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...such tremendous cost in life and energy; the line that was supposed to form an invulnerable channel from the resources of the South Seas to the arsenals of Manchuria carried during six months' existence not a single ton of rubber or petroleum, not a single important troop movement...
Travel. Railroad passenger-car builders were authorized by the War Production Board to start construction of 407 coaches for delivery early next year. For the first time since 1942, manufacturers were allowed to use stainless steel in passenger cars. But, like troop cars recently authorized, they will not arrive in time to ease this summer's travel crisis. WPB has consistently failed to allot the railroads as much steel as the Office of Defense Transportation estimated they would need; it looked as if that failure was coming home to roost...
...troop movements and furloughs, the Army now uses half the Pullmans in the country (total 8,753) and one-third of the coaches (total 39,244). To handle the load at its peak, some Office of Defense Transportation officials thought 4,000 to 5,000 more passenger cars would have to be taken from civilians...
...When the movement is in full tide, 25 full troop trains a day will be shuddering over the rails into San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle (at Midwest terminals they will be made up from 140 trains daily...
...looked almost hopeless, but ODT and the railroads were not just sitting around in tears. Last week, Defense Plant Corp. was prevailed upon to finance the building of 1,200 more troop sleepers and 400 boxcar kitchens-double the number now in use. If steel is available-and this was a big if-the new cars should be ready in the fall. But they may not be ready in time for this year's transportation crisis...