THE MONTHS IN TRANSITION.

The article presents information on postwar reconstruction. The representatives of the towns and villages of the county as well as of the city have formed the Planning Federation of the Onondaga County Municipalities to carry on detailed planning of specific areas in line with the general postwar plans. The housing shortage, created largely by the families of returning soldiers, exceeded substantially all expectations, partly because of the unprecedented influx of veteran students to Syracuse University, partly because of the industrial expansion. Due to the shortage of construction materials, high cost and the general uncertainty, permanent construction did not have much chance to get under way. Traffic and parking-facility plans have received much attention because of the increasing traffic congestion. The inauguration of one-way traffic on the several streets of the central district was among the traffic-engineering measures constituting a distinct breakthrough of the opposition and skepticism of many years' standing.