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Office of Defense Transportation
American, 1941 - 1945
BiographyEstablished: In the Office for Emergency Management by EO 8989, December 18, 1941.
Predecessor Agencies: Transportation Division, Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense (1940-41)
Functions: Coordinated and directed the utilization of domestic transportation facilities during World War II. Alleviated postwar freight car shortages, operated seized transportation properties, and handled unsettled claims.
Abolished: Effective July 1, 1949, by EO 10065, July 6, 1949, pursuant to the Second Decontrol Act of 1947, as amended (62 Stat. 342), June 4, 1948.
For more information: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/219.html
Predecessor Agencies: Transportation Division, Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense (1940-41)
Functions: Coordinated and directed the utilization of domestic transportation facilities during World War II. Alleviated postwar freight car shortages, operated seized transportation properties, and handled unsettled claims.
Abolished: Effective July 1, 1949, by EO 10065, July 6, 1949, pursuant to the Second Decontrol Act of 1947, as amended (62 Stat. 342), June 4, 1948.
For more information: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/219.html