Evening star., 1950-09-18

State far enough along to start
recruiting volunteers. They also
said that all the States require
more legislation to give the Gov
ernors anough powers to act in
emergencies and to cope with the
problems of atomic warfare.
The plan carried not only a
proposed model State law but also
a STEP step guide for city plan
ming. The process includes study
ing available resources, making a
plan to use them, testing the
plans effectiveness with an mag
mary atomic bomb attack and
then revising the plan in the light
of what was learned from that
exercise.
The Federal planners empha-
sized that they could not ask Con-
gresS for equipment to supply to
the States until the cities and
States have made inventories to
determine what they lack.
Services Required.
The plan also dealt briefly with
a dozen different services which
communities must organize for
going civil defense operation.
Among them were:
Warden SerVice-Wardens would
furnish the leadership for group
self-protection" by organizing
teams for f1re-f1ghting, rescue and
first aid in blocks, apartment and
office buildings, factories and other
institutions. They would be the
bond between the people of the
community and the civil defense
organization.
Fire serviceS-Fires caused by
atomic bombs or incendiaries are
so fierce that public fire. fighting
companies would be limited to
preventing the spread of fires on
the fringe of fire storms and con-
dagrations. A flre-guard service
would fight small blazes outside
the main fire area. At an air
raid warning, fighting COM
panies would be dispersed to out
lying points so they would not be
destroyed or trapped by debris
before they could go to work. Fire
departments were urged to con-
slider moving permanently to new
stations of f1re-resistant construc-
tion preferably in outlying dis
tricts and abandoning old stations
wherever possible.
Volunteers Need Training.
Police-Volunteer forces should
supplement the regular force but
should not be Hastily organized,
clothed with police authority and
armed with police weapons. They
should be carefully selected and
trained before taking part in
police activities. In addition to
their regular duties, police must
be trained to handle panics, and
would be expected to prevent
looting, identity the dead, report
the presence of unexploded bombs
to the military and apply safety
precautions at the site of these
missiles until they are disposed
of by the military
Health and Medical Services
These would include a complete
set-up of first aid stations, i'm
provised hospitals usually in school
buildings, ambulance services, dis
tribution of medical supplies and
blood, protection against con-
taminated food and water, veter-
mary and morgue services: Hos
pitals were urged to increase cur
rent stocks. Federal storage depots
and processing plants for blood
are planned.
Welfare Survey Required.
Emergency welfare service-So-
clal workers and trained volun-
teers would act in disasters to help
re-eStablish families, provide
emergency housing, food and
clothing, assist in evacuation and
iced civil defense workers on the
job. Cities were told to survey
all eating establishments for their
capacity, get lists OF cooks, record
housing facilities, make an in
ventory OF available clothing sup
plies in retail and wholesale out
lets and negotiate agreements for
the release of supplies in an
emergency.
Engineering Service-Pre-at attack
duties would include measures to
safeguard water, gas, electricity
and food supplies. The service
would work on the shelter pro-
gram and after an attack, would
help the rescue service, clear de-
bris, create firebreaks and make
essential repairs.
Rescue Service-The hazards of
using unskilled rescue workers are
so great to entrapped, victims as
well as the rescuers that the Fed
eral Government plans to set up
rescue schools to train team lead
ers. The rescue service would go
into action Immediately after the
attack to free the trapped and de-
liver the injured to first-aid
teams.
Observation-Disclosures needs