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Show U.S. Needs Civil Defense GETTING A BOMBED COMMUNITY ON ITS FEET TAKES ORGANIZATION (Thit it the Uui of a itritt of orticUt on civil defense, hated M M booklet "This It Civil Detente" (refuted by the Federcl Civil Defenu Admimumiion. It may to obtained from the Sptrmltndml of Docnmentt, Government Printing Ofic; Wuhinoton, D, Cv for ten centt.) By MILLARD CALDWELL Federal Civil Defense Administrator Getting a stricken city back into working: order as i soon as possible by restoring damaged facilities and I clearing away debris is the job of the Engineering Service. Under their regular supervisors, but with civil defense direction, men employed by public works and utility departments or contracting firms, would do the same kind of work in the event of .enemy attack. Men would be needed who can operate special equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, dump trucks and welding machines, and volunteers volun-teers in the labor force that would help clean away wreckage and open the streets to traffic Help would be recruited from equipment and material dealers, labor unions, engineering schools, and other groups which have skilled workmen, work-men, tools, and material. The Rescue Service Rescue work is mainly an engineering Job and requires some basic knowledge of shoring, rigging, and building construction. construc-tion. Hence, its personnel will be drawn from the building trades and similar occupations. Untrained rescue workers often make a bad situation worse by causing additional damage, creating creat-ing more casualties, or becoming casualties themselves. Rescue teams will have their own specially equipped rescue vehicles, ve-hicles, and will be made up of eight men each. Three teams, working 8-hour shifts to provide around-the-clock operation, will be assigned to each rescue vehicle, and will be known as a rescue squad. Ability and willingness to work as a team under emergency conditions, and strength and stamina stam-ina to perform that work, are the requirements for the good rescue worker. Skilled drivers are needed for the Transportation Service. In case of enemy attack, people and equipment would have to be moved carefully and rapidly: the injured to hospitals, emergency food and . medical supplies to the stricken area. Women can be very useful in these operations, and many of them acted as drivers for the military mili-tary and Red Cross in the last war. The Transportation Service will teach people to drive in organised or-ganised fleets under emergency condition, and give them instructions in-structions in simple repair and maintenance work if necessary. Assembly points will be set np and a mission will be aasigned to every volunteer and every official vehicle. Persons skilled in rail, air, or water transportation are also needed and should contact their local civil defense transportation service. Will Need Volunteers Your local civil defense headquarters head-quarters will need many volunteers for staff work. No matter what job you undertake, it will be vital to your organization. You are just as important in a email job as in a big job. It is not necessary to have any technical knowledge. By volunteering volun-teering for staff work you may give some one with technical skill the opportunity to serve where ha is most needed. All the civil defense services you have been reading about are for the purpose of protecting lives and property in the United States. Every one in every community is fitted for some job in civil defense. Select one or more for which you are best qualified and volunteer NOW. |