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Show U. S. Needs Civ!! Defense CITY khti COUNTRY DWELLERS I HAVE VITALLY IMPORTANT JOBS (This is thi sevrnth of a strirs of articles on civil defense, based on the booklet "This Is Ctvl Defense prepared by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. It may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Ofiice, Washington, D. C. for ten cents.) By MILLARD CALDWELL Federal Civil Defense Administrator I f No matter where you live city, town or country- tllry side your part in civil defense is important. If you vAJJf live on a farm you are on the enemy's high priority iist for some kin(i 0f biological warfare attack. Your livestock and crops may get hit by some kind of EW, and unless un-less you are on the lookout for a possible sneak attack on what you produce, it might be too late to do anything about it. So it is of great importance to you that you know what to do in time. Civil defense will tell you. If you live in a small town, you1 have a special kind of civil defense job. And it is of great importance too, for it is helping and sheltering shelter-ing bombed out people from some 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 hills, but thousands of them may have to be moved into your town for medical attention atten-tion and help. May Be Evacuation Area There also will be young children, chil-dren, expectant mothers, invalids and old people to care for. Your locality might be named as an evacuation area for this purpose. If you are anywhere within reach of a major city, hospital facilities in your community surely would be tagged as reception recep-tion areas for casualties. You understand now how important it is for you to take an active interest in your civil defense. If you live in a large city, you will have a critical civil defense job to do. You will serve both as part of the civil defense team and 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 50,000 . population, you probably live in a target area. Watch how your com- x munity organizes for civil defense. Read your newspapers, listen to radio broadcasts for information about your civil defense organization. organiza-tion. Expensive For Enemy Any attack, even with regular 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 pay-ofT 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 our citizens. By looking at a population or industrial map of the United States, you can 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 idea of its importance to the enemy. You know what industries are located there and if they are essential essen-tial to the war effort. One such industry in-dustry generally does not make a target area, many such induntries definitely do. Ask your local civil defense director. Yes! Civil defense is YOUR business no matter whei-e you live. (The next article will discing how to volunteer.) |