Office of Defense Transportation

American  

noun

1. the World War II federal agency (1941–45) that regulated the transport over public routes of goods considered vital to the war effort. ODT

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Example Sentences

That same month, the Office of Defense Transportation issued an order banning automobile racing in the U.S.

From Time

Hence the Office of Defense Transportation wants all conventions called off except those "closely related to the war effort," wants even those "skeletonized."

From Time Magazine Archive

Office of Defense Transportation Director J. M. Johnson announced that freight-car production in October reached a postwar peak of 8,394.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Washington, the Office of Defense Transportation announced it had ruled officially that oysters are not farm products.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Office of Defense Transportation figured out that under Brotherhood rules the bill would have been $56,711.

From Time Magazine Archive