Address

United States. Council of National Defense. HighwaProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 20K words
Chapters: 2

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Address by Honorable William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce at Conference ofAuthor: United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee,Language: English, Class: HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications, Release Date: Nov 11, 2006

Editor's review

This is a meeting document from the U.S. Council of National Defense's Highway Transport Committee, recording an address by Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield at a meeting. As a public-domain electronic text in Project Gutenberg, its value lies not in literary quality but in its documentary nature: readers can observe how much importance was attached to the highway transport system in the context of U.S. defense mobilization around the First World War, and how government officials explained transport policy and coordination mechanisms to the relevant committee. The text is not long and its language is formal, a typical administrative speech style, suitable as primary material for studying American transport history, wartime mobilization history, or public policy documents. It is not a popular reader and requires some historical background, but precisely for that reason it has irreplaceable reference value for writers who need to cite primary sources. It is recommended to read it in its specific historical context, in conjunction with the HE transportation and communication category to which the document belongs.

Who it's for

A good fit for

University students and scholars studying American transport history or wartime mobilization history
Writers of academic papers needing to cite primary public-domain sources
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FAQ

Is this document a literary work?

No. It is a meeting address collected by the U.S. Council of National Defense's Highway Transport Committee, delivered by then Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield. It is an administrative speech and policy document, classified under transportation and communication, and should be treated as a historical source rather than a literary text.

What background knowledge is needed to read this document?

It helps to have a basic understanding of early twentieth-century U.S. defense mobilization and highway transport development, and to be familiar with how government committees generally operated. Without this background, the literal content is still understandable, but the policy intent and historical significance behind the speech are harder to grasp.

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About the author

United States. Council of National Defense. Highwa Author

United States. Council of National Defense. Highwa is a collective attribution for a highway-related office under the United States Council of National Defense. Due to limited public information, its exact founding date, organizational history, and staffing cannot be described in detail. Judging from the five works listed in the library, this attribution focuses on road transport and the allocation of transport resources in wartime. Representative works include Address, 'Return Loads' to Increase Transport Resources, The Rural Motor Express, and Return-Loads Bureaus To Save Waste In Transportation. These texts are mostly practical reports or proposals, written directly for policy implementation, and concern ways to reduce transport waste and improve capacity through return loads, rural motor express services, and return-loads bureaus. They reflect the context of U.S. transport mobilization around World War I and the emphasis on road freight, offering historical value for understanding transport administration and logistics organization of the period.