Evening star., 1942-05-29
Jurisdiction Extended
As0. D.T. Modifies
Delivery Order
Covers Up to Is Miles
From Cities; Postpones
Dote in Several Glasses

The curtailment of local delivery
service which has been ordered for
June / by the once Of Defense
Transportation 10 conserve tires and
equipment was modified In several
respects today.
These principal changes were
made:
Jurisdiction of the order was ex-
tended to Is miles beyond the
corporate limits OF the individual
municipalities.
Applicability of the order to trucks
primarily equipped for the trans
portation of bulk liquids was de-
layed until July !.
The order was relaxed as to coal
trucks and mileage reduction de-
layed until July 1.
Trucks engaged exclusively in the
pickup or delivery Of telegraphic,
radio and cable communications and
the United States mails were ex-
empted from the order.
Alternate Newspaper Plans.
Alternate plans were directed for
newspaper deliveries. One would
limit daily deliveries and require at
the same time Is per cent cut in
mileage. The other would permit
an unlimited number of deliveries
but require a 40 per cent reduction
in mileage compared with the same
month last year.
The o. D. T. also delayed until
July / the applicability Of regula-
tions covering ver-the-road trucks
which requires them to be loaded to
IS per cent Of capacity on return
trips.
Under the local delivery order,
which, with the stated notifications,
Is effective ne +, motor or horse
drawn rubber-tired vehicles used in
delivery service will be operated
under restrictions prohibiting spe-
cial deliveries and call backs, and
limiting regular trips to one a day
Further, a Is per cent reduction in
-mileage-exclusive of the saving
from the cut in deliveries-also is
mandatory.
Speed Summer Deliveries.
In explaining the notifications,
the o. D. T. said that the liberali-
cation of the coal truck regulation
conformed to the Government pro-
gram for stepping up coal deliveries
during the summer months in order
to prevent overtaxing Of transporta-
tion facilities during the peak fall
and winter months. At the same
time, it was added. firms engaged in
the delivery of solid fuels must in
crease the efficiency of their opera
tions so that theeir mileage per
ton delivered in any one month
shows a reduction Of IS per cent as
compared with their daily average
monthly mileage per ton delivered
In 194l.
In extending jurisdiction on local
deliveries, the order provides that
retail deliveries made directly to
consumers beyond the 25-mile limit
are considered in the local delivery
category.
One change made by this order
will permit a local carrier to make
an additional delivery on the same
day to the same point If the COM
modify to be transported requires
the use of vehicle exclusively
adapted to the transportation OF
the commodity. 1t Is also made
clear that one delivery a day is
permitted from any point Of origin
to any destination. The order is
binding on shippers as well as
carriers.
Embraces Joint Action.
The modified order permits over
the-road private carriers planning
Joint action with other private car
riers to present such programs to
the Office of Defense Iransporta-
ton for approval.
The proviso for newspapers elect
Ing to restrict the number of deliv-
cries makes these allowances: News
papers serving a commercial area
with daily population of less than
100000 are permitted but one de-
livery day to any point; from 20O,-
900 to 100000, two deliveries; 700,-
900 to 2,000, 900, three deliveries, and
over 1000, 900, four deliveries.
washington, with a commercial
area population estimated at over
q million, would come under the
100000 to 100000 classification.
In announcing the modification,
Joseph B. Eastman, director Of the
0. D. T., said that they were made
1only to give industries affected ad-
ditional time to work out their own
plans for attaining the objectives of
the orders"
1t is imperative" he added, that
programs for the conservation and
more efficient use of motor trans
port be worked out without delay as
an aid to the war effort.