(c) Carload shipments of coal, in bulk, and carload shipments of coke, in bulk, when to be unloaded from cars before overseas movement;

(d) Government freight (1) when consigned to the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; (2) when consigned to the War Shipping Administrator and his forwarding authorization serial number is shown on the bill of lading and other shipping documents covering the rail transportation of such shipment; or (3) when covered by a bona fide firm booking with the ocean carrier, or when the shipment is consigned to a public warehouse for storage or in the care of a port terminal carrier for carrier storage and prior arrangements made for such storage, and the bill of lading and other shipping documents covering the rail transportation of such shipment contain a certification by the shipper that the provisions of §§ 502.200-502.202 have been complied with; or

(e) Commercial freight, when such shipment is covered by a bona fide firm booking with the ocean carrier, or when the shipment is consigned to a public warehouse for storage or in the care of a port terminal carrier for carrier storage and prior arrangements made for such storage, and the bill of lading and other shipping documents covering the rail transportation of such shipment contain a certification by the shipper that the provisions of §§ 502.200-502.202 have been complied with.

§ 502.202 Communications. Communications concerning §§ 502.200-502.202 should refer to "General Order ODT 16C" and should be addressed to the Office of Defense Transportation, Washington 25, D. C.

APPENDIX A

Alabama: Mobile (including Theodore). California: Los Angeles and Los Angeles Port Area (including the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Harbor, and Long Beach, and points located between the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Harbor or Long Beach on the direct line of any rail carrier), Port Hueneme, San Diego, San Francisco and San Francisco Bay Area (including Alameda, Benicia, Berkeley, Mare Island, Oakland, Port Chicago, Redwood City, Richmond), and Stockton.

Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven, and New London.

Delaware: Wilmington.

Florida: Boca Grande, Fernandina, Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach, Panama City,

Pensacola, Port Everglades, Port Tampa, and Tampa.

Georgia: Savannah.

Louisiana: Belle Chasse, Braithwaite, Lake Charles, and New Orleans.

Maine: Portland and Searsport.
Maryland: Baltimore.
Massachusetts: Boston.
Mississippi: Gulfport.

New Jersey: Camden, and New York Harbor.

New York: New York Harbor, and Poughkeepsie.

North Carolina: Wilmington.

Oregon: Astoria, Lacoda, Linnton, Portland, and Prescott.

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (including Artificial Island and Hog Island).

Rhode Island: Davisville-Quonset Point, Portsmouth, and Providence.

South Carolina: Charleston.

Texas: Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Houston, Port Arthur, and Texas City.

Virginia: Hampton Roads (including Norfolk, Newport News, Oyster Point, and Portsmouth).

Washington: Aberdeen, Anacortes, Bellingham, Everett, Kalama, Longview, Mukilteo, Olympia, Seattle, Tacoma, Tulalip, and Van

couver.

TRANSPORTATION OF COTTON TO POINTS OF

STORAGE

CODIFICATION: §§ 502.220-502.222 were revoked, Dec. 14, 1945, 10 F.R. 15128. TRANSPORTATION OF GRAIN, IN BULK, BY RAIL OR BARGE TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA; PERMIT REQUIRED

CODIFICATION: §§ 502.230-502.234, appearing below in small type, were added by General Order ODT 51, June 7, 1945, effective June 11, 1945, 10 F.R. 7124, and were revoked Aug. 17, 1945, 10 F.R. 10237.

§ 502.230 Definitions. As used in §§ 502.230-502.234, or in any permit issued hereunder, the term:

(a) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, joint-stock company, business trust, or other organized group of persons, or any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative, and includes any department or agency of the United States, any State, the District of Columbia, or any other political, governmental or legal entity.

(b) "Carload shipment" means a shipment of a weight of 30,000 pounds or more.

(c) "Grain" means wheat, corn, rice, rye, oats, barley, flaxseed, sorghums, soybeans, and malt.

(d) "Rail carrier" means any person engaged in the transportation of property as a common carrier by railroad.

(e) "Barge line" means any person engaged in the transportation of property by barge, whether as a common carrier or otherwise.

§ 502.231 Transportation of grain, in bulk,

by rail or barge to New Orleans, Louisiana; permit required. Except as otherwise provided in § 502.233 paragraph (c), no person shall offer for transportation, and no rail carrier or barge line shall accept for transportation, or transport, any carload shipment of grain, in bulk, consigned or reconsigned to New Orleans, Louisiana, for domestic use or for export, unless the transportation of such shipment to said New Orleans has been authorized by the issuance of a permit in accordance with the provisions of §§ 502.232 and 502.233, and the number of such permit is endorsed on the shipping order and other shipping documents covering such shipment.

§ 502.232 Application for permits. Application for a permit authorizing the transportation of a carload shipment of grain, in bulk, to New Orleans, Louisiana, by rail, should be addressed to O. S. Schully, 907 Carondelet Building, New Orleans 12, Louisiana. Application for a permit authorizing the transportation of a carload shipment of grain, in bulk, to New Orleans, Louisiana, by barge, should be addressed to A. W. Kitto, Assistant Director, Inland Waterways Division, Waterways Transport Department, Office of Defense Transportation, Canal Bank Building, New Orleans 12, Louisiana. Any such application shall show the loading point and quantity of grain to be shipped, the approximate date the grain would arrive in New Orleans if a permit were issued, the name of the consignee of the shipment, and the purpose for which the grain is to be transported to New Orleans.

§ 502.233 Issuance of permits. (a) Subject to the general supervision of the Director of the Railway Transport Department, Office of Defense Transportation, O. S. Schully is hereby authorized to issue permits authorizing the transportation by rail of carload shipments of grain, in bulk, to New Orleans, Louisiana, when, in his opinion, the transportation of such grain to said New Orleans will not result in, or contribute to, traffic congestion, delay the release of railway equipment, or interfere with the export shipping requirements for grain.

(b) Subject to the general supervision of the Director, Waterways Transport Department, Office of Defense Transportation, A. W. Kitto as Assistant Director, Inland Waterways Division, Waterways Transport Department, Office of Defense Transportation, is hereby authorized to issue permits authorizing the transportation, by barge, of carload shipments of grain, in bulk, to New Orleans, Louisiana, when, in his opinion, the transportation of such grain to said New Orleans will not result in, or contribute to, traffic congestion, delay the release of barge equipment, or interfere with the export shipping requirements for grain.

(c) In the exercise of their discretion, and upon proper notice to the Association of American Railroads and American Waterways Operators, Inc., the permit agents named in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section are hereby authorized to waive the permit re

quirements of this order from time to time, with respect to certain kinds and types of grain shipped to particular consignees or industries at New Orleans, Louisiana.

§ 502.234 Communications. Communications concerning §§ 502.230-502.234 should refer to "General Order ODT 51" and except as otherwise provided herein, should be addressed to the Office of Defense Transportation, Washington 25, D. C.

PASSENGER RESERVATIONS RESTRICTED

SOURCE: §§ 502.240 to 502.243, inclusive, contained in General Order ODT 52, June 29, 1945 effective June 30, 1945, 10 F.R. 8144, except as noted following provision affected.

§ 502.240 Definitions. As used in §§ 502.240-502.243, or in any general permit issued hereunder, the term:

(a) "Carrier" means any common carrier by railroad or sleeping car company which transports passengers for compensation.

(b) "Ticket" means the evidence issued by a carrier which when presented to it will be honored for a reserved seat or sleeping space on a passenger train.

restricted.

§ 502.241 Railroad passenger reservations (a) No carrier shall reserve, assign or allocate seating or sleeping space on a passenger train more than 120 hours in advance of the scheduled departure time of such train.

(b) No carrier shall issue a ticket for a reserved seat or sleeping space on a passenger train more than 120 hours in advance of the scheduled departure time of such train except in the case of tickets for reservations made prior to the effective date of §§ 502.240502.243 which have not been picked up.

[Preceding section, in small type, superseded by following section during period covered by this Supplement]

§ 502.241 Railroad passenger reservations restricted. No carrier shall reserve, assign or allocate seating or sleeping space on a passenger train or issue a ticket for a reserved seat or sleeping space on a passenger train more than fourteen days in advance of the scheduled departure of such train. [G.O. ODT 52, Amdt. 1, Sept. 4, 1945, effective Sept. 9, 1945, 10 F.R. 11365]

502.243 should refer to "General Order ODT 52" and should be addressed to the Office of Defense Transportation, Washington 25, D. C.

PASSENGER RESERVATIONS RESTRICTED

(TRAVEL AGENCIES)

CODIFICATION: §§ 502.244-502.248, inclusive, appearing below in small type, were added by General Order ODT 57, July 21, 1945, 10 FR. 9124, and were revoked, effective Sept. 12, 1945, 10 F.R. 11760.

$502.244 Definitions. As used in §§ 502.244-502.248, the term:

(a) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, joint-stock company, business trust, or other organized group of persons, or any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative, and includes any department or agency of the United States, any State, the District of Columbia, or any political, governmental or legal entity.

(b) "Carrier" means any common carrier by railroad or sleeping car company which transports passengers for compensation.

(c) "Ticket" means the evidence issued by a carrier which, when presented to it or to another carrier, will be honored (1) for transportation on a passenger train, or (2) for reserved seating or sleeping space on a passenger train.

(d) "Travel agency" means any person other than a carrier, or an employee of a carrier, or an authorized agent of a carrier, who, directly or indirectly, for compensation, (1) purchases or procures any ticket for transportation on a passenger train, or procures or reserves seating or sleeping space on a passenger train, or (2) organizes or sponsors "all-expense" trips or tours. Any hotel which secures railway tickets or space on a passenger train for the accommodation of its guests only, shall not be considered to be a travel agency.

(e) "Authorized agent of a carrier" means a person who has been furnished a stock of tickets by a carrier for the purpose of enabling such person to sell such tickets to the general public for the account of such carrier.

(f) "Organized group travel" means travel on a passenger train by any two or more persons traveling together in a group (whether accompanied by a guide or otherwise), (1) when the arrangements for such travel have been made by a travel agency, or (2) when any other person, for compensation, has made arrangements in advance of such travel for the obtaining by such persons traveling together in a group, of meals, lodging or recreation incident to such travel.

(g) "Continental United States" means the forty-eight States and the District of Columbia.

CROSS REFERENCE: For exceptions to the provisions of § 502.245, see Suspension Order ODT 15, Revision 5, Aug. 7, 1945, 10 F.R.

9805, and General Permit ODT 57-2, Aug. 17, 1945, 10 F.R. 10238.

§ 502.245 Making tickets available to, or securing tickets by, travel agencies prohibited. No person, whether an employee of a carrier or otherwise, shall knowingly reserve for, sell to, or make available to, any travel agency any ticket for use on any passenger train; and no travel agency shall, directly or indirectly, reserve or cause to be reserved, purchase or cause to be purchased, acquire, or cause the issuance of, any such ticket. § 502.246 Organized group travel on passenger trains prohibited. No carrier shall knowingly permit any persons engaged in organized group travel to board or travel on any passenger train, and no person shall engage in organized group travel by boarding or traveling on any passenger train.

§ 502.247 Applicability. The provisions of §§ 502.244-502.248 shall be applicable only in the Continental United States.

§ 502.248 Communications. Communications concerning §§ 502.244-502.248 should refer to "General Order ODT 57" and should be addressed to the Office of Defense Transportation, Washington 25, D. C.

SLEEPING CAR SERVICE RESTRICTED SOURCE: §§ 502.255 to 502.260, inclusive, contained in General Order ODT 53, July 7, 1945, 10 F.R. 8560.

§ 502.255 Sleeping car service restricted. On and after 12:00 o'clock noon on July 15, 1945, no common carrier by railroad or sleeping car company shall operate or transport any railway car containing sleeping space or sleeping accommodations to a point of destination 450 miles or less from the point of origin of such car, such distance being measured by the shortest distance by railroad over which sleeping cars operate between such points. This section shall not apply to the deadheading of equipment.

§ 502.256 Sleeping cars to be made available for armed services. Each common carrier by railroad upon compliance with $502.255 shall forthwith cause to be delivered to the Pullman Company such number of railway sleeping cars as equals the number of such cars of American ownership as were taken out of service by such carrier in compliance with §§ 502.255-502.260. The Pullman Company shall select the particular cars which shall be made available to it. The Pullman Company shall operate such cars in a pool for the benefit of the military and shall assign them in such manner as in its judgment best meets the needs of the armed forces or as the

Office of Defense Transportation shall direct.

§ 502.257 Future assignment of sleeping cars for regular service restricted. Unless first authorized by the Office of Defense Transportation, the Pullman Company shall not assign to any common carrier by railroad for regular service any sleeping cars in addition to those regularly assigned on the date of $502.255-502.260.

$502.258 Reservations to be cancelled. Each common carrier by railroad shall forthwith cancel all reservations for space after 12:00 o'clock noon on July 15, 1945, on sleeping cars which are to be discontinued by reason of §§ 502.255-502.260.

§ 502.259. Exemptions. Sections 502.255-502.260 shall not apply to sleeping cars operated in accordance with any general or special permit issued by the Office of Defense Transportation.

§ 502.260 Communications. Communications concerning §§ 502.255502.260 should refer to "General Order ODT 53" and should be addressed to the Office of Defense Transportation, Washington 25, D. C.

CONTROL OVER RAILWAY PASSENGER CARS,

BAGGAGE CARS AND EXPRESS CARS SOURCE: §§ 502.275 to 502.279, inclusive, contained in General Order ODT 55, July 17, 1945, 10 F.R. 8938.

§ 502.275 Definitions. As used in §§ 502.275-502.279, the term:

(a) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, joint-stock company, business trust, or other organized group of persons, or any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative, and includes any depar.ment or agency of the United States, any State, the District of Columbia, or any other political, governmental or legal entity.

(b) "Rail carrier" means any common carrier by railroad, sleeping car company or express company which transports passengers or express for compensation.

(c) "Railway passenger car" means any railway car (other than a Pullman sleeping car), which is suitable for carrying passengers, and includes a combined railway passenger and baggage car.

§ 502.276 Control over railway passenger cars., baggage cars and express

cars established. (a) Notwithstanding any contract, lease, or other commitment, express or implied, with respect to the use or operation of any railway passenger car, railway baggage car, or railway express car, any rail carrier or other person having possession or control of any such car, shall cause such car (1) to be used for such purposes, and in such service, as the Office of Defense Transportation shall direct, or (2) to be leased, rented, hired, or furnished to such other rail carrier or other person as the Office of Defense Transportation shall designate and direct;

(b) Unless the parties in interest agree upon the amount of compensation payable for the use of any such railway passenger car, railway baggage car, or railway express car so directed to be leased, rented, hired, or furnished, the amount of such compensation shall be based on the applicable per diem or mileage rates specified in the Code of Car Service Rules of the Association of American Railroads or shall be such amount as may be determined by the appropriate governmental agency having jurisdic

tion.

§ 502.277 Appointment of Agent. W. C. Kendall, Transportation Building, Washington 6, D. C., is hereby appointed Agent of the Office of Defense Transportation, with full authority, subject to the general supervision of the Director, Railway Transport Department, Office of Defense Transportation, to administer the provisions of §§ 502.275-502.279. In administering §§ 502.275–502.279 he shall, where possible, distribute and assign railway passenger cars, railway baggage cars, and railway express cars in such manner as, in his judgment, will provide sufficient suitable equipment to meet the demands of the military.

§ 502.278 Applicability. The provisions of §§ 502.275-502.279 shall be applicable only in the forty-eight States and the District of Columbia.

§ 502.279 Communications. Commumunications concerning §§ 502.275502.279 should refer to "General Order ODT 55" and should be addressed to the Office of Defense Transportation, Washington 25, D. C.

USE OF SLEEPING CARS AND DAY COACHES FOR ORGANIZED MILITARY MOVEMENTS SOURCE: §§ 502.295 to 502.299, inclusive, contained in General Order ODT 56, July 20, 1945, 10 F.R. 9034.

§ 502.295 Definitions. As used in §§ 502.295-502.299, the term "organized military movement" means the transportation of military or naval troops of the United States or of any Nation allied with the United States in railway equipment that is not regularly assigned to a scheduled passenger train. It does not include the transportation of military or naval hospital patients.

§ 502.296 Occupancy of sleeping cars and day coaches in organized military movements. No common carrier by railroad or sleeping car company shall assign or furnish a greater number of sleeping cars or day coaches for an organized military movement than is required to provide accommodations for such movement on the basis of one section for 3 persons in a sleeping car and 2 double seats or 4 single seats for 3 persons in a day coach. Each tier of berths in a troop sleeper shall be considered a section. Not to exceed one overflow car may be furnished for each movement, provided, there are sufficient troops to occupy all the other cars and 50 per cent of the space in the overflow car in accordance with the standards prescribed by this section. This section shall not apply to foreign owned cars moving to or from a foreign country when occupied by troops of a foreign country.

§ 502.297 Military services to require uniform occupancy. The War Department, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when using sleeping cars or day coaches for organized military movements shall require such sleeping cars and day coaches to be occupied in accordance with the standards set forth in § 502.296 and no common carrier by railroad shall transport sleeping cars or day coaches used in such movements unless they are so occupied.

§ 502.298 Applicability. The provisions of §§ 502.295-502.299 shall be applicable only in the forty-eight States and the District of Columbia.

§ 502.299 Communications. Communications concerning §§ 502.295-502.299 should refer to "General Order ODT 56" and should be addressed to the Office of Defense Transportation, Washington 25, D. C.

COMMERCIAL AIR LINES TO ALLOCATE CERTAIN EASTBOUND SPACE TO MILITARY PERSONNEL RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS

SOURCE: §§ 502.310 to 502.312, inclusive, contained in General Order ODT 58, Nov. 20, 1945, effective Dec. 3, 1945, 10 F.R. 14320.

§ 502.310 Definitions. As used in §§ 502.310 to 502.312, inclusive, the term:

"Air carrier" means any air carrier as defined in the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board to engage in air transportation with respect to persons.

§ 502.311 Commercial air lines to allocate certain eastbound space for organized military movements. Each air carrier operating east from the cities of Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego, California, shall make available daily to the armed services of the United States for the transportation of organized movements of military and naval personnel being returned from the Pacific theater of war, and which are destined to the cities of Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, District of Columbia, Norfolk, Virginia, or Jacksonville, Florida, not less than seventy per cent of the space allocated for passenger traffic on November 20, 1945, on the scheduled commercial passenger flights operated eastbound from such points of origin. Each air carrier providing a connecting service with any air carrier originating such traffic shall make available a sufficient amount of space eastbound to provide uninterrupted through service for such traffic to points of destination. Each air carrier shall cancel such passenger reservations and take such other action as may be required to carry out the purposes of §§ 502.310502.312.

§ 502.312 Communications. Communications concerning §§ 502.310-502.312 should refer to "General Order ODT 58" and should be addressed to the Office of Defense Transportation, Washington 25, D. C.

MAINTENANCE OF SCHEDULES FOR TROOP

TRAINS

SOURCE: §§ 502.320 and 502.321 contained in General Order ODT 59, Dec. 18, 1945, effective Dec. 19, 1945, 10 F.R. 15176.

NOTE: §§ 502.320 and 502.321 expire Mar. 1, 1946.

§ 502.320 Maintenance of schedules for troop trains. Each common carrier