TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST During the first few days of a rail strike there should be only a few essential categories of items designated to receive transportation priority. The necessity for moving defense items is generally recognized, along with perishable foods such as fresh meats, poultry, eggs, milk, fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh fish. Included in this general category also is the need for moving all items essential to the public health, including medical supplies and chemicals essential to water and sewage processing. The priority list includes: 1. All material moving on Government bills of lading issued by military transportation officers; 2. Material moving on commercial bills of lading specifically certified as essential by defense contract administrators; 3. Essential Government personnel travel including military passengers traveling on Government travel requests; 4. Essential U.S. mail; 5. Fresh meats and poultry; 6. Fresh eggs and milk; 7. Fresh fruits and vegetables; 8. Fresh fish and shellfish; 9. Pharmaceuticals, biologicals, surgical textiles and instruments; 10. Hospital and sickroom supplies and equipment, including diagnostic devices and essential support utilities; 11. Professional dental supplies and equipment; 12. Medical laboratory supplies and equipment; 13. Water and sewage processing and handling supplies and equipment, including chlorine, alum, lime, sulphate of iron, soda ash, and similar chemicals and equipment essential to the continuity of operation of water and sewage installations. [F.R. Doc. 67-8384; Filed, July 17, 1967; 11:58 a.m.] The Office of the Maritime Administrator, Department of Commerce, issued general emergency transportation order 1-67 on July 17, 1967, providing for the priority movement to be accorded to materials and passengers necessary to promote the national defense (Federal Register, vol. 32, No. 138; Wednesday, July 19, 1967). General emergency transportation order 1-67 reads as follows: TITLE 32A-NATIONAL DEFENSE, APPENDIX Chapter XIX-Office of the Maritime Administrator, Department of Commerce [General Emergency Transportation Order 1-67] MA-ET-1-PRIORITY MOVEMENT TO BE ACCORDED TO MATERIALS AND PASSENGERS NECESSARY TO PROMOTE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE Because of the short supply of domestic transportation equipment, facilities and services due to the current railroad strike which has brought to a halt virtually all transportation of persons and things by rail, and because the remaining transportation facilities of the Nation will be unable to handle all the essential traffic requirements put upon them, it is deemed necessary in the public interest and to promote the national defense to regulate, allocate, and promote the use of water carrier equipment, facilities, and service for preferential transportation of certain passengers, mail, and cargoes, necessary to the national defense; and it being impractical to consult with industry representatives due to the necessity of immediate action. Now therefore pursuant to Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 App. U.S.C. 2061 et seq.), Executive Order 10480, as amended, Executive Order 11362, and the authority delegated to the Maritime Administrator by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Department of Commerce Order 117-A (31 F.R. 8087), It is hereby ordered, That: Sec. 123 4 Transportation of priority cargoes, passengers, and mail. Nonpriority cargoes and passengers. Communications. Applicability. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this MA-ET-1 issued under sec. 704, 64 Stat. 816; 76 Stat. 112; 50 U.S.C. App. 2154, 2166(a); Executive Order 10480, as amended, Executive Order 11362 (July 16, 1967); and Department of Commerce Order 117-A (31 F.R. 8087). Section 1 Transportation of priority cargoes, passengers, and mail. Every water carrier operating vessels in the coastwise and intercoastal trades, excluding the domestic offshore and inland waterways, are hereby directed to accord priority movement over all other traffic to the transportation on vessels operated by them in such trades, as follows: (a) All material moving on Government bills of lading issued by military transportation officers; (b) Material moving on commercial bills of lading specifically certified as essential by defense contract administrators; (c) Essential government personnel travel including military passengers traveling on Government Travel Requests; (d) Essential U.S. Mail; (e) Fresh meats and poultry; (f) Fresh eggs and milk; (g) Fresh fruits and vegetables; (h) Fresh fish and shellfish ; (i) Pharmaceuticals, biologicals, surgical textiles and instruments; (j) Hospital and sick room supplies and equipment, including diagnostic de vices and essential utilities; (k) Professional dental supplies and equipment; (1) Medical laboratory supplies and equipment; (m) Water and sewage processing and handling supplies and equipment, including chlorine, alum, lime, sulphate of iron, soda ash, and similar chemicals and equipment essential to the continuity of operation of water and sewage installations. Sec. 2 Nonpriority cargoes and passengers. Material and passengers not included in the list set forth in section 1 of this Order may be moved on a space-available basis after all priority items have been accommodated; however, nonpriority material and passengers once loaded should not be displaced by priority movements, nor should allowable nonpriority baggage accompanying passengers be displaced by priority cargo. Sec. 3 Communications. Communications concerning this order should refer to "General Emergency Transportation Order 1-67" and should be addressed to the Secretary, Maritime Administration, Washington, D.C. 20235. Sec. 4 Applicability. The provisions of this order shall apply to coastwise and intercoastal shipping, but excluding shipping on the inland waterways and between the continental United States and the States of Alaska and Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States. Issued at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of July 1967. CARL C. DAVIS, Acting Maritime Administrator. [F.R. Doc. 67-8417; Filed, July 18, 1967: 8:50 a.m.] On July 19, 1967, the Secretary of Transportation issued a notice of termination (Federal Register, vol. 32, No. 143; Wednesday, July 26, 1967). The notice terminating the requests of, and the delegation of authority to, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board reads as follows: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AND ALLOCATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION DURING RAIL STRIKE Notice of Termination Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Transportation hereby terminates the requests of, and delegation of authority to, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, made under the authority of Executive Order 11362, and published in the Federal Register on July 18, 1967 (32 F.R. 10521). (Sec. 101(a), Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 207(a)); Executive Order 10480; Executive Order 11362; sec. 4(a), Department of Transportation Act (80 Stat. 933)) Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 1967. ALAN S. BOYD, Secretary of Transportation. [F.R. Doc. 67-8681; Filed, July 25, 1967; 8:51 a.m.] APPENDIX OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PLANNING Hon. WRIGHT PATMAN, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PLANNING, Chairman, Joint Committee on Defense Production, (Attention: Mr. Harold J. Warren, clerk and counsel.) DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is an annual report for the period ending June 30, 1967, submitted in response to the requirement set forth in your letter dated July 19, 1967. Part IV-Coordinating and Monitoring of Federal Agency Emergency Assignments. Preparedness assignments to existing Federal agencies.. Preparedness for emergency functions. Coordinating Federal assignments. Telecommunications. 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