Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-03-30

tant. The bureau of animal industry
already has given instruction to a
large number of veterinarians in
diagnosis Of. these diseases and at
the first suspicion the farmer should
call the state livestock sanitary Of
ficials for prompt investigation. In
many instances large amounts of
vaccine must be promptly available
and in any outbreak, quarantine
procedure and destruction Of ami
mails and their burial may be all
important to prevent spreading.
Special equipment for disinfecting
crews should be Immediately avail
able.
The same watchfulness is essen
tial in detection Of plant pests and
diseases. County agricultural
agents, farmers, and regional, state
and federal agricultural agencies
will advise which crops in their re-
spective areas are most essential
for national welfare and, therefore,
more likely to be the aim of biolog-
ical warfare.
THE STATE AND local govern
ments are furnishing approximate
ly half Of the three billion dollars
appropriated in the national civilian
defense act to provide for this ma
tion-wide program. But in spite Of
every thing the federal administra-
tor may do, the responsibility Of
adequate defense rests at each level
of local government including the
responsibility for health service op-
creations. 1t is up to the state civil
defense director to map out his
state and to determine in each To-
cality just what type Of organ
ization must be setup. A community
then would find itself in one of
three categories: first, cities within
critical target areas; second, mu-
tual aid communities; n d third,
mobile support communities. The
folks in the small towns and rural
areas would find themselves in one
Of the last two categories and their
principal function would be to re-
ceive casualties from the nearby
principal city, and to send health
service rescue teams to its aid.
The mobile support communities
may be anywhere from so to $50
miles from the nearest principal
city. And while these latter commu-
mites might not be the deliberate
aim of a bombing attack there is
always the possibility of bomber's
error, as many communities in Eu-
rope and Asia discovered in the
last war.
The organization of these mobile
support communities in rural coun-
ties are of greatest importance to
the whole civil defense program.
The health service in these commu-
mites would be organized to operate
as self-contained teams in such
fields as first aid and Pathological
defense. Larger communities with
hospitals or stable clinics would
also be prepared to receive cas-
ualties and should be able to supply
complete surgical, burn and shock
teams to disaster areas.
So just because you do not live
in large city, do not get the idea
that you and your family should
not be trained in every possible as
pect Of civil defense or that you will
not be called upon for aid in case
OF an emergency disaster. You will
be. If the weight of atomic attack
or other Of the phases of warfare
discussed in these articles ever
falls on this nation, the response
bility of defense will not fall so
much upon plan of organization
as it will upon the shoulders of in
dividuals who are trained and
ready and who know how to save
their own lives and the lives Of
their neighbors. So be ready to
join the United States civil defense
corps.