A Few Civil Defense Highlights of 1952.. Homefront Preparedness—the Second Year_ Initial Civil Defense Attack Assumptions___ The National Civil Defense Plan___ National Civil Defense Preparedness Before Enemy Attack.. National Civil Defense Operations During and Immediately after How FCDA's Funds Were Spent During 1952. The Contributions Program...... Page Status of Interstate Civil Defense Compacts-1952 Compared With 1951__ Workmen's Compensation for Civil Defense Personnel-State Laws Now Table C.-Details of Federal Contributions to States and Territories. Table D.-Comparison of Federal Funds Allocated to the States for Match- ing Purposes With the Amounts Requested by the States.--- Table E.-Obligation of Operations Funds by Programs. Table F.-Obligation of Operations Funds by Object Class- FCDA Employees on Duty-Washington and Field—1952_ 1952 FCDA Visual Presentations Through Exhibits and Television Civil Defense Personnel Enrolled and Currently Assigned to Civil Defense Duties Summary by FCDA Region and State as of August 31, 1952__ Civil Defense Instruction in U. S. Elementary and Secondary Schools. 97 A FEW CIVIL DEFENSE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 1. Operational Readiness of States and Cities. Nearly 2,000 civil defense exercises were conducted by cities and entire States in 1952. These involved 2,000,000 civil defense workers and 42,000,000 citizens. 2. Operational Readiness of FCDA. Under its plan for emergency operations, FCDA in 1952 activated two operating emergency locations and installed emergency communications facilities. FCDA now has the physical facilities for operating under attack conditions in close coordination with its regions and the States and with other key security agencies of government. 3. Attack Warning. In critical target areas, capability of giving attack warning more than doubled in 1952. An air-raid alert now can be given through sirens and whistles to more than 40 percent of the critical target area population in a matter of minutes from the USAF air defense control centers via the civil air-raid warning network now operated by FCDA. 4. Public Emergency Radio Broadcasting. In cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Air Force, plans were completed in 1952 for the CONELRAD system which assures continuity of public emergency radio broadcasting for civil defense purposes under attack conditions while denying use of those facilities as an enemy navigational aid. CONELRAD will be operational in the spring of 1953. 5. Public Knowledge. Public knowledge of the need for survival action increased in 1952. Several million more American families undertook individual and group preparedness activities. Fifty-two million adults now know a few of the simple things they should do in order to protect themselves against atomic attack. Four-fifths of the people in rural areas are willing to help people in stricken cities. Sixty-four million adults believe that civil defense is necessary now and would be effective against atomic warfare. 6. The "Alert America" Convoys. During the first 9 months of 1952, three “Alert America" Convoys traveled throughout the United States. More than 1,100,000 people in 82 cities attended these travel |