Evening star., 1951-01-17
Civil Defense
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each, will be included in the Dis
trict's 1852 civil defense budget,
Inspector Fondall said. In the
meantime, the mobile service
would make use of the single can
teen unit owned by the Red Cross
and press into service the food
trucks which normally supply
hotels and restaurants.
Would Use Regular Stats.
In event of an alert, leaders OF
the emergency feeding service
would go to a designated control
center to direct operations. Ii
the attack hits Washington, the
mobile units would be dispatched
to the disaster area to feed cas-
ualties and rescue workers. Ho-
tells nearby would be designated
as feeding centers. using their
regular stats and supplies.
After the first "shock" phase
of the attack is over, the hotels
and restaurants will take over
the feeding job. Mobile units
will be used to keep feeding sta
tions supplied with raw food from
warehouses.
A recent survey has disclosed
that normal stockpiles would feed
Washington's population for Is
days. Although arrangements
have been made for bringing in
additional food from outlying
areas, that is not expected to be
necessary, Inspector Fondahl said.
Groceries Unaffected.
Supplies of Washington grocer
les will not be tapped for the
emergency feeding program, SO
that housewives in unaffected
areas still would have their reg
ular food supply, officials said.
The food served at the emer-
gency stations would be nourish-
ing but not fancy. The standard
diet would be heavy stew, bread,
milk and coffee, served cafeteria
style in paper plates and cups.
Command of the feeding serv-
ice has been set up to function
in the absence of any single key
person. Assisting Mr.. Moore are
Watson B. Rulon, manager of
Hogate's Restaurant; Bourbon
A. Dawes of the Washington Ho-
tel Association: Herbert c. Blunck,
manager of the Hotel Statler;
Robert J. Wilson of the Washing
ton Restaurant Association, and
Durries Crane, president of the
Pentagon Food Services. In the
event of an emergency, about
5000 persons would be involved
in the feeding service, Mr.. Moore
said.-
Financing Under Study.
The biggest snarl in the plan
at this point is the matter of re-
paying hotels and restaurants for
their food and services, officials
admit. The standard procedure
for repayment in the District
would be far too cumbersome for
emergency conditions and a new
system of financing the operation
is now being worked out, Inspector
Fondahl said.
The District also is making ar
rangements to use discarded police
radio equipment on the planes of
the Civil Air Defense Patrol.
That was disclosed in the first
formal District civil defense report
to Congress, filed yesterday. Under
the Districts Civil Defense Act, 1t
must report its civil defense ac-
tivities and expenditures at the
start of each session.
While, for the most part, the
report reviewed what has been done
here in civil defense, it also COM
planned of the difficulties of getting
personnel under the limitations
fixed by Congress and promised
that a request for a new civil de-
fenSe law will be presented shortly.
S53,241 Obligated.
On the financial side, Congress
was told that $3,763 has been
spent and $53,241 obligated of the
100000 appropriated for civil de-
fense last fall. Most of the money
obligated was for communications
and afraid warning equipment.
Since then, Congress has appro-
priated another $250,000 for Dis
trict civil defense.
The Commissioners reported that
a permanent AFRAID warning
plan, providing for adequate sound
coverage, has been perfected. Four
sirens have been ordered, and In
spector Fondahl said arrange
ments are under way for the pur-
chase of 80 more.
The report conceded that the
interim warning plan, to use all
police and fire sirens at fixed To-
catiOnS. would not provide ade.