Political cartoons, news clippings, publications, and posters by or about the travel ban imposed by the Office of Defense Transportation during World War II and related issues, such as calls for carpooling, priority given to transport of soldiers, and the resulting impact on sports and other leisure activites, taken from newspapers around the United States. Topics include reaction to the ODT's orders to conserve energy by carpooling; directive that railroad coaches give priority to transportation of soldiers; controversy over the ODT's ban on conventions, announced 1 Feb. 1945, and reaction from business, civic, social, and religious organizations; discussions of how to conduct a convention by mail; impact on sports, ca. Feb. 1945: "Travel Ban Kills All-Star Game, Threatens 1945 World Series" and related articles, ca. July 11 1945 including ODT prohibition of shipping of race horses by private rail cars or by barge. Other clippings, July 1945, discuss investigation of the Mead Committee, re Sentate hearings as to civilian difficulty in securing train transportation due to demands of the ODT; publications documenting public cooperation in compliance with the campaign; and clippings, ca. Aug. 1945, on ending of travel restrictions with end of war. Includes 4 posters promoting the ODT's "Don't Travel" campaign, which urged the public to vacation at home during the summer; including poster published, 1945, by Woman's Day magazine: "Is your trip necessary? asks the Office of Defense Transportation," featuring 7 panels of cartoons depicting the troubles that civilians would encounter if traveling during the war (overcrowded transportation, lodging, and dining facilities); posters removed from scrapbook to oversize flat folder; 3 posters listed individually in catalog under AUTHOR search for "J. Monroe Johnson collection" [Posters onsite, Pob-3].
