Show CIVIL DEFENSE House Votes Plan to Build Shelters The house voted to 1 a civil civil- i defense plan that would cost an estimated More than two thirds of the total amount would go for bomb shelters with the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government paying half halt of their cost and local and state governments governments governments gov gov- putting up the rest The plan was sent to the senate and quick approval was expected A somewhat similar program had hadj I j been approved unanimously by the senates senate's services armed-services committee One member of the congressional atomic committee said it was estimated estimated estimated es es- es- es that rate first-rate civil defense measures plus 12 minutes' minutes advance warning of possible attack might reduce casualties in an atomic attack attack at at- tack by as much as 50 per cent For this reason an adequate defense was Imperative |