When the Japanese captured the principal rubber supplies and the Germans initiated their U-boat campaign in the Atlantic, they created a transportation problem in this Region, as well as other parts of the country, which calls for the utmost in planning by all concerned - government, industry and individuals. Meeting the situation involves more than transportation planning. The rationing of gasoline, rubber and automotive equipment, the planning of new housing, the location of all future war production, the area each industry can draw upon for additional labor, all determine in larger or smaller degree the ability of transportation to handle the load.
