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Show ODT Asks People To Avoid Travel Willi the 1'i.iiitli ot July 1. Xliy approaching, the Ol'f'te of L. nine Transportation issued a nc. .,-peal .,-peal today that a'.l non- s.,.-.i...il navel on trains or intercity l u es i.e eliminated to avoid u t i t ram-po! t at ion overload. OUT officials said railroad, a.i.l buses are rarrylng Kak load., uud any further strain, such as holiday holi-day and vacation travel, v. ill te a definite thr at to the moving of armed forces, the wounded, and business travel occasioned by es sential war work. Col. J. Monroe Johnson, ODT Director, Dir-ector, has taken to task travel bur-I bur-I eaus and agencies claiming, or im plying that they can guarentee travel accommodations for thclt patrons. '"Any suggestions by such bureaus bur-eaus and asenci-s that the travelers ' using their services are assured of I space on trains and buses are false." ' Colonel Johnson said, j "A drastic and immediate cur-I cur-I tuilment of pnsscng.r traffic is a I ur necessity. This year's vacation' f j-eason coincides with the invasion ( of Europe and that means thatj more wounded men soon w ill be I nx.viiu: to hospitals and the railroads rail-roads w;il provide th; necessary accommodations. "With the new demand on top of the present heavy troo.) and material mat-erial shipments, the railroads them-ylves them-ylves cannot guarantee that spacv ill be auiil.ule tv returning va-c;tinnivts va-c;tinnivts and other travelers. "Obviously travel '.ureaus cannot can-not do this. Claims that they can do so are not only misl ndinj but may turn out to be of serious consequence con-sequence h those gullible enough to accept them. "Plans made now for vacationing vacation-ing at houu' will prevent any possible pos-sible embarrassment or discomfort later on." |