Civil Defense: Fallout Shelter Program, Part 2, Volume 2United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee No. 3 U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963 - Civil defense |
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adequate administration agencies airburst American Armed Services authority BECKER bill blast blast shelter bomb BRAY centers Chairman CHAMBERLAIN civil defense director civil defense organization civil defense program civilian COHELAN committee Congress construction continuity of government cost damage Department of Defense disaster DURKEE EDWARD HÉBERT emergency employees enemy equipment existing facilities fallout protection fallout shelter program Federal Government fire fission funds going groundburst ICHORD industrial KELLEHER KNOTT legislation megatons ment merit system miles military million missile nuclear attack nuclear war nuclear warfare nuclear weapons Office of Civil operations percent person personnel PIKE PIRNIE PITTMAN population possible postattack President problem public shelter question radiation radioactive responsibility SCHREIBER Secretary shelter areas shelter space shelter system Soviet statement subcommittee supplies survival target TELLER thermal radiation thermonuclear tion United Washington
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Page 4614 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.
Page 4898 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Page 4614 - And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates, the overthrow of the government of the United States or of the state by force or violence...
Page 5249 - But this deterrent concept assumes rational calculations by rational men. And the history of this planet, and particularly the history of the 20th century, is sufficient to remind us of the possibilities of an irrational attack, a miscalculation, an accidental war, or a war of escalation in which the stakes by each side gradually increase to the point of maximum danger which cannot be either foreseen or deterred.
Page 4782 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Page 4864 - Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease ; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm ; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire ; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm ! 1872.
Page 4607 - In the event of an attack, the lives of those families which are not hit in a nuclear blast and fire can still be saved — if they can be warned to take shelter and if that shelter is available. We owe that kind of insurance to our families — and to our country.
Page 4895 - If life were a thing that money could buy The rich would live, and the poor would die.
Page 4674 - ATLANTA, GA. Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, my name is George W. West, Jr. I am president of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Atlanta. I am a veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict, having been called to active duty both times in the very early days with the Georgia National Guard. I have had over 12 years of active military service in nearly every branch of the Army, the last being the Corps of Engineers. I was schooled in Civil Engineering at The Citadel, military...
Page 5253 - The very strength and nature of the Alliance forces make it possible for us to retain, even in the face of a massive surprise attack, sufficient reserve striking power to destroy an enemy society if driven to it.