posed by enemy attack, including, where necessary:

a. Maintenance of an increased inventory of finished components and related production supplies at assembly plants, or arrangements for alternative supply lines where increased inventories are not feasible.

b. A capability to carry on urgent production without dependence on additional personnel, external sources of power, fuel, and water, or on long-distance communications; with spare replacements for highly vulnerable or unreliable parts of production equipment.

c. Protection of production facilities from enemy sabotage through adequate physical security measures.

d. Protection of personnel from widespread radiological fallout through provisions for decontamination and shelter.

5. Retention of industrial facilities:

A. Industrial properties, owned by the Department of Defense, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Maritime Administration, shall be retained in the Industrial reserves (National Industrial Reserve, Departmental Industrial Reserve for the Department of Defense) of the department and agencies to the extent the capacity of said reserves is necessary for the production of defense or defense-supporting end items, materials or components in a mobilization period.

B. Each idle plant in the reserves shall be reviewed annually by the heads of the respective agencies to determine if the capacity of the plant continues necessary for mobilization purposes.

C. Upon the determination by the head of the agency that the capacity of a plant is excess to the mobilization requirements of the agency immediate steps will be taken to dispose of the plant through existing government channels for surplus disposal. The Office of Emergency Planning shall be informed by General Services Administration of each proposed surplus action prior to final determination.

6. Participation of small business:

The agencies concerned with the order shall, in all of their programs for maintaining the mobilization base, be mindful of the national policy to protect the interests of small business, and to assure the maximum participation of small business in the mobilization base, including current procurement.

7. [Reserved]

8. The Department of Defense, Atomic Energy Commission, and Maritime Administration shall furnish the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning with reports on items and facilities for programs under paragraphs 2.A and C above, and with such other periodic and special reports as he may require affecting the maintenance of the mobilization base.

[DMO VII-7, 22 F.R. 1483, Mar. 8, 1957, as amended by DMO VII-7, Amdt. 1, 22 F.R. 4386, June 21, 1957]

DMO VII-7, Supp. 1-EMERGENCY ACTION FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE MOBILIZATION BASE UNDER DISASTER CONDITIONS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Executive Order 10480 of August 14, 1953, as amended, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. It is essential to the national defense that productive facilities located in areas damaged by a major disaster as defined and determined under the provisions of Public Law 875, 81st Congress (42 U.S.C. 855(b)), be currently utilized to the maximum practicable extent in order that the mobilization base, including manpower resources, in such areas may be maintained.

2. To accomplish this objective, procurement agencies shall use their best efforts to award procurement contracts to contractors located in disaster areas and to encourage prime contractors to award subcontracts to firms in those

areas.

3. Preference in the award of contracts for supplies and services to contractors in disaster areas is considered to be in the public interest and in the interest of national defense.

4. The procedure authorized in this supplement shall remain in effect only for such period of time as the areas in question are classified as disaster areas under authority of Public Law 875, 81st Congress, or until the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning shall find that the application of the procedure to those areas would no longer serve to meet the objective of this supplement.

[DMO VII-7, Supp. 1, 20 F.R. 6259, Aug. 26, 1955, as amended by Amdt. 1, 21 F.R. 1516, Mar. 9, 1956]

DMO

8400.1-DEFENSE PRODUCTION; PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS AUTHORITY

(1) Policy guidance with regard to the use of the Priorities and allocations authority of title 1 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and

(2) Delegation of such authority to certain officers and agencies.

1. Purpose. This order (1) establishes policy guidance in accordance with section 101 of Executive Order 10480 and section 401 of Executive Order 11051, (2) delegates authority in accordance with section 201 of Executive Order 10480, as amended, and (3) delegates other authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended.

2. Cancellation. This order supersedes Defense Mobilization Order I-7, dated August 14, 1953 (18 F.R. 5366) (redesignated at 18 F.R. 6737, October 23, 1953); Defense Mobilization Order I-7, Amendment 1, Revised, dated November 12, 1954 (19 F.R. 7348); Defense Mobilization Order VII-3, Revised, dated January 10, 1956 (21 F.R. 253); and Defense Mobilization Order VII-3, Supplement 1, dated August 27, 1955 (20 F.R. 6339).

3. Policies. a. Authority of title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, to control the distribution and use of materials and facilities, shall not be used except to require preference in the performance of contracts and orders and to allocate materials and facilities to accomplish the following:

(1) Direct military and atomic energy programs.

(2) Other programs and activities which are related to the military and atomic energy programs and which are certified by the Department of Defense or the Atomic Energy Commission and specifically authorized by the Office of Emergency Planning.

(3) Deliveries, production, and construction in industry required to fulfill direct military and atomic energy programs and the related programs and activities authorized under (2) above.

(4) The general distribution in the civilian market of materials found to be scarce and critical pursuant to the provisions of section 101(b) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and approved by the Director of the Office of

(5) Assistance in providing materials and facilities for the restoration of productive capacity damaged or destroyed by a major disaster as defined and determined under the provisions of Public Law 875, 81st Congress (42 U.S.C. 1855):

(a) Whenever the facility to be restored has delivery orders identified by authorized program identification symbols under the defense materials system. (b) Whenever failure to restore the facility would result in failure to meet a defense delivery schedule.

(c) Whenever failure to restore the facility would prevent the provision of a service necessary to meet a defense delivery schedule.

(d) When and to the extent that assistance is necessary to restore mobilization base capacity for the production of defense items including materials and services covered by the Office of Emergency Planning expansion goals whether or not such goals remain open.

b. The distribution of steel, copper, aluminum and nickel alloys for military and atomic energy and authorized related programs and activities shall

assure:

(1) That supplies of these materials are available to those programs and activities on time and in proper quantity.

(2) That demands of these programs and activities shall be distributed among suppliers on a generally fair and equitable basis.

(3) That allotments are not made in excess of actual current requirements of these programs and activities.

These criteria shall also apply to the maximum practicable extent to the use of priorities for materials other than steel, copper, aluminum and nickel alloys in support of direct military and atomic energy programs and other authorized programs and activities.

c. The Office of Emergency Planning shall review requirements and issue program determinations approving programs and making allotments of steel, copper, aluminum and nickel alloys to the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission for direct military and atomic energy programs and related programs and activities that have been authorized and assigned to these agencies for purposes of establish

ing them as programs eligible for priorities and allocations support, in accordance with the Business and Defense Services Administration regulations issued pursuant to title 1 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended.

d. All agencies now or hereafter designated by the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning to furnish supply and requirements data shall be responsible for the provision of such data and shall be entitled to be heard in connection with the determination of programs by the Director. The evaluation of supply and requirements data and the determination of programs shall be the function of the Director of Economic Affairs of the Office of Emergency Planning with right of appeal to the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning by any designated agency.

e. Exceptions to the foregoing basic policy may be made in the interests of the national defense by or with the authority of the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning.

4. Delegation of authority. a. The functions of the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning under title 1 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, are hereby delegated to those offices and agencies named in section 201 of Executive Order 10480, as amended with respect to the areas of responsibilities designated, and subject to the limitations prescribed in that section.

b. The functions conferred upon the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning by section 310(b) and 311(b) of Executive Order 10480, as amended, to certify the essentiality of loans to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Export-Import Bank of Washington are hereby delegated to the Administrator of General Services to the extent that such loans are a part of and in accordance with the terms of programs certified by the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning pursuant to section 312 of Executive Order 10480.

c. The functions conferred upon the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning by section 304 of Executive Order 10480, as amended, relative to the encouragement of exploration, development and mining of strategic and critical metals and minerals are hereby delegated to the Secretary of the Interior.

d. The functions delegated by this order may be redelegated with or without authority for further redelegation, and redelegations on the date hereof

shall continue in effect until rescinded or modified by approprite authority.

e. Officers and agencies performing the functions delegated by this order or redelegated by, or by authority of, the delegates hereunder shall perform such functions subject to the direction and control of the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning as provided by section 101 of Executive Order 10480, as amended. Such officers and agencies shall furnish such reports on the use of the authority as the Director may require.

[28 F.R. 12164, Nov. 15, 1963]

DMO 8500.1A-GUIDANCE ON PRIORITY USE OF RESOURCES IN IMMEDIATE POSTATTACK PERIOD

1. Purpose. This Order (1) states the policy of the Federal Government on use of resources in the period immediately following a nuclear attack on the United States, (2) provides general guidance for Federal, State, and local government officials on activities to be accorded priority in the use of postattack resources, and (3) lists those items essential to national survival in the immediate postattack period.

2. Cancellation. Defense Mobilization Order 8500.1, Guidance on Priority Use of Resources in Immediate Postattack Period, dated April 24, 1964 (29 F.R. 5796) is hereby superseded.

3. General policy. In an immediate postattack period all decisions regarding the use of resources will be directed to the objective of national survival and recovery. In order to achieve this objective, postattack resources will be assigned to activities concerned with the maintenance and saving of lives, immediate military defense and retaliatory operations, and economic activities essential to continued survival and recovery.

This guidance is designed to achieve a degree of national equity in the use of resources and to assign and conserve resources effectively in the immediate postattack period. Until more specific instructions are available, these are the general guidelines within which managerial judgment and common sense must be used to achieve national objectives under widely differing emergency conditions.

4. Responsibilities. As stated in The National Plan for Emergency Preparedness, the direction of resources mobiliza

tion is a Federal responsibility. However, in the period immediately following an attack, certain geographical areas may be temporarily isolated, and State and local governments will assume responsibility for the use of resources remaining in such areas until effective Federal authority can be restored. State and local governments will not assume responsibility for resources under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency where the Federal agency is able to function.

As soon as possible after an attack and until specific national direction and guidance on the use of resources is provided, Federal, State, and local officials will determine what resources are available, to what needs they can be applied, how they are to be used, and the extent to which resources are deficient or in excess of survival needs. They will base determinations as to the relative urgency for use of resources primarily upon the importance of specific needs of defense, survival, and recovery.

5. Priority activities in immediate postattack period. The following activities are to be accorded priority over all other claims for resources. There is no significance in the order of the listing-all are important. The order in which and the extent to which they are supported locally may vary with local conditions and circumstances. If local conditions necessitate the establishment of an order of priority among these activities, that order shall be based on determinations of relative urgency among the activities listed, the availability of resources for achieving the actions required, and the feasibility and timeliness of the activities in making the most rapid and effective contribution to national survival.

a. The immediate defense and retaliatory combat operations of the Armed Forces of the United States and its Allies: This includes support of military personnel and the production and distribution of military and atomic weapons, materials and equipment required to carry out these immediate defense and retaliatory combat operations.

b. Maintenance or reestablishment of Government authority and control to restore and preserve order and to assure direction of emergency operations essential for the safety and protection of the people. This includes:

(1) Police protection and movement direction;

(2) Fire defense, rescue and debris clearance;

(3) Warnings;

(4) Emergency information and instructions;

(5) Radiological detection, monitoring and decontamination.

c. Production and distribution of survival items and provision of services essential to continued survival and rapid recovery. (For list of survival items, see Appendix 1 to this order.) These include:

(1) Expedient shelter;

(2) Food, including necessary processing and storage;

(3) Feeding, clothing, lodging, and other welfare services;

(4) Emergency housing and community services;

(5) Emergency health services, including medical care, public health and sanitation;

(6) Water, fuel, and power supply; (7) Emergency repair and restoration of damaged vital facilities.

d. Essential communications and transportation services needed to carry out the above activities.

e. Provision of supplies, equipment, and repair parts to produce and distribute goods needed for the above activities.

6. Assignment of resources. Resources required for essential uses, including manpower, will be assigned to meet the emergency requirements of the priority activities indicated above. The principal objectives are to use available resources to serve essential needs promptly and effectively, and to:

a. Protect and to prevent waste or dissipation of resources prior to their assignment to priority activities;

b. Support production of essential goods. Other production will be permitted to continue only from inventories on hand and when there is no emergency requirement for the resources vital to this production.

c. Support construction for emergency repair and restoration, construction of facilities needed for survival, or the conversion of facilities to survival use, where this can be accomplished quickly. Other construction already under way should be stopped, and no new construction started unless it can be used immediately for essential purposes upon completion. [29 F.R. 15123, Nov. 10, 1964]

APPENDIX 1

This document contains a listing of items considered essential to sustain life at a productive level to assure national survival in

an emergency. The list identifies items to which major attention should be given in all phases of preattack planning to insure the availability of basic essentials for a produtive economy in the event of a nuclear attack. Supply-requirements studies and assessments for these items will be made to disclose critical deficiencies or other problems that can be anticipated. Revisions will be made as necessary to keep the items as up-to-date as possible.

The items are arranged by seven major groups:

(1) Health Supplies and Equipment,
(2) Food,

(3) Body Protection and Household Operations,

(4) Electric Power and Fuels,

(5) Sanitation and Water Supply, (6) Emergency Housing and Construction Materials and Equipment, and

(7) General Use Items.

Survival items are defined as "those items without which large segments of the population would die or have their health so seriously impaired as to render them both burdensome and non-productive." The items have been classified into Group A or Group B, with Group A representing end products consumed or used directly by the population, and Group B consisting of those items essential to the effective production and utilization of the Group A items, which are consumed or used directly by the people.

There are no Group B items in the categories of Health Supplies and Equipment, Body Production and Household Operations, and Emergency Housing and Construction Materials and Equipment. All of these items are considered to be consumed directly and any attempt to separate them in to A and B groupings would be too arbitrary to be meaningful.

It is important to keep in mind the fact that while the items listed are the basic essentials necessary for maintaining a viable economy during the first six months following an attack, not all of them would create problems that would require government action preattack to insure adequate supplies. The aforementioned supply-requirements studies will be undertaken to identify the problem areas. In developing supply data, all available production capacity, existing inventories, and possible substitutions will be considered. For example, in analyzing clothing items, all available supplies would be considered from sport to dress shirts, from overalls to dress suits. However, new production would be limited to the simplest form of the basic item which can be produced. The final determination as to which of the items are most critical and which may require preattack actions by the Government, as well as the type of actions which must be taken, can be made only after a comprehensive supply-requirements analysis is completed.