Evening star., 1942-09-13
Civilian Defense Force
In Metropolitan Area
Close 10 100000
Other Volunteers Are
Needed to Complete
Protective Units
By MIRIAM oTTENBERG.

BY MlNIAM OIIENbEhb.
Approximately 100000 volunteers
In Washington and its Metropolitan
Area are now working on civilian
defense Jobs, 1t was learned last
night.
More than $4,000 of the volun-
teers are active in the Districts
protective services. Another 24,o0o
men and women are doing similar
job In the neighboring counties
that complete the Metropolitan
Area.
The civilian defense volunteer Of
fice has assigned nearly $4,000 vol
unteers to Jobs in civilian mobiliza-
ton, and thousands of other volun-
teers are active in the Red Gross or
the American Womens Voluntary
Service.
When the CDvO sent out letters
recently to women who had reg
istered In the mass enrolment OF
volunteers in June, 1941, asking
them to serve as daytime wardens.
a post card went with each letter
on which the enrollee was to fill in
whether or not she was already
working in civilian defense, and
whether or not she had more time
to give.
Answer to Inquiries.
A total of 326 post cards OF the
$50 sent out were returned. Here's
how the answers ran:
Fifteen we're Ill, 20 had left town.
As were assistant zone wardens with
no more time available, II had more
time to give to civilian defense, 18
others were in the warden service,
81 in emergency feeding and hous-
ing. is in unspecified types of Red
Cross work, six doing full-time work
as nurses aides, 80 had small chill
dren and no domestic help. As
merely signified they had no more
time available, 10 were In Red Cross
Motor Corps. IL in AWvS. FIVE as
signed to the Emergency Medical
Service, 10 giving all their spare
time to selling War bonds and
stamps, 20 in civilian mobilization
work, IL away for the summer and
two expectant mothers.
In other words, nearly two-thirds
of these who responded were already
engaged in civilian defense jobs or
ready to be assigned to them.
Although most of the services still
need volunteers, the consolidated
civilian defense strength in the pro-
| Nf +l1a
Area totals more than $4,000 men
and women.
Civil Defense Assignments.
The latest local OCD report shows
this breakdown:
Headquarters staff-20 in the Dis
trict, 14o for the entire Metropoli-
tan Area, including the District,
Arlington and Fairfax Counties and
Alexandria, Va, and Montgomery
! and Prince Georges Counties, Md.
Auxiliary firemen-94s in the Dis
trict, 4,384 in the Metropolitan Area,
Auxiliary policemen-4,453 in the
District, 5,415 in the Metropolitan
Area.
, fAlA II dlQ Wol0Cll cCk WIZ h4AlQ0-
ing messengers, wardens, emergency
feeding and housing personnel ant
fire watchers-35, $40 in the District
5o.287 in the Metropolitan Area.
Emergency medical service-1, ,24(
in the District, 3,134 in the Metro
!. politan Area.
Public works-6,420 in the Dis
. trict, 7,449 in the Metropolitan Area
Public utiIties-4,000 in the Dis
trict, 4,442 in the Metropolitan Area
: Communicat ations-397 in the Dis
y trict, 400 in the Metropolitan Area
I Transportation-808 in the Dis
! trict. 1871 in the Metropolitan Area
!, Rescue squad-420 in the District
\ no figure for the entire area.
IA in Paid Positions.
Paid personnel in the Distric
amounts to 50 and for the metro
!. politan area, "a. Two officers ar
3 detailed from the Army.
.. To fill all the jobs for whicl
: volunteers are needed, it is esti
mated that at least $4,000 NOR
: men and women workers should b
. enrolled. Approximately 10000 ar
!, needed as fire watchers, 10000 a
= daytime wardens, several thousan
. as auxiliary policemen and f1remer
several hundred each for decon
:. tamination units and rescue squad
: and several hundred as Red Cros
nurses aides among others.