The rescheduling of Jobsite work that had been occasioned by the delays incurred throughout the period of lack of sufficient shipping space placed certain equipment and material in such vital need that it became necessary to initiate requests for increased airlift allotments. These allotments were obtained simultaneously with the establishment of a liaison office for the Joint Task Forces at Travis Air Force Base, California, in September of 1950, but Holmes & Narver air freight con- tinued to be routed through the Naval Supply Center for transshipment to the Travis Base, The Travis Air Force Base terminal was the Pacific Coast Headquarters for all the Korean airlift operations for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, in addition to serving as the Port of Embarkation for all air priority material and equipment of the Joint Task Force operations, including those of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Holmes & Narver. The warehousing jam occasioned by the vital needs of all the military services during the dark period of temporary reversals in the Korean War situation at the close of the calendar year of 1950 was so great that Holmes & Narver took steps to alleviate the conditions insofar as possible within its jurisdiction. On January 1, 1951, Holmes & Narver obtained permission from the Joint Task Force Liaison Office to send its own representative to help alleviate conditions by supervising Holmes & Narver air shipments and general coordination of effort in accordance with the MATS procedures in effect at the Travis terminal. This expediting office was set up in the first week of January 1951 and immediately started work to eliminate the bottlenecks of Holmes & Narver air freight that had accumla- ted material shipments throughout various warehouse facilities at the terminal. This office functioned in close coordination with the military personnel at all times, in a manner similar to that of the Oakland office at the Naval Supply Center, and exerted continual effort in facil- itating material flow, through close follow-up of all shipments and through physical and paperwork handling procedures established by the Air Force. Much thought was given to methods and procedures that might be devised to speed and increase the flow of Holmes & Narver air freight, and several steps were suggested and approved to save time in shipping and monitoring df materials. It was standard operating procedure to obtain directly from the Joint Task Force Liaison Office at Travis Air Force Base air priority assignments in advance of actual shipment for all shipments scheduled for airlift, regardless of the point of origin of the shipment. Planning control in the MATS flight space allotment office could thus be maintained in allocating space requirements for the various military services and Joint Task Force Groups. Holmes & Narver airlift materials had been consigned through the Naval Supply Center for transshipment to Travis prior to this time, and the expediting office was able to eliminate all the transshipment delay and extra handling by suggesting and securing approval of a plan to consign all the shipments directly to the Port of Embarkation at Travis. 14-13