What happened on June 15?
By: [written by Arthur Brown]
Publisher: Provisional Defense Committee
Published: 195u
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Civil defense; Pacifists
Notes: Cover title.

In 1954, the United States Federal Civil Defense Agency instituted an exercise called Operation Alert, a civil defense drill that took place on the same day in scores of major cities. Citizens in what were called the "target" areas were required to take cover for fifteen minutes. In 1955, New York State made the failure to take cover during an Operation Alert exercise punishable with a fine and jail time. A small group of pacifists reacted to this law by staging a protest in Manhattan's City Hall Park.