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Show U.S. Needs Civil Defense VOLUNTEERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE HOME FRONT n t!.n,Mk "i '"of trticlet on mil defense, based on Ike booklet "Thit I, CjvU Defense" ffd by the Federal Civil Defense Adminutrot.on. It maybe chained uTlrn cri" ) Document,, Government Printing Ofce, W uhiZgtonTD.C?, By MILLARD CALDWELL Federal Civil Defense Administrator f All persona experienced in work having to do with ' LfhA nealth or medicine, others who can be trained in VVIy special weapons defense (against atomic, biological, and chemical warfare), are needed for the civil defense de-fense Health Service. Their big job will be to care for the injured, and protect the health of a city after an attack. In addition, many more volunteers will be needed for various duties under the direction of professional people, such as doctors and nurses, in the local civil defense organizations. The Health Service also must have thousands of persons trained in more than just first aid who can be organized for definite jobs at fint aid stations, and women volunteer! vol-unteer! who have taken courses in home nursing and nurses' aide. Men will be needed as litter bearers, bear-ers, ambulance personnel, hospital orderlies and attendants, supply , handlers, and maintenance workers. Defense against disease and tat warfare, and against radio-logical radio-logical contamination will need extra food inspectors, and sanitation sani-tation worker. Radiological monitoring teams will need teachers, or advanced atndents of physic and other related subjects, aa team leaders, and Ugh school graduates who have studied elementary physics, and radio repairmen, who can serve aa members of such teams. Other volunteers are needed for clerical work, to keep records of the 111, the injured, and the dead, to aid in the procurement of blood for? the blood service under the charge of the American Red Cross, and to be trained as assistants in laboratory work. Unskilled Labor Used Help is needed for such duties as washing laboratory glassware and mopping floors. In fact, no matter what you do, Health Service can use you in the vitally important civil defense work of saving lives. If an enemy attacks one of our cities, many persons will find themselves without food, clothing, cloth-ing, money, and shelter. The Welfare Service provides such things and aids in locating missing miss-ing persons, caring for infants, the aged, and the infirm. It also gathers and passes on news, of people who are separated from their families, contacts relatives rela-tives in other cities, refers families to places where they can get special help, and registers those persons who must have individual care. Training Courses Available Training courses, under competent compe-tent instructors, are available in the various branches of this civil defense program. Women, by background back-ground and experience, are well qualified for both these services and are urged to take a special I interest in them. |