Show US U S needs civil defense HOME FRONT protection IS UP TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY thu is u the fifth of a troies of on civil vel boded on c tho bookert ahn thu Is II cial f the federal civil T jl Is may if bf t tram the su ri 1 I Do cummi Prin tso otic D C f nr r in emu fly Y ply oy MILLARD CALDWELL rat civil defense administrator cypert is set up by federal and state law but t i w will work unless you back it up with action why in the end the responsibility for civil defense is yours if bombs from enemy planes ever fall on your city or community they will not fall on an organization or a system of government they will fall on you and your family and A soldier lit ia trained to take care of himself and to keep on fighting As aa a defender of your home front you must learn to protect yourself and keep on working despite every precaution a soldier might be killed so might you but the more you know and the better trained you are the better your chances for survival tur vival to help you protect yourself and to make the best use of your own special ability and skill in an emergency is the whole idea of 0 civil defense if you give time and thought to that then you will be able to save yourself and nd others if trouble comes it is not up to the federal government to run civil defense T the he federal civil defense administration does the basic planning gives technical information to the states pays part of the cost of equipment and shelters and provides some kinds of emergency supplies the operation of civil defense begins at your state line it la is the peoples job it is ia the job of the states and territories and their counties and cities to organize civil defense among their own people they must build the machine and make it run the person in charge in your state is ia the state civil defense director in your city it is the mayor or your local civil defense director he and his staff organize and direct civil defense to do this thi they must find and train thousands thousand of volunteer workers without your help their efforts would be b useless civil defense defens Is definitely not the responsibility of the he armed forces their job is to fight by carrying the attack to the enemy their experts have worked with the federal civil defense administration to dt determine ermine which areas are most likely to be at tacked what kinds of attacks to expect P act and what hat to do about them the armed forces have some definite civil defense jobs abs such as making decisions on blackouts di camouflage and radio silence air fore force on job the air force operates the radar screen and the ground observer system to know when its own fighter planes are needed to meet incoming bombers and to warn civil defense officials of their approach once the warning has been given the air force job for civil defense ends and civil defense goes into operation that is where I 1 you come in that is where your training in civil defense will save lives perhaps your life and the lives of your family the next article will discuss what does civil defense do before an attack |