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 LETTERS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

Administrator, Federal Works Agency, Washington, D. C. The matter of access roads to the Military and Naval Establishments and certain private establishments engaged on national defense production is assuming great importance.

Informal inquiry of the Public Roads Administration indicates that a report is being prepared on this subject for submission to the President about February 1, 1941, and it is requested that early action be taken to accomplish at least the. most urgent projects in the program.

Yours sincerely,

To: Mr. Ralph Budd. From: Willam S. Knudsen. Subject: Public Roads Command Housing and Munitions Projects.

As the construction work progresses on command housing, munitions plants, etc., it is becoming increasingly clear that the highway and related traffic situation requires most careful consideration to insure reasonably satisfactory traffic conditions when these projects are in service. Present plans contemplate as many as 50,000 troops in several camps and ten to fifteen thousand employees in some of the munitions operations.

In many instances the camps are off the beaten path, so to speak, and existing road networks will doubtless have to be improved and supplemented.

Mr. Harrison has discussed this with Mr. Fischer from time to time and this note is simply to advise of our readiness to be of every possible service in this important matter. 3