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Show U.S. Needs Civil Defense JOINING CIVIL DEFENSE CAN MEAN YOUR SURVIVAL (J? T" f "rUl 4 ertietn l dtfsnst, bassd M ik hookitt "This Is Cml D'frnsi" prtftti by tht ttitraX Civil Dsftnst AdministrmlUm. It may b tbtainti fnm tht SufrrmtrndnU rf Dtcumtnts. Cevtrnmtnl Pr-mtynt Ogk; Wutunglim, D. C, jw Itn tints.) By MILLARD CALDWELL Federal Civil Defens Administrator The most important reason for anyone to volun- teer for Civil Defense work now is that his or her I life may depend on it. From that point you can add more names to the list which may be dependent on you in some hour of crisis: your own family, your relatives, your neighbors, and other friends in vour communitv. The protection of your own' home, industrial property and war plants, public buildings, the place where you earn a living, your municipal facilities, your transportation transpor-tation system, farm lands, cattle, forests, harbors everything which has to do with your life today, multiply the reasons why you should volunteer for civil defense work NOW. Every good American will want to volunteer for civil defense. de-fense. Re knows It U his duty to do so, for there is no other way to recruit the millions of workers who will be needed to defeat an enemy on the home front If we are attacked and remember that we can be attacked attack-ed the hard, terrible task of getting our cities and industries back on their feet will fall mainly main-ly on civil defense volunteers. It is not a job for those who cant face facts or aren't willing to work. It is a job for real Americans with courage. No one can do the civil defense job but the American people themselves. them-selves. The Armed Forces have their own job to do. There are not 1 enough people in Federal, State, or local government agencies to do the job for you. It is on of those things you will have to do yourself. And you will have to be prepared for any emergency. There will be no time to take a civil defense de-fense training course, or read booklets, when the bombs falL All that must be done before if you want to better your chance for survival. Service Means Survival One local civil defense organiza- tion has adopted the slogan "Service "Ser-vice Means Survival" It is a good slogan to remember. It sums up the meaning of civil defense. An efficient, tough, determined civil defense program can mean survival for the American people. It's easy to And oat where to volunteer for civil defense work, and the services yon are qualified to perform. Visit or telephone your local civil defense headquarters, head-quarters, or watch for announcements announce-ments from your local civil defense de-fense director. Your newspapers, radio or television stations will give yon information. Your Red Cross chapter is ready to train you in first aid right now. This training is required of all civil defense volunteers. If you are not able to volunteer, you should take the latest Red Cross first aid course anyway. It is wise for you to know first aid no matter what may happen. Red Cross Courses The Red Cross gives courses in home nursing and nurses' aide also. It is wise to have some knowledge of these courses too. Then you might be able to save a life in your family some day, war or no war. Yon can help by being a Red Cross blood donor. Thousands of pints of blood would be needed after an enemy attack. There are ten major volunteer services in your civil defense. All are vital and will be discussed in the next three articles. Read them and decide where you fit in. |