Milford chronicle., 1955-02-11
Civil Defense News
y COLONEL D. PRESTON ice
s'ais Director Of Civil Dsfonss

s'ais Difesior Of Civil Dsfonss
al the mention Of Civil nefense
some people-tOo many of them
tlfoW up their hands and esv.
5ut Wnat good is il? How car
4ot qeiend yourself against Inc
The answer is quite simnlA.
Neither Civil Defense nor srv nv.
tning else, except prayer. can nro-
tset you from an H-bomb-if w.,
happen TO be directly under one
4ne same is true of the pIain CI5-
tasnloned block buster. Roth oanso
destruction BY the same means
an explosion. '''iis-
But-and this is not conr,o,,1,.
Notwithstanding a homie sies
does not double its deetrnot;--o ~
power A modern A-bomb ~. 80 -
stance viii cause heavy damage
ellnln a two and a half-mile radiTs
SUI a bomb 100 times as powerfni
VII NOT thrust out 100 times as far
a VIII reach only about four and |
hall times as far. This is because 4
super bombs waste much of fhair 1
power IN the center of the exnlo-
Thus, whether it is an H-bomb
OF a Diock-buster, the chances are
yo9 won't be under it if one shonI6
ran m this area. What hannens
y a bomb falls in your state mi
leaves your immediate neigbbor
i.-.l noou untouched? or suppose you
I've ~ a town or a suburban COM
lmlunity left unscathed BY a bomb
past m nearby city? What do Won
90 thank your lucky stars and
4 won't be quite that simple. In
the nfst place, though Won are alive
your whole life will be aItareS
Aluch Of the neighborinp cifv will
De a smoking rubble. PeOnlo Won
Know people who were in the eitv
shopping or working, will be il
trapped IN the ruins. Manv of vo,,T II
helghDors-perhaps members ~ 4
your own family-will 10 niss;,e, h
y ilaI more, things you always A
ave taken for granted will have
.aliisned. Your water supply. vOnr 4,
- ana electricity may be cut of y y
our telephone may not work. Yonr y "
aelO may be dead If Il is winter y !.
our fuei supply may be low a
liially' refugees will be stream y
Y INTO your neighbOrhood from
ne bombed areas. Unless there has j
zen an orderly evacuation. thew rC
.llI 5e frantic, mob-driven. nar. III
aps IN mood for loOting 85
Wnat' then, do you dO-sittine til
eailny and whole in vonr nn
1ucned home? Upon What voT 13
nd thousands like vou-do af 49, ma
.olnent viii depend the fate of at
yuI ~, STATE and, in the long run. the frt
.Le Of the nation. '"o n,
Ine point is-if you survive n,
attack-you will need ig
~ Ahq 70 get that help YOU will tn,
-Fe % help others. Civil Defense I
SIMPLY an effOrt to organize tbis w
utual assistance beforehand I'm D..
p we know what to do and how y, :,
20 IT, we face only chaos and fro f1T
ne man who shys awav and NJ ~
Us there is no effective defence ~ !,
tfaglcally wrong in his tbinEiroS
tDhNAAg the man Wnn
,nds on the sidelines and mareiy me me
is doing all Of Us harm nVe
~ Defense cannot operate effae- ma
ely IN an atmosphere maj Is sur
gative only. '"sls ls Ser
4 such thinking gains dominance AM
are crippled at the start Far Mas
IRE serious than the Dbvsicsi in
y.aistation Of a bombing aftacL Arr
tnre devastation it could eanse A
our morale. Unless we stand too to9 VIII,
-ner now with resolution and Sou
llage. we shall not know how n rec,
so in trial. -" ~ mar
2 Is IN our minds and baarts 5th
z Civil Defense begins II is Is r
sre that each Of us must malre mar
nrst preparations. Then. com sive
cea that something can and bv
st De done, we must waste M som
.e IN carping criticism bnt sot ~ Sew,
at once to find our place r. oTr q,
al Civil Defense organization DoL
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