By late 1942, Pântea again irritated the Romanian commandants, when he complained that General Vasiliu had requisitioned Odesa's trolleybuses and moved them to Craiova, in southern Romania.Constantin, p.128 Pântea still tried to enforce his own plans for Odesa's development. In October 1943, on the 2-year anniversary of the occupation, he issued, by means of Molva gazette, a new address to the city's residents, in which he proudly listed his contributions.Constantin, p.129 A few weeks later, he began employing laborers from the neighboring Reichskommissariat Ukraine for a new set of public works in Odesa.Constantin, p.130
