal Building, Mobile, Ala.
335 First National Bank Building, Montgomery, Ala.
311 George Washington Annex, Jacksonville, Fla.
1504 Security Building, Miami, Fla. 215 Rutland Building, Orlando, Fla.
311 Tallahassee Administration Building, Tallahassee, Fla.
725 Stovall Professional Building, Tampa, Fla.
601 Mortgage Guarantee Building, Atlanta, Ga.
1117 Southern Finance Building, Augusta, Ga.
1110 Bankers Insurance Building, Macon, Ga.
602 Realty Building, Savannah, Ga. 522 Bunn Building, Waycross, Ga. Macon Building, Jackson, Miss-.
313 Jackson Building, Asheville, N. C. 108 Charlotte Law Building, Charlotte, N. C.
704 Capitol Club Building, Raleigh, N. C.
614 Murchison Building, Wilmington, N. C. . « ,
531 Nissen Building, Winston-Salem,
N. O. ,. „
Palmetto Building, Columbia, S. C.
736 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tenn.
416 Fidelity Bankers Trust Building, Knoxville, Tenn.
Room 1506, Madison Building, Memphis, Tenn. m
901 Medical Arts Building,. Nashville,
Tenn.
REGION IV
Security Trust Building, Lexington, Ky. 1 Kenyon Building, Louisville, Ky. 115 South Mitchell Avenue, Cadillac, Mich. . .
7310 Woodward Street, Detroit, Mich.
503 Keeler Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
200 North Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Mich.
201 Board of Commerce Building, Saginaw, Mich.
116 Cleveland Avenue, Canton, Ohio.
1540 Union Trust Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
3067 New Post Office Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
3330 A. I. U. Building, Columbus, Ohio.
Commercial Building, Dayton, Ohio.
United Building, Toledo, Ohio.
Union National Bank Building, Youngstown, Ohio.
17 North Fourth Street, Zanesville, Ohio.
203 Atlas Building, Charleston, W. Va.
REGION v
Old Post Office Building, Cairo, Ill.
Room 468, 209 South Wells Street, Chicago, Ill.
206 Adams Building, Danville, Ill.
1100 Alliance Life Building, Peoria, Ill.
W. C. U. Building, Quincy, Ill.
708 Rockford Trust Building, Rockford,
Ill .
817 Meyer Building, Springfield, Ill.
203 American Trust & Savings Bank Building, Evansville, Ind. _
116 East Wayne Street, Fort Wayne, Ind.
901 Circle Tower Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Tower Building, South Bend, Ind.
Chamber of Commerce Building, Terre Haute, Ind. .
510 Kahl Building, Davenport, Iowa.
1416 Des Moines Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
303 Forester’s Building, Mason City, Iowa.
Christie Building, Duluth, Minn.
Metropolitan Life Building, Minneapolis, Minn.
202% Third Street, Bismarck, N. Dak.
304 Universal Building, Fargo, N. Dak.
101% S. Pierre Street, Pierre, S. Dak.
Western Surety Building, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Columbus Building, Green Bay, Wis.
602 Exchange Building, La Crosse, Wis.
1 West Main Street, Madison, Wis.
5006 Plankinton Building, Milwaukee, AVis.
First American State Bank Building, Wausau, Wis.
REGION VI
913 Wallace Building, Little Rock, Ark.
214 West Sixth Street, Topeka, Kans. Suite 200, York Rite Building, Wichita, Kans.
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205 Federal Post Office Building, Jefferson City, Mo.
Fidelity Building, Kansas City, Mo.
810 Woodruff Building, Springfield, Mo.
818 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo.
001 Jeffers Street, North Platte, Nebr.
311 City National-Bank Building, Omaha, Nebr.
REGION VII
304 Triad Building, Baton Rouge, La.
1610 Canal Building, New Orleans, La.
609 Ricon-Brewster Building, Shreveport, La.
316 Rosenwald Building, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
226 Key Building, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Petroleum Building, Tulsa, Okla.
1008 Fisk Building, Amarillo, Tex.
418 Scarbrough Building, Austin, Tex.
1005 Mercantile Bank Building, Dallas, Tex.
516 Caples Building, El Paso, Tex.
926 Electric Building, Houston, Tex.
623 Lubbock National Bank Building, Lubbock, Tex.
803 San Angelo National Bank Building, San Angelo, Tex.
1516 Transit Tower, San Antonio, Tex.
218 Professional Building, Waco, Tex.
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REGION VIII
702 Midland Savings Building, Denver, Colo.
East 7th and Bradford Streets, Pueblo, Colo.
221 Idaho Building, Boise, Idaho.
302 Securities Building, Billings, Mont.
Old School Building, Butte, Mont.
329 Atlas Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. Consolidated Royalty building, Casper, Wyo.
505 Majestic Building,’Cheyenne, Wyo.
, REGION IX
328 Security Building, Phoenix, Ariz. -
201 Patterson Building, Fresno, Calif.
212 Western Pacific Building, Los Angeles, Calif.
515 Forum Building, Sacramento, Calif.
Room 407, 1355 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.
275 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nev.
204 West Main Street, Medford, Oreg.
1130 American Bank Building, Portland, Oreg.
822 Vance Building, Seattle, Wash.
217 Hutton Building, Spokane, Wash.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING ÖFFICEi 1943