Evening star., 1942-07-20
1870 Helmets
Loaned by0CD
Are Received
CITY Still Awaits
BIockout Scheduled
Before Thursday

While Washington continued to
await its surprise blackout, due
before Thursday, two carloads of
steel helmets for civilian defenders
rolled into the city, the first import
ant loan to the District from the
National ONCE of Civilian Defense
out OF its $100 OO0, 900 fund.
A spokesman for local OCD said
the 1920 helmets in the shipment
could be distributed only to men,
bers of the various services who
had completed their training courses
under the National OCD regula-
tions
Chief Air Raid Warden william
j. Mileham, whose warden service
is to get 5000 of the helmets, said,
however. he had been given no in
structions that they were to 60 only
to certified workers.
The District has already pur-
chased and distributed $4,000 he'll
NETS and previously received 500 of
them from the national Office.
Navy Yard in for Is Minutes.
With only three nights remaining
OF the six-night period during a
half hour of which the unannounced
blackout was to occur, the Nevy
Yard announced today 1t would
blackout for only Is minutes, CO.
ordinating its sirens with those Of
the rest Of the Metropolitan Area.
At the end of the Is minutes, Navy
Yard employees will 60 back to work.
It was previously announced that
the Army's 46 establishments and
all other public buildings would
black out for the full half hour.
Today also brought a clarifying
statement from Assistant Superin-
tendent Harvey G. Callahan on the
respective duties of AFRAID war
dens and police.
Asking for common sense" from
both groups, Inspector Callahan
pointed out that in some cases
wardens have attempted to regulate
traffic and police have extinguished
lights.
Where police are present on the
scene" he said, "air-raid wardens
have been instructed not to regu-
late traffic, but when there are no
police officers present at the time,
it is proper for wardens to halt We
hicular traffic which Is moving with
out authority and require them to
extinguish their lights.
Police Function.
when lights are found burning
which should be extinguished and
air-raid wardens are present, the
police should permit them to carry
out their function Of seeing that
thsy aEs taE9sd e3. snd sho9ld rlVass n
when no air-raid warden is present
or when the person in charge OF
such lighting refuses to extinguish
the same and the situation is re-
ported to them by air-raid wardens.
"1he members of all protective
services should keep in mind the
slogan, We are fighting the Axis
not each other and there should be
nothing but mutual cooperation
and helpfulness for the protection
Of the community.
TT is strongly urged that mem
bers of the regular force and the
auxiliary police, especially officials.
become better acquainted with
members of the air-raid warden
service; that they familiarize them
selves with warden posts in their re-
spective precincts and do everything
possible to foster and promote that
attitude of mutual understanding
and cooperation which results from
a full appreciation of the value OF
the other mans work, and COM
plete confidence in his ability and
willingness to do his job in a thor
ough and efficient manner.
Occasional conflicts of person.
alities are inevitable, but in the few
instances where they occur they
must be adjusted without bad feel
ings or malice on the part of either
service, and they must be put aside
and forgotten for the benefit of the
community"