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Title: Address by Honorable William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highway Transport Committee Council of National Defence
Highway Transport Commitee, Council of National Defence, Bulletin 4

Author: US Government

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OCTOBER 15, 1918

BULLETIN NO. 4

ADDRESS BY
HONORABLE WILLIAM C. REDFIELD
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

AT CONFERENCE OF REGIONAL CHAIRMEN
OF THE HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT COMMITTEE
COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1918

[Illustration]

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

[Illustration: MAP SHOWING REGIONAL AREAS Highways Transport Committee
Council of National Defense]

_Recognizing the national value of our highways in relation to, and
properly coordinated with, other existing transportation mediums, and
more particularly the necessity for their immediate development that
the