The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-06

the revival Tor survival via conStruc-
ton of private bomb shelters. / have
questioned everyone | come in con-
tact with as to what they are going
to do about it, because the question
is not only of vital national interest,
but my own reaction to the goth
Century version of King Tuts Tomb
has been one of confusion.
The almost unanimous answer to
my question is that it is so absolutely
futile to anticipate life as it would
be following nuclear war that sur
vival wouldn't be worth it.
The overwhelming emotion seems
to be repulsion to succumbing to
the madness encompassed in the pos
sibility of nuclear war.
To crawl out of hole into a silent,
crippled world seems too utterly use
less to all but two people | have
asked. One young man recognized
the ''incivility" of the whole thing,
but thought he might carry few
dried prunes in plastic sack in his
pocket. A young mother said 'It
would be good idea to have a bomb
shelter, don't you Think?
However, dozens and dozens have
said as things presently stand, de-
tense through the construction of
private bomb shelters is so fantastic
as to inspire them not at all.
Above and beyond the impracti-
cality of the whole private bomb
shelter approach is the worry of many
that civil war could destroy us be-
fore the effects of nuclear war from
an outside enemy could finish the
job. When Americans feel it neces-
sary to protect themselves from each
other with guns at their shelter door,
the spectre of an outside enemy
dwindles by comparison, making the
of individual bomb
shelters a moral issue in this nation.
The necessity to face up to sur
yival, we are told, comes because we
must prefer being dead to red. But
f we are not dead, the ''efforts to
carry people through the terrible
early days, and the hard, demanding,
cooperative labor to rebuild modern
described in DIR. Edward
reller's survival plans will call for a
'egimented society of "color" to
est the imagination of the widest
political scene painter of our time.
70 live through holocaust of death
md suffering and end up with a |
world worse than what we tried to
prevent is just too weird.
While, with certain preparation,
night survive, if there are bombs
lropped on this nation someone dear
o me will not survive, for my loved |
mes are spread widely over this land. |
Frantic efforts at self-preservation |
ire something I can not put my heart
nto.
If my contribution to posterity ends
With the death of millions of children |
Who will have no chance to say
whether they want an opportunity
o figure out their own theological !
estiny my failure will be so COM
lete as to give me little desire to
reserve my paltry life.
However, if in truth, the danger to-
ay is great enough that individual
omb shelters are necessary to pro-
ect the American people every other
ational interest should be abandoned
ntil this job is taken care of. 1t is
OF enough for the government to
rovide shelter for public employees,
nd at such random places as it is
to establish such facili-
es.
Going over plans for private bomb
lelters simply magnifies my frus-
'ations. The cost is the major item.
hen there are all the extra neces- s
ties that would have to be Sin /;
ACE" if they were to serve their !;
lrpose on short notice.
AS look around our neighborhood S
is evident to me we are not the s
lily ones who cannot afford to "sur- j
ve". Several families can't afford
rough rooms in the house they live {
The drive to promote this revival q
r survival also presents an image t
at is cruel. Every picture of shell f
rs shows family cooperating
i'd snug the togetherness of