Show U. U S. S Must Build Civil Defense ense AIR FORCE CHIEF SAYS ENEMY BOMBERS CAN ATTACK AMERICA Til it II IA 10 Civic bared kJ 10 b orl TUt TM tl Is frit fr ef f ea a ruler in if of f oh tI tI sirs d tn ti c e dined bb C D' D b ty by rag 10 Fenner Civil ou D us It h may tf III D. D C. C from i 10 s S ef of Doc Printing W C for far I In Sq trees Br Dr MILLARD CALDWELL Federal Civil De ease A Administrator General Hoyt Chief of Staff of theD the theN N United States Air Force has made a startling statement statement state- state e C II D ment one which most Americans find hard to believe Ho He had said that at best we could knock knockdown knockdown knockdown down only 30 out of ever every enemy planes attacking the United States That means that at least 7 out of 10 would get through Despite our traditional attitude that it cant can't happen hannen here we must believe these facts This does doea not mean that our Air Force Is Ineffective We Wo have an excellent air force and our antiaircraft anti antiI aircraft defenses are good In thelast the thelast thelast last war the Germans also were well equipped with defense weapons weapons ons but they were not abl to stop our attacking bombers On the average we lost fewer than 10 out of each planes llanes That gives us something to think about I We know that everything possible possible pos pos- sible will be done to stop the enemy at our borders and to prevent sabotage within but we WP also can be sure that in case of war a good percentage of enemy attacks would be successful in spite of all aU that we could do That Is why we must have Civil Defense The wide oceans which once protected protected protected pro pro- us have given way to global bombers Today we face more kinds of attack than ever before and our danger is much greater I There is only one sure way to keep any enemy from knocking us out of a war We must know how to save lives and property prope restore our cities and industries and carry carryon on the fight no matter what kind of attacks are hurled against us Russia Has Bombers Russia has hundreds of heavy range long-range bombers patterned after our B which could get through most of our defense setups We know that Russia has atomic bombs and that their heavy range long-range bombers are capable of delivering them anywhere in the United States at any time the Kremlin dictates She can wage biological biological J ical warfare for she has scientists capable of preparing disease diseases for use against people plants and animals and trained secret agents who could spread them It is certain that she has bas the major war gases including the new and deadly nerve gas developed by German experts who were taker taken into Russia at the end of the last war That is not all we must plan I against In some types of biological warfare fifth frith columnists could begin begirt begirt be be- girt gin work without waiting for a war to start Saboteurs too could attack from within and wreck our defenses and war production out out- put Hit Without Warning All these enemy weapons could hit us without warning The outcome of modern war is not necessarily decided by armies in the field Wars today can be bewon bewon won or lost on the home front The home front cannot be hidden and it cannot retreat retreat not not if II we are to survive as a free people Millions of Americans must be trained in civil defense before this country can be sure it is ia ready for enemy attack Meanwhile that attack might come at any moment We have no time to lose 10 In in preparing preparing pre pre- preparing paring t ward off such an attack Your home your job your family your own life llIe may be at stake Civil defense is the sure way way way- the only for organized for way for survival survival survival val on the home front I The next article will disc discuss sa what is civil defense and how it itcan I 1 Ican Ican can help i |