Show u. u S Needs s Civil Defense ense CITY AND COUNTRY DWELLERS HAVE VITALLY IMPORTANT JOBS ft rt AI N-Mf N of If t mid Hider ritt bared i r v HI J WV 19 frit III the hi IA b booklet TM I fe civil VI rL tm tr ff o 4 by eke Civil Defense Ad Administration tret M It rt racy may H N from Ike hi s nuJ fr M of f C VIK r Gw Printing J Oilier flu P. P C C. for hi Tara Dy fly MILLARD CALDWELL Federal ra Civil Defense Administrator No matter where you live city live city town or countryside country country- N side your side your part in civil defense is important If you O CD live on a Do farm you are arc on the enemy's high priority list for some kind of biological warfare attack Your livestock and Dond crops may get hit by some kind of BW nw and unless unless unless un un- less you are Dora on the lookout for a Do possible sneak attack on what you produce it might be too late lato to do anything about it ft So it is of great importance to you that you know what to do o in time Im Civil Civi defense defense will Wll k tell you If you live in a small town you have a special kind of civil defense dc job lob And it U is of great importance too for it ia is helping and sheltering sheltering shelter shelter- Ing bombed out people from some BOme nearby city where public buildings and homes have been blasted or burned to the ground The people in big cities are not going to panic and take to the hUI hills but thousands of them may have to be moved Into your town for medical at attention attention atten atten- ten tion and help May He ne Evacuation Area There also will be young children chil chU dren expectant mothers Invalids and old people eople to tare care for Cor Your locality might be named as an evacuation area for this purpose If you yon are anywhere within reach of a major city hospital facilities in your community surely would be bo tagged as reception recep tion areas lor tar casualties You understand now how important it Is ia for you to take an active interest in your civil defense If you live in a large city you will have a n critical civil defense Job to do You will serve both as part of the civil defense team andas andas and andas as a member of a family which must make every effort to take care of itself Your duties in that capacity will be very vital If your city has more than population you probably live in a target area area Watch how howy your ur com corn Of i organizes for civil defense Rend Head your newspapers listen to toradio toradio toradio radio broadcasts for tor information about your civil defense tion Expensive For Enemy Any attack even with reg regular alar bombs is expensive for the enemy Making it with atomic bombs costs a great deal more An enemy would use atomic bombs only on targets which would payroll pay off in large scale damage That means they would probably hit only the large cities industrial centers and other areas which would cripple our resources and upset the morale of oC our citizens By l looking oking at a population or industrial map of the United States you can ean see that there are a limited number of areas which would be hit with atomic bombs What you know about your own community will give you some Borne idea of its importance to the enemy You know what industries are located there and if they are essential essential essen essen- to the war effort One such in- in industry Industry industry in In- generally does not make a target area many such industries definitely do Ask your local civil defense director Yes I Civil defense o Is ia YOUR business no matter where you live The next article will discuss how to volunteer |