Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Evacuation Set
For District on
Attack Warning
Eisenhower Aide
Urges Formulation,
Testing Of Plan

Az the urst warning o. e PROB
able enemy attack. everyone II
the District win be ordered u
leave the city whether they
want to or not.
This was disclosed yesterday
81 C0ndr. Edward i. Beach
naval aide to President Eisen.
hover who reveaied secret Ma
tionai Security Council order
signed Nv the President.
AT present. the National Carl.
tai has no evacuation plan.
It Ii the only city In q targe1
area IA which local ofIieials vii
have no discretion IN DIRECTING
an evacuation during nf before
an attack. Corndr. Beach said
Comdr. Beach urged i meet.
ing 81 District. Federal. virgins
and Maryland officials To get X
work on planning and testing 4
mass evacuation plan Tor ths
city.
Plans already exist. Cmdr
Beach said, for emptying thu
White House. and the Once 81
Defense Mobilization hasa plaT
for continuing the Gcvernineni
let some other place.
Ned Il Cited
But spokesman for each notet
lat the District Building meetinl
that their plans may not be abl.
TO get Oh the ground unless tn
District has an orderly evacua.
ton and survival procedure
ready,
Comdr. Beach pointed out thai
the air defense warning sigma
calls for activation Of civil de.
Tense plans in States. but leaves
the District no option.
On confirmation Of the alert
the District Is required to carry
out an evacuation. he said.
Given q few minutes head
start, Comdr. Beach explained
o White House evacuation b
auto probably could clear thu
city. But committed to 8 stimuli
tanecus warning. the White
House finds It's plan depending
tremendously" on that Of the
District.
Three Major Points
He said that the District
should contemplate three things,
Al workable. tested evacuat flor
plan: master planning asssinlp.
tions for Al agencies and pro.
vision for an effective command
posi-, which would be tied intx
other command posts.
Henry =. Hurley. director d
continuity Of Government ii.
vision Of the Once Of Defenst
Mobilization, said plans Tor con.
tinuafice Of Government have
been well advanced.
n evacuation were required
tomorrow. be said. key agencies
would be able to operate from
their relocation sites. although
considerable more work would
have to be done In the event b
d long war.
"As far advanced as It is,s'
be said. ''the plan can be con.
siderably retarded II the eyacua.
ton and survival plans for thii
particular area do not keer
pace"
In explaining the survival plar
program, Harold I. Aiken. ex.
ecutive assistant administrator
of the Federal Civil Defense Ad.
rninistration. said that we an
very much interested In accel.
Grating this project to the ex.
tent possible
This Is . particularly complies
problem he noted however
and it Ii better to spend TIL
time now developing the propo.
sal than later LII backing up and
rechecking. "
Join In Program
In yesterdays action. the Dis.
trict, Maryland and Virginia &c.
cepted the invitation Of the Fed.
eral Civil Defense Adnanistra.
ton to take part In the surviva'
Plan Program, which involves
the preparation and testing Of I
survival plan for the District
and surrounding areas Al ths
two States.
The District and the States