ReportU.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - Civil defense |
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activities Advisory Committee air defense air-raid Alert America American assistance atomic attack biological warfare bomb casualties centers chemical warfare Civil Defense Administration civil defense directors civil defense emergency civil defense forces civil defense officials civil defense organizations civil defense plans civil defense program civil defense training civil defense workers civilian CONELRAD contributions program critical target areas Department of Defense developed Dosimeters Duck and Cover emergency feeding emergency operations emergency supplies emergency welfare services enemy attack engineering established facilities FCDA FCDA's Federal Civil Defense Federal Communications Commission Federal contributions Federal Security Agency fense fire fighting fiscal funds ground observer corps industry materials medical supplies ment mobile support National Civil Defense National Shipping Authority Office participation percent personnel protection purchased radio radiological rescue training schools shelter areas supplies and equipment target cities tion transportation unexploded ordnance United volunteer weapons World War II
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Page 107 - Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1.
Page 76 - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine. Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina. North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah.
Page 29 - Congress that this responsibility for civil defense shall be vested primarily in the several States and their political subdivisions.
Page 52 - National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers National Congress of Parents and Teachers National Council of Jewish Women 'National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
Page 111 - Shelter From Atomic Attack in Existing Buildings, Part I — Method for Determining Shelter Needs and Shelter Areas, Pub. TM-5-1, 1952, 20 cents, 53 pp. Instructions, forms, and recommendations for use of civil defense directors, survey teams and their supervisors, and technically qualified personnel in conducting a shelter survey.
Page 80 - Freeman, past-president of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a former member of the Board of Award, spoke of Mr.
Page 34 - organizational equipment" means equipment determined by the Administrator to be (1) necessary to a civil defense organization, as distinguished from personal equipment, and (2) of such a type or nature as to require it to be financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government. It shall not be construed to include those items which the local community normally utilizes in combating local disasters except when required in unusual quantities dictated by the...
Page 68 - ... 1. Blood and Blood Derivatives Program, Pub. TM-11-5, 1952, 40 cents, 179 pp. Describes Federal, State, and local organization and operation of a civil defense blood program. 2. Civil Defense in Schools, Pub. TM-16-1, 1952, 15 cents, 32 pp. A guide and reference for local and State superintendents of schools in organizing and operating programs for the self-protection of schools, their physical facilities, staff, and students.
Page 107 - Federal department and agency shall prepare plans for maintaining the continuity of its essential functions at the seat of Government and elsewhere during the existence of a civil-defense emergency.