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Show War Dangers Are Outlined By Leaders At Civilian Defense Mass Meeting Held Tuesday The civilian defense rally held last Friday evening at the Pleasant Plea-sant Grove high school auditorium, auditori-um, and sponsored by the American Amer-ican Legion Post No. 70, marked the opening of an extensive civilian civ-ilian defense now being planned. The program will be under the direct di-rect supervision of Harold S. Walker, recently named co-ord-inator for Pleasant Grove. Mr. Walker is also a member of the county advisory committee. Dr. J. Russell Smith, Provo city civilian coordinator, told those assembled that "We must prepare for the day that we hope will never come." "If we are prepared pre-pared we will be all right, if we are unprepared, we will be banished." ban-ished." "We are now a part of the United Uni-ted States army," Mr. Walker told the group." Each of us have the definite responsibility of taking tak-ing care of ourselves." Mayor Robert W. Marrott, mas ter of ceremonies at the meeting asked people of Pleasant Grove to pledge their support to the appointed ap-pointed leaders and make every effort to prepare themselves to protect themselves. "Utah is a major target for enemy en-emy planes and we must be ready for anything that Imay happen," he warned. County civilian defense coordinator coord-inator George Stratton of Orem also warned the group, "nobody can help as much as you can help yourselves. Each family, each community, must be prepared." Burton H. Adams, county commission com-mission chairman, urged every citizen of Pleasant Grove to sign the freedom scroll "to show the people behind the iron curtain how united we are in the cause of freedom." Dr. Smith, principal speaker, said "people are not educated to how dangerous our present and future situations are. Last war two oceans separated us from our enemies. Now we have the atomic bomb to fear. This bomb kills, wounds and destroys and It is of vital importance our people at home learn to defend themselves. "Utah was the first state in the nation to submit plans for civilian defense and have them approved by the national committee," com-mittee," Dr. Smith said. Theron S. Hall, Utah county sheriff, spoke on plans to organize organ-ize the county civilian defense and what main projects would be. People attending the meeting saw two United States army films "It's Your America," and" Lest We Forget." These films were produced in Hollywood for the army, and were shown in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove by officials of the Provo Pro-vo recruiting office. |