The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-07-09
On GlaAhingtom
with Rep. John Henderson

Several 200 bed Civil Defense
Emergency Hospitals have been |
located in Ohio and number of !
those are situated in the 18th
District. Very little publicity has
been given to these installations
and possibly there have been
some misconceptions. Actually a
200 bed Civil Defense hospital
is not a building but consists
of 400 cases Or cartons contain
ing 290 different items ranging
from thermometers to x-ray ma
chimes using polaroid film. The
400 cases have an overall weight
of Is tons and cost approximately
$4,000.
All of us are hopeful that we
will never have catastrophe of
any type, either military or civil,
and we hope that there will
never be any need for the Civil
Defense Hospitals but should a
catastrophe arise the presence of
several Of these hospitals in
Southeastern Ohio might help to
reduce the death and suffering
which might occur if they did not
| exist Even in normal times, most
of our civilian hospitals are filled
nearly to capacity and the exis-
tence Of these emergency type
facilities which could be uncrated
and set up in a school or ware
| house in about four hours seems
to be entirely justified.
Shelter
While / am on the subject of
Civil Defense, I should mention
the matter of family shelters. It
seems to me that when this ma
ton and the other nations Of the
world have found it necessary to-
continue the construction Of nu-
clear devices to be used in the
event of war, that some thought
to the protection of the lives of
Ohio families is in order. The
devastation which occurred in
Hiroshima demonstrates that
there is little effective defense
from the direct blast. Neverthe-
less, neighboring areas are sub
iect to the stealthv spread Of
fallout and the deadly effects of
such faliout can be greatly
minimized by the use of shelf
ers which can be constructed in
q corner of d basement for
something like $500. Recently,
the Office of Civil and Defense
Mobilization has issued a book
let giving complete instructions
on the building of such struc-
ture either in an existing base
ment or as part of new home.
Anyone caring to have a copy of
this booklet may write to me at
the House of Representatives,
Foreign Aid
Once again the foreign aid
question is before the Congress.
The House Of Representatives has
recently approved a foreign aid
authorization bill which has been
sent to the Senate. Shortly. the
Congress will begin considera-
ton of the appropriation bill to
allocate funds for the expendi-
tures contained in the authoriza-
ton bill.
As in previous years, the dis
cusSion has been very heated
There are many who oppose
foreign aid in any form. There
are many who oppose foreign aio
. because of the manner in which
it is being expended or the places
TO which the foreign aid is being
sent. There are others who favor
!, flreign aid wholeheartedly anc
complain that .llore is not beine
spent in this direction. Still
others favor it but have reserva
| tions concerning some of tht
items of expenditure. There is ;
> fifth class who reluctantly vott
, in favor of the foreign aid plal
! but who feel rather strongly tha
, in so doing they are perpetuatint
. an American institution tina
probably is not completely justi
fled.
I guess | belong to the secon
category in that l have oppose
the program feeling that it j
excessive, wasteful to con
siderable degree, is creating ami
f mostly toward this country, bot
d in those areas in which foreig
: aid money is being expended an
# in those countries which have nc
j. benefited from the program an
IF finally because it is terrifi
= burden on the backs of TIL
j. American taxpayers who, in tn
midst of the most prosperor
times this nation has ever know
find that the debt limitations {
* Is the United States Treasury mu
- be increased.
Al Many thousands of pages hay
i. !. been written and many hours {
!, debate have been recorde
II analyzing each of the aboy
a points of view. Often times bot
IS written page and spoken wol
have been slanted, biased ar
even political.
De At the close of the session
E. Congress in 1858, joined sever
m other members of Congress
L requesting the Library of Coz
he gress to make a special study