The Office of War Information this week produced an unexceptionable report: a 22-page summary of "the battle of transportation in the continental United States." OWI stuck close to the facts, and of them all, one fact stuck out: any citizen who can read could see why joyrides are out.
The Rails and Passengers. U.S. population centers are bunched in the Northeast. The Southeast and Southwest have the best climates for training camps. Therefore, reported OWI, troop movements have necessarily been enormous, are now running at the rate of 1,750,000 men a month (exclusive of furloughs). These excursions consume 50% of...
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