Show u. u s. s Needs Civil Defense HOME HOE FRONT PROTECTION IS UPS UP UP C F TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY This Thu is the lIr fifth fi of 01 a CI series of 0 articles on it'll defense nur bused on the booklet This Is It Civil Defense t prepared littered by the h Federal Civil Defense m Administration It Jt may m y be b obtained from fro the M Superintendent of 0 Documents Government nl Printing Office Oilier Washington D D. C. C JOT jar ten fen tents ants By MILLARD CALDWELL Federal Civil Defense Administrator Civil defense is set up by Federal and State law But N no law Jaw will work unless you back it up with action 1 L' L I That's why in the end the responsibility for civil tr defense is yours If bombs from enemy planes ever fall on your city or com corn community community they will not fall on an organization or a system of gov gov- They will fall on you and nd your family and friends A soldier is trained tr ined to take care of himself and to keep kc p on fighting As Asa a defender of your home front you must learn to protect yourself o and I keep on working Despite every pre pre- precaution pre pre-I precaution caution a soldier might be killed So might you But the more you know V and the better trained you are the better your chances for survival To help you OU protect yourself and to make the best use of your own special ability and and skill in an emergency i is the whole tole idea of of civil defense If you give time and thought to that then you will be beable beable beable able to save yourself and others if trouble comes It is not up to the Federal Govern Govern- Government Government Government ment to run civil defense Tr T T. i s Fed Fed- Federal Federal Federal eral Civil Defense J does the basic planning gives technical technical technical cal information to the States pays p ys part of the cost of equipment and shelters and provides some kinds of emergency supplies The operation o of civil defense begins at your State line It Is The Peoples Peoples' Job It is 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 run The person in charge in iii i your Stats State Stat is the State Civil Defense Director In your city it is the mayor ma ol or your our local Civil Defense Director He and his hi staff organize and direct civil defense To do this they must find and train thousands of volunteer workers Without your help their efforts would be useless Civil defense is definitely not the responsibility of the Armed Forces Their job is to fight by carrying the attack to the enemy Their experts e pert have worked with the Federal Civil Defense Administration to deter deter- determine determine determine mine which areas are most likely to tobe tobe tobe be attacked what Kinds of attacks to expect and what to do about them The Armed Forces have some same definite civil defense jobs such as making decisions on blackouts dim- dim dimI I outs camouflage and radio silence Air Force On Job The Air Force operates the radar radar screen and the ground observer i 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 th warning has been given the Air Force job for civil il defense ends and civil defense goes into operation That is where you come in That is isI I where your training in civil defense will save lives perhaps lives perhaps your life and andI the lives of your family I The next article will discuss what does civil defense do before b fore an 1 attack |