The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-05
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtched Out
The Truth
. CIVILIAN DEFENSE
. LABOR'S PART
. THREE REQUIREMENTS
. POTTERS DOING PART
Civilian defense.

subject. NlNllldIl uelellSe.
Reason: Here's job in which la
bOr's experience in organization should
be invaluable.
Few persons who haven't got mixed
up in civilian defense work can have
any real idea of the enrmOus amount
of work that is being done, without
pay or thought of pay, by American
men and women, in order that this war
will not catch communities with their
pants out of plumb, if and when bombs
fall
Let single illustration suffice
or shall we bring in two of them?
Maybe.
Let's take first aid stations first
They are important and thousands
upon thousands of them are being set
up.
Civilian defense authorities are set
ting up some of them, but not enough.
To make up for the shortage, COM
tiOnS ION their own.
There are three requirements
Money, organization and room.
For the initial equipment the cost
runs from 5000 to $500 and even more.
For organization, three shifts each
available for duty at any hour during
the designated period, must be organ
lied. Each shift has, as a minimum,
one doctor, two nurses, two Orderlies,
six stretcher bearers, horde of mes
sengers, clerks and others. A complete
organization, around the clock, calls
for close to 200 persons, every one of
whom will pledge to respond ON the
instant.
That's a lot of persons.
OF cOuESe, if and as material is used
up it must be replaced and money must
be on hand on the instant, for that.
The room must be blacked out, with
ventilation and light 1t must have hot
water, which means Il heat and water
supply independent of any water sup
ply subject to destruction by bombs.
Ditto for light
TO put such an outfit and organiza
ton together requires Il lot of work
free work.
Labor, used to the self-discipline of
organized effort, should star in jobs i,
like this. 5r
These first aid stations are, Oh
course, improperly named, perhaps for''
want of Il better name. They are, in
reality, small emergency hospitals,
equipped to handle ma jOr injuries and
to bed patients until they can be evacu-
ated to either regular or temporary
hospitals.
Then take the air raid wardens.
Start with the chief for IA city. Then
you find chiefs for districts and sub
districts. Then when you get to the
city blocks you find one and often two
per block. Look at Il city map ana
| count how many men that means
men and women, for women are Sery-
ing as air raid wardens.
It's a lot of persons by any count
you care to make. They give a lot of
| time-all free-And they give time for
| training as we'll as for patroling
-ht'i tllt lllt NdlNtllS anu lltIl JuN
the auxiliary police which have been
| organized in many cities.
America has vast emergency force
of volunteers organized for protection
| of the public-moSt of them getting
| little recognition so far, but entitled
| to Il lot
Maybe you ought to be in one of
these outfitS-or in that other big net
work-the air raid filter services,
which bring cities the information
about approaching enemy planes.
But anyway, take off your hat to
| the thousands who are helping to make
| your home and your life as safe as
| possible, against the horrors of war.
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