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Title: Highway Transport Commitee Council of National Defence, Bulletin 1
Return-Loads Bureaus To Save Waste In Transportation

Author: US Government

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APRIL 2, 1918 BULLETIN NO. 1

RETURN-LOADS BUREAUS
TO SAVE WASTE IN TRANSPORTATION

HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT COMMITTEE
COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D. C.

RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.

_"The Council of National Defense approves the widest possible use of
the motor truck as a transportation agency, and requests the State
Councils of Defense and other State authorities to take all necessary
steps to facilitate such means of transportation, removing any
regulations that tend to restrict and discourage such use."_

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1918

COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.
HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, D. C.

RETURN-LOAD BUREAUS TO SAVE WASTE IN TRANSPORTATION.

RELIEF FROM RAILROAD DELAYS AND EMBARGOES.

Through the cooperation of State Councils of Defense, Chambers of
Commerce, local War Boards, and Motor Clubs, the Council of National
Defense, through its Highways Transport Committee and its State Councils
Section is building up a system for more efficient utilization of the
highways of the country as a means of affording merchants and
manufacturers relief from railroad embargoes and delays due to freight
congestion.

This system already is in successful operation in Connecticut and is
being extended throughout the country.

The purpose is to take some of the burden of the short haul off the
railroads and put it on motor trucks operating over the highways. Very
considerable quantities of merchandise and materials of all kinds are
now being carried by trucks operated by private concerns in th