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United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee
A World War I–era federal committee, this body produced practical reports and speeches on how America’s roads could support military and civilian transport during a time of national mobilization. Its publications offer a window into early highway planning, logistics, and public administration in the United States.
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Return-Loads Bureaus to Save Waste in Transportation
by United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee
Address by Honorable Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highways Transport Committee Council of National Defense
by United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee
Address by Honorable William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highways Transport Committee Council of National Defense
by United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee
The Rural Motor Express To Conserve Foodstuffs and Labor and to Supply Rural Transportation.
by United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee
About the author
Rather than a single writer, this author entry refers to a U.S. government committee. The Highways Transport Committee was part of the Council of National Defense, a federal organization created during World War I to help coordinate resources, industry, and transportation for the war effort.
The committee’s publications focused on the use and improvement of highways as a national transportation system. Works associated with it include reports, conference proceedings, and official addresses on organizing state highway transport committees and making better use of roads for moving people, goods, and military traffic.
Today, these documents are most interesting as historical sources. They capture a moment when roads were becoming a matter of national policy, and they show how federal officials and transportation planners thought about efficiency, preparedness, and infrastructure in the 1910s.