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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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From bitter experience as wartime boss of the Office of Defense Transportation, Johnson knows that if steel allocations are revived, freight-car construction will be low on the priority list.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Office of Defense Transportation said at least 320,000 new railroad workers must be found by year's end.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not even the railroads could get their barest needs: the Office of Defense Transportation request for 1.5 million tons of steel for badly needed new cars and rail was cut by one-third.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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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

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