THE GEURGlA State Department of Oefense, Civil Defense Division irector ol. 1, No. 1 ' E-RNEST VANDIVER Civil Defense Director State of Georgia Ernest Vandiver was born July 3, 1918 in Ca non, Franklin County, Georgia. He attended Lavonia Public Schools; Dar Iin gton Pr~paratory School; graduated University of Georgia with A. B. and LL. B. Degrees; Phi Delta Theta; Ph i Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Blue Key, and Sphinx. He was a commissioned pilot in the Army Air Force during World War II. Beg an practice of law in 1947, and elected Mayor of Lavonia that same year. At that time he was the youngest Mayor in the United States. Marri ed September 3, 1947 to the former Miss Sybil Elizabeth Russell, dau ghter of Judge Robt. L. Russell (U. S. Fifth Circuit Judge), and Sybil Nan ette (M i llsaps) Russell . Father of two ch i Idren, one son and one daughter. Mr. Vandiver and h i s family reside at 208 5 Dellwood Drive, N. E., Atlanta. Mr . Vandiver is a well known farmer an d cattle raiser in Frankl in County. He successfully managed the campai gn of Herman E. Talmadge for Go vernor in 1948. He was appointed Adjutant General of the State of Georgia in January, 1949, at the age of 30, At that time he was, and sti ll is , the youngest Adjutant General in the United States. The following are a (see VANDIVER, page 6) Atlanta, Ga. PAPER C November, 1(i!Jj FOR EMERGENCY USE Georgia has a stockpile of 1,000,000 paper cups and containers, which will insure an adequate supply of these important utensils for every town and city in the State, in the event of air attack or other disaster, it is re- vealed in an announcement by Ernest Vandiver, Georgia Director of Civil Defense. The paper supplies are stock- piled in a warehouse in the Griffin area and plans have been perfected TRUMAN URGES to transport a sufficient supply to any section of the State affected SUPPORT OF CD by atomic explosion or other disaster, the Director pointed out. The exact location of the stockpile will not be made public for security reasons. The paper supplies become highly essential in emergency hospitals and feeding the homeless when: water supplies are knocked out, making dishwashing impossible Mr. Vandiver said. In making this announcement he stated that State and local Civil Defense officials negotiated with the Paper Cup and Container Institute, Inc., an association of 17 manufacturers, to place the stockpile in Georgia at its own expense. The area selected for the stockpile is conveniently located to insure delivery to any section of the State an adequate supply of "It is the expressed policy and intent of Congress that the responsibility for Civil Defense should be vested primarily in the States and their political subdivisions. I, therefore, call upon all citizens to lend their support to Civil Defense in their own communities. ''Much has been done, but much remains to be done. It will require the best efforts of all of us to get ready, and to stay ready, to defend our homes. No true American would want to give less than his best to that cause, and no one who knows the American people could ask for more." -President Truman, on signing the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. the items warehoused. The Georgia stockpile is part of 25,000,000 such paper supplies Director announced. being warehoused in the Nation's "Experience in the recent Kan- most critical target areas. Other sas-Missouri floods has made it stockpiles for the South are being placed in Birmingham, Alabama, evident that paper utensils are essential for emergency hospitals New Orleans, L ouisiana, and Houston, Texas, the Civil Defense and feeding the homeless in times of disaster," Mr. Vandiver noted. THE GEORGIA A L E R T - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ : __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ TO THE CIVIL DEFENSE VOLUNTEER WORKERS OF GEORGIA: Permit me to extend my personal and official thanks and appreciation to General Ernest Vandiver, his Civil Defense staff and the patriotic men and women throughout the State who have volunteered their services in this important undertaking. Civil defense is serious business. It is a task which must he performed in order that we can he ready for a day which we pray to God will never come. Georgia must continue to he counted as one of the states which takes civil defense seriously. I am gratified at the progress thus far, hut we must he prepared in every respect. There are several critical potential target areas within our borders and there is always the likelihood in war that enemy aircraft undershooting or overshooting their target might drop their hol}lh loads on smaller communities. In any event, the less populated areas in the State must be ready with all of their resources to help the injured and homeless from any concentrated urbanindustrial areas which might be subject to attack. The new hospital buildings which are being built now over the State, as well as the new common school buildings and new dormitories for the University System, will offer hospital refuge in case of need. We are fortunate in that the immediate danger to us is not as great as some of the more populous areas such as New York, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and others. But this does not mean that we can afford to relax our efforts to prepare for any eventualities. Of necessity, the Civil Defense organization of Georgia, like all or the other states, will he largely dependent on the voluntary, uncompensated services of the patriotic men and women of Georgia who want to do their part in defending this country, its homes and institutions. And above all protecting inviolate our democratic form of government and its priceless guarantees of freedom and individual liberty. The life of our country may very well rest in the hands of the civil defense workers who must he ready to move quickly and with precision to minimize the effect of enemy attacks on onr people and our capacity to produce. We must protect these two resources, as far as is humanly possible, in order to assure a victorious end in any conflict which might come to pass. As has always been the case throughout the history of this great country of ours, I am confident that the people of Georgia can he counted on to give a full measure of their talents, energies and devotion to duty to the cause of civil defense. It may very likely prove to he the most important cause since the Minute Men stood their ground against tyranny and oppression at Lexington and Concord. CANNOT BLINDLY IGNORE DANGER "We cannot blindly ignore the danger that is upon us. I am thankful that in the United States Senate we have recognized this proh1em and prepared realistically to face it. All the billions we spend on national defense could be wasted if our Civil Defense is neglected. "This program is not merely one of buckets of sand and stirrup pumps. It is the creation of a second branch of our defense structure. The one is the military, the other the civilian It means the training of millions of volunteer workers; the accumulation of adequate stockpiles of food and medical supplies to supply likely target areas; the equipping of mobile fire-fighting units to meet the requirements of an atomic bomb burst; it means the research to develop proper shelters, and ways and means of combatting the terrible after effects of not only atomic weapons but the effects that might come from bacteriological. warfare. In fact, it means the complete mobilization of the minute men and women of our country into a defensive force which will absorb terrific casualties and spring hack into a full productive routine."Senator Estes Kefauver (Tenn.). "There I.S no complete protection against an atomic air attack, but there is a great deal that can he done to reduce the number of deaths and Injuries that might result. The lives of many millions of people may depend on the development of a strong Civil Defense program to meet such an attack." President Truman. A great number of Civil Defense films are listed in the film libraries of the State Board of Education, and they may be obtained by the schools for the asking. They would make a good background for a PTA meeting some night when the local Civil Defense Director comes out to speak. 2 NOVEMBER, 1951 -----------------------------------------------------------------------THE GEORGIA ALERT OBSERVER CORPS IS VITAL NEED, DIRECTOR NOTES GO VE RNOR SIGNS CIVIL DEFENSE ACT -Shown above is Governor Hermon Tal ma dge affixing his signature to the Georgia Civil Defense Act following enact ment of the measure by the 1951 session of the General Assembly. Looking on is Er n-, s t Vandiver, Civil Defense State D i rector, who announced the appointment of Frank Kopf as Deputy Director and Charles T. White as Assistant Deputy Director. Ot her staff members have been appointed si nc e activation of the Department. OKLAHOMA GETS A Civil Defense Training Center has recently been opened at the Ok lahoma A & M College, Stillwater, Oklahoma, to instruct state a m local personnel in the organizati on and function of Civil Defense wi th primary emphasis on the trainin g of wardens, it has just been announced by Ernest Vandiver, Ge orgia director of the Departm ent of De fense. A number of Georgians h~ve a lready attended the Oklahoma Training Center and it is expected that others will take advantage of this TRAINING CENTER trammg to equip themselves to render service in the various corD"' rnunities of the state in the event of atorni c dis aster or other acts of warfare, he said. Any city or town in the state may send representatives to the Training Center, lVIr. Vandiver said, and following completion of the course prescribed, the trainees are qualified to direct classes in warden service, fire fighting, defense against various forms of a tomic attack, a nd training methods and practice. NO VEMBER, 1951 "Increasing concern about the possibilities of enemy air attack indicate that the organization and training of the Ground Observer Corps should be expedited," Ernest Va ndiver, State Civil Defense Director, pointed out in a statement today in commenting on the fact that this phase of the Georgia Civil Defense program is lagging. "We must, without any delay, make every effort to organize at least one observer post in each city and incorporated town in Georgia," he emphasized. The national program calls for observation posts every eight miles with approximately 20 volunteer workers required for each post. The duty of these observers, he added, will be to report the appearance of all aircraft and to transrni t this information to Filter Centers in Atlanta and Savannah. The Filter Centers, the State Civil Defense Head said, will require the services of approximately 500 volunteer workers at each of the two Georgia centers. The exact location of the Filter Centers will not be made public. "The Ground Observer Corps," Mr. Vandiver noted, "will be cornpose d of patriotic Georgians who volunteer their services on a parttime basis to report on the movement of all aircraft." This data will be give n directly by telephone to the Filter Centers which will be manned by plotters, filterers and tellers, thence to an Air Force installation called the Ground Control Intercept Station. "These reports," he added, "are processed immediately with the result that civilian communities, hospitals, factories, etc., are warned at once of the approaching enemy aircraft." Georgia is responsible for the organization of approximately 750 Ground Observer Posts and two Filter Centers. 3 THB GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave. , S. E. Atlanta, Georgia '--ERNEST VA NDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Assistant Deputy Director WILLIAM F. KER NS Engineering Officer JERRY C:A UBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Editor & Civil Defense Public Affairs Officer ' "The fact is that the atomic bomb makes planned destruction easier. The situation no longer exists where people can live in some isolated place and say they aren't in danger." - James K. McElroy, Engineer, National Fire Protection Association. "No matter how efficient our radar screen, no matter how good our defense may become, we can't visualize a situation where enemy bombers will not get through to some extent, and some American community, perhaps your own, will be the target." - Daniel K. Edwards, Assistant Secretary of Defense. 4 THE GE ORGIA ALERT This is Volume 1, Number 1, of the Georgia Alert, official publication of the Civil Defense Division of the State Department of Defense. The purpose of the Alert is primarily to emphasize and magnify the importance of maintaining an active and militant Civil Defense organization in each city and town m Georgia with 1,000 or more inhabitants. Simply stated, the mission of the Alert as it goes into the homes and offices of Georgia people is to awaken each citizen to the undisputed fact that our potential enemy has the facilities with which to drop death-dealing atomic bombs on any city or area it might choose, but the destructiveness of this weapon can be minimized if we follow the law in perfecting local Civil Defense organizations. Members of the General Assembly agreed unanimously that "because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters on emergencies of unprecedented size and de s tructiveness resulting from enemy a tFack insure that preparations of this State will be adequate to deal with such disasters to provide for the common defense and to preserve the LIVES AND PROPERTY of the people it is hereby found and declared necessary to create a State Civil Defense Agen- cy " Ernest Vandiver, State Director, has exercised keen judgment and sound planning in setting up the State Civil Defense Division, and in administering the affairs of the agency, he has emphasized on numerous occasions that "the lives of our people are precious, from the remote rural sections to the metropolitan centers, and to protect this greatest asset of our State, it is incumbent upon all of us to be militant to the extent that Civil Defense will serve the purpose for which it was created." The Georgia Alert has a sacred mission . World conditions are chaotic, to say the least, and in establishing this publication the State FRANK A. KOPF KOPF ANNOUNCES PURPOSE OF ALERT This is the first issue of the Georgia Alert, official organ of the Civil Defense Division of the Georgia Department of Defense. The Georgia Alert will be mailed free of charge to those citizens in Georgia interested enough in Civil Defense to read the publication. The contents of the Alert will be of immense value to Georgians, and it is recommended that those who receive the monthly publication become active in perfecting local Civil Defense organizations throughout the State. Many things are happening about the Nation that are of vital concern to the Civil Defense minded citizens, and it is our hope that we may present this information through the columns of the monthly Alert. Civil Defense organizations throughout the State are urged to furnish information regarding their respective organizations to the Georgia Alert so that it may be included in future issues. In this way we will be able to keep all sections of the State apprised of the progress of Civil Defense in every city and county. Civil Defense staff feels that the appeals to protect lives and minimize the destruction of property contained in this first issue and subsequent issues will find a ready response from Georgians who love the American way of life. NOVEMBER, 1951 p - - - --------------------------------THE GEORGIA ALERT The Director SAYS ... By ERNEST VANDIVER The Civil Defense Division of the State Department of Defense feels that it is rendering an additional service to the people of Georgia throug h publication of the Georgia Alert. It is designed primarily as an additional medium for the specific purpos e of presenting to the people of Ge orgia statements and photographs of State and National Civil Defens e activity not included in regular press and radio releases. Th is is the first issue of the Georgia Alert. The information contained herein, and in subsequent issues , will be of inestimable value to our people if Georgia should be a targe t of the enemy. And, we must reme mber, that every area of our State is within range of long-range bombe rs of our potential enemy, and when they feel it is advantageous to use this destructive force the select ion of the target will not be left to the discretion of American pe opl e . The act creating the Civil Defense Division of the Department of Defen se was enacted by unanimous action of the General Assembly. The division was activated upon the signature of Governor Herman Ta lmadge, February 19, 1951. Considerable progress has been made in organizing Civil Defense throughout the State. However, there is much to be done and we must not let apathy or complacency drown our enthusiasm for a program designe d primarily to save the lives of our pe ople and protect their property whe n, an-1 if, disaster should arise. Th e law requires each city and town with 1 ,000 or more inhabitants to appoint a Civil Defense Director. Mos t of our cities have complied with this regulation, and in those cities where this has not been done, I cannot stress too strongly the imp ortance of immediate action in organizing the Civil Defense forces. The success of the plan will be NO VE MBER, 1951 STOCKPILE PAPER CUPS -Ernest Vandiver, State Director of Civil Defense,ond Mrs. Patsy Gaultney, Civil Defense Secretory, demonstrate portable hot and cold . drink dispenser which is among items in stockpile of 1,000,000 paper cups and containers warehoused at Griffin for all of Georgia in event of atomic destruction or other disaster. The supplies become essential for coring for wounded and feeding the homeless when water supplies are knocked out, making dishwashing impossible. largely dependent upon the energy and cooperation with which it is implemented at all levels, down to and including individuals. The press and radio of the state have been most cooperative in supporting Civil Defense . As a result of this public service, the people of Georgia have a fair knowledge of what Civil Defense is and what it will mean to our people if the need should ever arise. Our country mus t remain strong militarily, and to reinforce the strength of our military forces we must gird ourselves for the protection of our homes, our people and our productive resources. This we can do through an active and militant Civil Defense. It is our primary aim to be of service to the people of Georgia, and to administer Civil Defense in a manner that will magnify to the individu PLANS, Page 8 THE C.FORG,.A AL.ERT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - These emergency Arst aid items are for a family of four persons or less. Assemble them, then wrap in a moisture-proof covering and place in an easily carried box. Paste this sheet to the box cover and P,lace the box in your shelter area. FIRST AID ITEM QUANTITY SUBSTITUTE 1. Antiseptic Solution Benzol- 3 to 6 oz. Organic mercurial compounds konium Chloride Solution. 1 bottle in water. Drug stores have them to 1000 parts of water. under several trade names. !. Aromatic Spirits of Am- 1 to 2 oz. None monia bottle 3. Table Salt 4. Balcins Soda 1 box 8 to 10 oz. box Sodium chloride tablet, 10 grains. Sodium bicarbonate or sodium citrate tablets, 5 grains USE For open wounds, scratches and cuts. Not lor burns. For faintness, adult dose 1f2 teasEoonful in cup of water; children 5 to 10 drops in Y2 glass of water. As smelling salts hold bottle under nose. For shoclc-dissolve 1 teaspoonful salt and Y2 teaspoonful baking soda in 1 qt. water. Have patient drink as much as he will. Don't give to unconscious person or semiconscious person . If using substitutes dissolve six 105r. sodium chloride tablets and six 5-gr. sodium bicarbonate (or sodium citrate) tablets in 1 qt. water. For some slight protection a1ainst nerve gasdissolve 4 teaspoonfuls of ba ing soda in 1 qt. water. Wash parts of body exposed to nerve gas with it or saturate cloth and place over face as gas mask . 5. Triangular Bandage compressed, 37 x 37 x 52 in., folded, with 2 safety pins. 6. La rse Bath Towels 7. Small Bath Towels 8. Bed Sheet 9. Medium First Aid Dressing 8 in . by 7Y2 in ., folded, sterile with gauze enclosed cotton pads. Packaged with muslin bandage and 4 safety pins. 10. Small First Aid Dressing 4 in. by 7 in., folded, sterile with gauze enclosed cotton pads and gauze bandage. 11. Paper Drinlcins Cups 12. Eye Drops, Castor Oil 13. Flashlight 14. Safety Pins, 11,/2 in. Ions 15. Razor Blades, Single Edge 16. Toilet Soap 17. ~lints, 1 s to 14 Plastic in . thick , , Wooden, 31f2 in. wide by 12 to 15 in. lo ng. 18. Tongue Blades, Wooden 19. Water Purification Tablets !0. Measuring Spoons 4 bandages 2 2 1 9 Muslin or other strong materi al. Fold to exact dimensions. Wrap each bandage and 2 safetypinsseparatelyinpaper. None None None Must be bought For a sling; as a covering; for a dressing. For bandages or dressio1gs: Old soft towels and sheets are best. Use as bandages or dressings. Cut in sizes necessar~ to cover wounds. Towels are burn dressings. lace over burns and fasten with triangular bander or strips of sheet. Towels and sheets should be aundered , ironed, and packaged in heavy paper. Relaund er every 3 months. For open wounds or for dry dressings for burns. These are packaged sterile. Don't try to make your own. 2 Must be bought 25 to 50 IEnvelope or cardboard type. 1f2 to 1 oz. Bland eye drops sold by bottle with druggists under various trade dropper n a m e s. For administering stimulants and liq-uid-s. For eyes irritated by dust, smolce or fumes. Use 2 drops in each eye. Apply cold compresses every 20 minutes if possible. 1 Must be bought Electric lights may go out. Wrap batteries in moisture proof covering. Don 't keep in flashl ig ht. 15 None For holding bandages in place. 3 1 bar 12 Sharp knife or scissors For cuHins banda/.es and dressings, or for removing clothing rom injured part. Any mild soap I For cleansinsslcin. A 40-page newspaper folded to dimensions, pieces of orange crate sidings, or shingles cut to size. For splinting brolcen arms or legs. 12 Shingles, pieces of orange For splinting brolcen fingers or other small crate, or other light wood cut bones and for stirring solutions. to approximately 11f2" x 6". Botti e of 100 Iodine tablets; Chlorine tab- For purifying water when it can 't be boiled, but lets; Chlorine capsules sold tap water officially declared radioactive must not under various trade names be used for any purpose . 1 set Cheap plastic or metal For measuring or stirring solutions. "One member er each Georgia family should qualify to administer first ai3-M7~1 by taking a First Aid Training Course."--Ernest Vandiver, Georgia Director ot Civil Defense. 2 DECEMBER, 1951 Vandiver (continue d from poge one) great Na tion. \\e hear reports of incidents tak- in g pla ce in various sections of the world that could easily develop into armed conflict. If, and when, this takes place we may be sure that America will be hit and hurt. And unless we perfect a militant and ac tive Civil Defense in every area of our State and Nation, it is entire ly possible and highly probable tha t many people will be sacrifice d that otherwise could have be en saved. \\e must not be lulled into a false sense of 3ecurity by placing too much confidence in the so-called truce talks in Korea and the attitude of compromise which has suddenly deve lope d in the minds and actions of the Communist envoys. Hecords are in struments of fact against whic h arguments fall easy prey. And the record of Communist activity throughout the years is so obviously oppos ite to that which has made America great that we must, without any reservation, be on the alert. To preserve the great traditions of t he observance of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and many other great occasions that provoke gratitude on the part of American citizens entails enthusiastic activity and partic ipation on the part of all of us in our Civil Defense organization. In our support of this great program of defense we must not be unm indful of our dependence on a good God whose arm of protection enve lops the civilized world. ''We learned from bitter experience in World War II, and then from Korea , that preparedness and mob il ization are not faucets that can be turne d on and . off at the whim of any morning's headline. We have blow n hot .and cold on Civil Defense in dire ct proportion to the criticality of t he international situation. As long as the re is the faintest threat of war we will need a strong and wel l organized home front."He prese ntative Carl T. Durham ( . c.). DEC EMBER, 1951 GOVERNOR, VANDIVER CHECK ALERT--The Georgia Alert, monthly publication of the Civil Defense Division, receives approval of Governor Herman Talmadge and Ernest Vandiver, Director of the Department of Defense, following distribution of the first issue in November. Shown above viewing one of the first copes are Mr. Vandiver and Governor Talmadge in the Chief Executive's office at the State Capitol. 'RELIGIOUS ADVISORY GROUP APPOINTED BY VANDIVER Ernest Vandiver, State Director of Civil Defense, has announced the appointment of a Religious Advisory Committee to perform "a most vital function" in the event of atomic destruction or other disaster in the State. ~!embers of the committee are: Bishop Arthur J. Moore, Atlanta; Dr. Louie D. Newton, Atlanta; Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy, Atlan.ta; Rabbi Isaac E. Marcuson, Macon; Rev. Hugh S. Bradley, Decatur; and Rev. L. A. Harrell, 1\olacon. "The Civil , Defense Religious Advisory Committee," Mr. Vandiver noted, "is one of the most important groups in Civil De.fense. In the event of atomic attack, this committee will serve in the capaci t y of giving the home front spiritual strength and to prevent panic among the people in the areas affected." "I am gratified that these great religious leaders have agreed to undertake the tremendous tasks that may face our people in the not too distant future," he added. "It is our solemn duty as Georgians," the CD head stated, "to prepare our defenses to cope with the worst and at the same time offer a sincere prayer that we may not experience the tragedy tha t has been visited upon some areas of the world." 3 THEGEOR~IAALERT-------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMI!:NT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. Atlanta, Georgia HOYLE R. YANDLE Editor and Public Affairs Officer ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Assistant Deputy Director WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M.L.LEGGETT Centra/ Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southern Area Director 'DON'T BE SURPRISED ... ' "Don't be surprised," says Millard F. Caldwell, Federal Civil Defense Administrator, "if you hear a siren blowing and learn that your community is being alerted for an imaginary atom bomb raid." These i!llaginary raids are designed to acquaint the people of the respective areas as to what they will be required to do if, and when, the REAL atom bomb hits them or cities near them. "However," the FCDA Administrator emphasizes, "don't act as if the alert signal you hear is just an imaginary air raid. Act as you have been trained to act. Civil Defense preptues you for that split-second decision of knowing how to act-what to do." There will be imaginary raids in Georgia. Just where and when we do not know. But the important thing right now is to be ready for the imaginary raid so that when the REAL thing comes along, we will be so well trained that we will be able to minimize the loss of property and save the lives of thousands of Georgia people. The FCDA head points out that "Within one-half mile of the center of an A-Bomb explosion almost everyone without proper protection will be killed. Within the next halfmile fifty percent of the population Films Available To Schools, PTA Groups The State Uepartment of Education has announced that a number of films on Civil Defense are available and may be secured from the departments film libraries. Schools planning programs on Civil Defense would create additional interest by obtaining one of these sound films. The same procedure may be followed by the various PTA groups over the State with these sound movies providing a good background for a session at which the local Civil Defense Director is to appear. Health Service Plans Annex The Health Service annex to the State Plan for Civil Defense will be completed soon, according to announcement by State CD Director Vandiver. A meeting of State Health officers was held December 12 at which time the completed annex was reviewed. Heads of other services of the State Civil Defense were present. A detailed report of this session will appear in next month's issue of the Georgia Alert. will not survive. From one to oneand-a-half miles away eighty-five percent will live. Beyond two miles from the center of the explosion you will survive-but there will be work for you to do. Civil Defense prepares you for that, too." Ernest Vandiver, Georgia Director of Civil Defense, has consistently warned Georgians that every area of this State is within range of enemy bombers, and he has emphasized the importance of perfecting our CD organizations throughout the State to protect our people if, and when, the atom bomb is exploded or other disaster occurs. GOC INSIGNIA--The U. S. Air Force furnishes above Ground Observer Corps pin to those who volunt-r their ser vices in the State program to establish observer posts every eight miles. The program is being expedited to insure maximum protection against possible atomic explosion or other disaster. PTA's Adopt CD Program Mrs. Fred Knight, Cartersville, chairman of the Civil Defense Committee of the Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers, has released the following information outlining plans of local PTA's with regard to working with CD organizations throughout the State: "The Civil Defense Plan, based on the National PTA plan and approved by National and State Civil Defense authorities, calls on all Parent-Teacher units over the state to set up special committees on Civil Defense--whether you think you are in a critical area or not, you could be on the fringe of such an area, all of Georgia could be definitely affected." PTA's should consult with school authorities as to the school plan," she added, "and seek information as to how to function from the local Civil Defense Director; consult the Red Cross and local Health Department as to the programs of service for your unit; emphasize the importance of fire protection and home safety; keep informed on the National and State PTA plans which will be carried through special bulletins and announcements." This data was formulated at a special meeting of State PTA leaders held in Atlanta in November. DECEMBER, 1951 Russians Have Long Distance Bomb Carrier "Russians have a bomber able to carry the atomic bomb a long distance and deliver it in a surprise attack." Th us spoke Under Secretary of Air F orce John A. McCone in a major address delivered at Stanford University recently when he pointed out that "the Russians had been working energetically in the atomic field. " " Obviously," the Air Force leader asserted, "we cannot determine the number of bombs that they have today, but it is reasonable to assume that the process of manufacture is going on day after day and therefore with the passage of time the Soviet will possess an atomic capacity that will present a grave threat to the security of this country." Ernest Vandiver, Georgia Director of Civil Defense, in commenting on this grave statement by Secretary McCone, pointed out that "in Georgia, we have constantly admonished our people that we must prepare to prote ct ourselves against an atomic atta ck because if we engage in a third world war we may be sure that Americ a, and probably Georgia, will be hit and hurt." "We are making progress," he conti nued, "but we must facilitate our program of preparedness by activating Civil Defense in every area of the State to insure maximum prote ction against atomic destruction or other disaster." NEED A SLOGAN? Here's a slogan borrowed from the Office of Civil Defense, State of Maryland, that might be used by one or more of the Civil Defense organizations in Georgia: "We Need Your Help Now, We Hope You Never Need Ours." DE CEMBER, 1951 FCDA HOLDS ATLANTA MEET--The first Southeastern FCDA Regional meeting held in Atlanta December 6 brought representatives from Washington, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Shown above at the opening session at the Henry Grady Hotel are, left to right: Wiley L. Moore, FCOA Regional Director; H. E. Brown, Deputy Director; Ernest Vandiver, Georgia CD Director, and Hugh Gallagher, Washington, Director Field Administration, FCDA. CIVIL DEFENSE IS VITAL TO ALL AREAS-., VANDIVER Many people in Georgia feel that Civil Defense is primarily for those citizens who live in cities and small towns, and the need for such an organization 10 rural areas 1s infinitesimal. "This is a mistaken idea," Ernest Vandiver, Georgia CD Director, said in pointing out that "no matter where you live-in rural areas, urban centers or the great metropolitan centers--your part in Civil Defense is of great import." He added that each farmer in the State is on the enemy's high priority list for some kind of biological warfare attack, "which will seriously affect your livestock and crops, and unless you are on the lookout for a possible sneak attack on what you yroduce, it might be too late to do anything about it:' The CD executive cautioned Georgia farmers to keep close check on the condition of whatever growing crops they may have in all seasons of the year, and to check the physical condition of all livestock at frequent intervals to insure that no biological or chemical weapons have been used to destroy the source of food for the millions of people in the State. "Much could be said about the duties of our people," Mr. Vandiver COST OF SHELTER IS DEDUCTIBLE FROM INCOME TAX The U. S. Bureau of Internal Revenue has ruled that costs of air raid shelter construction are a deductible business expense for income tax purposes. But a total deduction only holds true if the shelter cannot be used for anything else. The agency has ruled that "where it is certain that the bomb shelter will become totally useless after the period of national emergency, it is the opinion of the Tax Bureau that the costs of construction are deductible." "But," the opinion continues, "where the shelter may afterward be of benefit in whole or in part to the taxpayer, the part should be capitalized and be subject to depreciation over its estimated useful life, and the balance m,ay be deducted as business expense." said, "but suffice it to say that to insure maximum protection we should understand there is a job for every citizen, in remote rural sections as well as those in urban and metropolitan centers." 5 J CENTRAL AREA DIRECTOR--M. L. (Monk) Leggett, Macon, a former member of the Macon City Council and a prominent businessman of the Central City, is a field representative of the Civil Defense Division of the Department of Defense in the Centra I area of the State. SOUTHERN AREA DIRECTOR--Harry U. Jackson, Cuthbert, active for a number of years in Char.~ber of Commerce work and a former member of the staff of the State Department of Commerce, represents the Civil Defense Division of the Department of Defense in the Southern area of the State. NURSES TAJ(E TRAINING Only 1,500 of the approximately 8,900 registered nurses in Georgia have taken advantage of a special course in Nursing Aspects of Atomic Warfare offered during the past year, officials of the Civil Defense Health Services reveal. Dr. T. F. Sellers, Director of the Georgia Department of Pub! ic Health and the Civil Defense Health Services, declared a larger percentage of the hi ghly trained nurses would be needed in case of an atomic attack. He recommended that action be taken at the local Ieve I to organize classes for this training, and that all registered nurses be urged to enroll. According to Or. Sellers, 500 of the 1,500 who have studied the ursing Aspects of Atomic Warfare are qualified as instructors. He said there are now qualified inst;uctors in each of the 12 nursing districts of Georgia, and added that the specialized consultant nurses of the State Health Department are available to serve as instructors in any part of the state. He also pointed out tha t this special course has been incorporated in the nursing curriculum of each hospital school of nursing in Georgia. The Nursing Aspects of Atomic Warfare is a 12 hour course and is divided into six lessons. The basic content of the course, or the six lessons are listed under the headings (l) Introduction, (2) Survival Under Attack, (3) Definitions, Radiation and Decontamination, (4) Problems in Atomic Warfare, (5) Trauma, Burns and Radiation, and (6) Nursing Goals and Mass Care Problems. "Simply," it was explained, "the course covers self protection for the nurse, and care of casualties resulting from atomic warfare." For the full value of this training program to be utilized, all nurses who have completed this course should make themselves known to the Civil Defense leaders in their communi\y, officials explain. Those who are qualified as instructors should also make this fact known, they added. Further information concerning the organization of classes and the availability of instructors may be obtained by wntmg Miss Dana Hudson, Chief of Nursing Section, Civil Defense Health Services, Georgia Oaptist Hospital, Atlanta. 6 NORTHERN AREA DIRECTOR--Jerry Cauble, Atlanta, formerly connected with the University of Georgia in the Divis ion of General Extension, and more tecently district manager of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, directs Civil Defense activities for the Department of Defense in the Northern area of the State. State Directors Discuss Civil Defense Matters A meeting of State Directors of Civil Defense of the Southeastern Hegion was held in Atlanta December 5 for the purpose of discussing problems relating to the CO organization. States represented at the meeting included Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina and Florida. On December 6, the same group held a meeting with Col. John B. Logan, of the Central Air Defense Force, Kansas City, Mo., to make plans for expediting the Group Observer Corps in the states comprising the Region. A full report of these meetings will appear il). the January issue of the Georgia Alert. REI\-1EMBER THIS-We must breathe life into Civil Defense by increasing public enlistment and training. Without general participation Civil Defense will die. When Civil Defense expires, so expires our only hope of protection against an atomic bomb. DECEMBER, 1951 --------------------------------------------------------------------------THE GEORGIA ALERT Civil Defense To Distribute Pamphlets Gc L . CIVILDEFENS IVISION State Civil Defense officials have announced that one-half million copies of an eight-page pamphlet are available to school children of the State. De livery of this quantity was made to CD hea dquarters the latter part of November and several thousa nd copies have already been dis tr ibuted . T he se pamphlets will emphas ize the best defense methods for c hi ldren who, in turn, will get the message over to adult members of the fam il y. " It is highly important that we bec ome more Civil Defense consc ious," F:rnest Vandiver, State IJ irec tor, said recent! y, "particularly si nce many thousands of Georgia boys a nd g irls will be assembled in sc hoo ls and colleges for the next se ve ral months, making an attractive targe t for the enemy whose designs are to destroy the lives of our peo p le a nd disrupt our American way of life." " \\ e must be on the alert at all time s ," he commented, "and I know 0 f no better group to work with than our boys a nd girls in implementing Ci vi I De fe nse organization." The CD exe cutive noted that the rl is trib ution of the se books to boys and g irls in sc hools and colleges is one of the many methods being emp loye r! t o emp hasize the importan ce of " e very person doing his or her part towa rd the activation of a milita nt Civ il Defense organization for the protection of our people and their prope rt y in case of a tomic attac k or other disaster in any area of the State ." " The Departme nt of Defense has co ns is te ntl y fe lt that the Civil Defe nse was a partner and a cot>q ua l partn e r in na tional defense."-llobe rt ;\ . Lovett, Secretary of Defe nse. DE CEM l'lER, 1951 HELP SAVE VOURLII=E CD EXHIBIT AT MACON--The above exhibit at the Central Georgia Exposition at Macon attracted thousands of people during the week's fair. The exhibit was supplied by the Central Air Defense Force while staff members of the State CD office prepared the booth. Shown in the photo, left to right, ore: Hal Bell, Macon Civil Defense Director; M. L. Leggett, Macon CD Area Director, and on Air Force officer explaining details of the exhibit. In the background, between Bell and Leggett, is a photograph of Ernest Vandiver, Ge org io Director of Civil Defense.--Photo by Drimon, In c., Macon. Big City Becomes Ghost Town During Practice Air Raid New York, the world's largest city, became an atomic ghost town for 10 minutes November 28 when the 350-square-mile metropolis fell ominously silent as its millions took shelter in the first city-wide atom bomb air raid drill-a surprise drill because its exact time had not been announced. Five hundred and seventy-nine sirens wailed the "Hed Alert" and it was magnified over an estimated 1,000,000 radio and television sets which were turned on at the time. An estimated 8,500,000 residents, visitors and commuters took shelter as the great city became a big deserted village. The chorus of honking horns suspended and an estimated 750,000 private automobiles and taxis pulled to the curbs as 300,000 whitehelmeted Civil Defense workers escorted citizens to shelters. Tickers at the New York Stock Exchange were turned off as the tumultous trading was halted for 30 minutes, delaying an estimated $7,000,000 to $10,000,000 m trading. Courts were adjourned. Airliners were grounded. Train schedules were disrupted. Schools and colleges were emptied of about 2,500,000 students. 7 THE GEORGIA ALERT------------------------~----------------------------------------------- Department CD Plans Heads Named Department heads of the Civil Defense Division of the Department of Defense have been appointed by State Director Ernest Vandiver and are as follows: Health services, Dr. T. F. Sellers, director; Dr. L. M. Petrie; Deputy director; Dr. Cliff Rutland, public health services branch; Dr. W. J. Murphy, special weapons defense branch; Dr. C. D. Bowdoin. health supplies, and Dr. Edgar M. Dunstan, Medical services branch. Lt. Col. Tom Daniel, .Jr., aviation services; George Wilson, law enforcement officer and air raid . warning service; Lt. C. L. Mattson, communications chief; Allan Kemper, welfare services, with PhilCawthon, as assistant; M. L. McWhorter and Walter McDonald, public service commissioners, transportation and utilities; Jim L. Gillis, engineering and rescue work, with Col. Thomas D. House as assistant. Dr. ~1. D. Collins, training and education services; Tom Linder, veterinary and agriculture services; F. E. Hobinson, fire services department, with Fred Reinero as assistant; Ben T. Huiet, personnel recruiting, with Marion Williamson as assistant. "For the first time in our history, this country faces the threat of a sudden devastating attack at any time. Every city, factory, office and home must be organized for Civil Defense." - President Truman. MAJOR E. F. SHAHEEN State CD Coordinator RADIATION COURSE AT TECH Beginning January 2, the Evening School of Georgia Tech will have a three months course on "Radiation" available for anyone interested in the detection of gamma rays. The course will lay particular emphasis on the monitoring of radiation from the Civil Defense viewpoint. It also will bring out the information that people will need when atomic energy is used as a commercial source of energy to generate electricity or drive steam engines. . The Civil Defense Division of the Department of Defense of Georgia is co-operating with Georgia Tech in starting this class and any of our facilities will be available to them during the course. the Ground Observer Corps. "Operating on a line-of-sight principle, radar cannot penetrate mountains and hills, or follow the curvature of the earth." "Radar, a mechanical piece of equipment, is subject to maintenance difficulties and cannot be operated 24 hours a day. for an indefinite period of time without periods of shutdown for repairs," the liasion officer observed. Major Shaheen added that "the situation today and for the forseeable future is such that a potential enemy must be considered as capable of entering the U. S. Air Defense areas at certain relatively low altitudes without detection by our present radar. The Ground Observer Corps System, with Filter Centers, fills the gaps in our present radar coverage and is considered a standby for emergency in case maintenance problems cause some of our present equipment to be temporarily inoperative.'' "The civilian observers who man the Ground Observer Posts and the Filter Centers," he continued, "will be organized by local Civil Defense Directors of each community. Volunteers are members of the State Civil Defense Organization but man their posts under the operational control of the United States Air force." Major Shaheen will work with the Civil Defense Area Directors and local CD Directors in the various sections of the State, Mr. Vandiver said. Department of Defense Civil Defense Division 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. Atlanta, Ga. Sec. 34.66, P.L.&R. U.S. POSTAGE PAID At Ianta, Ga. Permit No. 219 8 DECEMBER, 1951 THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Vol. 2, No. 1 ERNEST VANDIVER The Director SAYS Every Georgian has an emergency m iSS IOn, If we are to have an effective Civil Defense~ functioning with a maximum of efficiency, it is imperative that we complete at the earliest possible date an adequate Ground Obs erver Corps. At a recent meeting in Atlanta it was made crystal clear by high ranking officers of the United States Air Force that the Ground Observer Corps is a 'must' in order that a constant check may be made of all aircraft traversing the sky over Ge orgia. It is entirely possible that ene my aircraft max fly over Georgia enroute to some target selected for atomic destruction; and without a tra ined ground observer force to re port the movement of the planes, the disaster effected could mean See V AND IVE R, Page 2 Atlanta, Ga. Civil Defense January, 1952 Five-Point Program For State Georgia's Civil Defense leaders on December 12 approved a fivepoint plan to bring Civil Defense to the citizen level. Brig. Gen. Frank A. Kopf, Deputy Director of Civil Thfense; Charlie T. White, Assistant Deputy Director; H. R. Yandle, Public Affairs Officer; and the three Area Directors, Harry U. Jackson, Cuthbert; M. L. Leggett, Macon, and Jerry Cauble, Atlant&, attended the conference which was called by top officials of the State Health De- "Radiation" Course Opens At Georgia Tech A three-months course on "radiation" opened at Georgia Tech January 2 with reports indicating much interest manifested by those rlesiring to further increase their knowledge of this very important subject. Several Civil Defense Directors and others connected with local CD organizations are availing themselves of this course, indicative of the emphasis be ing placed on preparation for being able to detect gamma rays. The Civil Defense Division of the Department of Defense is giving full support to this course offered at Georgia Tech, with the assurance that CD facilities are available to the school and to individuals making up the class. partment. Dr. T. F. Sellers, Director of the State Health Department, and Dr. L. M. Petrie, Deputy Director, pre- sided at the December 12 meeting. Information, in the form of a chart, has been distributed to local Civil Defense leaders throughout the State so the average cthzen will know what he is to do in case of attack. The chart is printed elsewhere in this issue of The Georgia Alert. "Public apathy exists today in Civil Defense, but I think this is due to fear, and the lack of concrete information," Dr. Petrie, Deputy Health Services Director, declared in urging the CD program be put into action on the community level. The five-point plan calls for : l. At least one Red Cross firstaid worker in each home, and extra cots and supplies. 2. In each block, or similar area in the country, at least one person trained in nurse's aid work and for that area a fully-equipped first aid station. 3. Each school building organized as an emergency hospital to be manned by the Parent-Teacher Association. 4. Churches prepared to handle emergency welfare work. Civic centers, including American Legion posts and country clubs, or other community centers, to be read y for use as non-casualty evacuation centers. See FIVE POINT, Page 4 THE GEORGIA ALERT-------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Conlerlerate Ave., S.E. Atlanta, Georgia HOYLE R. YANDLE Editor ancl Public Allairs Ollicer ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Assistant Deputy Director WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Ollicer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M.L.LEGGETT Centra/ Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southern Area Director GOC A 'MUST' Georgia's program calling for the establishment of a minimum of 700 Observation Posts is fundamental to a successful Civil Defense organization. Without a smoothly operating Ground Observer Corps it is impossible to have Civil Defense capable of protecting the lives of Georgia people in the event this State becomes a target of enemy bombers. If, and when, atomic bombs are dropped on Georgia cities these death-dealing missiles will fall from planes traveling over Georgia sky, and the primary function of the Ground Observer Corps is to report all aircraft passing over any portion of the State. These reports are telephoned to Filter Centers in Atlanta and Savannah and on to the U. S. Air Defense Force which immediately assigns interceptor planes to destroy or deflect the course of atomic carriers. Thus it is obvious that GOC is a 'necessity' for Georgia It is a tremendous undertaking to establish ground observation posts every eight miles over this State, but it is unanimously agreed that the people and property these posts are designed to protect far exceed, in value, the time and effort required to complete the GOC program. The Georgia CD Director has expressed implicit confidence in the Religious Group Holds Meeting The Religious Advisory Committee of the State Civil Defense has scheduled its initial meeting for early this month at which time a permanent chairman will be selected and other matters pertaining to the group's fuoc tions will be outlined, according to Bishop Arthur J. Moore, who was designated temporary chairman. Other members of the committee are: Dr. Louie D. Newton, Atlanta; Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy, Atlanta; Rabbi Isaac E. Marcuson, Macon; Rev. Hugh S. Bradley, Decatur, and Rev. L.A. Harrell, Macon. "The leaders of organized religion in the United States are well aware of the tensions and uncertainties of the times," Ernest Vandiver, State CD Director, pointed out in announcing the personnel of this committee in Novermber. "The threat to our national security is very real. Planning against possible disaster does not mean that war is inevitable, but not to plan against it would be negligent folly." Worship, preaching, religious rites, and the activities of religious groups are especially helpful in preventing panic, the Director said. He added that "in time of atomic or other attack upon the State or Nation, the demand upon the religious resources of the country would be unprecedented." A supply of the administrative guide, "The Clergy in Civil Defense," has been received in the State CD office and a copy furnished each member of the Religious Advisory Committee. Several copies have also been mailed to local Civil Defense Directors. An account of the first meeting of the Religious Advisory Committee will appear in the February issue of The Alert. fact that patriotic Georgians will rally all their resources to this highly important function of the Civil Defense Division of the Department of Defense. Vandiver (continued from page one) the loss of thousands of lives that otherwise would be saved. The Ground Observer Corps program in Georgia calls for the establishment of observation posts every eight miles, and I cannot emphasize too much the achievement of this objective within a minimum of time. This is too important to overlook. The U. S. Air Force has assigned Major E. F. Shaheen to the State Civil Defense office as liaison officer between Headquarters Central Air Defense Force, Kansas City, Mo., and the CD Division of the State of Georgia. He is devoting full time to this vital function of our national program of defending the home front; and to perfect an organization designed to protect the lives of our people we must magnify this division of the Civil Defense program until our State has a complete network of observation posts as requested by the U. S. Air Force. I feel confident patriotic Georgians will respond to this vitally important function of Civil Defense. I firmly believe we will reach the maximum requirements in establishing observation posts to protect our people and to maintain the excellent reputation Georgians always have achieved by doing those things that are so necessary for the preservation of our spiritual heritage and material progress. Civil Defense has no other mission. Civil Defense is vitally important to those citizens eager to contribute to the safety of their fellowman by thoroughly preparing themselves to know what course to follow in the event of atomic destruction or other disaster. Civil Defense is set up by Federal and State law. But no law will work unless you back it up with action. That's why, in the final analysis, the responsibility for Civil Defense is YOURS. 2 JANUARY, 1952 .... z > >c: ::0 SELF-HELP and DEIIiHBORHELP -< Recom!T'ended uniform State-wide plan for Target and !'\on-target (evacuation and support) Areas. '() {Civil Defense Health and Related Services) 111 to.) prepci"red by the Georgia Department of Public Health T. F. Sellers, M.D., Director Atlanta, Georgi a civic center (American Legion Hall, Country Club, etc.) intermediate no,.casuolty evac;uation station with first aid ..... City Control Center State Control Center Professional CW'Id Technical "t.o.AL#-Assistance and Evacuation ~ ,._ (Mutual Aid and Mobile Support) ~ ~i.:.J- S.C. State C. D. V. M. S. C. *C. D. V.M.S.C.Civil Defense Volunteer Medical Services Corps Homes - - 1 -At least one trained Red Cro ss First Aid worker in every Home. Assemble C. D. household first aid kit---extra cots & supplies . Bl k ---At least one person trained in Red Cross home nursing and one in Red Cross nurse's 2 OC aid course---one block first aid station under Block Warden. (EINRuAsr~.I ~' ! 3.School District PTA ---Complete community C. D. organization under direction of P. T.A. and School Staff. Repeated drills. 4.Coordination ---With emergency welfare centers (churches) intermediate welfare non-casualty evacuation centers (civic centers); other C. D. Services . S.Learn ---Learn essential facts about survival under atomic and other bomb attacks; chemical and germ warfare; and other major disasters. I \avo1d panc ti1 IateY... .... :z:: "'C) EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN A TARGET AREA, YOUR COMMUNITY WILL RECEIVE REFUGEES AND WILL SEND PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THIS PLAN WILL WORK IN EITHER NON-TARGET OR TARGET AREAS! 0"' ::0 C) > > ~ w .::.0.. THE GEORGIA ALERT __________________________________________________________________________ WHY CIVIL DEFENSE . . . By FRANK KOPF Deputy Civil Defense Director Luckily an attack never came. The Federal Government was criticized roundly for making such During World War II it was called a situation possible, and having CIVILIAN defense. Civilian de- learned its lesson, this time the fense directors were appointed, Federal Civil Defense Adminis- sometimes without regard to ' the .tration changed the name to "civil" wishes of the regularly constituted defense, and encouraged the setting civil authority of the cities. One such instance is probably respon- up of the organization through the regularly elected civil government. sible for the use of the word 1."acni"vil" this time instead of "civil- A city of about 60,000 had an Now the police go right on being police, even if a bomb does drop. If the director of police services in Civil Defense is not the regular eager beaver for a civilian defense chief of police he is usually some- director, and he happened to be a one higher up in the city govern- supporter of the political party that. ment, or at least he is all set to was "out" at that time in the city work with the regular chief. The government. He proceeded to build peacetime fire department will be up an empire within the city under right in there fighting fires even if the name of civilian defense. He a bomb drops. The extra pumps and had his own fire department, and his auxiliary firemen of Civil Defense own police, and they were furnished will be just that much additional uniforms, arms and ammunition by help when they are needed. The the Federal Government. His Civil Defense director holds his wardens duplicated the work of the position under the Mayor who police on the residential beats. nominated him and if he does not His staff of "Chiefs" or services work in harmony with the Mayor, the had plans to seize the city govern- Mayor can suggest a new director to ment if an air attack came and do the Governor, and the Governor away with the elected Mayor and would probably appoint him. other officers. They were all set to Why should the Governor do the rue the city when the time came. appointing instead of the Mayor? The Mayor and his cohorts heard Because in case of emergency the t\bout this, and they had set up a Governor is going to delegate some little plan of their own. At the first of his powers to the local director warning of an air raid by the enemy of Civil Defense, and the director the police department had instruc- would then be acting in the name of tions to arrest the whole top echelon the Governor, not that of the Mayor. of civilian defense, including the Many of the losses occasioned by a director, and put them under the bombing will be borne by the State jail. instead o( the city. Interest In C D Is Increasing Caldwell Notes Federal Civil Defense Administrator Millard Caldwell stated in Washington recently that he would ask Congress early in 1952 for more funds for a program that is "beginning to roll, but not nearly fast enough." "If I knew we had five years to prepare for atomic raids on our cities, I would be optimistic about the progress which Civil Defense has made in the past few months," he said in an interview. "Public apathy toward Civil Defense has been largely overcome,' he said. "The idea is sinking in that not one or two, but possibly 20 or 30 of our cities, could be blasted by atomic bombs simultaneously. We are off dead center and are beginning to roll, but not nearly fast enough." Five Point (continued from page one) 5. All citizens to become familiar with the essential facts about atomic bombs, the book "Survival Under Atomic Attack," and many other Civil Defense booklets including those on chemical and germ warfare. Those citizens rece1vmg this issue of The Georgia Alert are urged to clip the five-point plan and place it where it will be easily accessible to each member of the family. Department of Defense Civil Defense Division 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. Atlanta, Ga. Sec. 34.66, P.L.&R. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Atlanta, Ga. Permit No. 219 4 JANUARY, 1952 THE GEORGIA Deportment of Defense, Civil Defense Division, E n Vol. 2, No. 2 ERNEST VANDIVER T he Director S A Y S. . . I am tremendously interested in the forthcoming visit to Georgia of the "Alert America" caravan, s cheduled to be in Savannah, F ebruary 14-16, inclusive, and in Atlanta, February 24-28, inclusive. It was my privilege to view this program in Washington in January. I cann ot begin to describe the impression it gives one to see what can happen to any of our major cities if we are unprepared when an atomic bomb is exploded. The magnitude of the program is comparable to the important part Civil Defense should .play in our planning in every area of the State and Nation. T he "Alert America" program is base d on many significant facts, among them being: l. The Soviet Union is dedicated to the destruction of everything we cherish-our freedom, our ideals, .See VANDIVER, Page 2 Atlanta, Go. February, 1952 ALERT AMERIC IT ATLAITA, SAVAIIAH THIS MONTH The "Alert America" convoy-a huge motorized cavalcade carrying a dramatic message on America and Civil Defense in the atomic age-is coming to Georgia this month. This dramatic exhibit will be in :Savannah, February 14-16, inclusive, and in Atlanta, February 24-28, inclusive. Elaborate plans for the showing of this unusual exhibit are being directed in Savannah by Charles J. Musante, local Civil Defense Director, and in Atlanta by Geo. M. "Pup" Phillips, CD Director for Metropolitan. Atlanta. The theme of the convoy program will be that Civil Defense is Common Sense and the exhibit will attempt to demonstrate how the individual citizen is now an equal partner with the person in uniform in the defense of the Nation. The "Alert America" convoy will go to Savannah after a showing in Greenville, S. C., and from Savannah the next city to view the spectacle will be Jacksonville, Fla. Atlanta will receive the convoy February 22, with the grand opening in the City Auditorium February 24. A giant parade is planned, with a proclamation issued by Mayor Wm. B. Hartsfield declaring the week of February 24 "Alert America Week." The exhibit is dramatic in its impact, using motion and three-dimensional effects throughout. The contents will include interesting material contributed by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, Atomic Energy Committee, the Defense Department, Georgia Civil Defense Division, and many other government agencies and private industry. Tlie convoy, one of three which is touriniZ maior urban areas throughout the See ALERT AMERICA, Page 2 Puritan Firm To Furnish Signs The Puritan Chemical Company of Atlanta has agreed to furnish the necessary s.;elter signs to Georgia communities that are conducting shelter surveys and designating shelter areas in their existing buildings. A. L. Feldman, president of the Puritan Chemical Company, presented the first signs to Geo. M. "Pup" Phillips, .o\tlanta Civil De- fense Director, and William F. Kerns, State Civil Defense Engineer, at a ceremony recently when the signs were installed in designated areas in the Peachtree and 7th Street Building in Atlanta. Information on the availability of signs UBY be secured at the State Civil Defense Engineering Office, 959 E. Confederate Avenue, S. E., Atlanta THE GEORGIA A L E R T - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VANDIVER (continued from page one) our moral standards, our religious beliefs. 2. The Soviet Union has a stockpile of atomic bombs. 3. The Soviet Union has a supply of long-range bombers that can reach any part of the United States. 4. General Vandenberg admits hat, in the event of an air attack on this country, 70 out of every 100 bombers could get through our defense barricades. 5. The Hiroshima bomb in one second killed or severely injured 140,000 people. 6. An adequate system of Civil Defense can cut fatalities in half. 7. Secretary of Defense Lovett rna intains that Civil Defense is a co-equal partner with the military in the defense of the Nation, and must become a strong co-equal partner if America is to survive. The primary objective of the "Alert America" caravan is to emphasize the fact that we need in Georgia and other States of the Nation a strong Civil Defense to help protect our freedoms and build an enduring peace. Civil Defense is Common Sense, and it 1s incumbent on every American to exercise his best judgment, based on the knowledge gained through authoritative sources, to protect himself against the destructive powers of atomic weapons whi ch are sure to hit American cities in the event of war. This he can do through Civil Defense. "Alert America" will attempt to demonstrate how the individual citizen is an equal partner with the person in uniform in the defense of the Nation. It is vitally important that every citizen of Georgia, who possibly can, view this great spectacle, which has been developed by the Valley Forge Foundation, a non-profit, non-political private organization of c itizens who are working in behalf of Civil Defense as a part of the total defense of the American way of life. The "Alert America" program has no other mission than to a ttain these four results : 1. To emphasize the fac t tha t Civil Defense is the constant guardian of the free America n way of life based as it is on a fundamental belief in God, on cons titutional government designed to serve the people, and our indivisible bundle of political and economic rights. 2. To help awaken all Americans to the urgent need for strong Civil Defense and to encourage each to enlist for such specialized training as may be possible. 3. To help inspire in all Civil Defense organizations the highest possible morale. 4. T o get every family, fa c tory, farm, business and instituti on in America to set itself up as a c itade l of Civil Defense, working in full cooperation with local Civil Defense authorities. We in Georgia have a tremend ous responsibility to alert our people, a nd it will take the combined efforts of all to achievE! the results they are so richl y entitled to under a democratic form of government. It is a challenge no Georgian with a conscience can ignore. I want to urge every Ge orgian with all the emphasis at my command to take advantage of this great opportunity to learn first ha nd what the individual MUST do to get maximum protection against a ny disaster. ALERT AMERICA (continued from page one) country, bas been developed by the Valley Forge Foundation, a non-profit, n~n:political private organization of citiz e ns who are working in beha lf of C1V1l Defense as a part of the total defense of the American way of life . This project is sponsored by the Foundation in cooperation with the F ede ral Civil Defense Administration, Georgia Divis ion of Civil Defense, and th e Atlanta and Savannah CU groups. Ernest Vandiver, Georgia Director of Civil Defense, who viewed t he project in Washington recently, stated, "I cannot begin to descri be th e impression it gives one to s e e what can happen to any of our major cit ies if we are unprepared when an atomic bomb is exploded. The magnitude of th e program is comparable to the important part Civil Defense should pla y in our planning in every area of the Sta te a nd Nation." The four-point program of the Va lle y Forge Foundation, as described by Ernest Vandiver, Georgia Dire ct or of Civil De fense, is: 1. To emphasize the fact tha t Civil Defe nse is the constant Guard ia n of the American way of life based on a funda mental belief in God, on cons titutional goverr..ment designed to serve the people, and our indivisible bundle of political and economic rights. 2. To help awaken all Americans to the urgent need for strong Civil Defense and to encourage each individual to enlist for such specialized training as may be possible. 3. To help inspire in all Civil Defense organizations the highest poss ible morale. 4. To get every family, factory, farm, bus iness and institution in America to set itself up as a citadel of Civil Defense, working in full cooperation with local Civil Defense authorities. The immediate goal in the cities of Georgia where "Alert America" will be shown will be to enlist the widest possibl e participation in Civil Defe nse work. Several hundred volunteer workers have been secured in both Sava nnah and Atlanta for the convoy, with committees organized representing wome n, business, labor, schools, patriotic, fraternal, and civic organiza ti ons, veterans, churches, etc. Mr. Vandiver has predicted that a new peacetime record for support of a patriotic movement will be established by the convoy visit to Georgia. 2 FEBRUARY, 1952 INDUSTRY URGED TAKE ADVANTAGE OFSTAFF COLLEGE With more than 1,000 graduates, the Civil Defense Staff College at .Qlney, Md., reports that out of this num ber only 25 have come from business and industry, it has just bee n announced by the Georgia Civil Defense. T here were more than 600 Civil Defense Administrators (State and local) and 166 Federal Civil Defense Administration employees. State CD officials have insisted that industry should be taking better advantage of this facility for training people in Civil Defense principles, with the announcement that the only requirement for enrolling at the Staff College is to request the State Director of Civil Defense to nominate the individual or individuals recommended. Prime requisite for those enrolling is interest and a willingness to work for Civil Defense, either in the community sules imported from Oak Ridge, Tenn., were planted on the grounds of the Bradley Memorial library in a practice Civil Defense session. Columbus is the first city in the State to hold such a session for its engineers who combed the library grounds with radioactivity detection instruments to locate the capsules. Participating on the program in Columbus were Charles D. Spangler, Atlanta, senior sanitary engineer of the U. S. Public Health service; R. H. Byers and R. P. Lewis, both of Atlanta, with the State Industrial Hygiene division of the State Health Department. Use of various types of radioactivity detection equipment was explained by these officials. Mr. Byer explained in detail the use of Geiger counters and instruments to detect radioactive substances on the ground. These machines, with walkie-talkies, were used in the Columbm. exercise to locate the charged material and report the location to a central control station set up in the library building. ATLANTANS VIEW "ALERT AMERICA"-The Biological warfare display of the "Alert America" exhibit which was viewed by thousands of Georgians in Savannah and Atlanta last month. attracted these Atlanta housewives at the opening of the show as they were escorted by Chester C. Cooper, of the FCDA office in Washington. In the photo, left to right, are: Mrs. James Furniss, Atlanta; Mrs. Lloyd Timberlake, Atlanta; Mr. Cooper, and Mrs. David A. Howard, Atlanta. KOPF ATTENDS CD MEET Brig. Gen. Frank A. Kopf, Deputy Director of Georgia Civil Defense, attended a CD session in Birmingham, Ala., the latter part of February where he observed the test of a 10-horsepower siren which will be used to alert the people of that ought to know the score." Birmingham CD officials, w~th the advice and cooperation of C"ol. J. M. Gartett, Alabama Civil De- fense Director, are planning to install the s trens m strategic areas of the city. The area tested in Birmingham city in case of disaster. Gen. Kopf told the Birmingham meeting that "the siren is the fundamelltal instrument in gtvmg an air raid warning. While it is the city's business to purchase sirens and install them, state officials are often asked for advice. And we was within a 11;4-mile radius of the location of the 10-horsepower siren. Patrol cars radioed to headquarters on effects of the siren at va1 ious points within the given area. It was reported that the siren was heard even outside the area in some directions. Department of Defense Civil Defense Division 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. Atlanta, Ga. Sec. 34.66, P.L.&R. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Atlanta, Ga. Permit No. 219 8 MARCH, 1952 THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Vol. 2, No. 4 Atlanta, Ga. GENERAL LIBRARY State Dire tor April, 1952 VANDIVER SPEECHPRO VOKES INCREASED INTEREST AT ATHENS CD AREA MEETING ERNEST VANDIVER THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... There are in Georgia a great number of metropolitan centers that will become primary targets for the enemy if this country is involved in war with any of the Communist nations. For this reason it is imperative tha:t we exercise sound a nd calm judgment in coordinating the organization of Civil Defense t o protect the masses if any dis.aster should arise. Georgia is basically an agricultural State. To protect this tre!llendously important phase of our e conomy, I am instructing all CD Directn now with a r ealizat ion th at Russia, too, is bu ildinJ! a !!oc~pi le e>{ at om i c bombs. We m ust live with the knowledge that the worlc:l somenay cllulr! be r ~ d11ced to cinders by m ns own hnn, unlf!~s somP. meth or! of in tPrna tioM I control of the atom ic w eapon eRn be worked ou t. It is po:- ~i ble that w ch control will come , b ut t llday it is a s fa r away as evPr. The Kremli n r efu ,;P~ i n ~pecti o n of atomic weapons and plant fac il it iPs. Knowing the r uthlessn ess C~f the men in t he Politbu r o end tht! f aithlessneFS c f thPi r p romi ~ P. ~ . WP. wou ld be foolish to r un the risk of losing the superior ity we _now hold-a super_iority which has en abled us to h old on to a pr ecarious peace. We also know that h uman life means nothing to the lea ders. ' of t he Soviet. They havl!! liquidated m illions of people without a flicker of an eyebr ow. If they could get aw ay w~ th it, we know t hey_woul d n ot hes\ta te t o destroy a whole nation and its people. The deterrent is the prospect of superior forces they fear mignt destroy them first. Those who ~ay t hat the atom ic bomb .could end the1Korean War whf\rlever it is dropped may have someti'\ing. It probably could. However, it it -brought atomic bombs down on American cities, wouldn't it be more costly than t he ~ontinued ~talema te? We do not know how many a tomic bombs the Russians have, but we do jmow t hey have the means to del iver them t o our own cities. As tempting as it must be to use the A-bomb, our r ealistic planners hope to w in a truce without r unn ing t he r i:-k of all-out atomic war and the Jth~:- lly prospect of dest.ruction of the American w ay of li fl' . It we maintain 011 r superior ity in at omic devel opment, thPy hope we may gain and keep an uneasy peace. It may be that w e w ill use the bomb. When we do, we m u~t be r eady for the grisly conseqi1ences wh ich Mr. Cal<;lwell envisioned. And it we do, we hope th at every American citize-n will concP.rn h \mse!t with his own defense and that the Federal GovPrnment first undertakes to conduct mass education in civil defense. We have del ayed far t o long in adopting a nation-w ide mass training progr am fnr ~elf-protect ion a~ai n s t t he most f ri gh tfu l weapon Pver lnMed u pon the t>~ r th . The bombs ma y n~ v~r fa ll. but i! they should, we ~h ou ld be ready to m in imize their effects if that is possible. *** *** official Red Cross Certificate for the course. Dr. L. E. Roberts, president of Middle Georgia College, said: "I am very happy that the college can lend its support and cooperation to such community services and to the defense efforts. I have the utmost confidence in young people who are willing to prepare themselves for the future without thought for degrees . Such efforts on their part are a sure sign of maturity." Professor Kuipers stated that this course was only the beginning of his future plans of health services through the relationship of the college, the defense efforts, and the community. Bobby Tutwiler IS the new assistant director of Civil Defense in Greater Atlanta. He succeeds Kenneth McKenzie who resigned to pursue the study of architecture. 2 May, 1952 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT A F Coordinator Engineer Repo~t Issues Report Contra,tors Offer On Post Program Cooperation By Major E. F. Shaheen Air Force Coordinator The Ground Observer Corps program in the state is gaining momentum daily as more and more patriotic citizens undertake the responsibilities of Supervisor and Observer. While 150 Ground Ob- server Posts were registered in April, the total including May is expected to exceed 200. Such a marked degree of success can be MAJ. SHAHEEN attributed only to the wonderful cooperation being received by the State officials from the men and women in the field. Men and women who are willing to take time out and make sacrifices in order' to serve their fellow man. Men ao:l women who have the vision to realize the potential danger that threatens our be loved nation, and are participating in the program to first alert our armed forces in the event of an attack, and secondly, to alleviate the tremendous amount of suffering and damage that could result therefrom. These men and women are deserving of the acclaim of their entire communities and the appreciation of this great state. But still more are needed. Georgia's goal in the Ground Observer Corps program calls for the establishment of over 700 Ground Observer Posts. That means 500 more locations, supervisors, and chief observers and thousands of others. The Filter Centers are now training personnel in both Filter Center operations and aircraft spotting and reporting. Air Force teams are traveling the state carrying out this part of the mission. Several hundred are now being trained in the cities of Atlanta and Savannah for plotting, telling, and filtering in the Filter Centers. The William F. Kerns, State Civil Defense Engineer, announced on May 5 that 33 percent of the contractors to whom questionaires were sent recently, have completed and returned the forms. State Civil Defense Director Ernest Vandiver commented that this rapid response is very gratifying, and praised the cooperative spirit of the contracting agency. He also expressed the desire that the remainder of the contractors will respond in the near future as the information contained on the completed forms is of the most vital nature in rescue and repair operations in the event of an attack upon a Georgia community. "One member of each Georgia family should qualify to administer first aid by taking a First Aid Training Course." -Ernest Vandiver, Georgia Director of Civil Defense. need is for several thousand. The progress now being made is remarkable. With continued cooperation the goal will be met in a very short period of time. As sections of the state are developed, the Civil Air Patrol and the Military will be called upon to fly "enemy" planes into the interiors. In this way practice exercises will enhance the ability of the individual volunteers to perform the jobs for which they are being held responsible. Everything will be directed to the fulfillment of the vital mission that we all sincerely hope we will never be called upon to perform. BUT IF WE ARE ATTACKED AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE, we must be ready to efficiently operate that program for which we will be well trained, God willing. ROBERT W.. FINLEY Communications Chief FINLEY ASSUMES POST WITH CD Robert W. Finley, who spent 30 years in the U. S. Coast Guard and retired July 1, 194.9 with the rank of lieutenant commander, has been named communications officer of the Georgia Civil Defense Division, it has just been announced. The new communications officer has already assumed his new duties, and following a brief time spent in state headquarters, he went to Olney, Md., where he will spend two weeks at the Civil Defense Staff College. Commander Finley has spent 29 years in communications work, from operator through various ratings and commissioned ranks. He spent 25 years in an administrative capacity, seven years as District Communications officer, served as land rescue officer in connection with plane crashes in the mountains of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. He led the search for U. S. Marine plane that crashed on Mount m Ranier 194.6 with a loss of 32 lives; served as intelligence officer engaged in law enforcement work, was ship and staff communications officer in amphibious operations in the Phillippines campaign and with South China Force. MAY, 1952 3 THE ALERT--------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DIRECTOR SAYS (Continued from Page 1) names of hundreds of church officials of all faiths, all of whom are cheerfully volunteering their servvices in the event of any disaster in the State. Civil Defense needs and must have the active cooperation of all groups if we are to succeed in our program of maximum protection for the civilian population if, and when, our potential enemy ,decides to attack any area of .Georgia or the Nation. In times of trouble our minds turn to the power and comfort of the Infinite. There are no atheists or infidels when we become. victims of the destructive power of atomic, biological or chemical warfare. ' .In addition to providing spiritual ministration in time of chaos, our ministers have volunteered their invahable service to perform other chores that will inevitably develop if any area of Georgia suffers the calamitous disaster of atomic attack. The personnel of Georgia's Civil Defense Religious Advisory Committee is made up of individual ministers whose records of spiritual guidsnce to hundreds of thousands of our people stand out as a beacon light that no one can hide. They have comforted many people in times of distress, and if enemy action should befall our people their ingenuities and consecrated service to humanity would reach new heights. Whatever the task with which they may be confronted, the Religious Advisory Committee RURAL GEORGIA Continued from Page 1 family and your livestock from infections and your crops from infestations, you are cooperating with the Civil Defenst program," he added. . Wiih regard to the assistance fariners can give to urban areas in the event of attack, the State Director said 4'With cars, trucks and tractors available, farm people are . well equipped to aid any atri~ken area within their reach. Mobile support, rescue and evacuation wOI'k are phasu of Civil Defense that rural people are especially qualified to do. To do any of them without confusion and delay, you must be organized and trained." Every individual and group in the State has a responsibility in Civil Defense, "and .I am confident no person with a conscience will make any effOI't to dodge this responsibility," Mr. Vandiver said. personnel and ministers of all faiths together with their official boards are ready to perform as good soldiers wherever their services are needed most. Members of the Civil Defense Religious AdvisOI'y Committee are: Bishop Arthur J. Moore, Atlanta, chairman; Dr. Louie D. Newton, Atlanta, secretary; Rabbi Isaac E. Marcuson, Macon; Dr. Hugh S. Bradley, Decatur; Monsigner Joseph G. Cassidy, Atlanta; Dr. L. A. Harrell, Macon. Identification Cards Your Civil Defense Director has identification cards ready for issue to any CD worker who has qualified for his job and taken the oath required by law. You can make your index finger prints on the card by using any regular stamp pad. The space for a photograph does not have to be entirely filled up with the head. A snap-shot showing your feattD'eS will suffice. After this data has been put on the card it is sent in to the state office for signattD'e and lamination, then rettD'ned to your local Director who will issue it to you. General Order No. 10 A new Geoeral Order, No. 10, has been issued which states that the cards used to identify Ground Observer Corps personnel will be recognized by Civil Defense control officers in case of a Red alert. It is very important that these observers be allowed to proceed to their posts in time of emergP.ncy, but special precautions will be used to check their loyalty befOI'e identification cards are issued. Vandiver Views Continued from Page 1 to San Francisco, Calif., to attend the annual conference of the National Association of Civil Defense directOI's. He is a vice president of the national organization. The Georgia CD official was accompanied by Lt. Col. Charleft T. White, assistant deputy director. DeparTment of Defense Civil Defense Division 959 E. Confederate Ave. S. E. Atlanta. Ga. Sec. 34.66, P.L.&R. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Atlanta, Ga. Permit No. 219 4 MAY, 1952 THE GEORGIA r Departl)'lent of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Er tor Vol. 2, No. 6 Atlanta, Ga. June, 1952 C. D. IS BACKE n.;::~~rrTTSPOSAL BY SCHOOL DEPT. CLASSES SOON ERHEST VJ.HDIVER THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... On 22 April, 1952, I witnessed an atom bomb explosion at Yucca Flats, Nevada. None of the persons who saw this awe-inspiring spectacle need NOW to be sold on civil defense. Even though I was very much impressed with the power of this bomb, I was more impressed with the fact that about 1,500 troops were unharmed at a distance of four miles by merely lying in a slittrench four and one-half feet deep. This proved to me that proper preparation and a well organized Civil Defense Corps can combat atomic attack. To know what to do in an A-bomb attack may mean the difference between death and survival. I only wish that every American could have seen this nuclear detonation. I think that they would have been convinced that Civil See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 Georgia's public schools are participating actively in the State's Civil Defense program "in order to fully acquaint both children and adults with the fact that rural as well as urban areas are within range of enemy bombers and in the event of war casualties of human lives, and property, can be minimized if we are adequately organized in Civil Defense units." A recent statewide meding of leading educators was held with Dr. M. D. Collins, State School Superintendent, and other officials of the State Department of Education. Both immediate and long-range objectives were discussed at the session. Ben Benidict, fr~m the Training and Education section of the Federal Civil Defense Administration in Washington, W!lS present to work with the State's educators. It was announced that a recent decision of the National Education Association to appoint a committee to make suggestions to include Civil Defense in the curriculum at all grades, is in line with the plan being promoted in Georgia. State Civil Defense officials announced also that a call has gone out to all registered nurses in Georgia to go to their nearest Civil Defense headquarters and let the authorities know they are ready to serve in the event of disaster. Tli.s action was taken in view of the need for qualified teachers to instruct Red Cross The Third Army is now ready to give instruction to Civil Defense organizations who want to organize bomb disposal squads. Whenever a bomb drops and does not explode it constitutes a serious hazard to all civilian activity in that neighborhood until the dud is disposed of. The Army has experts trained in de-activating such bombs, but they fitst have to find out where they are. The Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Group of which there should be one in the CD setup of every city, has the job of locating these and notifying the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Control Center. It is necessary to give members of this CD group about eight hours of training under the Army experts before they can properly identify and report these duds. CD directors who wish to form this group ani:l secure the instruction should notify Ernest Vandiver, State Director of Civil Defense, 959 E. Confederate Ave., SE, Atlanta, Ga., and he will complete the arrangements. Home Nursing classes, to keep abreast of new medicines, their uses, "and above all things, to keep informed of the very latest information in Civil Defense matters." The trouble with a lot of men who spout so profusely about capital and labor is that they never had any capital and never did much labor. THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE GEORGIA ALERT GA. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TO Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT CIVIL DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. Medical Directors from Region Civil Defense was given a promi- ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Assistant Deputy Director WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer ROBERT W. FINLEY Communication Officer MRS. JOliN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Nort/,ern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Sout/,western Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Sout/,eastern Area Director Three of the FCDA met at the Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta on May 14 to discuss the various state plans of meeting the emergency th~t may he faced by a hostile attack on our civilian population. The following r~presentatives of State Health Services were present: Dr. D. G. Gill of Alabama, Dr. K. E. Miller of Florida, Dr. Edgar Dunstan of Georgia, and Dr. R. M. Foote of Tennessee. Wiley L. Moore, Regional Director opened the meeting, and short speeches of welcome were made by Dr. Edgar Dunstan, Dr. Lester Petrie, Col. Harry Brown, and nent part in the program of the Georgia Medical Association convention held at the Biltmore Hotel the week of May 12. On Tuesday morning one paper was given showing the challenge to the medical profession offered by an atomic bomb disaster, and the answer to that challenge was given by Dr. Lester Petrie who presented the Georgia Health Services plan. The foundation of this plan is self help and neighbor help. It is recommended that schools he made into emergency hospitals for the time of the emergency, and that hospitals in that sector furnish the leadership THALIA WOODS TELL B. and P. W. Frank A. Kopf, Deputy Director of of Georgia. There appeared to he a great amount of divergence in the methods used by the various states in and inspiration. It was emphasized that all doctors and members of related professions should become members of the Civil Defense Volunteer Medical Service Corps. Mrs. Thalia Bryan Woods, the top woman in Civil Defense and at handling the problem of an emergency, hut all agreed that the At a panel discussion following a luncheon that day medical partici- present in charge of women's Geocgia Plan showed a great deal pation in Civil Defense was given participation in the Office of Volunteer Manpower talked to the of thought in working out the details, and that it was workable. a good going over, and many points cleared up. Dr. Norvin C. Kiefer, Georgia State Convention of Business and Professional women in Mr. R. A. Stetler of the American Medical Association who was also Director of Health and Special Weapons Division of the F.C.D.A. Atlanta on May 23. She was the key speaker for the Civil Defense program. Odessa Henson is chairman of the CD Committee. Mrs. Woods stated that if Civil Defense is doing nothing else it is pushing the next war farther into the future, and if we work hard enough we may prevent it altogether. In speaking of building first aid kits she stated that in Arizona they recommended the acquiring of one item at a time, and explaining present stated that it is the best state plan he has seen so far. An expert in packaging from Washington was present and the visiting doctors were given many new ideas on the subject of packing first aid materials for storage. It is planned to have a meeting of this group twice a year hereafter. New Fire "Chief" Morris H. Dean, late of the was present, and he gave the figures on the stockpiles of medical supplies being held by the F.C.D.A. For Either Water or Soup A Grand Rapids newspaper suggests that a new, clean, reserve garbage can would he a good place for householders to store their emergency supplies for civil defense. This would keep them clean, to every member of the family just Atlanta Fire Department has been protected from weather, rats, and how and when that item was to he appointed Coordinator of Civil whatnot, and in case the emergency used. In that way they all under- Defense Fire Service for the South- came the can would he a mighty stood the use of everything in the eastern Regional Office of FCDA. useful thing to have around. kit. He attended the Staff CD College at Olney for the course beginning While it is awfully nice to he April 21. What this country needs is not a important, it is much more important Even a live WU'e needs good good five-cent cigar, hut more and to he nice. connections. better mouthtraps. 2 June, 1952 I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT Autos No Protection PROTECTIVE DRESS.ING I From Atom Bomb UNIVERSAL PROTECTIVE DRESSING-In response to many requests for f Automobiles provide only limited protection from an atomic burst, the further information. Description furnished by Maj. Gen. George E. Armstrong, Surgeon Gen., Dept. of the Army:- I Federal Civil Defense Administra- tion has informed us. The report "Dressing consists of a single pad, 22 in. wide, and either 18 or 36 in. long, with two semi-elastic roller bandages, 6 in. wide by 6 yds. followed a study of tests made by long, for wrapping pad in place. Larger pad will cover half the trunk, the Atomic Energy Commission on or an entire limb. Smaller pad will cover hands and forearms, lower five cars during atomic tests m leg or smaller burns on trunk. Nevada. The cars, sedans with steel turret tops and safety glass windows, were placed at various distances from an atomic explosion like that which might occur in an enemy attack. "Consists of an inner layer of surgical gauze, then % in. absorbent cotton, then 15 layers of cellulose paper, then an outer layer of tough Masland type paper. The outer 6 layers of cellulose paper and the Masland outer surface are treated to render them impervious to liquid water, but they permit passage of water vapor and drying of burns beneath. FCDA advised motorists what to "In trials in Korea, it proved so successful that its designation has do (1) if an air raid warning is been changed from 'burn dressing' to 'universal protective dressing' ". heard in time to find other shelter, (2) if no nearby shelter is available, Thanks, General Armstrong! and (3) if there is a bomb flash but Cost of Survival ON the motorists have heard nowarning. ALL OUR TEAM The answers: l. If there is a warning and you should be in a congested An article in "The Bel Tel News" for March states that "We Goes Up Too~ section like a downtown area, the car should be quickly parked at the side of the street. The occupants should leave the vehicle and hurry to the nearest designated shelter area. If no s iich area can be found within a block or two, the individuals should take refuge m the tallest building nearby. 2. If a warning is received but the car is a considerable distance from the nearest building that offers are all a part of Civil Defense". The article states that individuals should join CD groups in order to help themselves. The telephone companies will certainly be needed in any plans for civil defense. We would be lost without telephones. EXECUTIVE ORDER Under a new executive order, in On May 1, 1952, the official FCDA films, "Survival Under Atomic Attack", Firefighting for Householders", "What You Should Know About Biological Warfare", "Our Cities Must Fight", and "Duck and O>Ver" will be boosted in price from $17.50 each to $19.75 each. The film dealers were authorized to raise the price because of the increase in cost of production. shelter or if the car is in an outlying residential area, the occupants should roll down the windows a time of emergency, the President can close radio stations and other facilities emitting electromagnetic Siren Exhibit to minimize danger from flying glass radiations which might be used as a The Chrysler Corporation will and should crouch down as low as navigational aid by enemy bombers. provide one of their motor driven possible. The order covers 10 kilocycle to air raid sirens for a demonstration 3. In case the first sign of 100,000 megacycle range. in Atlanta early ir.. June. City attack is the bomb flash, vehicles representatives desiring to attend should be stopped and then occu- However, automobiles would give the demonstration are requested to pants crouch as low as possible, no significant protection from notify the State Coordinator of remaining there until debris has penetrating atomic radiation, Communications, P. 0. Box 4839, tJtopped falling. The vehicles FCDA emphasized that auto- Atlanta 3, Ga., and they will be should then be driven to the side mobiles will not provide "safe" advised of the exact date as soon of the road (if possible) in order shelter, but if safe places are not as this information is available. not to interfere with civil defense within easy reach, an automobile traffic. is better than no shelter at all, Occupants of cars with metal tops will have good protection from provided rules about lowering windows and crouching down are Sign in front of Louisiana filling station: "We collect taxes- also sell light flying or falling objects. observed. gasoline." June, 1952 3 Department of Defense Civil Defense Division 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. Atlanta, Ga. Sec. 34.66, P.L.&R. U.S. POSTAGE PAID At Ianta, Ga. Permit No. 219 MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE students take course in Mather and Baby Care. Shawn above is a group of MGC students, under the direction of Prof. Carl J. Kuipers, participating in a study designed to emphasize Civil Defense planning. Reading from left to right, they are: Samuel Preston Joiner, Thomas Rippon Fontaine, Edwin Preston, J. 1. McNair, Mrs. Richard Parramore, Blec kley County Nurse; Emmett Jackson Stephens, Reynolds H. Allen, BeHy Jean Garland, Nola Jean Barlowe, Nancy Jean Jackson, Leontine Baggett, Dr. L. E. Roberts, president of M. G. C.; Clarice Harbin, and Professor Kuipers. BUREAUS PLAH The President of The United States has signed an Executive Order, No. 10346 which requires each Federal department to prepare plans in consultation with the FCDA for civil defense emergencies, taking into consideration the requirements of the Department of Defense. Plans must also be made to assure the continuity of the essen- FDit EMEitOEHCY tial functions of the various departments either in Washington or elsewhere in case of an emergency. The big job of the FCDA is to indicate the types of personnel, materials, facilities and services considered useful for civil defense purposes that will not be required to keep the department functioning, and to co-ordinate such arrangements with national, state, and local civil defense plans. THE DIRECTOR SAYS (Continued from Page 1) Defense is a definite insurance policy. I believe that all the apathy encountered by the various Civil Defense Directors throughout the country would have been completely dissipated with the viewing of this mushroom cloud. We have reached the major crossroad of our time. If we take the road of realism and positive action we still have time to prepare, brief as that time may be. If we continue to follow the road of apathy and inaction in the face of today's danger, then in spite of valiance of our military defenders, the home front will be lost. The road to realism and action begins today. We must organize ourselves-in every city, factory, office, and home. Civil Defense is a responsibility which begins with the individual, and is shared with the City, the State, and the Nation. In a world made restless by the selfish desires of dictators, we must soberly weigh our chances of survival as a nation. Without hysteria, but with firm resolution, we must organize our strength, both moral and physical, that we may preserve the priceless heritage that belongs to all free nations. Thoughtful planning and effective action can bring us peace through strength. When you talk, you only repeat what you already know; but if you listen, you may learn something. 4 June, 1952 THE GEORGIA G Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest an Vol. 2, No. 7 Atlanta, Ga. July; 1952 PUBLIC EDUC~ RAM PRODUCES BENEFITS FOR C D AMERIU\NS ARE far better informed about what they should do to protect themselves against atomic attack than they were a year ago, as a result of the "biggest educational program ever undertaken in this country," FCDA pointed out in its first annual report. Surveys conducted in 11 metro- CDExercise InN. Y. politan areas showed that most people have a general understanding of what civil defense means and a general willingness to volunteer Nine civil defense exercises are ERNEST VANDIVER their services to achieve it. They consider civil defense a community scheduled for New York State this year. Albany has already held one, THE DIRECTOR problem second in importance only to checking communism. and others are scheduled for Niagara Falls on August 22-23 and in SAYS ... The task of informing the .public about civil defense has been Buffalo September 26-27. With the shrinkage of space and carried on through bookle.ts, news- time, with the development of the paper and magazine articles, radio beeri distributed by FCDA or sold most lethal weapons ever known and television broadcasts, motion by the Superintendent of Documents. to man, the face of war has been pictures, speeches, and exhibits at This figure does not include drastically altered. Future warfare a cost less than that of mailing one millions of copies reprinted by will not be restricted to the battle- postcard to each citizen. State and local governments and field, nor fought primarily by As an ou !standing example of private agencies. soldiers at the front, for modern the extensive circulation of its FCDA also told how it is edu- y planes, submarines, guided missiles informational materials, FCDA cating the civil defense personnel and other deadly devices have made cited its booklet, "Survival Under through the Staff College and three every point in this country vulner- Atomic Attack," of which it training schools. The Staff College, able to sudden attack. originally issued 225,000 copies designed to train key administrative Our danger at home is fixed and at a cost of less than $10,000. personnel from the States and constant. Right at this moment, Reproduction of this book let for cities, opened in April, 1951. By every major city in the United free distribution or for sale was the end of the year more than 1, 000 States is within reach of Russian authorized with the result that it students had attended its 6-day bombers. We know that Russia has has been reprinted by state and courses from all 48 States, the atomic bombs. We know that Russia city governments, publishing firms, District of Columbia, Alaska, has the facilities to wage biological and public-spirited coiporations. Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the warfare. We know that Russia is Newspapers and magazines with a Virgin Islands. supplied with all of the modern combined readership of over The three training schools, gases. So long as those things are 22,000,000 have reprinted it in full designed to train instructors in the true -and every one of them IS or in part. technical aspects of civil defense, true- Fortress Main Street must be In all, about 56,000,000 copies are at St. Mary's, Calif., Stillwater, See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 of public leaflets and booklets have Okla., and Abington, Pa. President Terms CD Indispensable To U. S. Security CIVIL DEFENSE is "just as vital to American security as our Armed Forces, our defense production, and our aid to allies and friends abroad," President Truman declared, in a message accompanying FCDA's first annual report to Congress. "This report shows the growing strength of our civil defense pro- gram," the message said. "But it also shows the shortcomings-and these shortcomings are a matter of grave national concern. "We have the skeleton of a good civil defense organization. Now we need to add millions more volun- teers. We need vastly increased stockpiles of medical and other supplies. We need shelters. We need extensive training of our people in areas vulnerable to attack. We need all these things and need them fast before we can begin to feel reasonably secure about the defense of the United States-before we can say we have the kind of civil defense which helps to make aggression an unprofitable business, and thus supports our program for peace. "This calls for a far greater sense of urgency and for a better record of action by every citizen and at every level of Government- Federal, State, and local-than has been given to civil defense up to this time. "In January 1951, the Congress passed the basic legislation under which our civil defense program has been set up. It is good legis- lation. It provides a sound frame- work for doing the job. But ever since this law was enacted, the program has been starved for lack of adequate appropriations. "Last year I requested $535 million to build up our civil defense program in the current fiscal year. Instead the Congress provided only $75 million. This year $600 million has been requested as the Federal 2 Architects Take Notice Mrs. John G. Lewis Mrs. John G. Lewis was recently appointed Coordinator for Women's Activities for the Civil Defense Division of the State of Georgia. Mrs. Lewis will be closely connected with all women's organizations in the State in perfecting the Civil Defense Plan for Georgia. Government's share in speeding our civil defense work for the coming fiscal year. I earnestly hope the Congress will provide the full amount this time. It is essential if we are to get the job done right. ''I want to be as clear about this as I can. We simply cannot afford a penny-wise-pound-foolish attitude about the cost of adequate civil defense. Everyone in this countryall of us-must face the fact that civil defense is, and will continue to be, just as vital to American sectrity as Ol,ll" Armed Forces, our defense production, and our aid to allies and friends abroad. Civil defense is another indispensable part of our total security program. I really believe that anyone who reflects upon this matter wiU understand why that is so. Every weakness in civil defense increases an aggressor's temptation to attack us. Every weakness in our civil defense adds to the strength of a potential enemy's stockpile of atomic bombs." Building in the Atomic Age was the subject of a recent symposium held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. William F. Kerns, Engineer for the Georgia Department of Defense represented the State Civil Defense Division and described the conference as extremely interesting and inspiring. Kerns stated that the conference discussed the effects of Atomic Bombs and the most recent available knowledge on the design of structures for resistance to large blasts. The economics of blast resistant design and the need for industrial dispersion were some of the other vital subjects presented. Structuml engineers throughout the country are becoming aware of the fact that present day methods of design are inadequate to meet the threat of the Atomic Bomb. Since it is common knowledge that the A Bomb is not our exclusive property, these engineers are realizing that a suitable method which recongizes the dynamic behavior of a structure under blast conditions must be developed and utilized in the design of new buildings. Representatives of the Engineering profession from industry, government and private practice were present at the conference and all left with a better understanding of the urgency and need for new design methods, but few if any felt that the problem was impossible to overcome, although many questions are yet unanswered. * * * Overheard: "You ne ve r k i ~s m e a nymore. Why can't yo u be like the man next door?" * * * Then there was thP cross-eyed professo r who had no control over hi s pupils. -* * * We've little fear From s tick s and ~to rw~ ; It's the bathtub ~oa r That break s our b one~. July, 1952 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT Fire Trucks Need Radios The Director desires to point out the great advantages resulting from equipping all fire department apparatus with two way radio equipment. It is the least expensive method of a ttaining maximum efficiency with the available apparatus and places the fire fighting force at the constant command of the chief, to be redirected, recalled, dispatched to other fires or other indicated action instantly. The Fire Department should have its own radio system and not be imposed on the police radio system, which lowers efficiency of both of these esse-ntial services. It is hoped that all Georgia cities will take steps to equip their own apparatus and assist neighboring towns in working out their communication problems, perhaps making available the facilities of the larger city so as to eliminate cost of a base station for the smaller towns. This would be to the mutual advantage of all concerned. By the use of selective calling the alarm can be given to small neighboring towns by radiq thus saving expensive leased circuits i the larger city makes available its fire alarm bureau for receiving telephoned reports of fires. In. some c1t1es employing volunteers all members are called at their homes by radio by pressing a button at fire alarm headquarters in nearby larger cities. ARE YOUR Shelters M.arked? Atlanta Needs Engineer Help. ATLANTA has added shelter space located in the Rhodes Haverty Building to its growing list of shelters. The areas which are to be designated as shelter space are located in the basement and in hallways on all floors with the excep ti'on of the uppermost three stories. Under the direction of George (Pup) Phillips, Atlanta Civil Defedse Director, Mack Tucker, a prominent architect, is heading up a committee of engineers and architects who are making the surveys of many of the modern office buildings in Atlanta to locate shelter space in existing buildings. Mr. Tucker is making good progress on his endeavor but is hampered by insufficient numbers of technical volunteers. He is very desirous of soliciting the help of technically trained engineering and construction people on this very vital program. Anyone interested in contributing a small amount of his time to further the shelter program may do so by calling Mac Tucker, Jr., at ALpine 2140, Atlanta. Warning Net Enlarged Ernest Vandiver, Georgia State Director, recently announced that equipment has been ordered which will provide a State wide Air Raid Warning System which will warn all cities with a population of 8000 or more. CD In Schools Is Off The Press The long awaited FCDA publication, "Civil Defense in Schools" is out. It is one of the technical manuals and has the number TM..16-l. It is intended as a guide primarily for local and state superintendents of schools in organizing and operating programs for the self protection of schools and their personnel. It is the responsibility of the superintendent to see that appropriate defense measures are taken by the schools within his jurisdiction. Copies of the pamphlet may be obtained from the Superintendent ~f Documents, Washington 25, D.C. at 15 cents each, or from the local Civil Defense Director. Bomber Plant Makes Shelters The Georgia Division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation at Marietta is making engineering investigations to provide their employees with suitable shelter areas. Mr. David Hollub, Civil Defense Director for the Lockheed Plant, announced tentative plans, after consulting with state and local civil defense engineers, for providing shelter space in an area which lies below the basement floor of one of the buildings. Mr: William Kerns, Engineer for the State Civil Defense Division, A "Letter to the Editor" in a The facilities of the State Patrol commented that the space in Detroit paper asks, "Just where are Communication System will be question is very desirable in that these air raid shelters?". utilized. Selective calling devices it affords extremely good protection That question might be applicable will activate receivers and sound structurally from blast and also to your city too. Has your Civil an alarm when men are not on good protection both laterally and Defense Director surveyed existing watch and the alert is broadcast. vertically from nuclear radiation. buildings for suitability for shelter, State Patrol Stations will pass the Mr. R. B. Dyer of Lockheed's and has he posted signs indicating where the shelters are? The State Shelter Engineer is ready to help alert to municipal police or fire departments. It is the responsibility of local authorities to .provide the Plant Engineer Depdl'ttnent is making the engineeril.g investigations to detel'llline the costs of him whenever he gets ready to proper action to warn the inhabi- providing adequate access to this start it. tants. area for personnel of the Plant. July, 1952 3 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MUSANTE'S CREW LEADS STATE Savannah is forging ahead of other communities in the state in designating shelter areas in its down town buildings. Up to date figures reveal that Mr. Carl Helfrich's Engineering Committee in that city has located sufficient shelter area to shelter approximately 3000 people. Thus far, suitable areas of varying size have been located in the following btiildings: Realty Building, DeRenne Apartments, Liberty National Bank and Trust Building, Savannah Bank and Trust Building, Sears Roebuck and Company and the Savannah Hotel. Additional shelter space has been located in these buildings and also the Savannah Fire Insurance Building and the Savannab Hotel Annex which will be suitable shelter space if minor modifications can be effected in these areas in time of an emergency. This additional space will offer shelter to an additional 3000 people. State Director Ernest Vandiver praised Mr. Otarles Musante, Savannah's Civil Defense Director, and Mr. Helfrich and his committee's efforts very highly and added the hope that other Georgia communities will soon follow. IN THE EVENT OF AN ENEMY ATTACK THIS HIGHWAY I WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TR.AFFIC EXCEPT CIVIL DEFENSE &. MILITARY: VEHICLE ERNEST VANDIVER STATE DIRECTOR JUST A REMINDER-In case of emergency, such as an atomic bomb dropping,certain highways leading to and from cities will be reserved for Civil Defense vehicles. Here Civil Defense Director of Atlanta Municipal Area, Pup Phillips, and Assistant Deputy Director far Georgia, Col. Charles White are viewing the first sign to be erected in Atlanta. THE DIRECTOR SAYS (Continued from Page 1) on the alert day and night. If we are going to be prepared for the modern war we have got to get rid of our atomic ostrichism. We have got to accept the fact that a new dimension has been added to warfare. It is a dimension that adds reach to the attack; that enables it to bypass and overshoot our traditional defenses and strike at the very root of our strength- our people and our cities. This new dimension wipes out the distinction between combatant and noncombatant. It makes civilians on the home front as vulnerable to death and injuries as soldiers on the firing line. It makes our own backyards today the front lines of tomorrow. Civil Defense, like charity, is / something that begins at home. Everyone of us can take the time ( to learn the simple things we need to know in order to protect ourselves from enemy attack. Everyone of us can take the time to make sure that the members of our families are trained in self-protection and that our homes are prepared with the supplies and facilities that will be worth their weight in gold, if attack should come. You can't have bread if you won't put in the yeast. We will not get the bread of survival if we leave out the yeast of Civil Defense. * * .. "And when the rain falls, does it ever get up again?" "Oh, yes, in dew time." 6ll: ' 0 N HWJ8 d 'D~ 'DlUD llV OIVd 3~V.LSOd 'S'n ~ 'll'1' d '99',. ;,as 'D~ 1 DlUDJlV '3'5 '8AV 8lDJapolUO:) '3 656 uo!S!"!O asuolO 1!"!::> asulO lo ,uawpodea \.., S2c:;_ (\ +- -r'"I ' - -t THE GEORGIA ~'-----------D-e-pa-r-tm-e-n-t -o-f -D-e-f-en-s-e,--C-iv-il--D-ef-e-ns-e--D-iv-i-si-on-,--~r---~~--~~~~------~-to-r----------- t Vol. 2, No. 8 Atlanta, Ga. August, 1952 .f- N ewsb,oys flitn---C.i"A~~ VILLE SHELTER PROGRAM Newsboys of Atlanta recruited over three thousand Civil Defense workers for Director George M. Phillips last month. Each delivery boy canvassed the people on his route and urged them to volunteer for service. AS THE RESULT of a shelter survey begun recently in Gainesville, citizens of that community can rest more easily knowing that there is shelter space available to accommodate about a thousand Pilots Will Assist people in the Dixie Hunt Hotel. Mr. William Kerns and Mr. Earl Civil Defense Mader, Engineers for the State and Regional Federal Civil Defense ERHEST VANDIVER The "Pilots", a well known Office respectively, located the THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... womens organization, has undertaken the project of recruiting, training, and supervising, under the Municipal Civil Defense Communi- shelter space on a recent trip to that city. Mr. C. j. Cheves, Gainesville Civil Defense Director, stated that Air Force Secretary Finletter called a conference on 16 June, 1952, at the Pentagon, for the cation Officers' direction, the manning ol radio and telephone circuits in the Control Centers of additional shelter space will probably be made available as soon as surveys of other buildings State Civil Defense Directors of cities above 8000 population. As in that community can be completed. this entire nation. The result of the membership is composed of this eight-hour conference was the conviction by the Civil - Defense business women it is felt that an intelligent and versatile group will STATE WARNING NET Directors of 27 coastal and border provide leadership and enthusiasm The General Electric Company states that an around-the-clock to the project and keep interest has delivered the Tone signalling watch by the thousands of Ground alive. equipment for the Georgia State Air Observers across the Nation was Raid Warning Net. The radio vitally necessary. technicians of the State Patrol are General Nathan F. Twining, acting head of the Air Force, said FIRST AID now installing this equipment at the various State Patrol stations. that the Russians soon may have enough atomic bombs to launch a INSTRUCTORS As each station is equipped it joins the Net. Each State Patrol station, surprise attack "plus a substantial In communities where the Red on the Net, is responsible for reserve for succeeding tries if the Cross chapter of that locality is delivering the war,ning to the ~ first should fail." He added that unable to furnish instructors for nearest Municipal Police Depart- the Russians have developed a First Aid classes, the Civil De- ment. Thus the warnin~ will reach powerful long-range bomber capable of delivering atomic bombs to any of our critical target cities. This fense Director should notify the State Office of Civil Defense and they will arrange with the South- all cities of 8000 or more. The local Director of Civil Defense must arrange for dissemination of the has been disclosed before by a See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 eastern or State Rea Cross to furnish them . warning after it reaches the Municipal Police station. THE ALERT-------------------------------------- VANDIVER ENLARGES T,lephone People WOMEN'S COMMITTEE t.. Should Advise Ernest Vandiver, State Director of Civil Defense, has just announced the enlarging of the Women's Committee for Civil Defense for- the State of Georgia. In addition to Mrs. Gertrude Harris, Chairman, Mrs. Fred Knight, Mrs. Ralph Fowler and Mrs . Harold B. Hodgson who make up the present committee, Mr. Vandiver has written letters of appointment to key women in every area of our State and to the presidents of the state-wide women's organizations. The initial meeting of this State Civil Defense Women's Advisory Committee will be held on Tuesday, August 26th, at 9:30 A. M. at the Atlanta Y. W. C A. at which time Certificates of Appointment will be presented. This ceremony will be followed by a training-conference at which time such subjects as the National and International situation and need I for Civil Defense, Civil Defense at the State and local level, Civil Defense Services, and women's participation in Civil Defense will be taken up, as well as, a discussion of the programs and projects which are being done and can be undertaken by organized women's groups . Exhibits and materials are being prepared to give this committee information about our whole program of Civil Defense. Director Vandiver feels that with this Women's Advisory Committee as an integral part of our Civil Defense forces in Georgia we may look forward to a good job being done in every community, and great strides being made in realizing our goals of developing a better understanding of Civil Defense and its importance in modern warfare; enlisting the active participation of all our citizens in volunteer state and community Civil Defense activities in order to insure minimum loss of life, minimum fear and panic, high public morale, full individual participation' in Civil Defense activities, and maximum maintenance of productive capacity; and of encouraging everyone to take protective measures to safeguard the individual and the family against atomic attack, biological and chemical warfare and sabotage, and to be prepared to act in emergencies. FCDA Urges ./ City Stockpile Cities and towns should build a stockpile of all emergency supplies necessary for at least the first four hours following enemy attack, the Federal Civil Defense Administration warned. The Administration said it would take that long for State and Federal supply services to come to the aid of a stricken community with the additional food, medical supplies, clothing, fuel and other materials necessary to relieve suffering and make emergency repairs to property. "Every city must be prepared to survive and to help others that may be stricken", continued the FCDA. Under the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, the States and communities have the primary responsibility for civil defense supply. The FCDA provides necessary coordination and guidance, and some financial and material help. FCDA recommends that dur.ing emergency first priority on available supplies be assigned to casualty relief activities such as hospitals, first-aid stations and mass care centers. It also suggested that an emergency plan for local use to be placed in operation immediately after an attack to equalize food distribution and prevent "panic buyers" from hoarding food. Many City Directors have appointed the local District Manager of the Telephone Company to staff duty as Communication Officer. These men are eminently qualified but have so many problems of their own that many of them cannot devote the time or attention to Civil Defense Communications that the task requires. It is therefore suggested that these men be placed in an advisory capacity or that they appoint an assistant who can devote more time t.o organizing the Civil Defense Communication setup and who can be present to direct communication activities in the Control Center during an emergency, relying on the many years of experience of the Telephone Company District Managers for guidance. Suicide a Crime A Jersey City lawyer by the name of Hiram Elfenbein refused to obey instructions in an air raid test. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, found guilty, and given a 30 day sentence. He appealed the case. It is pointed out that even suicide is an offense against the State. A.M.A. PRINTS CD BOOK The American Medical Association has published a new booklet on "Medical Aspects of Civil Defense". It is a reprint of articles that have been appearing in the Journal of the AMA. They sell for 25 each or 20 in quantities . of 100 or more. They may be obtained from C. Joseph Stetler, Secretary, AMA, 535 N. Dearborn St., Chicago 10, Illinois. 2 August, 1952 --------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT Legion Post To "The Nurse In CD" Hodgson Is First Form Aid Units Is Off Press Woman Director The Georgia Department of the More than a million nurses of An important change in city American Legion is urging Posts to various kinds will be needed to Civil Defense Directors took place organize Mobile First Aid Stations take care of the casualties if we in Athens recently. Mrs. Harold B. in forty different locatione in should have an atomic attack. The Hodgson who has been chairman of Georgia. Instructions on just how new booklet published by FCDA on the American Legion Auxiliary to do this were distributed at the "The Nurse in Civil Defense" State C. D. Committee for the past convention in Macon and newly gives the details of what will be year has replaced Col. F. W. elected officials pledged their needed. In addition to registered Whitney who has been working hard services in pushing the project. nurses we will need practical in the job for several months. Col. Georgia could use a hundred such nurses, nurse's aides, home nurses, Whitney resigned be cause he did mobile units, and any civic or first aiders, and plain volunteers not have the time to devote to the other organization wishing to without nursing training to do some project. organize one should communicate of the things ordinarily done by Mrs . Hodgson attended the C. D. with the Georgia State Director, nurses. Staff College at Olney, Md., last Ernest Vandiver, at Georgia CD The new manual has been distrib- year in preparation for her work with Headquarters. uted to State nursing associations, the American Legion. She has had and may be obtained from the many pos1t10ns of responsibility New YorkerSays Superintendent of Documents at Washington for twenty cents. CD Is Permanent in women's organizations and is well qualified to be a C. D. Director. Incidentally, she is the first woman director in Georgia. Director Wallender of New Y6rk Radio Hookup Grows City speaking to a meeting of The Albany Gets Association of Advertising Men said that the people who make misleading public statements that "we are in no danger of atomic Agreements have been consumated whereby the radio communication systems of the "Georgia Forestry New Director -) attack" have created the worst Commission", "Georgia Cracker A new Civil Defense Director has problem in Civil Defense, public Emergency Net", "Civil Defense been added to the list of city apathy. He stated that CD is here Disaster Net" and "Civil Air directors this month. Albany has to stay, and no future city adminis- Patrol Net" will be available for been searching for months for a tration can afford to abandon it. Civil Defense cormnunications man qualified to head up this between principal Georgia cities important pos1tlon and at last Industrial Plants and the State Director in case of enemy attack or state of war. Steps they have secured Col. L. Earl Robinson, a retired Army officer, r .. Vital To C.D. are being taken to implement these agreements. to take the place. He has been assured by all of the civic clubs An Informational Letter is being and city officials that he will be issued to all Civil Defense Directors in Georgia on industrial participation in Civil Defense. BELL HOLDS CD CLASSES given absolute cooperation in giving Albany a Civil Defense organization second to none in the Since the whole idea of Civil The Southern Bell Telephone state. Defense is to keep the industrial Company held a three day Civil potential of this country from being Defense course in Atlanta last Love quickens all senses except knocked by a "Pearl Harbor" month which representatives from the common one. attack with atomic bombs it sounds all over the southeast attended. reasonable that industry itself ought to do all it can to protect These people will return to their local Bell stations and organize The biggest dog once was a pup. itself. them for CD protection. CD Directors should take the The Southern Bell is probably Today I want to speak to you initiative in getting industrial farther along with their CD planning straight from the shoulder. plants started with their organiza- now than any other large qorporation My wife says it is too bad I don't r tion. in this area. speak from a little higher up. August, 1 952 3 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIVE GEORGIANS IN RESCUE SCHOOL FCDA'S Eastern Training School resounded with the strains of Dixie last month. The rescue school at Ogontz Center, Pa., was graced by the presence of five Georgians, all seeking knowledge in the techniques of rescue operations. .The total enrollment at this session of the rescue school numbered thirty-two (a record to date) and those in attendance from Georgia were: Earl Mader, Engineer, Atlanta Regional office FCUA; Col. Thomas House, Civil Defense Coordinator, Georgia State Highway Department; Mr. James Greene and Mr. Robert McDonald, both Deputy Civil Defense Direc- tors, Savannah CD Office, and William F. Kerns, Engineer, Georgia State Department of Defense. The course was of two weeks duration and consisted mainly of actual rescue practice on the . training ground. The school has gone to great lengths to provide realistic conditions by constructing a street consisting of various types of bombed out buildings and heaps of rubble. New courses at the F .C.D.A.'s Eastern Training School start every two weeks and are open to the public. Those interested in attending can receive detailed information on the School from the State Civil Defense Office. THE DIRECTOR SAYS {Continued from Page 1) number of top Air Force Officers. lnte ll ige nee Officers reported that Russia now has at least twice as many first rate combat aircraft as the United States. The actual figures revealed are these: Russia has about 20,000 aircraft in 250 Wings compared with 10,000 for the United States in 143 Wings , NOT ACTUAL but PLANNED by 1955. Russia has a 20,000 plane reserve compared with almost none for this country. Mr. George Kennan, U.S. Ambassador to Russia reported to our President recently that the "hate America" campaign behind the Iron Curtain had been intensified, especially for home consumption. According to Mr. Kennan, the Kremlin leaders are not whipping 200 million sub,iects into a frenzy of hate simply for the perverse fun of it. It has been said that history is the philosophy of teaching by experience. Has the history of Pearl Harbor taught us anything? Hamburg thought Civil Defense unnecessary and became a shambles. Hiroshima and Nagasaki should be burnt into our minds deeper than the scar left by those two atom bombs. From the foregoing it is obvious that we must proceed immediately with our Civil Defense Program in Georgia and especially our Ground Observer Corps Program. Typical scene at F.C. D. A.'s Rescue School at Ogontz Center, Penna. An average is just the poorest of the good and the best of the lousy. o~ o,uoiY '3 s e"'lt a,o,epojUO:J '3 6S6 uo!S!"!O esuelea I!'!:> aSU8j80 jO ,uewpodea THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, t Vo l. 2, No. 9 Atlanta, Ga. September, 1952 F.C.D.A.B ETS UP CIVIL DEFENSIE CORPS A new Advisory Bulletin, No. 119, control of any Local Civil Defense has been received from the FCDA Corps. At the request of any State which clarifies the picture of just Directcr the Federal Administrator what may be done in regard to may assume operational control wearing Civil Defense insignia, over the Civil Defense Corps of and emphasizes the fact that there such state. is a penalty of a Sl,OOO fine and Part 1708 of the regulation states one year in prison for falsely that no person shall possess, wearing a C.D. insigne. display, wear, or use an official This bulletin establishes the article (arm band, badge, hat band, !' ERHEST VJ.HDIVER United States Civil Defense helmet, sticker, etc.) unless he or THE DIRECTOR CORPS., which consists of the she is a member of or a registrant separate State CD CORPS, and the for membership in a Civil Defense _, SAYS ... Local CD CORPS. Certain papers have to be filled out and signed by the Governor and State Director Corps, and in any case he or she must have on her person a membership card or other identification Civil Defense IS a new dimension before the State organization evidencing such status. In time of in community thought and service! becomes a part of the United States emergency, however, this shall not Our first job is to create an under- Corps, and the same formality has apply to anyone performing a Civil s tanding of this new dimension and to be pursued in order to make a Defense function pursuant to its implications for our survival, local CD Corps officially be a instructions from a Civil Defense individually and as members of a part of the State Corps. Legislation Director. c ommunity. now in Congress for. the benefit of We look naturally to our American institutions for leadership in this task. We must look to our educators, CD personnel will apply only to those who are officially enlisted in the Civil Defen.'le Corps. "ALERT" SUSPENDS PUBLICATION fr om the kindergarten to the uni- The Ground Observer Corps The Federal Civil Defense versity level, to pioneer in helping although under the control of The "ALERT" which was published us build into the educational Department of the Air Force relies for more than a year in Washington thought and practices the substance for its recruiting and administration to keep the country informed on of this new dimension. upon the Civil Defense Corps, Civil Defense matters has sus- In your plans for the mobilization therefore its personnel would be pended publication. The cutting of of education's great resources in included in any protection given by the CD appropriation from the nation's services, I ask that you federal legislation fer CD personnel. S600,000,000 down to $43,000,000 give Civil Defense a priority equal Another clarification is that the has not only meant a reduction in to t hat accorded any other phase of State Civil Defense Director shall personnel but a great many of the the defense effort. supervise and coordinate the CD educational features are being What then is education's role in activities of a 11 Civil Defense eliminated. the development of the national Corps within the State, and may The "Georgia Alert" will See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 assume directional or operational continue publication as usual. THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Assistant Deputy Director WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Ollicer ROBERT W. FINLEY Communication 011/cer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director EDITOR THINKS CD IS JOB OF J. Q. PUBLIC The Lorain (Ohio) Journal and Times Herald says that Congress is not the one who is holding back Civil Defense, but that the fault lies with the ordinary citizen who says, "If you want to save my life you will have to appropriate money to do it". The editor says it is the local citizen or government that should worry itself with Civil Defense, and if it fails it is basically a local problem. Just goes to show you that there are two sides to every question. Most of us think that the problem must be solved by a combination of local volunteer work and federal appropriation. SIRENS IN NEW ORLEANS FOR C. D. ONLY After December 31, 1952 sirens in New Orleans will be used only to indicate a CD attack warning. The city ordinance that becomes effective then will require all ordinary emergency vehicles to use exhaust whistles, bells, horns, or some other means of warning the public to get out of the way. 2 Ernest Vandiver, State Director of Clvif Defense is shown with Mrs. Gertrude Harris, Chairman of the Women's Advisory Committee for Civil Defense, just before the above-mentioned committee held their first meeting at the YWCA In Atlanta on 26 August. WOMEN'S COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST MEETING IN ATLANTA There were one hundred and forty registered at the Civil Defense Conference for Women Leaders held last month at the Atlanta Y.W.C.A. The occasion was the initial meeting of the State Women's Advisory Committee who represent seventy state-wide women's organizations and leaders from every area of Georgia. Director Ernest Vandiver made the keynote address on the subject, "The National and International Situation and the Need for Civil Defense", following his presentation of Certificates of Appointment. Federal, State and Local Civil Defense was discussed by Colonel Harry E. Brown of the Regional Office, General Frank A. Kopf of the State Office, and George M. Phillips, Atlanta Director, and Mrs. Harold B. Hodgson, Athens Director. The operational services were explained and women's part pointed up by members of the state and regional staffs: Edgar P. James. Dr. Edgar M. Dunstan, Karl Reiser, Win. F. Kerns, Robert W. Finley, and Major Edmund F. Shaheen. The afternoon session was given over to Women's Participation in Civil Defense, which was discussed by Mrs. J. T. deJarnette, Regional Assistant Director for Women's Affairs. Georgia's Home and Family Plan which centers around Self-Protection, Home-Protection, and Community-Protection was presented by Mrs. John G. Lewis, Coordinator of Women's Activities. She suggested that this plan be adopted by all women's groups and urged that every woman take protective measures to safeguard the individual and the family against atomic attack, biological and chemical warfare and sabotage, and to be prepared to act in emergencies. Exhibits, literature, discussion periods and movies were featured in order to tell the whole story of Civil Defense and the part that women must play. SEPTEMBER, 1952 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT SAVANNAH G0 C ARMED FORCES IN CIVIL LACK OF MONEY IS UNDER WAY DEFENSE An FCDA advisory bulletin CLOSES SCHOOL Charles J. Musante, Savannah issued recently pointed out that the The niggardly policy of the U.S. Civil Defense Director, is spear- armed forces will support Civil Congress in dealing with Civil heading an organization designed Defense subject to the following: Defense in cutting the requested to set up the required number of limitations: appropriation of $600,000,000 down Observation Posts and other activi- 1. Provided that there is not a to $43,000,000 has caused a shrink- ties connected with perfecting higher military pri '3 656 uo!S!" !O asuetea I!"'!:> asula JO ,uewpadaa THE GEORGIA rf Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Erne Vol. 2, No. 10 Atlanta, Ga. October, 1952 WOMEJI'S CLU FOR CIVIL DEFENSE The Georgia Federation ot will be given at the annual con- Women's Clubs, now in its fifty- vention to the club in the state sixth year, a non-partisan and judged to be the most outstanding. non-sectarian organization whose This women's organization, with object is to foster mutual counsel more than 300 local clubs and and helpfulness and to unite the 20,000 members is the first in influence and service of women in Georgia to integrate Civil Defense promoting educational, civic, soc~l into every phase of its program. a..ad moral advancement in the With an enviable record of achieve- ERHEST VANDIVER state, has approved Civil Defense as the major project of this adrnin- ments in other fields Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs can THE DIRECTOR isttation. Mrs. Chester E. Martin, president in her first communication to be counted upon to make an outstanding contribution to the success of Civil Defense in our state. SAYS An effective civil defense program is a strong force for peace! state officers and chairmen and local presidents said, "Officially through resolutions approved at our national and state conventions ELLIS WHITEHEAD DALTON DIRECTOR T here is no inconsistency in this we, as an organization, and as Ellis Whitehead has been appoint statement. And, it is not based on individuals, have pledged our entire ed Civil Defense Director of Dalton tht: fact that civil defense has facilities and efforts to Civil by Governor Talmadge following 't already in its short life proved Defense - a program vital to our his nomination by Mayor Carlton itself an invaluable life and property American security. Each division McCamy. Director Whitehead saver in peacetime disasters such and department of Georgia Federa operates laundries in Dalton, as floods, storms, fires, and earth-. tion, therefore, is responsible for Cartersville, and Cleveland, and quakes. implementing some part of the Civil had extended experience in the The objective of our foreign Defense program." manufacture of textiles following policy is to do away with war. We All chairmen are urged to help his graduation from Georgia Tech are striving to build up our defenses promote 100 per cent registration in 1~2 in that subject. He also to the point where they will be so of the members in state and local commanded a unit in the Georgia strong that no potential enemy will Civil Defense service. Club State Guard during World War II dare test them. activities will vary and adjust to when it was a part of the Civilian A strong civil defense is a major the requirements of state and local Defense organization. part of this deterrent program. Civil Defense Directors in the big Whitehead will have the enthusi- Civil defense, then, like a strong job. Georgia clubwomen will carry astic support of all of the civic armed force, is not just a shield their share of the load. clubs of Dalton as well as from the but a sword. It can actually help A certificate of achievement schools, boy scouts, and American hold the enemy at bay. If the enemy will be presented to the club in Legion. His first job is to organize knows that he can demoralize us by each of the ten districts doing the a staff to take care of the detail f a n all-out attack 011 the home front; most outstanding work in Civil work, and that is now we ll under See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 Defense and a spec ial citation way. THE ALERT-------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Dintctor FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Assistant Deputy Director WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Ollicer ROBERT W. FINLEY Communication Officer MRS. JOliN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director PILOTS CLUB ACTIVE Miss Nell Frazer of Columbus, Chairman of Civil Defense for the Pilot Club in Georgia, presented Mrs. John G. Lewis, co-ordinator of women's activities, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Finley, co-ordinator of communications, and Colonel William F. Kerns, chief of engineering from the State Civil Defense Staff at a workshop session of Pilot Fall Council meeting in Perry, September 13. The purpose of the workshop was to give information to the 130 delegates concerning the need for civil defense and what individual members can do in the way of selfprotection and home-protection as well as serve in the local community as an organization. Miss Frazer announced that the communications service and shelter survey have been chosen as projects to be undertaken by the Pilots all over the state working with the local Civil Defense director. Miss Elizabeth Greene, district governor, said that Pilots always do a good job of w bttever they undertake and pledged the cooperation of the entire membership in this vital field of service. SKIES TO BE CLEARED FOR CIVIL.DEFENSE Civil and Military aviation chief~ have drafted a plan for quickly clearing U.S. skies of civil planes during any enemy air attack. Other steps for lesser emergencies also were announced by Defense and Commerce Departments and private flying groups. The goal is to keep civilian planes from interfering with radar or visual spotting of invading aircraft and counteraction by U.S. ground and air defense.(N.Y. Times) WHJTE PAINT RES.ISTS HEAT Numerous people are inquiring whether a house painted white will resist catching fire from the "heat ray" of an atomic bomb more than one painted a darker color. The answer is "yes". It is a well known law of physics that white reflects heat rays, and black, or dark objects absorb them. When the heat ray is reflected the white object is heated very little. The black one absorbs practically all of the heat. As soon as an object absorbs enough heat to raise the temperature to the kindling point it catches fire. LOCAL CD CORPS NEEDS A P.1.0. Many newspapers of New York State are making arrangements with smaller papers in nearby cities to use their presses in case their printing plant is bombed out. The staffs of the larger dailies may also suffer a great many casualties, and writers for the smaller sheets may someday find themselves working as emergency employees on one of the big dailies. Every CD organization should have a public information officer to see that all news facilities get accurate information and get it quickly. ADLAI SAYS HELP GOC Speaking before the national convention of the Amer-ican Le.gion, Adlai Stevenson said: " We have not yet really faced up to the problem of defending our cities against the rapidly growing threat of Soviet air power. There is, for example, a great shortage of volunteers for our Civil Defense Ground Observer Corps ". Here is one place where Democrats, Republicans, and Dixiecrats can all get into the act. They can all qualify as ground observers. Do you know where your nearest ground observer station is located? It is probably not more than four miles from your house, and your help would be appreciated. Bill Tate, Dean of Men at the University of Georgia has accepted appointment as Deputy Civil Defense Director of Athens. He states that in case evacuees from a bombed area need a place to stay temporarily the full resources of the University will be available. This includes the Co-ordinate college, and Camp Wilkins as well as the regular dormitories and halls. This announcement was made by Mrs. Harold Hodgson, CD Director of Athens. Ways and means of insuring an adequate warning system for the general public in case of an enemy attack were among matters discussed in a two-day meeting in Atlanta of civil defense communications officials from five Southeastern states. Host for the meeting which ended Wednesday, September 3rd, was Ernest Vandiver, Georgia civil defense director. The representatives also discussed availability of funds for the purchase of warning equipment. Col. Frank Milani, Civil Defense Director of Baltimore is awarding CD flags to the downtown office buildings where a CD organization has been adequately established. 2 OCTOBER, 1952 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT MATCHING MONEY AVAILABLE NOW Ge orgia has tentatively been allotted $336,000 out of the fifteen million given to FCDA for matching purposes, It is divided up into $33,600 for Attack Warning, $67,200 fer Conununications, $44,800 for Fire Equipment, $33,600 for Rescue, $112,000 for Medical, and $44,800 for Training and Education and Public Information. These catagories are not iron clad, and funds may be transferred from one to the other with consent of FCDA. Cities of Georgia proposing to use any of this matching money for sirens, fire equipment, radios, medical supplies and the like RED CROSS WILL TRAIN WELFARE WORKERS The Red Cross has indicated that it is ready to train people in Canteen Service wherever enough interested persons can be gotten together to start a class. Civil Defense Directors of cities should take advantage of this offer to get some of their Welfare Service personnel trained in one of the details that they must be informed about. Part of the job of the Welfare Service is to feed masses, and the same technique used by Red Cross in its canteen service would be used by Civil Defense. These trained persons would also be a source from which Red Cross might get volunteers for its CITIES KEEP TITLE TO PROPERTY The following excerpt frona a letter written by the Regional Office, FCDA to the State director dated May 14 will be of interest to City CD Directors: "While we are required by the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act to make contributions only to States, there is no reason why title to equipment should not rest in a political subdivision of the State. I assume that in a case where a city furnishes the matching funds, title to the equipment will be in the city rath~r than in the State." should get their request in early. Write to Ernest Vandiver, State Directoc for further informl'ltion. AXSON RUNS NET On 5 September, 1952, Mr. J. H. own use in case of a disaster not of Civil Defense proportions, or for regular use in case of war. The local Civil Defense should be ready to furnish the classrooms, equipment, and materials needed. Jet plane power dives blasted San Francisco recently scaring the natives out of their wits. They awaited assurance from CD headquarters that the Russians were not over their heads, but nobody Axsom of Atlanta, Georgia, was appointed Radio Officer, responsible to the..Coordinator of Communi- NEWSPAPERS SIGN INTERNATIONAL PACT went through the safety routine described in the CD manual. Just too scared. and anyway, no light. cations, State Civil Defense Staff, The newspapers and radio in complit:ance with RACES Rules, for the purpose of administering the Georgia Cracker Net and integrating amateur radio operators belonging to other nets into the State wide communication setup for Civil Defense. stations around Niagara Falls have formed an international agreement to operate as a "Public Information Division" of the community Civil Defense organization in case of emergency. Each employee is to take the oath and be issued a brassard for use when the time Bruce Percy, the new Department Commander of the American Legion in New York has announced that the primary objective in his administration will be to lead the Legion in making CD click in New York. MADER JOINS REGIONAL CD STAFF The Atlanta Regional F.C.D.A. Office has secured the services of Earl E. Mader to ac t as Engineer Officer. Mr. Mader graduated from Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology in comes. In gathering news and pictures, the bureau's prime functior is to secure casualty lists, details of damage, conditions at various centers and to disseminate such news, bulletins, orders, etc., as may be available or which are of such character as to allay panic or fear. As conservation of men and material probably would be para- It is w\th deep regret that the Alert announces the untimely passing of Colonel David Mcintosh, lll, Civil Defense DirectYl.S0d "S"n as ~'II"Td '99")' "D!) 'DJUDIJY "3 "S 1 "8AY 8JDA8p8JUa:) "3 6S6 UOfSJAJQ 8SUeJ8(] IJAf:) 8SU8J8(] JO JUIMUJJDdeQ THE GEORGIA (\ ,. Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Er ~ A~ tor ~~ --------------------------------------------------------------T-----------------------t----------------- Vol. 2, No. 11 Atlanta, Ga. November, 195A AMERICAN LE....... j BEHIND CIVIL DEFENSE ERHEST VANDIVER THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... I recently read a statement by the Honorable C. Elmer Anderson, Governor of the great State of Minnesota, which impressed me immensely. I would like to devote my column for this issue to the Governor's statement concerning the vital subject of civil defense, which is as follows: Civil Defense is more than a plan and an organization. It is an aware ness upon the part of the entire civilian population, that in emergencies, both in war and in peace , our safety depends a great deal upon how much we help ourselves and our neighbors. The great destructive power of the atom bomb might temporarily paralyze an entire community. Aid then would have to come from neighboring communities. Too much stress cannot be placed upon See THE DIRECTOR, Page 8 The National Convention of the American Legion in New York this summer adopted several of the recommendations of its National Security Commission on the subject of Civil Defense. Resolutions came in from all over the country suggesting changes that should be made in the existing organization. These were considered very carefully by the National Security Commission, and those that were approved were sent to the convention for action. Many of the resolutions carried the same spirit but used different words. The meat of these resolutions is embodied in the following thirteen items which were finally passed by the convention. The "mandate" of the American Legion regarding "Skywatch" originated in the northwestern part of the country where they are very much opposed to the Civil Defense organization recruiting the help for the Ground Observation Corps. This feeling, is in general, not shared by the rest of the states. .It would be much too expensive to have none but enlisted and paid observers throughout the country. (Resolution No. 627) 1. Demanded that Congress appropriate sufficient funds to finance full scale Nation wide educational and training program for Civil Defense. 2. Demanded immediate appointment of new Federal Director of CD. 3. Offered such trained personnel for training and leadership as the American Legion possesses. 4. That posts throughout the nation offer the Civil Defense authorities all possible cooperation and, whereever possible, a post-financed and manned mobile rescue unit be ocganized. (Resolution No. 626) 5. That the American Legion posts take the leadership in seeing that the community as a whole suppocts the civil defense organization, and where civil defense officials at any level of government, federal as well as local are not properly discharging their responsibilities, the local American Legion post take steps to see that proper changes are made. 6. That Congress enact laws to define in specific terms the area and limits of military jurisdiction and of martial law in the event of civil defense activities under enemy attack. 7. That Congress enact laws containing such safeguards as shall guarantee the full return of individual rights upon the termination of the civil defense emergency. (Resolution No. 45) 8. That veterans be given preference in leadership in CD. (Resolution No. 338 and 386 consolidated) Con't. on Page 3 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE GEORGIA ALERT Pub/ ishec! monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Assistant Deputy Director WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer ROBERT W. FINLEY Communication Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director NASHVILLE CD POLICE BUSY Dming the Georgia-Vanderbilt football game and the visit of SenatYH0d Tn "l:i'!l",.d '99 ... ":aS "D!) 'DlUDilY "3 "S 'eAy 8lDJ8p8JUO;) "3 656 UO!S!A!O 8SU8J8Q II"!:> 8SU8J8Q JO lUIIWlJDmtQ THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ern Vol. 2, No. 12 Atlanta, Ga. December, 1952 ERHEST VAHDIVER THE DIRECTOR SAY S . . . It is with sadness that I write this column, because there is war and threat of war on our homeland during this the season when we observe the birth of Him whom the prophet Isaiah foretold would come upon this earth in the role of Prince of Peace. " And a Savior was born, and they called His name Emmanuel, which be ing interpreted, means- God Wit h Us." As we observe in the days to come this blessed event of almost two thousand years ago, may we hold in our hearts the promise which His birth, and the very name that wa s given Him, brought to the pe ople of that day and of every day to come until time shall be no more- that solemn assurance that if God be for us, who can be aga inst us. Also, that as we pre- See .THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 BRITISH EME G HEAD SPEAKS TO NUTRITION COUNCIL Miss Edith Walker, Director of Emergency Feeding for the British Ministry of Foods, and Mrs. Ellen Ruthman, Coordinator of Emergency Feeding for the Federal Civil Defense Administration on a nationwide tour, speaking before Civil Defense and nutrition groups, were guests in Georgia on November 20 and 21. l\ts. Gertrude Harris, chairman of the Women's Advisory Committee for Civil Defense in Georgia, Mrs. J. T . deJarnette, Regional Assistant Director for Women's Activities, Federal Civil Defense Administration, and Mrs. Chester E. Martin, President of Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs were hostesses at a luncheon honoring Miss Walker and Mrs. Ruthman. Guests for the occasion were a group significantly connected with Civil Defense plans and operations. Miss ~alker shared with the group her experiences during the bombings in Eng land and Mrs. Ruthman told of plans to meet the emergency should it come to our country. While here Miss Walker spoke at the Georgia Nutrition Council, where a Three-Day Emergency F ood Supply for Civil Defens e prepared by Mrs. John G. Lewis, Coordinator of Women's Activities, was on exhibit. Mrs. Ruthman was special guest speaker at the Atlanta Woman's Club, lVIrs. James E. Brawne r, President, and ~rs. L. S. Tyson, chairman, on the occasion of the annual Georgia Products Dinner where she urged everyone to keep a three-day rotating food supply and each household to have an outdoor fireplace in case of enemy attack. She also stressed the importance of women volunteering for training in mass feeding. l\ts. Lewis introduced Mrs. Ruthman; and Mrs. Harry F. Goslee, Assistant Director for Women's Activities, Atlanta Civil Defense, Mrs. J. T. deJarnette and Mr. Karl Reiser of the Regional Civil Defense Office were among the guests. RADIATION PHYSICS AT TECH EVENING SCHOOL As a follow-up on its recent sponsorship of the Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Exhibit, the Engineering Extension Division of Georgia Tech will offer training in Radiation Physics for adults during the winter quarter, which begins January 5, at the Engineering Evening School. The class, which will meet one night per week for eleven weeks, is designed to interest science teachers, physicians, X-ray technicians, nurses, civil defense personnd and laymen who wish to ~earn more about radiation. Topics will include: Elementary Nuclear Physics, Effects of Radiation, Radiation Instruments and Radiological Defense. THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Av.., S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Assistant Deputy Director WILLIAM F. KERNS Eng/n.er/ng Officer ROBERT W. FINLEY Communication Officer MRS. JOliN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director HEALTH AND WELFARE Representatives of the State Health Service and Welfare Service got together at Judge Alan Kemper's office on November 19 and thrashed out many of the problems that have arisen. These two must work together closely. The Health Service establishes and staffs hospitals, but the Welfare Service has the job of feeding both staff and patients. In general, schools are marked for emergency hospitals, but they are also the logical places from which the welfare should wcrk. It was agreed that a school would be devoted to welfare work unless the local Directcr of Civil Defense decided that it would be needed for hospital purposes. Since the determination could not be accurately made before the emergency arises, it is necessary for the PTA, faculty, and neighborhood to be ready to operate in both of these services. Training should be given and plans should be drawn to serve either service. If you are going to be a Minute Man, don't be a last-minute man. WADSWORTH SAYS PREVENTION POSSIBLE James J. Wadsworth, Acting Administrator of the FCDA before a conference of National Organi- zations in Chicago in November said: "The atomic bomb and the inter- continental bomber have changed the face of modern war. They did not and cannot change the basic realities and our individual respon- sibilities to our country." "Histcry bears the undeniable evidence that eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. Let free men falter and their enemies are at their throats. Relax our vigilance for just one minute and we have lost rgergoautn.nd that f"reedom may never "To win against us an enemy must strike first against our home- front, at our people, the real source of our strength. An enemy unable to crush our will-to-fight and unable to smash our production lines is an enemy that cannot win a war against America " "We exuberant Americans are something of a puzzle, and some- times a source of annoyance to a watching world. The vigorous way in which we enjoy to the hilt our privileges of freedom, of thought, free speech, and free choice of leadership leads to frequent observation by friend and foe that we know more about our rights than we do about our responsibilities " "Should a grand slam atomic attack hit this country as it could any minute now, it would be the civilian who would really suffer. It will be the housewives and their children-and the production workers who would die by the hundreds of thousands. If the enemy is able to create enough devastation at one time in dozens of our cities, the catastrophe may be so great that it could smash our national w ai to resist. It could wreck our entire defense production machine and put us out of the war. This would mean that America, as we know it, would cease to exist " "Civil Defense is part of our SMALL TOWN CIVIL DEFENSE The Staff College of Civil Defense at Olney, Md., will give a special course for Directors and others in terested in Civil Defense in small towns the week begiming January 12, 1953. Special emphasis will be placed upon organization for s elf-protection and mutual assistance, as well as other problems that are pec uliar to small towns. The cost of this course is just the price of the board and lodging which is $5.00 per day. Those in Georgia desiring to attend this course should write to Ernest Vandiver, Director, at 959 E. Confederate Ave., SE, Atlanta, Ga. OPERATION "MASH" "MASH" -the famous Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, developed for Korean battle conditions, was used for the first time in this country in the Syracuse Civil Defense test on November 21-22. A convoy of 16 vehicles and between 80 and 85 regular army personnel makes up the hospital. It moved from Fort Devens, Mass., and set up the hospital in the Archbold Gymnasium at Syracuse University. This 60 bed hospital can be enlarged to take care of as many as 200 casualties. Dr. Edgar Dunstan of the Georgia Medical Services mad asuaJaQ JO JUaWJJodaQ THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Erne Vol. 3, No. 1 Atlanta, Ga. January, 1953 Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... Last month Governor Talmadt;e 's Advisory Council on Civil Defense met in Atlanta for the purpose of submitting an interim report to the Governor on Civil Defense. I was very pleased with this mee ting and a report on the activities of the Civil Defense Division since F ebruary, 1951, was drawn up for submission to the Governor. At the conference the Advisory Counc il was briefed by each member of my s taff on their particular phase of civil defense. In submitting the report to the Gove rnor, the Council stated, "An unprepared civilian population is a tempting target for atomic attack by a potential aggressor. Conversely, the sole deterrent is an alert civ ilian population organized and trai ne d for civil defense will red uce the potency and advantages See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 Mrs. Edgar Dunst IINMsAugasto.C Meeting "Working Together For Health and Freedom", is the theme of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Medical Association of Georgia of which l\1rs. Ralph Fowler is President. The work of 1,206 members of the 32 county auxiliaries in the field of Civil Defense can do much to make this theme a reality says l\1rs. E. M. Dunstan, State Civil Defense Chairman, who is also Civil Defense Chairman for Region 3 of the Woman's Auxiliary to the American Medical Association. Since Civil Defense will be an important part of our thinking and planning for many years to come, it i~ important that our members take their places of leadership in the Civil Defense set up in their commumtles, points out Mrs. Dunstan. Doctor's wives can assist by taking the courses in First Aid and Home Nursing, and then become instructors. They can be active in other groups and see to it that one person in each home has taken the First Aid Course and one in each block has had Home Nursing. First Aid Kits in each home should also be stressed. Doctor's wives can help by studying the entire set up for Civil Defense, including the Health Services, and volunteering wherever they can s erve; as wardens, secretaries, blood typists, or in some other capacity for which they are prepared. !Vlrs. Shelley Davis, Co-Chairma n joins l\1rs. Dunstan in urgin g each district to put on a program featuring Civil Defense, and that each county organization follow suit and have one Civil Defense program this year. The auxiliaries all over the state are busy carrying out this program outlined by their leaders. In October, the Auxiliary of the Bibb County Medical Association, l\1rs. Max Mass, President and Mrs. William K. Jordan, Civil Defense Chairman held two First Aid classes and one Holl!e Nursing Class. In January, an instructor's course in Home Nursing will be given. In the early spring, a program will feature Civil Defense with l\1rs. E. M. Dunstan as guest speaker. November 25th m Augusta, approximately 40 local clubs and c1v1c organizations were represented at an open meeting on Civil Defense under the sponsorship of the Auxiliary to the Richmond County Medical Society. This was the first large scale public meeting in that section on Civil Defense, hut Colonel W. W. Barr, local Civil Defense Director, stated that plans are underway for training courses, recruiting volunteers, and other activities. l\1rs. Dunstan, feature speaker, gave a general outline of the philosophy and need for Civil Defense and told what is being done by various groups in other localities. l\1rs . Davis, another guest speaker, urged the importance of Women in Civil Defense; her theme was "What Can I Do?" Appreciation to Mrs. W. A. Risteen, Auxiliary (Continued on Page 4) THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer ROBERT W. FINLEY Communication OHicer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Centra/ Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director AREA FIRE COORD.INA TORS The State Fire Marshall has designated the following Fire Chiefs as Area Fire Coordinators: Chief W. T. McKinney-Rome Chief W. C. Thompson -Athens Chief C. C. Styron- Atlanta Chief R. L. Dorman- LaGrange Chief B. H. Brown-Macon Chief J, C. Wilkerson- Augusta Chief J, J, Romeo- Albany Chief W. S. Blanton -Savannah Chief J, W. Greenfield- Brunswick Chief F. C. Turner-Columbus These officers are responsible for coordinating the fire services in the counties of their respective areas of responsibility and will assemble and dispatch apparatus from those counties by authority of the Governor through the State Director, in event of enemy attack and Civil Defense need. (See Georgia Civil Defense Act 1951, for this legal authority.) Instructions for the dispatch of fire apparatus will he handled over the State Civil Defense Disaster Radio Net or by - telephone. - - - - - Larry: "What do they call a man who is lucky in love?'! Brad : "A bachelor." LOCAL DIRECTORS ORGANIZE Local CD Directors from many cities in twenty states met at Columbus, Ohio, in November to organize for unified action on many Civil Defense projects. Among the things that they are going to fight for is more money to be appropriated by Congress for CD; the placing of Civil Defense in the Department of Defense; the furnishing of liability protection to those working for CD; to provide matching-funds for control center buildings; and to restudy the Conelrad system. Mr. George F. Arnold of Columbus acted as chairman, and the conference was attended by Pup Phillips of Atlanta and Hal Bell of Macon, Georgia. PLAN FOR ANIMAL CARE Clyde R. Bergdahl, Assistant Deputy Director of Civil Defense in the Hanford District, Washington, is serious about the recreation angle. He says: " Local recreation officials can and should fully appraise their own possible disaster problems. This includes pre-determining what is to be done at the critical hour with assembled gatherings, with valuable properties at museums and art galleries with animals and fishes of the zoos and aquariums, with the normal equipment and personnel. This would be in addition to the direct service of recreation, and would render a big help in maintaining morale '' BEER TRUCKS TO RESCUE The John Labatt, Ltd., Brewery of London, Ontario has volunteered its entire fleet of brewery trucks to Civil Defense for use in the Mobile Disaster Service in case of emergency. Five of the vehicles were sent to Niagara Falls and put on display at a recent CD ceremony. Ballentine's fleet in the New York area is also fitted out for rescue service and frequently participates in CD exercises. WELFARE SERVICES by Phil Cawthon In the event of an atomic attack, the Emergency Welfare Services Section of the State Civil Defense Division will be concerned with five major functions: (l) Feeding. (2) Clothing. (3) Housing. (4) Registration and Information and (5) Evacuation. In recent weeks a pattern for the operation of these five functions has been set down in a publication entitled, "A Guide for Emergency Welfare Services". This publication is simply a guide and it is not intended as a manual of rules and regulations or standard operating procedures which must be followed in every instance. It is intended as an aid to local Civil Defense Directors and local Emergency Welfare Services Directors and a great deal of improvization will be necessary. Reports indicate that local Emergency Welfare Service Directors who have been appointed by local Civil Defense Directors are recruiting as key' personnel specialists in each one of these above mentioned fie Ids to direct its operations: foc instance, within the community people are being recruited who are specialized in feeding such as restaurant managers, school lunchroom superv is ocs, home-demonstration agents, church and club leaders and others who are skilled in mass feeding and can do the Civil Defense job. Similarly, there are specialists in housing, clothing, and other welfare activities who are being utilized to direct these phases of Civil Defense operation. Any questions or suggestions concerning Emergency Welfare Services should be directed to State Civil Defense Headquarters oc to Phil Cawthon, Deputy Directoc, Emergency Welfare Services, State Welfare Department, in Atlanta. "The world's largest and loudest siren is undergoing CD tests in Los Angeles." You mean a bigger Betty Hutton is in the cards? (Jacksonville Times Union) 2 JANUARY, 1953 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT SP EC.IAL WARDEN'S COURSE DAYTON TO CHANGE LAW SOCO IS ON THE BALL A special course for block warde ns will be held at the FCDA Staff College at Olney, Maryland, the week of February 2-6. An elaborate program of talks and films will explain the warden's job in both the target areas and the support areas. They are preparing for a class of 40 to 50, but if more des ire to attend the course will be repeated. The relation between the warden and the various services will be stressed. T he cost will be $5 per day for both room and board. Those desiring to attend should write directly to Re gistrar, National Civil Defense . Training Center, Olney, Maryland. CD COMPULSORY IN GREECE john N. Rigos, a Greek journalist. now in America stated in the Wilmington Journal (ll-20) that Civil De fense participation is compulsory in Greece for all men aged from 35 to 55, and for all unmarried women fr om 21 to 40. The country lacks equipment and money, but training is going "on constantly in all major cities and towns that could be considered as potential targets. Although Greece is not totally pre pared "we can be sure of one thing. We are doing our best. Can Americans say the same?" SEMINOLES IN SKYWATCH At least one Ground Observation P ost in Florida is manned entirely by Seminole Indians. Some of the villages occupied by the Seminoles are on the same ground that they occupied three hundred years ago when they were enemies of the white man. Now they are helping keep watch for the big birds that may carry death and destruction to their former enemies who really turned out to be their friends. Such names as Susie Tiger, Charlotte Osceola, Betty Jumper, Jonah Billy Boy, a nd johnny jim are on the list of observers and they proudly wear t he wings of the Air Force on their colorful robes. Dayton, Ohio, is attempting . to change their Civil Defense Law to include provisions by which CD workers will be entitled to Workmen's compensation, to authorize the confiscation of privately-owned property, real or personal, for CD needs in an emergency, and for evacuation by order of any person from danger areas. (Journal-Herald, ll-15). All but the first of these provisions are already m the Georgia Law. CONELRAD ANNOUNCED Last month President Truman announced the "Conelrad" plan in an interview at the White House. This is the first time the plan has been given any publicity. There are three or four methods in which it can be placed into operation, but the general idea is to conceal the source of the radio broadcast so that an enemy plane will not be able to "home in" on the beam. All stations will be placed in "clusters" and they will all broadcast on the same frequency, and with very low power. During World War II the stations had to observe silence during emergencies. This left the public in ignorance as to what was going on just at a time when it was essential that they be kept mformed. Participation in Conelrad is voluntary, but a station must either come into it and broadcast the program set up by FCC and Civil Defense or get off of the air altogether. Over 1000 privately owned stations have already signed up. THEY ARE READY Recently an unscheduled baseball shattered a school window in California. Half of the fourth grade children immediately disappeared under desks, heads shielded, backs to windows. These kids reacted to their "on~ second duck" training in Civil Defense. Shielding should be instinctive and their response to the stimulus instant. The Sun Oil Company is not going to be caught with its er pumps down. In anticipation of the day when the electric power will be off, either because of atomic attack or for other reason, the Sun Oil Company has equipped a great many of its District of Columbia gas stations with hand pumps in addition to the regular electric pumps. Funny that some big companies have foresight to anticipate and prepare for what is pretty sure to come someday, while others just stick their head in the sand and ignore danger. LOMBARDOISSKYWATCHER After a night of leading his band, Guy Lombardo will stand watch from 3 to 5 A.M., Thursday mornings. He is a regular member of the observation post crew on top of the Meadow Brook National Bank Building in Freeport, N. Y., where he lives. 1MTCHING FUNDS PROGRAM The State Director is now processio g applications for matching funds covering the purchase of fire-fighting equipment, rescue trucks, warning devices, training and education, public Civil Defense education and infocmation, health and special weapons. Forms are . expected covering communications equipment in January. Informational Letters No. 37, 37A and 37B have ~en issued outlining procedures and it is probable that others will be prepared as additional infocmation is obtained. Specifications for the 750 GPM pumper, the 100 GPM pYUOd 'S'n as 'H~'Td '99'J> 'D!) 'o~uo1~Y '3 'S ''eAy a~oJap&JUO:) '3 6S6 UO!S!A!O asu&Jaa IIA!:) esueJaa JO ~uaw~Jodaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ern Vol. 3, No. 2 Atlanta, Ga. February, 1953 Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS Blood is as much a weapon of defense as guns, tanks , planes. It is as vital to na ti onal strength as a luminum or steel. Unlike weap ons, it ca nnot be manufactured . It cannot be mined or fabricated. It must come as a free donation from the veins of men and women of good wil l. /\n ,e rica now has the largest standing military force in its history except during time of a major war. In add ition to battle injuries, these me n fall heir to t he same accidents and illnesses as civilians . They are injureJ in training , or in accide nts on the highways, undergo ma jor surgery anJ require treatment for a variety of ai lments. They need blood for their heali ng . To the man wounded in combat blood is Iife itself. Every Korean battle casualty reaching the hosrital neecls a n average of nine pints See THE DIRECTOR, Pag; 4 SERVICES BEING ACTIVATED During the past two years in Georg ia all of our organizational efforts have been directed towards building a basic Civil Defense organization. At a recent State Civi l Defense staff meeting it was decided that the time had arrived when loca l Civil Defense directors could be encouraged to develop service staffs. In Georgia there has been a great deal of interest expressed by women 's organizations, professional societies and local gove rnmental he ads in the development of th e Emergency We lfa re Services . Therefore we are declaring the period February 15- Marc h 15 as a Welfare Services emphasis period and are suggesting that our local Civil Defense directors, the local Emergency We lfare Se rvi ce directors, the State Area Directors, and a ll interested welfare organizations attempt to coordinate their thinking to improve each local we lfare services organization. In organizi ng welfare services there are four steps in developing a basic orga nization. The FIHST step is the appointment by the Civil Defense Director of a Uirector, Eme rgency We lfare Services, and t oge ther with this person discuss a plan which will provide the Welfare Services which might be needed at the time of an enemy attack. The SECO D organizati onal step is for the Emergency Welfare Director to appo int the key persons necessary to carry out his organizational plan and for these persons to invest igate the community resources. The THIRD step is for each chief, such as housing, feedin g, clothing, etc ., to appoint his staff and to give basic training in his specialization. FOUHTH comes the problem of developing an operational plan which will te ll not on ly the members but also the community how their gro up expects to function at the time of an a tta ck. We are now ur gi ng each C ivil Defe nse Director to call a meeting of interested commun ity officials so that the y may determine what should be their next organizational s tep . T his group would include, in addition to thos e a lready appoi nted in Emergency We lfare Services, the local director of the Departme nt of Public Welfare a nd the loca l Red Cross Disaster Chairman. Both of these two latter officia ls are being e nc ouraged by their State headquarters to contact the Civil Defense director and offer their. organizational services. It is suggested that by ~1arch 15 the State Director would like to have in h is file the name and 11ddress of each Emergency Welfare Service director and the names of his key personne l. These names will be added to the distri bution list for future Alerts . THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer ROBERT W. FINLEY Communication OHicer MRS. JOHN G. L:EWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Centro/ Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director WOMAN OF YEAR IN DEFENSE Miss Judy King, Administrative Supervisor of the Atlanta Filter Center, was voted "Woman of the Year in Defense Effort" by the committee of Atlanta citizens appointed for the purpose of selecting Women of the Year for 1%2. Miss King not only secured 600 volunteers fer the filter center, but she has also been active in the Blood Pr ogram of the Red Cross, the Civil ian Air Patrol (she is a pilot), and other activities. She has given generously of her time in both recruiting and instructing Civil Defense workers. The choosing committee consisted of Rock Taber, Chairman, Ivan Allen, Jr., Jesse Draper, Claude Hendon, Bob Lynch, Brig. Gen. H. G. Maddox, and C. E. Woolman. The Illinois CD letter says that at their 1952 national convention the Elks voted , tha t if a n emergency occurs which requ ires civil defense, the Elks will raise a fu nd over one million dollars by assess ing each one of cheir 1,070,000 members one dolla r. Elks homes would be ideal places to head up emergency welfare work. FHA SUPPORTS CD Miss Joyce Champion, president of the Avondale Future Homemakers talked to the members of the FHA Executive Board at Avondale in January and sold them on the idea of supporting Civil Defense in their 1953 program. The Board is recommending that the state convention this year study Civil Defense and determine just where the Georgia Future Homemakers could serve in their local communities. Joyce heads a committee to study the subject. The other members are Alice Hatton of Atlanta, Joyce Thomas of Powder Springs, Marsha Tucker of Adel, Selby Hutchinson of Savannah, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Allen of Atlanta, the district FHA advisor. PRESIDENT ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER On the last week of his presidency, President Truman issued an Executive Order which gave to the FCDA certain powers during peacetime and others during a major disaster. Federal agencies were directed to assist FCDA under the latter's coordination, rules and regulations provided for, and annual reports called for. Authority may be delegated and certain records of the Housing and Home Finance Agency were made available. It was pointed out that Federal funds for Emergency Welfare Relief were only to be supplementary, and that local and state governments were expected to make reasonable expenditures for this from their own treasury. NOTES FROM NEW YORK CD New York has completed its Civil Defense film "Civil Defense In Action" and each target area director has purchased one or more. Through bulk buying they are available for $35 each. WOMEN MEET AT MACON Macon, Georgia has been chosen for the place of the second meeting of the Women's Advisory Committee. This action was taken by the Executive Committee in Atlanta on January 29th, which was called by Mrs. Gertrude Harris, Chairman, for the purpose of planning for this meeting. The date selected is March 26th. In addition to the presidents of all Statewide Women's Organizations who make up the committee, invitations will be extended to local Civil Defense Directors to send a representative woman of his city to observe. WELFARE POW-WOW A meeting of Civil Defense, Red Cross, and Welfare workers was held at State CD headquarters on January sixth to plan closer cooperation between the three organizations in setting up emer- gency welfare in case of enemy attack. State Director Ernest Vandiver led the discussion and members of the staff and area directors all gave their views on the subject. Red Cross was represented by Mr. John Russell, Director of Disaster Services, Porter Tull, and J. Stanley Lewis, and Department of Public Welfare by Phil Cawthon and Harold Parker. The main result of the conference was the decision to get the Emergency Welfare Service of Civil Defense started by having the local CD Directors, the County Directors of Public Welfare, and a representative of the Red Cross Disaster Service get together and discuss the various phases of emergency welfare. The Red Cross Disaster Service should furnish the "know-how", the DPW should come up with the ability to obtain information and handle records, while the CD Director should be able to lay his hands on the man- power needed when the emergency comes and to secure enough key people to train for some of the important jobs. 1 2 FEBRUARY, 1953 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT CITY SUPERVISORS GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY OF WARDEN SERVICE I Miss Louise Owens of the LoGronge station of the Georgia Disaster Radio Net, rec eivi ng a message for transmission from Deputy Director, R. E. Hawkins, Jr., while Mrs. Frances Schaudies looks on. I TRAFFIC SCHOOL RESCUE TRUCKS NEEDED T he Civil Defense traffic school that was planned for Tuscaloosa has been changed to Georgia Tech, and will be held April 6 to 16 with the aid of the Department of Industrial Engineering. Each of the Southeastern states will be entitled to s end seven to the course, and Third Army will have three. T he object of the course is to work out a plan for the control of traffic on the highways and in the city following an atom-bombing of the city. Since Atlanta will be used as the target city some of the key proble ms that will face Atlanta foll owing a bombing should be solved before the need arises. Charles Cocke of the Regional Office of FCDA will be in charge. NEW GOC COORDINATOR Ma jor T . W. T ur beville, Jr. , rece ntly from Korea will be the new coordi nator for the Ground Observation Corps. T his officer has the job of liaison between the Georgia Civil Defe nse and the Air Forces . l'la jor Edmund Shaheen has been ac ting in tha t capacity for th e pas t year, and he has bee n one of the outstanding coordinat ors of the cou ntry . The formation of Spotters Cl ubs in hi gh schools throughout Ge org ia was jus t one of his origina l idea s that went over wi th a bang . In view of the fact that disasters, in the form of tornadoes, hurricanes, explosions, fires and other natural causes may occur at any time it behooves us to be ready to handle them quickly and efficiently. Rescue trucks would be invaluable and the State Director would like to see at least one in each of our larger cities. They would then be disbursed and available to handle disasters anywhere in the State. The suggestion has been made that veterans or business men 's organizations might sponsor the purchase of such a truck in their community and furnish the personnel to man it. The Government has developed a standard truck, completely equipped , costing $84.00 and will pay half the cost. Therefore the cost to the purchaser is only $4200 plus half the delivery charges (about $150). The battleship was in port and visitors were being shown around. B efor~ a b ronze plaque on the main deck the guide bowed his head and said : "This is where our gallant captain fell." A little old lady answered: "Well, no wonder. I nearly tripped over the darned thing myself." Admitting ignorance is the first step to knowledge. After two years of effort in establishing a satisfactory Warden Service in the City of Niagara Falls, the Director of Civil Defense, M. Bradley Norton, has come to the conclusion that it is the business of the city government to furnish the inspiration. He has placed it squarely in the lap of the "city fathers". His Directive No. 41, reads in part: "To perfect an effective Warden organization in Niagara Falls and to overcome, as far as possible, the lack of public appreciation of the local situation which both military and Civil Defense Commission have termed as serious the Supervisors of the City of Niagara Falls are charged with the responsibility for the organization and manning of the Wardens Division of Civil Defense . " "Each elected Supervisor in the city is hereby commissioned as Area Warden, in charge of recruit ing and organization of wardens in his ward." The Supervisors will appoint District Wardens, and Post Wardens who will assume responsibility for all families on their assigned beats. Civil Defense is becoming more and more the job of the regular civil government, and within a few years it may be understood that the job of Mayor automatically carries with it the job of Director of Civil Defense, and the Aldermen and Councilmen are the Warden Chiefs in their respective wards. CD GETS NEW JOB Civil Defense force s are now being given responsibility for natural disasters. When you support and strengthen your local Civil Defense organization, you are building a disaster service to help your own community in event of a major fire, explosion, storm, plane crash or other disaster. Give it your support and make it efficient. F EBR UARY, 1953 3 THE ALERT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOMBS FOR CIVIL DEFE.NSE THE DIRECTOH SAYS: The Pottstown Banner Fir~works Company of Pennsylvania is making all sorts of incendiary bombs for use in practice Civil Defense exercises. They may not be shipped into the State of Georgia, however, without permission from the State Office of Civil Defense. Any Director wishing to secure these should communicate with the State Director, Ernest Vandiver, 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E., Atlanta, G~. scHOOLBOYS BUILD STRETCHERS In Jackson, Michigan, the boys from three public schools made one hundredstretchers for Civil Defense. Woodshop classes prepared the wooden parts, and painting classes preserved the wood. The cloth was cut and stitched by inmates of the Southern Michigan Prison, but these could have been made by the school sewing groups. This would be a worthy project for any school group. The stretchers are needed by Mobile First Aid units. IL Olean, N. Y., Director of Wardens, John E. Busenbury, has a ppointed each one of the ::tldermen to head up the Warden Service job in his own ward. In Cayuga County, N.Y., the five high schools have gone together and built six "shacks" for use at the skywatching posts. Classes in agriculture and industrial arts collaborated on them. Many of those who help build them will help man them. "Supposing the Planes are Theirs?" It happened at a local Blood Donor Center. John Sharkey, Civil Defense worker, was enjoying a cup of coffee when someone asked, "Why did you give blood?" "I'm watching the skies one night and I hear the jets way off in the distance," he replied. "Supposing the planes are theirs? Then what? Then we're in the front lines, too-needing blood as urgently as any combat area!" YOUR BLOOD may go to a combat area, a local hospital, or for Civil Defense needs. But wherever it goes, this priceless, painless gif t will some day save an American life ! *NATIONAL BLOOD PROGRAM* GIVE BLOOD NOW Call Your Red Cross Today1 M-s. Jane Lausche, wife of Ohio's governor, is an enthusiastic volunteer worker at the Columbus, filter center. (Continued from Page 1) of blood. Some is given as whole blood, some as plasma. :\iilitary authorities set the average need of the seriously wounded at 15 !lints. In World War I, 8 to l l of every hundred wounded Americans reaching battalion aid stations died. In World War II this death rate was cut in half. During the Korean conflict this small percentage is being halved again -with an average of only 2.5 deaths per 100 men reaching the hospital. While the National l31ood Program has been established under the Office ~f Defense ~iobilization, with three major participating agencies- the American National !led Cross, the Uepartment of Defense, and the Federal Civil Uefense Administration- it is not the job of any agency or combination of agencies. It is the job of all the people . The National Blood Program is a total blood program, designed to benefit the entire population- therefore everybody must take part to make it a success .... CD FIGHTS BIG FIRE On December 12, 1952, the Hockland, Me ., business district was swept by fire with an estimated $1,500,000 damage. Much of the credit for combating the blaze went to county and town CD forces which were mobilized. Some typical newspaper headlines were: "Thank you Civil Defense" - "Civil Defense Plan pays off' - "Several CD divisions per1{.orm great servt.ce ." . 6LZ "ON HWA&d "D!) 1DJUDJ"( OIYd 3!>YH0d "S"n "H'li"T d '99"t' ;,as "D!) 1DJUDIJY "3 "5 1 "aAy aJDAapajUO:) "3 6~6 uo!s !A!O asua1aa I!A!::> asua1aa JO Juawpodaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, E Vol . 3, No. 3 Atlanta, Ga. March, 1953 Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... Mr . Average American, going comp lacen tly about his day-to-day bus iness, has little or no understand ing of the highly organized consp iratorial apparatus which has bee n readied for use whenever its C ommunist builders and operators choose. He may have read J. Edgar Hoover's recent statement concern ing the intensification of Comm unis t "underground activity 1n the United States", but he probably did not begin to grasp the potentia lities of this Communist appara tus for espionage, sabo"tage, treas on, and general civic confu s i o n. That is because it is something entirely new in American history. This is no invention of an hysterical imag ination induced by w"'~ and threats of tnore war. Its mam See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 IKE ON In his "State of the Union" message to Congress, delivered on Februar y 2, 1953, President Eisenhower referred in no uncertain terms to the nece ssity for Civil Defense because it is a certainty that Russia has the Atombomb. The following is quoted: "There is but one sure way to avoid total war-and that is to win the cold war. "While retaliatory power is one strong deterrent to a would-be-aggressor, another powerful deterrent is defensive power. No enemy is likely to attempt an attack foredoomed to failure. " Because the building of a completely impenetrable defense against attack is still not possible, total defensive strength must include Civil Defense preparedness. "Because we have incontrovertible evidence that Soviet Russia poss esses atomic weapons, this kind of protection becomes sheer necessity. "Civil Defense responsibilities primarily be long to the State and local governments -recruiting, training and organizing volunteers to meet any emergency. "The immediate job of the Federal Government is to provide leadership, to supply technical guidance, and to continue to strengthen its Civil Defense stockpile of medical, engineering and related supplies and equipment. "This work must go forward without lag." ATHENS CD CONFERENCES As part of the Civil Defense Program of Athens, a series of forums were held last month under the direction of Mrs. Louise Hodgson, Civil Defense Director. The Warden and Rescue Service under the leadership of Frank Weigand, Dean William Tate, Miss Rebecca Fowler and Clyde McDorman presented the "School for Survival" program. This program was conducted by Ed James and Earl Mater from the FCDA Regional Office, in the University Chapel. A display and explanation of the Warden's Training Kit was demonstrated and the film "School for Survival" was shown. - The second meeting was presented for the Area Fire Service Coordinatocs and City Directocs in the Northeast Defense Area. Twenty-seven counties were represented and heard Chief W. C. Thompson, R. W. Finley, William Kerns, Jerry Cauble, Mrs. Hodgson, Ed James, and Earl Mater discuss the coordinated plans for evacuation of casualties and area fire contr ol plans. THE ALERT----------------------------~~------------------------------------------- THE GEORGIA ALERT Publislutcl monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave. S. E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer ROBERT W. FINLEY Communication OH/cer MRS. JOHN G. LsEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director TEHACHAPI CD m Georgia has not been put to the test by earthquake, flood or other major disaster ; we can, however, watch with ihterest and learn as other States mobilize their CD forces to combat such emergencies. The Tehachapi eacthquake in California was a bad one; millions of dollars worth of damage were done although mercifully only 12 lives were lost. Immediately following the disaster hundreds of local CD workers aided in freeing persons trapped in fallen buildings, administering first aid, pro1id ing meals and she Iter, and organizing channels of supply. "The complete absence of panic in spite of the terrifying nature of the disaster drove home a fundamental fact of Civil Defens.e," said Maj. Gen. Robertson, California State CD Director. "Knowing what to do and what not to do m an emergency are of paramount importance. Would the CD forces of your community respond so smoothly that you could say the same-if it happenoo tonight? 2 THIS IS A PICTURE of the Rescue truck built for Civil Defense and available to all cities for one half of the cost ($8,720). It would make a fine add ition to any fire deportment rescue team. Some of the specifications: Chassis by Reo; Engine330 cu. in., 140 HP; 2 speed axle; Locking no-spin differential; carries 100 items of tools, all furnished; seating space for team of 8 men; length 23 ft. 6% in., height 10ft. 3~ in., width 95 in. WHY NOT? Why should not the thousands of youn~ men rejected each month by the dfa'ft be required to serve their country in Civil Defense at least in their spare time, while their contemporaries are serving in foxholes, in jet planes, in farflung outposts? Most of them would be physically fit for Auxiliary Police or Fire duties; many could serve in Rescue teams or as Litter Bearers; those with real physical disabilities could still be valuable in communications, clerical jobs, and the like. H these young fellows served their ch dft period as volunleers in CD, some of the most pressing recruiting needs would be filled; the men would be playing a part in the ational Defense ; a backlog of "Reserve" CD workers would be developing. Is not this something that FCDA could well suggest to the Department of Defense? If you agree, lift up your voice; make your opinion known wherP. it will count. The City of Athens hopes to have their Mobile First Aid Station ready to move in the near future, according to Mrs. Harold Hodgson, the Director of CD. MARCH, 1953 HIGHLIGHTS OF WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES IN CD IN GEORGIA YELLOW WARNING BACK IN THE BOOK Counties, cities and towns in our s tate are utilizing their womanpower to advantage in the Civil Defe nse program. To Athens with Mrs. Harold Hod gson, Director, goes special commendation for being the first city t o set up a Women's Advisory Committee for Civil Defense as an integral part of the city's plan. Mrs . W. R. Antley was secured to serve as chairman of the Women's Ac tivities Committee and Miss Lola Et heridge as her Assistant. The pre s ident of each woman's organization was invited to a meeting at the City-County Health Center on Jan uary 20th where Mrs. Hodgson a nd Dean William Tate outlined plans and reported accomplishments. T he thirty-five women presidents or representatives of organizations pre se nt that day were very interested and accepted as their first ass ignment to take information ba.ck to their groups and to enroll their me mbers in First-Aid, Home Nursing, and Civil Defense Courses. Mrs. John G. Lewis, Coordinator of Women's Activities on the State Civi l Defense Staff was present for th is organization meeting. ****** Mrs . Harry E. Goslee, Atlanta's Civil Def~nse Deputy Director in charge of Women's Affairs, reports that Atlanta has a Women's Advisory Committee and is setting up a women's organization zone by zone a ll over the metropolitan area. ****** Mrs. Sam Gilbert, of Hapeville, has been named Assistant Deputy Director there and was made Woman of the Year in 1952 in recognition of her work for Civil Defense. ****** Mrs. Robert E. Frankenfield has be en appointed the Coordinator of the Women's Division with Mrs. Angus Purvis and Mrs. Nola Roos as her assistants, Charles J. Musante, Director Chatham-Savannah De fense Council writes us. After two years of debating the value of a "yellow" alert in Civil Defense the FCDA has finally decided that it ought to be in the lineup. The definition follows: A. Waming Yellow (Yellow Alert) attack by hostile aircraft is probable. The Warning Yellow will be disseminated through the attack warning system indicating that an enemy attack is probable. It is recommended that the Warning Yellow be made public by Civil Defense authorities as soon as it is received, by all appropriate means, with the exception that under no circumstances will the existing audible public warning devices such as sirens, horns, whistles, etc., be used. The use of radio and television broadcast facilities is the most expeditious means available for such mass public dissemination. Key Civil Defense personnel and certain forces designated by State or local Civil Defense authorities will take action in accordance with prescribed plans. Civil Defense Control Centers will become fully operational, and all personnel assig1:ed thereto will report for duty as soon as practicable. The "red" alert will continue to mean that hostile attack is imminent, and further "red" warnings that the attack is still imminent. (Warbling siren or short toots of a whistle). ****** Mrs. G. W. Freiberg is the Deputy Directoc in charge of Women's Affairs in Augusta. In addition to her work with women's groups, she has been asked by Superintendent of Schools for Richmond County, Roy Collins, to assist in setting up a plan f oc the protection of children in the schools, white and colored. MA RCH, 1953 THE ALERT WASHINGTON DISPERSAL FAVORED Ever since the Hopley report five years ago recommended dispersal of government offices and bureaus in Washington, Civil Defense planners have been urging that something be done so that a single bomb will not wipe out several departments of our government. 1n the recommendations made by the Universities in their bombing study "East River Project", the recommendation is made that " ... the alternative here is to disperse agencies within the Capital area-not to shift them to some distant city." It also adds that, "The fact is that Congress and The President tend to lose control over agencies indescriminate ly placed outside the Capital. Except in unusual circumstances, the headquarters of Federal establishments should be here, but not jammed together so close that they could be wiped out by a single bomb. We think Congress should revamp the bill (being proposed by a group of ten Senators) in question so as to provide for systematic regionalization of branch offices and the gradual dispersal of the most strategically important agenc y headquarters in the periphery of Washington." FIRE AND POLICE COORDINATION Macon and surrounding towns have worked out communication plans, completed engineering surveys and obtained competitive bids for the purchase of radio equipment for a comprehensive radio network which will provide constant communications for mutual aid in fire and police work. It is expected that Federal funds will pay one half the total cost. A similar survey was conducted in Chatham County for a purely fire radio net but was not carried through to final action. This has now been revived and it is expected that it will soon be carried forward. 3 THE ALERT-------------------------------------- TORNADO WARN.ING The Weather Bureau has established a tornado warning system in Georgia for the purpose of giving the people in cities and towns in the path of tornadoes an opportunity to seek shelter. Athens has made plans to use the air raid war,ni!J.~ .sirens! with a distinctive signal, to warn its citizens of tornado danger. Advice concerning steps to be taken when the siren sounds, whetber it signals an air raid or the approach of a tornado, will be printed and placed in hotel rooms, motels, restaurants and other public places. An effort is also being made to place these instructions on the first page of the telephone directocy. It is suggested that other cities and towns consider the advantages of the above plan. Federal matching funds are only available for the purchase of sirens in target areas. TRAFFIC CLASS .IN APRIL The "Emergency Traffic Control" course which was to have been given at Georgia Tech for Civil Defense personnel on April 6 has been postponed until April 27 and will run through May 8. Georgia is entitled to seven representatives in this class . One from the State Patrol, one from State Headquarters, one from the Highway Department, and the rest from cities in the state. There is no charge for tuition, as instruction is being furnished by the F.C.D.A. BAS.IC CD CLASSES Civil Defense Director George M. (Pup) Phillips and his host of willing workers ~e doing a good job in training volunteers for Civil Defense in the Metropolitan District, which includes the counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, and Clayton, He has found that capable women often do much better in the key jobs than men. Mrs. William C. Arnold has been named as Director of Zone 6-B, and she already has a talented staff lined up to help her with the work. Their training classes started February 12 at Eastwood Civitan Clubhouse in Kirkwood. Some of the other classes m Basic Civil Defense now running are held at Decatur City Hall, Tuesdays, 8 P.M.; Chamblee City Hall, Thursdays, 8 P.M.; Eastwood Civitan Club, Thursdays, 10 A.M.; and Marietta Methodist Church at 10 A.M. on Fridays. Anyone interested in taking this course can receive more information by attending one of the classes, or by calling Alpine 481.3. SUCCESSFUL POW-WOW The Medical conference of Civil Defense Health Service workers held in Kansas City in December was so successful that Director Ralph W. Hammond of Missouri hopes to repeat it in the near future. Dr. Charles Eberhart of Atlanta represented both the City and State and his favorable comment on the meeting was rated very highly by those in charge. THE DIRECTOR. SAYS: (Continued from Page 1) outlines and objectives have been set forth with cold-blooded realism in official documents of the Communist party. Scattered throughout the United States, but concentrated in Major industrial areas, this conspiratorial apparatus of the Communist Party includes both physical property and expertly trained personnel. The events of days to come will reveal the strength or weakness of the Communist underground. It has been years in the building. All the ingenuity of revolutionary conspirators has gone into its making. The Communists, on their part, have left no stone unturned. H possible, they will yet make the streets of America scenes of riotous confusion and bloodshed. It has happened elsewhere; IT CAN HAPPEN HERE. President Eisenhower said m his State of the Union Message that because the building of a completely impenetrable defense against attack is still not possible, total defensive strength must include Civil Defense preparedness. Because we have incontrovertible evidence that Soviet Russia possesses atomic weapons, this kind of protection becomes sheer necessity- this work must go forward without lag. Mrs. Estella Buchanan of Elmira, N. Y., is the first one i.n that city to reach the 250 hour service record as a;. GOC plane spotter. She was giveh a special award at a meetin g February 4. 6l 'l "ON '!WJad a~ 'a,uai'Y OIYd 3~YJ.SOd "S"n ~'i ,. d '99"17 ;,as a~ 'a,ua('V "3 "S ' aAy a,aJapaJUO:> "3 6!i6 UO!S !A!O 85U8J80 (!A!:> asuaJaa JO ,uaw,Jodaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernes Gdn~~A LS~JS 8~.R:Yo Vol. 3, No. 4 Atlanta, Ga. MAY 26 195~ April, 1953 RATOR Val Peterson, former governor of Nebraska, has been approved by the United States Senate to be Administrator of Civil Defense. It was approved unanimously by the Armed Services Committee. He held the position of administrative assistant to President Eisenhower for a short time. Deputy Administratoc James J, (Jerry) Wadsworth was acting Administrator following the resignation 8SU8J80 JO JU8WJJDde0 THE GEORGIA Depa rtm ent of Defense, Civil Defen s e Div is ion, Ern e Vo l. 3, No. 5 Atla nta, Ga . May, 1953 pL. 875 EXPL II lfY OF utulilliA AT F.C.D.A CONFERENCE Civil Defense representatives and major disaster, a nd the Preside nt Hed Cross worke rs from the South- ap pealed to to apply P.L. 875. eas tern states met in Atlanta on In working with disasters the Red April 16 and 17 to discuss ways in Cross appeals directly to The Army which government agencies could for help . and in this instan ce the work with these two organiz'ltions avy and Air Force back up The in case Public Law 875 was brought Army in supplying assistance. into use on a major disaster . Men F .C.D.A . doe s not come into the from the Department of Engineers, picture until it has been declared a Ernest Vandiver Produce Marketing Administration, Food Distribution Commission, major disaster. Only Red Cross fu nds raised entirely by voluntary THE DIRECTOR U.S. Forestry Service, Civil Service, Department of Commerce::, including Bureau of Public H.oads, C.A.A., subscription are used in disasters, and the government never reimburses the Red Cross . Even if a maj or SAYS ... Weather Bureau, and Coast and Geodetic Survey, Army, avy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and the various emergency occurs, and the governme nt contributes, this money could be used only to restore public We are now exchanging war bureaus of the Department of Health, utilities, clear debris, and similar prisoners! We thank God for this Education and Welfare all told what uses, and not to rehabilitate or action and hope that it can be their organizations could be counted feed individuals except those worked out whereby all of our boys upon to contribute. The F.C.D.A . actually workin g on the project. who are prisoners can be freed. It represented by Ernest Hall, Arthur t is e ncouraging and a step in the Morrell, and Chester Page, all of righ t direction for world peace. Washington, and the Re gional The State of Georg ia was the first However, we must not let our officers located in Atlanta then told State to win approval, by FCDA guard down. It would be extremely how they would co-ordinate these and FCC, of its RACES Plan. So foo lish to start disarming and various agencies in contributing to far as is known it is the only State demobilizing at this time. The same a major disaster under P .L. 875. Plan approved to date. goes for civil defense. We must not The Red Cross, represented by be lulled into a false feeling of Clarence How land and Max Rote of sec urity. We must continue our Was hington and the southeastern "PUP" PHILLIPS PASSES program a nd be ready for any eventuality. Unpreparedness is a area dis aster team cleared up what had been hazy lines between a Ge or ge M. Phillips, Civil Defe nse Director of the Atlanta sure way to invite disaster. calamity, a disaster, and a major Metropoli tan Area died at his home Civil Defense IS a national ins urance policy. We are buying it, not because we are sure something wi ll happen, but because we want disaster. At least five families have to be involved before a calamity is called a disaster. Only when the state declares it is unable to cope o n Moy 1, after on active day's work at h is d ifficult tosk. He did a good jo b in spite of the mony d iff iculties encountered fr om those who were less enthus i real protection if something does with the situation without outside a s t ic. ha ppen. help is a disaster classed as a THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. At/onto, Georgia ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T . WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director 2200 Marines In Atomic Maneuvers Marines in full battle gear "captured" an atomized "beachhead" by land and helicopter April 18 as the dust settled from one of the biggest nuclear explosions ever set off in the U.S. In the first helicopter atomic maneuver for the Marine Corps a force of 2,200, including 200 in forty Sikorsky helicopters, mopped up an "enemy positions" still radioactive from a predawn blast so powerful it was heard 250 miles away. A supersecret part of the test put six Marine and six Army officer volunteers in six-foot-deep foxholes, somewhere in advance of the trench positions held by the Marine troops two and one-third miles from the tower. This was the 27th atomic explosion on this continent and the sixth of the current spring test series. (UP-NYTimes) The Georgia Forestry Commission is now using the State Civil Defense Radio installation as its headquarters base station by remote controll from the mam office in Atlanta. 2 Soroptimisls Helping C D MAJ. THOMAS W. TURBIVILLE NEW COORDINATOR Major Turhiville is completely enthusiastic about his assignment as Air Force Coordinator for Georgia. We can expect to see a great deal of him in the various Civil Defense Offices throughout the state. He succeeds Major Shaheen. Major Turhiville is a native Georgian and makes his home in Decatur. He attended Georgia schools and joined the Armed Forces from our state. Prior to entering the service, he worked with the Army Signal Corps. Major Turbiville brings an extensive experience to his new assignment. He served three and a half years in Europe with the Corps of Engineers during World War ll as Heavy Equipment and Construction Officer building airfields. Prior to this, he taught technical subjects in the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He has just returned from a tour of duty with the Fifth Air Force in Korea, where he served in both the field and on the Headquarters Staff. The three taxi companies of Chemung County, N. Y., have agreed to transport spotters to the three Chemung County observation posts free as their contribution toward Civil Defense. It was found that many persons were prevented from volunteering because they did not have adequate transportation. Civil Defense is a part of the Action Program of all of the Georgia Soroptimist Clubs whose units are made up of professional and executive business women, each member representing a different business or profession. Programs have featured Civil Defense with speakers, films, and distribution of literature on all phases of Civil Defense, such as organizations for Civil Defense, defense against gases, the Filter Center and Ground Observer Program. Member!" have enrolled in First Aid, Home Nursing, and Basic Civil Defense courses, and are serving as volunteers. Miss Peggy Launius, who represents the Georgia Clubs on the Women's Advisory Committee for Civil Defense, is a member of the Atlanta Soroptimists. She not only is interested in the program as an individual and club member, hut, she took as her personal responsibility, the informing and t;aining in Civil Defense for the young women at the ten Churches Homes for Girls in Atlanta. A motion pict~e "How to Survive the Atom Bomb" was shown at each of the Homes. Instructions in Fire Fighting was given and drills held. Areas were marked, and classes arranged in Home Nursing, Warden Service, and First Aid. This project with its protection of the Churches Homes for Girls is an illustration of the type work done by the Soroptimists. ****** A woman is Griffin's newly appointed Civil Defense DirectorMrs. Sara Padgett. She is planning to set up a Women's Advisory Committee. Blind man: ''Ain't you got two singles, buddy? These two-dollar bills are bad luck." Sgt.: "How do you know it's a two-dollar bill, if you're blind?" Blind man: "Oh, I ain't blind. My partner is. It's his day off and he went to the movies. Me, I'm a d e a f - m u t e ." MAY, 1953 Governor Hermo n Talmadge wears no man 's collar, but he does wear o Civil Defense "dog tog." Ge orgia Ci v il De f ense Di rector Ernest Vandiver has just tagged the governor to ini tiate the campaign to have every citizen of Georgia tagged. CD UN WANTED BABY Speaking a t a CD industrial conference at U. of Te nnessee State Adjutant General Joe W. Henry, Jr. s tated that Civil Defense , heretofore a n "unwanted baby " must rank on a par with military readiness. He said that the United States could no longer depe nd upon military might to keep the enemy frnm dropping bombs here, and that the s tates, cities, and Federal Government might just as we ll adopt CD, the "unhappy orphan." Tennessee is following the plan already used in Georgia of letting the burden of C ivil Defense fall upo n the state agencies that are normally responsib le for the various activities and services in time of peace . Wife: "I was a fool when I married you." Hubby: "I guess so, but I was too infatu'lted to notice." Wife to husband inspecting a new r efrigerator: "The salesman sa id it was the latest thing-all yo u. have to do is put a cake of Ice m 1t every day." RACES ON THE JOB P hil Jones, radio operator for Athens Civi l Defe nse was in contact with ham operators at Warner Robins, Georgia, all night on April 30 whe n the tornado tore into that city causing death a nd destruction . The te lephones were out of order for hours, but Jones relayed messages to Washington, and other interested parties until after daylight. He also belongs to RACES, the emerge ncy ne twork of the "Ham" operators . T he Georg ia Cracker Radio Club is due credit for setti ng up tbe emergency stati on a t Warner Robins. FAR WEST ALERT States in the far west from Alaska to Arizona will have a preparedness alert on June 6. The current status of Civil Defense in each of the states will be highlighted by a cntlque fo llowing the alert. A meeting of the Directors concerned will be held in Salt Lake City May 14-15 for a general review of the plans. MAY, 1953 CD WAVELENGTHS The "Radio TV Daily" carries a story stating that Admiral is putting out a portable radio on which the Civil Defense frequencies to be used in case of disaster (640 and 1240 KC) are marked "CD" on the dial. In case of a red a lert all TV and FM stations are to go off of the air, and all AM stations will switch to the above frequencies and broadcast only the program allowed by the FCC and FCDA. Marking the dial this way will keep people from forgetting just what channels the broadcasts will come through. COMMUN.ICATION PLAN The State Commun ication Plan contemplates strengthening police and fire radio installations, with the assistance of Federal Matching Funds to permit cities to communicate with their neighbors direct by radio and to have direct radio communication with their fire and police vehicles. All cities having fire and police vehicles available for support of target cities are eligible. By this s ystem any city will be able to call on its neighbors for assistance, in an emergency, by radio. All auto radios are battery operated, and they will be of great use in an emergency when the power lines are off. Conelrad will . use 640 and 1240 KC. CAP.ITAL A-BOMB On April 6 a large economy size atomic bomb was exploded above Yucca Flats at an altitude of 5,000 feet. This is the highest that any of the 40 thus far have been set off. It is reported that very little dust was kicked up from the ground contrast with the explosi on at the top of a 300 foot tower on Marc h 17. The stem of the mushroom cloud was also lacking. Cars on the ground were set on fire, a nd the cloud was visible in Mexico. 3 THE ALERT--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLUMBUS TORNADO On the day following the conference in Atlanta on use of Red r.ross and Civil Defense in Major Disasters, a wind of hurricane force hit the city of Columbus and the plans so thoroughly discussed at the conferen~e were put into practice. Robert T. Sheplar, Assistant Director of Disaster Service for the Southeastern Area was made co-ordinator of the Columbus district and work was begun immediately on shelter and feeding. A survey by the Red Cross showed 499 homes to he totally destroyed, 1648 had major damage, 552 suffered minor damage, and 500 business buildings were badly damaged. Two persons were killed, and several hundred treated for injuries. The medical personnel of Columbus and nearby cities handled the situation. The Georgia Welfare Department sent some of their Civil Defense disaster workers to help the Red Cross. It is thought that 90% of the damaged houses will he partly covered by insurance . A shoct course in Civil Defense is planned at The University of Georgia for the summer of 1953. The tentative dates are August 3-7. Eugene Weldon will he in charge . All unobligated Matching Funds will be withdrawn on 30 April, 1953. Get ready for new allocations after 1 July and get your applications in early. . FILM STRIPS REDUCED We have been notified by the F .C.D.A. that the price of the six film strips and records for use in training wardens has been reduced from S25 to $17. Another set of six warden training units is in the process of being made, and will be ready shortly. Most any city CD Director can find a record player and a picturoll projector to use, and this makes a good and economical way of giving instruction to wardens. MAY 17, G.O.C. DAY Governor Talmadge has signed a Proclamation declaring Sunday, May 17, 1953, as Ground Observer Corps Day in Georgia in recognition of the exemplary job the volunteers hove done ond ore doing. He stated, "I know that the citizens of Georgia will join me in expres sing gratitude to you Volunteer Members of the Ground Observer Corps who hove given so freely of your time toward the defense of our country.'' The recent tests in Nevada showed that an automobile is a relatively safe place outside the one mile zone if you open the windows a nd get on the floor. FEDERAL FUNDS The Federal Government is placing on deposit with the State Treasurer its share of the cost of all equipment purchased under the 1952-3 Matching Funds Program. It will, therefore, be ready for quick payment when the items are delivered. RESCUE TEAMS NEEDED One thing proved by the "nuclear diagnostic shot" in Nevada for the benefit of Civil Defense was the need for rescue teams. The makeshift shelters used by the mannequins in both of the houses that were blasted by the shot proved to he adequate to protect those in them, hut they were covered with debris. Those inside could not have gotten out without the help of someone from the outside The Civil Defense rescue squads are charged with this duty. They are important cogs in the wheel of Civil Defense. MAY ARRIVES APRIL FIRST Miss Geraldine May, a member of the faculty of the Civil Defense Staff College of Olney, Maryland, and formerl y head of the Women's Air Force, spoke to the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs m their annual meeting at Atlanta on April first. She said that the women were "naturals" to exert leadership in Civil Defense Organizations. She urged all of those present to ahow the ir nei ghbors the need for Civil Defense and to ge t them to enroll in some capacity. Miss May was introduced by Ernest Vandiver, Director of Civil Defense for Georgia at the lunche<>Jt .~' meeting. The sixth grade of the Vidette, Georgia Elementary School has formed a "Civil Defense Club" for the purpose of keeping the school posted on Civil Defense matters. 6lZ 'ON J!W18d '0!) 'D,UDI'Y OIYd 3!>YH0d TO 'HOV'T d '99'J' ':S 'D!) 'o,uoi'Y '3 'S 'eAy a,o.>ap9JUO:> '3 6S6 UO!S!A!O 9SU9J9Q IJA!:> asuaJa fO ,uaw,todaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vo l. 3, No. 6 Atlanta, Ga. June, 1953 Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS. In the Spring of l g,}2, and in this Spring of 1953 --- just a few weeks ago --- this nation suffered heavy attacks on its home front, and espec ially here in Georgia at Colum- bus and Warner Robins . We are thankful that these were not attacks by a cold a nd calculating enemy whos e planes carried atomic and other modern weapons of war. We ca n be thankful, that as disastrous as these home front attacks were, they were natura l peace-time dis- asters storms, tornadoes and floods. Because of these natural disas- ters the nation has discovered it has a new major community facility. This facility ts organized Civil Defense. The outstanding and heroic work done by civil defense volunteer workers in these disasters has helped ans wer an important question. See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 NEW TYPE AIR WARNING Oakla nd CD offic ials hit upon a novel idea t o warn residents in an inexpe nsive way of pending air raids. In circulars spread around town the y as ked every automobih owner to blow his car horn for three minutes during the air raid test at noo n on May 2. When zero hour ca me and imaginary planes flew toward Oakland only eight car horns were heard giving the warning. T he CD Corps said it would probably try the test again, or maybe, think of something else. Atlantians would have a hard time telling this sort of an air-raid warning from th> usual pa ndemonium of the 4:30 traffic jam. CARS TO BE RETURNED Cars used in the atomic weapons tests by FCDA will be returned to the .::ar dealers who furnishe d them through cooperation of the ational Automobile Dealers Assn. Authorities plan to release a report and conclusions reached from the tests after automotive and defense experts have studied the results. They hope to report information which may assist the aut o industry in increasing passenger safety in future designs. In addition, FCDA officials will issue information to the public indicating the safest action to take in event of an atomic attack. (Reno Gazette) If people realize that after the blast wave passes, and the debris has stopped flying the damage done by a bomb is over, they will not panic. LEXINGTON HAS GOOD SMALL TOWN DEFENSE Lexington, Ga., is one of the smaller towns of Georgia that is being well organized for Civil Defense. Although they have a population of only 500, Marvin Sisk, the county CD Director is getting things set up to meet any emergency in Augusta, Athens, or Atlanta, as well as a natural disaster that may occur in Lexington. l'vrs. T. C. Brooks, City CD Chairman, has completed a house to house canvas to determine just what each can contribute toward the plan. Arrangements have been made to provide for pre-school children, those in school, pre g nant wome n, and those in need of food or clothing. The Baptist Church, American Legion, SherifPs office, and a local transportation committee are all working on these plans. At meetings of the different clubs members are being asked to bring worn out but clean sheets which will be stored in lard cans at different locations so that they can be used for bandages if the need should arise. Storage of the whole sheet is preferred because one cannot tell in advance just what size bandage or dressing -will be needed. Seven ground observation posts have alrP.ady been organized in Oglethorpe County, and two more are - planned. - - - - - - Trinity College of Hartford and the University of Bridgeport both have Civil Defense units organized completely of college personnel. THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Georgia High Schools Form Spotters Clubs Georgia's high school students have taken the lead in bolstering the air detection capability of the Peach State. Juniors and seniors in nearly 100 Georgia high schools have formed Aircraft Spotters Clubs as a part of the statewide high school civ il defense program. They are training to serve as ground observers and filter cente1 volunteers. Eventual plans call for the organization of similar clubs in practically all of Georgia's 450 high schools. This new attack on the universal problem of GOC recruiting was devised by Georgia's Director of Civil Defense, Major General Ernest Vandiver, and Major .Edmund Shaheen, former GOC coordinator for the state of Georgia. With the cooperation and a pproval of the State Department of Education, they have tapped the great resource of Georgia's youth to help man the state's 500 sta nd-by observation posts. The plan had its begin nings in October, 1952, whe n the firs t Aircraft Spotters Club was organized at Athens High School. Athens was selected to "test-run" the plan because of its excellent civil defense program. An attenda nce of about 25 was expected at the first meeting, but officials were pleasantly surprised when over 100 enthusiastic stu dents appeared to volunteer their services. During subsequent mon ths, clu b members received basic GOC instruction from filter center teams. They subsequently took part in training exercises at the Athens OP and proved to be very capable observers. The experiment was a success. The next step was to expand the program throughout the rest of the state. To start the ball rolling, a section of a new Civ il Defense Manual for schools was devoted to the GOC. This was followed up by letters from the Department of Education to 200 county school superintendents and 450 high school principals pointing out the need for the GOC and urging strong support by the schools. Then General Vand iver wrote to all of the high schools and asked specihcally for help in establishing Aircraft Spotters Clubs. Principals were requested to name faculty advisors for the clubs. Each of these advi sors then received sample by-laws for the club, GOC background information kits, recruiting posters and other materials to help get the club going. Once an Aircraft Spotters Club is organized in a Georgia high school , training classes are scheduled with filter center traini ng teams. As the club matures, however, the train ing of new junior members ca n be taken ove r by the seniors. In add ition to their primary mission of trai ning to be ground observers, the Ai rcraft Spotters Clubs also hold regular so- cial events. This helps to maintam the interest and enthusiasm of the members. The second Aircraft Spotters Club in Georgia was established at Atlanta's Southwest High School. After basic training, the members of this club have the choice of serving in the Atlanta Filter Center or standing watch at one of two A.IR DEFENSE FACTS by Major T. W. Turbiville With Air Defense plainly labeled as the greatest problem this country faces today, it is particularly impoltw IY. " ..... Pd of 12 c. c. HALF SECTION A - A HALF SECTION 8-1 Plan H-1 End Plates )t.."golvonized shHt steM.Lefl Of>d plo fo hos 36" diameter hoi for ~Y exit , ccwn~d rtiftt '/""4 steel piGte 42 in diorMter Right end plot ho e/llptlcol Ito,. , ~r tlc ol mtis .38~ horizontal oxlt 3.3 ~ SEMIBURIED 5PLINTERPROOF AIR- RAID SHELTER For 4 persons T he Air Raid Shelter P lan shown above is recom- areas . The Alert will fr om time t o time publish other mended as being suitable for residential backyard installation. T he plan is one of several possible types s uggested plans for hom e type s helters so that the individua I may select the type most suitable to his .... :X: tha t will offer adequate protection in most residential needs. "')o. r- ".~..'. THE ALERT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "SEASONS" INTERFERE STATE AGENCIES TO WORK CD THE DIR E CTOR. SAYS : The Colorado Civil Defe nse I3ulletin says that "t he seasons" interfere s eriously wit h the Civil Defense program in that state. Some of the s easons t hat keep the volunteer he lp fr om participating in CD are~ Pl a nting Seas on, Cultivating Season, F ishing Season , Tourist Season, Rode o Seas on, Governur Gregg of New Hampshire has announced that he is going to reorganize Civi l Defense in that state so as to throw more of the work on the already establishe d state agencie s . He will personnally superv ise the bureau and let the agencies handle the detailed work with people paid out (Continued from Page 1) Is it possible to keep large numbers of trained volunteers for civil defense, constantly on the alert, constantly ready for action from now until as far in the future the threat of communist, or any other aggression persist? I now believe it is poss ihle! Fair Season, Omvention Seas on, of their own funds. He emphasized Vacation Seas on, Ele ct ion Season, Hunting Season, Skiing Se ason, Round-up Season, Branding Season, tha t there is a real need for an efficient CD program as part of the national defense effort. He feels AUXILIARIES HAVE AUTHORITY Shearing Se ason , Harves t Seas on, that the whole state government Marketing Season, and a few others . ought to ge t into the act instead of During a CD alert in Syracuse, The Civil Defens e Seas on is from charging one newly formed bureau N.Y., an automobile driver was January 1 to December 31 , but with the respmsihi lity. most people think it is t he other This genera l plan has bee n in wa y arou nd, from Dece mber 31 to operation in Georgia from the s tart. January 1. PREACHl:RS CAN EARN $10 Maynard Ashworth, publ isher of the Columb us Ledger-Enquirer, J. H. Da~ie, Director for Oheiil~ ..- Carlton Morrison of .. . 'Journal-Constitution, the Atlanta and Louis told to pull over to the side of the street until the "all clear" was sounded. The driver ignored the instructions and drove on. The Auxiliary Policeman took the tag number and hauled him into court a few days later Judge Truman Preston fined the C ounty New York, has ,announced tha t he will give any mini.ster in th ~ C . Harris, managing editor of the A1.1gus ta Chronicle have a ll bee n driver $10 in traffic court, and said: "A member of the Civil Defense county who would enlist from his appearing before numerous C IVI C Auxil iary Police has the same parish e no ugh folks to man their clubs and other groups and preac h- powers as the regular police force observa tion post for on"' week a ing the gospel of Civil Defe nse during Civil Defense emergencies prize of ten dollars. "And I will since they witnessed the atom ic and. tests". s in g a solo for him a ny Sunday "nuclear diag nostic shot" on March T he Georgia law gives "all the morni ng without charge " , he adds. 17, at Yucca Flats. orders, rules, and regulations T he same offer is made to the prom ulgated by the Governor, or firs t sc hool princ ipal and class operating their post for one week. Hartford, Connecticut has been by any political subdivision chosen by Federal Civil Defense the full force and effe ct of law ". * * * The judge asked why the case wasn't settled out of court. "That's what we rwere doing, your honor," Timothy answered, "until t h e cops interfered." * * * Wave: "I certainly don't like all these flies ." Sailor: "You just pick out the ones you like and I'll kill the rest." as a pilot town in which to emphasize the plan of decentralizi ng in industrial target areas, using A-bomb resistant structures , s helters for workers and other techniques designed for factories. Governor Val Peterson said this pr ogram would also he aimed at protection of the workers from natural disasters in peacetime. An order by CD to ke e p off of a highway, or keep out of a certain area would have the force of law. * * * Chief, on telephon-e: " Doctor , m y lit t lt:: boy just swallowed my founta in pen." Doctor: "Heavens ! I 'll come at once. What are yo u doing in the m eantime ? " Chief: "Using a pencil. " ' R8 ' 6tt<:llj':\'Q' SBJJBJG11 ~1 1 J 8AJU n 41 9J ~ JC a8 JO ~1~SJ B A1U r aq l UO~lOa B ~ ~ B~ OX 3 i lJ18 6lZ '0 H H WJAd 'D!) ' D,UDJfY OIYd 3~Y J.SOd '5'0 'ij'li''T d '99.,.t ':S a~ 1DfUDJfY '3 'S 'aA'I( lilfD.!aplilfUO:) '3 6~6 uo!!"!O asuafao II"!:> aSUiilfliiQ fO fUiiiWfJDdeQ ( ( ( TilE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vandiver. State Director Vol. 3, No. 7 Atlanta, Ga. July, 1953 Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... Did you know that during the life time of most adults, the size of the earth has shrunk on a scale comparable to the shrinking of the size of a baske tb a II to tha t of a golf ball --this shrinkage, is of course, due to aviation! This is comfortable and cozy for all of us who are friends because it brings us closer together. But it hecomes ominous a nd bewildering as our pote ntia l enemies also are brought much closer. I do not need to remind you that this uncomfortable situation of nearness to our potential enemies is made much more serious by the fact that new weapons, hundreds of times more powerful than a ny other weapons: , have been in the hands of these same potential enemies for more than three years. lieutenant General Thomas D. White, Ueputy Chief of Staff Opera- See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 TWIIIIG FAVORS CIVIL DEFENSE The following letter written by General H. F . Twining of the Air Force to Henry Larson, President of the .A. C.D.D. speaks for itself. Mr. Henry L. Larson, Pres ident The National Association of Civil Defense Directors 300 Logan Street Denver, Colorado 8 June 1953 Dear Mr. Larson: Thank you for your re cent letter regarding my Armed Forces Day address in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Attached is a copy of my complete spee..:h. You are quite right in saying that without Civil Defense our offensive capability might be seriously dama ged. It is also true that no amount of defense at home can save us from destruction unless we have a strong offensive capability. These facts are mutually supporting. I believe that efforts to improve Civil Defens e are improving our offensive capabi lity, just as I believe that emphasizing the necessity for long-range air power will increase interes t in Civil Defense. For many years it has been customary to point out that the defens e of this country does not begin on our own shores but out where our fighting men are stationed or in the countries of our allies. At Milwaukee I tried to express this idea in terms of air warfare. The re ferences were all geographical and had nothing to do with time. We know that our most effective air countermeas ures will be those that extend over the enemy's bas es rmd that is the beginning of our defense in depth against strikes launched from thos e bases. We cannot predict with certainty just whe n or at what point we might receive our firs t warning of enemy at.tack. It might be early and far away or it might be late and near at hand. The latter possibility is what makes Civil Defens e particularly important, not only to alert our defenses and set off our counterattacks, but aLs o to save lives. The Air Force will continue to advocate a strong Air Defense that includes adequate Civil Defense and a vigorous Ground Observer Corps as part of our total defens e, as we have so often do ne in the past in our public addresses. I am attaching a copy of a speech made in Vancouver on Armed Forces Day by General Thomas D. White, who will soon take my place as Vi ce Chief of Staff. General White discusses specifically Civil Defense and the Ground Observer Corps. Sincerely, N. F. TWINING General, USAF Vice Chief of Staff THE ALERT------------------- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DE FENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave. , S.E. blows against this country. "FACT NO. 3: The existing and prospective military resources available, for our air defenses are insufficient, by themselves, for adequate Atlanta, Georgia air defense." ERNEST VANDIVER To supplement these "three hard Director facts," their statement added: FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director "Soviet air power is in steady and relentless expansion. The Soviet CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer Air Forces already include 20,000 first-line aircraft, plus another 20,000 WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer in reserve. Of this total of 40,000 military aircraft, some 8,000 are jets, MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activiti;s primar~ly fighters. The American people must understand that the air JERRY CAUBLE defense of the continental United Northern Area Director States is not a job that can be done M. L. LEGGETT by the military alone. 1t is too big Centra/ Area Director for that. It is a complicated task in HARRY U. JACKSON which civil authorities, the public, Southwestern Area Director and the military must act as one." HOYLE R. YANDLE Therein lies the nucleus--the hard Southeastern Area Director core-of the concept on which the air defense of the United States is AIR DEFENSE FACTS based. It is the base upon which it is being organized and developed. As By Major Thomas W. Turbiville difficult as our task might seem, Last August the Secretary of the there is reason to believe that it is Air Force and the Federal Civil dwarfed, both in scope and in how Defense Administrator issued a joint far it has progressed, by comparable statement pointing up what they measures undertaken within Soviet called "three hard facts.'' These . Russia. Nevertheless, our system facts, which they asserted the Amer- -allowing for its known limitations ican people "would do well from this and conceding the impossibility at point on to reckon among other ser- present of achieving a perfect de- ious and stubborn facts which govern fense-- is devised to take the maxi- our lives," are: mum advantage of the tools at hand. "FACT NO . 1: Soviet Russia al- The Air Defense segment in Geor- ready possesses a long-range air gia, your Ground Observer Corps, force capable of launching a highly although advanced in both organiza- destructive, and possibly devasta- tion and efficiency, needs more ting, atomic air attack against the volunteers at all Observer Posts, vital c anmunities of this Nation. and at Filter Centers in Savannah That force already includes many and Atlanta. We must prepare for the TU-4e-long-range bombers adapted time when the Georgia GOC might from our B-29 and B-50 designs. It go on 24 hour skywatch duty. Talk is a reasonable assumption that 400 to your neighbors and friends. Re- or more of these heavy bombers cruit more volunteers. could be concentrated in an initial Welcome news to Atlanta Filter attack against this Nation. Center volunteers. Air conditioning "FACT NO . 2: The continuing is now being installed in the Center expansion of the Soviet Union's long- at 2939 Peachtree Road, N.'E . Work range aviation, in combination with is in progress and should be complet- its rapid progress in the develop- ed within the next few days. ment of atomic weapons, brings ever closer the day when the Soviet Union "A husband's better judgm en t Is will possess in reserve the means to what tells him not to Insist on i t." sustain a succession of massive air -Franklin P. Jones. 2 SCHOOL BOYS TAKE FIREMAN TRAINING Taking exactly the same course given to adults, 25 serious Oneonta (Otsego, N. Y.) High School boys are learning to fight fires. The youthful CD Emergency Crew is not to be called out except in grave emergency. Such emergency might occur if all the trained men were called out of Oneonta. Secondary effect of the training, however, Fire Chief Joseph M. Stapleton told the PubEc Safety Board when asking for permission to enroll and train such a group, is that they could go into action even before arrival of the city department, should there be any emergency in the school buildings during school hours. Chief Scanlon, with the aid of Richard Hobbie, of the school faculty began instruction with information of the major types of fires as listed by the Board of Underwriters, and the "triangle of combustion," without which no fire can exist. TRAI.N.ING AT UNIVERSITY At the request of many Civil Defense officials, mayors, civil defense leaders, and other groups, Ernest Vandiver, Civil Defense Director of Georgia, has arranged for the Georgia Civil Defense School to be held at the University of Georgia in Athens on August 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1953. This introductory course in Leadership Training is designed for key defense officials such as mayors, city directors, c1vic leaders, church groups, and industrial security directors and other volunteers who have the responsibility for organization and dire'ction of Civil Defense programs in large metropolitan areas and small communities. The course consists of: review of the international situation, methods of assaying the vulnerability of communities to attacks from natural disasters and atomic bombings, Civil Defense operational problems, discussion and demonstration methods of establishing training programs, and many other pertinent Civil Defense problems. JULY, 1953 BU SINE SS & PROFESS.IONAL WOME N HAVE BIG CD PROJECT The Ge org ia Federation of Bus i- ness and Professional Women's Clubs at the Annual Convention held in Albany voted unanimously (1) to promote tra ining for instructors in Civ il Defense Courses, (2) to pro- mote orga nized Red Cross Home 1urs ing a nd Firs t Aid Courses, (3) to as sis t in survey of public build- ings , (4) to work more earnestly toward alerting the citizens to the grea t dangers facing th em .and make them more conscious of the impor- tance of preparedness, and (5) to hold Workshops on Civil Defense in each District to help the local chairma n better understand their responsibi lities . Mrs. Hazel S. Franklin of Savannah, State Chairman of ational THIS IS ELLIOTT new Civi I Defense politon Atlonto. R. JACKSO N, the Director for Metro Security for Miss Webb's Administration presented these recommendations METROPOLITAN ATLANTA to the Convention Body. Georgia 's Bus iness and Profes- HAS NEW D.IRECTOR siona l Women with 41 local clubs Governor Talmadge has appointed and 1, 731 members have been partic- Elliott R. Jackson, Civil Defense ipating in the Civil Defense Program Director of the Atlanta Metropolitan from the time it was first begun in Area upon nomination by Mayor Wm. the State. It is, therefore, significant B. Hartsfield and recommendation that this influential organization by representatives of the counties has adopted a five point action pro- concerned. He succeeds George gram , a nd that Miss Anice Troth, the (Pup) Phillips who died recently. new Pre sident upon being appointed Mr . Jacks on rece ived his early by Erne st Vand iver, State Civil De- s chooling in Missisippi where he fense Director to serve on Georgia's was graduated from State College Wome ns Advisory Committee f or Civil in 1935 with a BS in Business Ad- Defe nse pledged the continued co- ministration. He has had some ex- operation of the Federation with the perience in the banking business Department of Defense in its Civil and teaching, but more recentl y Defense Program. was with the Wage Stabilization With the support of every member Board in Atlanta where was di- in the local community, an active rector of the case analysis division comm itte e in the district and state and also in administrative mana ge- and the interest of the State Presi- ment. dent, the Georgia Federation of He is forty years old, and lives Business and Professional Clubs on Virginia Circle with his wife and will make an enviable record in the daughter. He is very active in the field of Civil Defense during the Virginia Avenue Baptist Church. coming year, and in so doing, will guarantee Georgia being able to do her part to keep the forces of Commu- Mr. Elliott Jackson, Civil Defense nism in check, to prepare her citizens Director of Atlanta, and Mrs. Sara agains t a ttack, a nd to help keep Padgett, Civil Defense Director of the peace . Griffin, attended the seventy-sixth administrative course given at the "I don't think I look 30, do you?" "Not anymore, dear." Staff College, at Olne y, Md., beginning June 29. TUITION IS FREE AT OLNEY SCHOOL T he Staff College and the Trainin g School at Olney, Md ., are still turn in g out graduates in Civil Defense the year around. These courses are desjgned for people who have the respons ibility of orgamzmg either governmental or priva te Civil Defense. The tuition is free, and all it costs is $5.00 per day for room and board. One week courses in CD administration will begin on July 7, Aug ust 10, August 24, Sept. 14, and Sept. 21. The Training School trains instructors in rescue work. This course lasts two weeks and instruction is conducted on "Rescue Street" where a city block is constructed in the ruined condition that might be looked for following an enemy attack. The students are shown how to organize rescue teams, how to use and care for rescue tools, how to handle casualties after they are rescued, tunneling, lashing, rigging, fire fighting, shoring, breaching of walls and other basic information in the business of rescuing. Two week training courses begin on August 3, September 14, October 12 and October 26. AIR AND FIRE WARN.INGS SHOULD BE DIFFERENT Schools should have some distinctive type of warning for air raids and should not use the fire warning system for this purpose. It has been pointed out by principals who have been holding drills in both categories that the action to be taken by the student body may not be the same in both cases. In fire drills the pupils usually get out into the open. Those who have been working on this problem also state that there may be need for a fire alarm to get the children out of the air raid shelters. It would be much better to be in the open subjected to the uncertainty of an a ir raid than to be caught in a burning building. "Cosmetics might be defin ed as pea ch preserves."-J. B. Clark. JULY,1 953 3 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRAFFIC SCHOOL FOR CD AT GEORGIA TECH Some 32 traffic specialists from seven States gathered in Atlanta April 27th for a two weeks intensive course in Emergency Traffic Control sponsored by the F ederal Civil Defense Administration's Atlanta regional office. The course, conducted by members of Northwestern University's Traffic Institute, was held at Georgia Tech and included a simulated atom bombing of Atlanta after which students were given the opportunity to make their own '!'ecommendations for handling the post-blast traffic problems. Among the Georgians taking the course were Capt. J, Paul Smith and Lieut. Pershing C. Peacock of the State Highway Patrol; Lt. Emmett Elliott, Atlanta Police Dept; Cpl. Joseph H. Brown, Savannah Police Dept; Lieut. Thomas J. Mahoney, Chatham County Police Dept., and a number of Third Army Officers stationed at Georgia military posts. CD ON THE JOB Councilman Harry Holmes of Dallas blasted Civil Defense for "doing nothing" at the recent explosion in that city. Welcome Wilson, administrative assistant to the CD Dire ctor, Bob Smith says: "What Mr. Holmes doesn't realize is that most of the people who were in charge out at the disaster were CD people - but they just weren't wearing CD helmets." "A small town is just a big town with all the undesirables removed." -Tom Kelly. PREXY WON'T TELL President Eisenhower has announced a new method of giving out information to the public, and he also dropped a hint or two that interests Civil Defense. He stated that he had not made up his mind whether or not he would reveal any infonnation as to the exploding of atomic bombs by Russia, but that, up to now, he had no definite information that they had exploded any during his term. He stated that "on the grounds or security " he would not reveal any information of the progress made m developing the hydrogen bomb. CD IS OK NOW Before the tornado at Flint, Michigan, observers said it would have been impossible to levy a special tax for Civil Defense purposes. Now that disaster has struck they say that such a tax could be put tru:ough tomorrow. We know from experienc~ in Columbus and Warner Robins that the attitude can change over night. CD PACT PAYS OFF A cooperative disaster agreement between two Western Pennsylvania daily newspapers paid off recently. "The New Castle News" had run off about 6,000 copies of a 32-page edition when ll gears of the press broke. Calling on the agreeme nt, the "News'' was printed for four days in the "Butler Eagle " plant, 28 miles away. -"Editor and Publish- er,""M5/an9-y--w-o-m-en---go--f-ro-m---saying 'I do' to 'You'd IJetter.' "-Lionel Hampton. THE DIRECTOR. SAYS : (Continued from Poge 1) tions, U.S. Air Force, stated recently "our military defense efforts must be supplemented by civilian effort, as has always been the case in the preparation of home defenses. Our civil defense officials need more help in preparing cities and industrial targets against destructive air raids. In many ways I think the work of our civil defense authorities is made more difficult by the magnitude of the danger that confronts us. The potential destructiveness of modern war is so terrible most people in a nation as fortunate as ours has been in the past simply cannot comprehend it. Many of those who do understand it try to avoid thinking about it at all." MARS The Federal Civil Defense Administration and the Department of Defense have been negotiating for some time on the subject of Communications. The present prospect is that there will be established a Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) in which military communications facilities will be made available to Civil Defense on certain conditions and at certain times. The final agreement will probably provide for tyin11; in of Military and Federal CD terminals, the use of military frequencies, and making available communication services between the military agencie3 m support of CD and CD itself. "Enough is Wllat would satisfy most of us if the neighbors didn't have more." -Ralph Paul. g~ ' s u a!.i + V S<:l1JB..l 11 /\4- 1 6 .H l l q u n a4.r, t?J ~ ...lO a ~ JO A':J- 1S...l C1A1U f' a4 .r, uo11- o a a ue~ ox 3 =i +J 18 6l t 'ON HWI8d 'D!) 'DfUDJfY OIYd 3!>Yl.S0d 'S'O 'H'i ' 1 d '99 't't =-s 'D!) 1DfUDJ f\f ' 3 'S 'aAy afD.IflpafUO;) '3 6S6 UO!S!A!Q 3SUflfiQ I!A!;) fiSUflfiQ jO fUfiWfiDdfiQ / / THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vandiver. Vo l. 3, No. B, Atlanta, Ga. AUGUST, 1953 Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS .. I would like to devote my column this month to the Civil Air P atrol. Without a doubt this is one of the most patriotic organizations in America today. In the past year this organi- zation has participated in eleven Ground Observer Corps Strip Ex- ercises . These men fmnish their own planes and are not pwid one ce nt for devoting their day- off to this worthy cause. They have flown over 2,000 hours in these exercises and over 4,000 pe ople have participated. To th is distinguished group 1 say, "Well Done" .I say "distinguished" and .I mean just that. This IS an organization t hat faces up to citizenship. This is a group of men that do not confuse its citizenship rights and privileges with its Citizen- sh ip responsibilities. We in civil defense are proud of you! PETERSON ATTENDS ATLANTA MEETING One hundred fifty Civil Defense workers from seven southeastern states including all of the state directors assembled at the Atlanta Biltmore hotel on July 17 to hear Administrator of the FCDA, Val Peterson, talk on the present status of Civil Defense and the plans for the future. He has been Governor of Nebraska three times, and previous to his appointment was advisor to President Eisenhower. This was his first visit to Atlanta. He emphasized the fact that Russia had lonp; ago conspired to do away with our type of government in this world, and had never denied it nor changed their attitude. He stated that Civil Defense is merely the expansion of civil functions of government to meet unprecendented conditions. The best Civil Defense we can muster would not keep Russian planes from getting through, but it would cut down the number of casualties inflicted and enable us to get back up on our feet and go to work again. Governor Peterson admitted that civil defense workers will not win a popularity contest by keeping this problem before their neighbors, but we may save America. On Saturday following the meeting the visitors were taken on a tour of the control center of the Air Defense Command at Dobbins Air Force Base. TIME IS RUNNING OUT IF EVER there was a government stepchild, it is civil defense. Today, nearly four years after explosion of the first Russian atomic bomb, measures to protect American cities are painfully inadequate. This, despite the fact that Russia's atomic stockpile is growing. This, despite the fact the $oviet has a fleet of at least 1,000 B29-type airplanes capable of making one-way trips to our industrial heartland. To remedy the shocking state of civil defense, President Eisenhower asked Congress for $125,000,000. This week, the House of Representatives gave him its answer- $37,000,000, less than onefourth. In Atlanta Friday, Civil Defense Administrator said: "The United States is wide open to enemy attack at this moment. Seven of every 10 enemy bombers probably could penetrate American air defenses." We hope Mr. Peterson 's words penetrate the economy defenses of the U. S. Senate. Unless senators restore the appropriation, adequate safeguards for this nation will be postponed at least another year. (Atlanta Journal Editorial, July 18) .. ' THE ALERT THE GEORG.IA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. Atlanta, Georgia ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Pub/ic Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Caordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director M. L. LEGGETT Centra/ Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director C.IT.IES SHOULD MAKE MUTUAL A.ID AGREEMENTS All cities of Georgia that are considered target areas should make mutual aid agreements with other cities in their mutual aid areas so that one will go to the aid of the other automatically in case of a disaster. When the tornado struck at Warner Robins the CD Director at Macon marshalled his forces and immediately offered assistance to the stricken city. Doctors, nurses, trucks, police, and other kinds of help were dispatched in short order, and if needed the fire trucks and other equipment would have been available. It is customary for one city to help out another in case of disaster, but how much easier it would be if agreements were made in writing beforehand. Mutual aid agreements should he made by every city with every other city within approximately fifty miles. Dial Sweeney of the FCDA Regional Office is now working on a form that can he used by cities for this purpose. STATE RECEIVES 1/3 MJLLION IN MATCHING FUNDS Georgia's Locel and State Civil Defense organizations lead all other states in the southeastern region in receiving Federal matching funds for the purchase of civil defense equipment. At the close of the 1953 F. Y. contributions program on the 30th of June, Georgia cities had a wlications approved for the amount of $332,109.22, which means that the state as a whole is two thirds of a million dollars worth of CD equipment richer. The Federal money obligated is broken down among various projects as follows: Communi- cations, $55,836.28; Fire, $168, 349.07; Health, $510.62; Public CD Information and Education $30,601.90; Rescue, $38,022.23; Training, $2874 .62; and Warning, $35,914 50. Among the various cities receiving Federal matching funds are the following: Atlanta Athens Augusta Alma Bainbridge College Park Clayton Carrollton Commerce Cedartown Camilla DeKalb County Dalton East Point Eastman Fitzgerald Forest Park Griffin Gainesville Hiawassee Hapeville Hawkinsville Hartwell Jesup Kingsland LaGrange Macon $12,866.58 13,748.78 ~.ooo.oo 3,755.33 1,874.23 1,414.13 5,637.50 6,976.15 9,187.91 349.53 1,100.00 19,962.13 5,637.50 7,792.85 644.13. 3,902. 75 432.50 10,751.55 6,%6.03 6,344.25 1,350.84 ffi 1.50 6,434.96 1,635.00 128.63 7,2Zl.OO 49,836.88 ELKS WORK lN C.IVIL DEFENSE The St. Louis Lodge of Elks has set up a Civil Defense organization ' that will surprise many of the national delegates to the Grand Lodge Convention to be held there this year. Its chain of command chart has received the highest praise from CD Director Raymond W. Tucker. The building ~as been offered to Civil Defense to use in case of emergency as a hospital. The planning of this is in the hands of. General Chairman James A. Daar. He has committ~e~ 1ined up to take care of housing, feeding, medical relief, communications, fire and riot control. The Elks of the state of Washington have set up Civil Defense as one of their major projects for this year. Other Elk Lodges active in Civil Defense work are at Brookline, Mass., Oxnard, Calif., Willimantic, Conn., Wheeling, W. Va., and Richmond and Oroville, Calif. Manchester Milledgeville Milledgeville Montezuma Marietta Metter Rome Sylvester Savannah State Patrol Thomasvilie Waycross Waynesboro Winder Hospital 6,590.90 7,396.63 6,803.13 6,0>2.75 17,231.42 1,031.15 1,4%.50 1,674.63 8,375.95 5,238.38 689.19 1,204.21 425.2> 6,616.00 As of this writing, no information has been received as to the nature or extent of the 1954 F.Y. matching funds program, but Civil Defense officials in both the State and the Federal Regional Office are hopeful that the program will be at least as large as that of the year just completed. Upon receipt of specific information on the new program, it will be published in the "Alert" and also an "Informational Letter" will be sent all Mayors and Civil Defense Directors so that all localities will have an equal chance to participate. 2 AUGUST, 1953 WOMEN FIRST APPLICANTS FOR CD LEADERSH.IP SCHOOL Mrs. Leo Smith, ne'wly elected president of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Medical Association of Ge orgia from Waycross and the Southe astern Area of the State was t he first person to apply for admiss ion to Georgia's Civil Defe nse Leadership Training School he ld a t the University of Georgia, Athens , Georgia, August 3-7. Mrs. Smith has just been appointed by Civil Defense Director Vandiver to s erve as a member of the State Women's Advisory Com'mittee. .In ac cepting the appointment she pledged the continued support of the Auxiliary to Civil Defense. Mrs . G. W. Freiberg, one of the Central Area representatives on the Women's Advisory Committee and the capable Civil Defense Director of Augusta and Richmond County was second to apply for admiss ion to the school. Pvlrs. Freiberg stated that she received information and training that will be helpful to her in performing her official duties as a local director and an advisor on Women's participation all over the state . Miss Maude White, Seventh District Director of the Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers of Statesboro and the. Southeastern Area was the third applicant. The PTA executive board voted t o s end one representative from each of the fifteen districts. Miss White is a visiting teacher and her district covers Mcintosh, Long, Tattn all, Candler, Evans, Liberty, Bulloch, Bryan, Effingham, and Chatham counties, the last being the home of the State PTA president, Mrs. H. M. Kandel. Ge orgia is very proud of the interest and participation of her wome n in Civil Defense. The fact that the first three to register for the training school are women indic ates that women recognize the importance of being prepared to take care of themselves, to maintain their families as selfsustaining units, as well as to "OPERATION TAILWI~~D" By Major Thomas W. Turbivill~ "OPERATION TAILWIND," the recent North American Continentwide practice alert called by the Air Defense Command, found the Georgia Ground Observer Corps in fine fettle and rarin' to go. Throughout the exercise, GOC posts were responsible for a number of so called "enemy" aircraft being detected and eventually intercepted. In the Atlanta Filter Center hundreds of telephone calls were received from posts in this area and posts m the Savannah Filter Center area were equally active. Many posts stayed on duty from early Saturday morning, the 11th, till the afternoon of July 12. Georgia can take it! Letters of appreciation are being sent to all Supervisors by Ernest Vandiver, State Civil Defense Director and Colonel Murray C. Woodbury, Commander of the 3pth Air Division (Defense). Major General Delmar T. Spivey, Commanding General of Central Air Defense Force also complimented the Georgia Corps for its fine work during "Operation Tail Wind." CD DRIV.ING ORDINANCE "The controversial CD highway charter ordinance was passed by Evansville Common Council without comment. The ordinance will become effective in 60 days and will be applied during CD alerts. Penalty for driving on designated streets during an alert is a fine of up to $100 or a maximum of 90 days in jail." ("Evansville Courier," 5/6) - serve their communities In case of disaster atomic or natural. The action of these women will encourage women all over the state to be the first In their organizations, the first in their blocks, the first in their families to volunteer for training and participation In the Civil Defense Program in their home towns and counties. THE ALERT CD WELCOME WAGON In many cities' "Welcome Wagon'' hostesses call on newcomers, engaged girls, etc., and provide them with c1v1c information as well as data about churches, stores and services and are generally helpful to the people they call on. They are in the homes of many people in their communities each month. .In a number of eastern cities they have helped recruit volunteers for the Ground Ohserver Corps and other CD activities They hand out CD literature and actually sign up recruits. Since this plan has paid dividends elsewhere, it might prove successful m Georgia too. Why not try it! (Wisconsin CD Bulletin) TIT FOR TAT TIE trustees of Mifflin township near Columbus, Ohio, are against a mutual aid pact with Columbus because they are afraid that if Columbus should suffer a disaster and need the help of their lone fire engine it will have to go to the aid of Columbus and leave their small township without fire protection. Having refused the mutual aid pact, we assume that now Columbus will sit by and watch the town of Mifflin be totally destroyed by fire if they should have some sort of a conflagration that their lone fire engine is unable to handle. They should read the fine print and see that they are expected to send only such aid as they can safely spare. H they already have one pumper and get another with matching funds they would have two. One to spare. Question. "When your radio broadcast goes off of the air during an air raid warning, how can you find out what it is all about?" Answer. ''Turn your radio dial to either 640 or 1240 (AM not FM). Those are the CONELRAD frequencies. A UGUST, 1953 3 THE ALERT FIRST CD CLASS AT U. OF GEORG.IA The first Civil Defense Class to be offered at the University of Georgia was held Aug. 3-7 as a part of the summer curriculum. Those interested in Civil Defense from all over the state enrolled in the course. There were directors, teachers, housewives, and others who were just interested. It was held under the auspices of the Extens ion Division of the University, with Eugene Welden in charge . He was assisted in its direction by Gayle A. Starnes, Chief Instructor of the CD Staff College at Olney, Md. Each of the CD s erv ices was taken up by a group of specialists with experience in that service and the Ground Observation Corps, federal matching funds, a nd the activity of women 1n Civil Defense received special emphasis. Besides the regular Civil Defense Staff, the following donated their se,r,vices; Dr. Linwood Holland, Emory Univ. Maj.Thomas Turbiville Air Force, and J. S. Bonner, Southern Bell, Sgt. R. L. Crawford Assist. Supervisor Safety Education Division Capt. C. H. Hilderbrand of the Atlanta Fire Department, Mrs. Mary Grubbs and H. E. Shearouse of the State Education Dept., Miss Marianne Martin and Mrs. Ruth Kent of the radio stations, E. L. Brintley of Jones and Laughlin Steel Co., Mrs. Sara Padgett of Griffin, Mrs. Mildred Gilbert of Hape- ville, Jack Grantham of Hapeville, and Howard Anderson of the Red Cross. AIR DEFENSE FACTS By Major Thomas W. Turbiville The time for Air Defense is now. Our most critical period will come within the next two years. The recent riots and uprisings m the Communist satellite countries, the internal upheavals within Soviet Russia itself, may only serve to weld the people together and head them closer to the Soviet. Do not depend upon Russia relinquishing its de!figns upon the free world, simply because she is having trouble at home. Don't forget! Russia has 20,000 first line aircraft and many of these are long range bombers capable of flying nonstop to bomb vital targets in this country. \Ve must not allow ourselves to hecome complacent oc to slacken our efforts to build a stronger Air Defense Net with the Ground Observer Corps. We still need more volunteers at Filter Centers and at GOC posts. On July 14th Ground Observer Corps Filter Centers throughout the nation will hold open house and celebrations in observance of the first anniversary of ''Operation Skywatch." Although Georgia is not one of the skywatch states at present, there is always the possibility that we will become one. The Georgia Corps in its present standby status is doing a wonderful job. To all volunteers at Filter Centers and at the posts-- thank you and congratulations on a -------- job well done! AREA DIRECTORS MEET AT RADIUM SPRINGS About sixty representatives of Civil Defense in the Southwestern section of Georgia met at Radium Springs on June 30 to discuss their common problems and receive inspiration from members of State Director Ernest Vandiver's staff, all of whom were present. The meeting was pres ided over by Harry U. Jackson, Area Director. Welcome addresses were made by Director L. Earl Robinson, and Mayor E. E. Wetherbee of Albany. Deputy Director Frank Kopf spoke on the need for Civil Defense, and Major Thomas W. Turbiville, Air Force Coordinator stressed the need of the Ground Observer Corps. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nesbitt of Arlington, Ga., gave several musical selections to close out the morning session. In the afternoon talks were made by Mrs. John G. Lewis on the coordination of women in CD, and W. F. Kerns on the Federal matching funds program. Talks were also made by Major Ben H. Hardaway,, Civil Defense Director of Columbus, who told how their organization handled the recent tornado at that city, and by Director N. N ~ Langdale, Jr., of Valdosta, Dir~ctor Henry Bonar of Moultrie, Dirkctor J, D. Haines of Manchester, Director W. S. Stewart of Thomasville, and Director K. L. Carpenter of Americus. A local anthropologist asserts that in another one hundred years there will be no blondes left in this country. That's undoubtedly true. It's mighty difficult to leave one even today. ' B'J ' s uatJ +If s ap B..YJ.SOd 'S"n ~ -v1 d '99., =-s "0!) 10fUOJfY "3 "S 'aAy 8fD.18p8jUO:> "3 6S6 UO!S!A!Q 8SU8jll(] JIA!:> 8SU8j80 jD fU8WfJOde0 3 l 7_J THE GEORGIA > J Department THE DIRECTOR SAYS. Our sch ools, univers ities ~nd colle ges have now reopened for the 1953-54 terms. Re a liz ing that civil defense is a ne w dime nsion in comm un it y thoug ht a nd service, our first job is to create an understanding of this new dimension and its implications for our survival, indiv id ually and as members ,of a c omm unity. We look naturally to our Amer ican institutions for leadership in this task. We must look to our educators, from the kindergarten to the univers ity leve l, to pioneer in helping us build into the educational thought and practices the substance of this new dimension. What . is education's role in the development of the national civil defense program? It falls into two broad categories : (l) effective leadership Continued on Page 4 Ernest Vandiver. State Director SEPTEMBER, 1953 I GEORGIANS .LEA.RN MASS FEEDING AT FT. BENNING me Georgia Civil Defense workers were among the forty enrollees who made up the class in Improv ised Mass Feeding held at Fort Benning August 12-14 1953, under the FCDA and assisted by the Army specialists. This was only one of many classes held in a ll parts of the country to s how the CD personnel how to handle the feeding job irf case they were suddenly ca lled up on to feed thousands of homeles s people. Miss Maria Alley a nd Mrs. Frances Ferrell Home E conomist with the U. S. Department of Agriculture; Mrs . S. C. Stukes, Field Consultant DeKillb County American ational Red Cross ; and Mr. Karl Reis er, Hegiona l We lfare Offi cer FCDA were other Georgians makin g up the class. They receive d i ns tructions in such topics as wate r purification and waste disp os al, prevention of food c ontam ination and food poisoning, mess layout for mass feeding a nd foods to serve, f}eld expedients and safety. This group als o bu ilt field , expedients, prepared an emergency meal and participated in .practical exercises. Georgia's . re pre sentative s wit h Miss ..Margare t Dykes serv ing as chairman will hold a mee t ing In September for the PU:P!>Se of making a pla n to provide In- struction for eac h area and county of our s t a te . T he group feels that th e information they rece ived will be of benefit t o the Emergenc y Welfare Pr ogram of Civil Defens e a nd wish to volunteer their s ervices in the division of E me rgency Feeding in appreciation of being selec te d to re prese nt Georgia a t th is school. Georgia CD people a ttending the co urse included Miss Nelli e Boyd, Home Ec o nomics Cons ul - ta nt, Georgia Department of Agr ic ulture E xtens ion Serv ice; Miss Martha Mc Kay, utr1t10n Cons ulta nt, State Department of Publ ic Health ; Miss lv1argaret Dykes, Pres ide nt Georgia Die- te t ic Assoc ia tion, Sta t e De part- me nt of Publi c Health ; Mis s L ucy Edwards, Sc hoo l Lu nch Program, Ge orgia De partment of Educa ti on ; Mrs . Fra nces Harper, Ho me Economist Georgia Power Company; Mrs . R uth Morr ison, Nutritionist Fulto n County Health Depart ment; Mrs . J . Ilorace Clark, Exe cutive Secretary, Geor gia Federation of Women's Clubs ; Mrs. Sarah Padgett, ational Security Chairman of Bus ine ss and Professional Women 's Clubs and Mrs. Joh n G. Lewis, State Civil Defense Coordinator of Women 's Activ i- ties . THE ALERT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public lnlormation Ollicer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering 011/cer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JERRY CAUBLE lllorthern Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director SAME IN GEORG.IA A SOLD IE R'S LE TTER TO IllS HO METOW PAP E R The Dail y Argus, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Jus t recentl y I've had the good fortune to receive a copy of the "Argus." I was very mu c h pleased with mos t of its contents, but was very disap pointed with a story on the fr ont page about the small turnout of volunteers for Civil De f e n s e . Ask any soldier the number of times he has to volunteer to carry a litter, comfort a buddy, stay constantly on the alert. . . While doing everything he possibl y can to relieve a grave situation he may face. . . Many of these things a soldier does are not necessarily his job. But he knows that this cooperation between men is the sand and ce ment for the mortar from which a victorious army is cast. Let us all hope that the citizens of Mount Vernon once again prove to its men in umform that they are as cooperative as members of the American Arm y. PFC Eugene Misture 2 CD ENG.INEERING DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULED The techniques of emergency water supply problems will be demonstrated as part of Georgia Tech's twenty second annual Water Sewage School, scheduled for September 23 through 25. The demonstration will consist of operation of Civil Defense emergency pumping equipment, laying of lightweight steel water pipe, erection and operation of emergency water purification equipment, and connection of the emergency water system to city mains, and also the connecting of a Civil Defense fire pumper to the emergency system. This Civil Defense water suppl y demonstration is scheduled be held at 1:30 P.M. on the 24th of September at the Atlanta Water Works Heservoir, 665 Green St., 1\.W., Atlanta. This 1s one block West of Northside Drive at the Westinghouse Plant. All Mayors, City Engineers, Fire Chiefs and Civil Defense Directors, along with all inter ested persons, if unable to attend all the sessions of the school, are cordially invited and urged to attend the Civil Defense engineering demonstration. There is no charge for either the school or the demonstration. The equipment to be used in the demonstration is part of the emergency engineering equipment stockpiled by the Federal Civil lJefense Administration for use in the event of a disaster in this area. T he local stockpile consists mainly of 10 miles of lightweight 8" steel water pipe; several 1500 GPM portable, high pressure, gasoline driven water pumps; several portable emergency water prrification sets; and several large 15 KW por table motor generators. Some of this equipme~t will be used in this demonstration or on display at the site. It is hoped also to have on display one of the excellent FCDA procured rescue trucks and one of the Civil De- 1954 MATCHJNG FUNDS P. '3 6S6 uo! S!"!O. asualaa 1!"!:> asuelaa fO ,uawpodaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vol. 3, No. 10 Atlanta, Ga. October, 1953 Ernest Vandiver THE DIR'ECTOR SAYS. in this period of war, oppression a nd bloodshed in many parts of the world, and, with the things which potentially threaten our country , we would all do well to reme mber the words of Thomas Paine, written at the beginning of American Independence. "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of ~he ir country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict-the more glorious the tri umph . What we obtain too che aply, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price See THE ')IRECTOR, Page 4 DIRECTORS ARE TOLD HOW TO REPORT NATURAL DISASTERS Since January 16, 1953, the day the President signed Exec utive Order 10427, providing for coordination of Federal agency disaster relief activities, FCDA has processed 21 appeals for Federal assistance for areas in 16 states struck by floods, tornadoes, or droughts. To date, the President has allocated $10,070,050.00 to provide relief in 15 of these cases. Two requests were granted limited ap- proval and two were disapproved. Decisions on several cases were delayed, however, bP.cause initial requests did not include the necessary substantiating data. Avoid Delay To avoid delay in granting requests for Federal ass1stance, it is essential that the substantiating data required by law be submitted with the initial request. Considerable time may be saved if, prior to submission of the request to the President, the FCDA Regional Director is consulted to determine eligibility of the State for the desired assistance. The Regional Director can then notify the Administrator, FCDA, at the same time the State Governm 's request for relief is being sent to the President. State directors should be familiar with all phases of ''FCDA Disaster Interim Operating Procedures" to insure that initial requests for assistance contain the necessary substantiating data. Local Director's Job The local Civil Defense direc- tor in the disaster area should rush investigation and submission of his report, which should m- clude, but is not limited to, the following information: a. Estimate of the extent of damage, separated between public and private, by type facility sue h as water, and sewer systems, private dwellings, industrial plants, streets, public buildings, etc.; b. Estimated cost of emergen- cy repairs - temporary re- placements, clearance of debris, and work necessary for the preservation of life and property; c. Statement of funds available or to he made availabl e from State or local source s; d. Action taken or to be taken by the State Legislature or local governing bodies, such as special sessions or in- terim Board or Counc il meetings; e. Statement of action take n by local and State Civil defense organizations; f. Estimate of m1mmum Fed- eral funds, personnel, equip- ment and supplies required to supplement the State and local effort; g. Estimate of civil defens e stockpile material, equipment Conti'tued an Page 4 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE GEORG.IA ALERT Published monthly by the WELFARE MEETING AT JAX Mrs. John G. Lewis of our WOMEN IN SAVANNAH Mrs. Gertrude Harris, Chairman DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Informat/on Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communication Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director staff represented the State Civil Defense Division at an Emergency Welfare Services Regional Conference on September 30 at the George Washington Hotel in Jacksonville. Karl Reiser, Regional Welfare Officer of Federal Civil Defense Administration called the meeting just prior to the convening of the Southeastern Regional American Public Welfare Association for the purpose of giving state leaders an opportunity to exchange experiences and do planning that would be helpful to all. of the Women's Adv isory Committee is calling for the next meeting of her committee to be held on Friday, November 6 in Savannah, Georgia. Charles J, Mus ante Director Chatham-Savannah Defense Council and Hoyle R. Yandle, Area Director will serve as official hosts. Mrs. Robert E . Frankenvield, Coordinator of the Women's Division will have charge of local arrangements and will be ass isted by Mrs. Angus Purvis and Mrs. Nola Roos. Ernest Vandiver, Civil Defense Director of the State will bring the keynote address. State and local Civil Defense Staff mem- HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director NORTHERN AREA NEWS Jerry Cauble, Director M-s. Ruth Kent of WSB-TV is due the thanks of all CD officials for stimulating interest in this important activity with her splendid television shows. They have been most interesting. Dalton, Hartwell, and DeKalb County have already received the fire fighting equipment ordered through Civil Defense on the matching funds basis. suggestions was presented that will enable t-he schools to participate more fully in the CD program of the Metropolitan Area. Each system and each school will designate a CD Coordinator. A most interesting and informative CD exercise was held at Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven in September. Mrs. D. T. Sheffield, Women's Zone Coordinator, presented a test bombing exercise of the hypothetical "City X." Mr. Jack Grantham former Deputy Director of Hapeville, Mrs. Mildred Gilbert, and Mr. Stanley Hastings, Director for DeKalb County assisted with the program. bers will participate in this conference meeting as will representatives of the Women's organi.;. zations. Members of the Women's Advisory Committee who reside in Savannah are Mrs. L. W. Williams Area Representative; Miss Mary W. Wayne, President Colonial Dames of America; Mrs. H. M. Kandel, President Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers Mrs. A. J. Schano, President Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; Mrs. William A. Wexler, Representative of B'Nai B'Rith Women, and Mrs. Raymond M. Kuhr, Representative of National Council of Jewish Women. The Civil Defense display at the Clayton County Fair won second place for manner of presentation. NEW CD DIRECTORS The following CD Directors The Civil Defense Directors of the cities of Georgia having a population of 100,000 or over M-s. Sarah Padgett, CD Director for Griffin arranged one of the largest exhibitions in the state for the Spalding County Fair. It stimulated CD activity in a lot of the prominent citizens. were newly appointed: NEWNAN, Mr Clifford Glover BLAffiSVllLE, Mr. Ed Swartz CEDARTOWN, Mr. Joseph Haire ROYSTON, Mr. R. K. Burnett JACKSON, Mr. Rufus Adams held a meeting August 21 in the Georgia Control Center in Atlanta to talk over their problems and give each other the benefit of their individual experiences. The state staff, including Area Directors were present to comment The Franklin County Fair had NEW GOC SUPERVISORS when called upon. The meeting was voted very a nice CD exhibit arranged by Director Fred Weldon of Lavonia. DAWSONVILLE, Mr. John Payne CHATSWORTH, Mr. Wyatt Mullinux HIWASSEE, Mr. Henry Hedden beneficial and they will plan to meet again in November, this time in Columbus. In a CD program for schools held recently by Director Elliott Jackson of Atlanta a group of BLAffiSVILLE, Mr. C. R. Collins BLUE RIDGE~ Mr. W. L. Bowen HAS your family been trained m YOUNG HARRIS, Dean Robert Andress emergency life-saving measures? 2 OCTOBER, 1953 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT NO POLITICS lany new faces will he seen m the mayor's chairs about the State of Georgia when the new year starts , but fortunately Civil Defense is non-political, and this should not disturb the CD setup in any community. The CD organization should have absolutely the best !J1en in the city in its layout, and a change in city government is no signal for a change in Civil Defense . The CD Director is a representative of The Governor. Two views of the emergency engineering demonstration ot Georgia Tech meeting of Wa ter and Sanitary Engineers Assn., Sept. 24, 1953. Fire trucks and rescue tru ck all obtained through Civil Defense on matching fund basis. ENGINEERING DEMONSTRATION A demonstraLion or emergency engineering equipment that might be used in a CD emergen cy was held September 24 in Atlanta. The equipment was displaye d in connection with Georgia Tech's Annual Water Works School and was held at The Atlanta Water Works Reservo ir. Credit for the s uccessful demons tr ation which was seen by more than five hundred people duri ng the afternoon, must be give n to the Atla nta Water Works l'vl!mager, Mr. Paul Weir , who worked closely with Col. William Kerns, Engineer for The State Department of Defense, a nd Mr. Earl Mader, Regional Engi neer for the Federal Civil Defense Admi n is t r a t i o n . Included m the display was 1,000 feet of light weight steel pipe with miscellaneous fittings and valves, and an emergency water purification plant with its 3,000 gallon nylon storage tank. These items were part of the emergency equipment stockpiled by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, near Atlanta. Also on display was a Civil Defense rescue truck which was generously loaned by the Tennessee Civil Defense Department to the Ge orgia Civil Defense Division, because Georgia's rescue trucks have not as yet been delivered. The Georgia Power Company displayed its emergency transformer truck, and the Telephone Company had an extremely interesting display of its emergency repair WHERE A DHOWTO ENROLL IN THE GROU D OBSERVER CORPS You can enroll at your nearest Civil Defense Offi ce or you may contact a U.S. Air Force Filter Center or Observation Post near your home. Just make known your willingness to serve. JOIN TODAY Contact your local Civil Defense Director. HAVE yo u learned the simple steps your famil y should take to protect yourselves against germ and biological warfare? equipment. The Atlanta Gas Company was on hand with an impressive array of mobile construction and repair vehicles as well as the Atlanta Water Works, who displayed a variety of emer~~;ency Pquipment available for restoration of water service in the event of an emergency. The Fire Departments of Atlanta, Dalton and DeKalh County participated by pumping water into and out of the emergency pipe line. Atlanta Fire Department furnished its 1,000 gallon pumper and its rescue ambulance. Dalton sent its new 750 gallon Civil Defense pumper to the demonstration as did DeKalh County. Both of these Civil Defense pumpers were obtained under the Civil Defense Matching Funds Program last fiscal year. OC TOSE R, 1953 3 THE ALERT---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAMS SAYS LET'S CAP RESCUES FLIER FIGURE IT OVER AGAIN Following the Soviet H Bomb test Gladstone Williams writing in "The Atlanta Constitution " of August 24, says, "Questions of mome ntous bearinp; have been pose d by this development." Decribing, on the bas is of current informa tion, the nature of the horrible catastrophe which may fa ce us, he points out that "obvious ly our CD program is not geared to cope with any such disaster. "One reason for the public and governmental apathy on the subject is the tremendous cost of an adequate CD program. The public has not been made fully conscious of the dangers involved. . It has been estimated that it would require an an outlay of at least three billion dollars to organize an adequate CD program. But whatever the cost, whether it be three billion or ten, the price would be cheap if it is capable of saving the lives of millions of our people and minimizing the property damage that would res ult. T he Soviet announcement should be enough to make us take new stock of the CD situation.'' HA VE you taken a regular Red Cross First-Aid or Home Nursing Course? This training will be invaluable in an emergency ! DO you give blood re gularly? Blood is vital in any emergency in peace or war! HAVE you asked your local CD warden to arrange for neighborhood discussi on of home defense? Emergency water pipe Iine and some of the emergency vehicles. Continued from Pose and supplies required, indicating that to come from Federal stockpile, and h. Any additional data which would be of assistance in determining whether the situation constitutes a "major disaster" and the type and extent of Federai assistance nee essary. * * * * * * " (The above information should be kept immediately available for ready reference. Should a community of this state be subjected to a major natural disaster, the local Civil Defense Director r.an save much time and expedite action in obtaining relief by furnishing the State Civil Defense Agency, at the earliest practicable instance, with as much of the information listed above as may be available to him.) T he Georgia Wing of the C ivilian Air Patrol held an Air Rescue problem at St. Simons Island, Ga., on September 18-2D. About forty privately owned airplanes participated in the exercise and about 300 pilots and cadets. The problem involved the disappearance of a Navy jet fighter on its way from Albany to Savannah and the civilian pilots searched thoroughly every square mile of the territory within sixty miles of St. Simons. When the parachute of the jet pilot was finally spotted it was west of Waycross, sixty miles away from the base of operations. Air Rescue Service officials from Montgome.y were well pleased with the problem, giving it a rating of 116/ 150 which is the best that has been done in this region on that type of proble .n. The Civil Air Patrol aids Civil Defense as well as the Air Force in case of enemy attack, and may be used on Important missions in case of natural disaster requiring the use of Civil Defense. Colonel Lex Benton of Atlanta is cvmmander of the CAP wing in Georgia HAV~E---y--o-u---p-r-e-p--a-r-e-d---y-o-u-r home and your family against enemy attack? THE DIRECTOR SAYS: {Continued from Page 1) upon its goods, and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." a8 ' su tr+V sa1J eJq 11 A11 SJaA1u r. eu.r a1 8J oao JO A+l J aA1~~ au. 1 UCI+J oS a ~ u u.ox3 ~ +JlO 6LZ: "ON J!WUtd o~ 'o,uoi'Y ns OIYd 3~Yl. S0d Tn ~>g, d ' 99. J> "3"S o~ 'o,uoi'Y 'r;JAy "'DiapajUOj "3 656 UO!S!A!O asual"O I!A!j asu"l"O O ,uaw,Jodaa / THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vandiver. State Director I Vol. 3, No. 11 Atlanta, Ga. November, 1953 VANDIV ER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CIVIL DEFt=NSE DIRECTORS Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAY S . . . T he t ime has come when, if America is to survive, we must have a complete reexamination of our defenses, both military and c iv i l . L iv ing within our income is an admirable desire, however, in order to enjoy that happy privilege, it is first necessary to live. The deve lopment of Thermo-nuclear we apons by potential enemies make it mandatory that we reevaluate, res tudy and revise our entire Civil Defense structure. The possibility of evacuation of our c ities must now be studied and seriously considered. T he Congress of the United State s, the Legislatures of the various States, and our cities must give top priority to Civil Defe nse, if we are to be spared utter destruction. Our defenses Continued on Page 4 The National Association of Civil Defense Directors held their Annual Conference in Washington, D.C ., on the lst and 2nd of Octore r. This Association is composed of t he forty-eight State Directors; Seven Directors of our Territories and Possessions ; and, the Director of the District of Columbia. The attendance at this conference was the largest since the Association was organized three years ago. Several of our Nation's top-leve l policy make rs address ed the Association and gave interesting and informat ive talks on the national llnd international situation. Georgia was highly honored by the election of our State Director, Ernest Vandiver, as President of the Association for the next year. The fine job Georgia is doing in Civil Defense was instrumental in Mr. Vandiver being elected to this hight position. AIR FORCE HOLDS GOC CONFERENCE The Air Defense Command held a two day conference at their Headquarters at Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the 9th and lOth of November. T he thirty-six States participating in the Ground Ob server Corps Program; the District of Columbia; and , Alaska were represented. Also, present was the entire Staff of the Air Defense Command; representatives from the Federal Civil Defense Administration; representatives of of the Secretary of the Air Force Office; and down through channels to include each State GOC Coordinator. In all, about 80 people connected with the overall air defense of our country were on hand to inform a nd answer questions of the thirty-eight Directors. Ernest Vandiver, State of Geor- Civil Defense Dire ctor attended t his meeting and was accompanied by his Ass istant, Lt. Col. Charles T . White, and Major Thomas W. Turbiville, GOC Coordinator for Georgia. General Va nd iver, being P res ident of t he National Association of Civil Defense Directors, presided at' this Conference. After the conference , Vandiver praiaed the Air F orce for the outstanding cooperat ion given the Directors, and state d that it was the best Ground Obs ~rver Corps meeting the Association has had. The chances are that things will get "hot" in Civil Defense in Washington during the next session. Adminis trator Peterson is thinking of asking Congress for $650,000,000 for Civil Defense next fiscal year. Since Russia's H bomb explosion th is request is likely to get serious consideration. THE ALERT--------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE GEORG.IA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFE SE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Con federate Ave. S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T . WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS . JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator Women's Activities JACK L . GRANTHAM Communication Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director iA SERVICE II~ ; I II ~---- 1 II II L I KANSAS CITY MEETING A meeting of the Un ited States Civil Defense Council was held at Kansas City on Oct. 30 to Nov. l. This is an organization made up of Civil Defense Directors of the larger cities, but invitations were: also given to the State CD Directors. The principle topics for discuss ion at this session were: "The Red Cross and Civil Defense" "The Matching Fund Program" "Evacuation in Case of an Alert" "Communications Planning" "Air Defense and the G.O.C." "Medical Aspects of CD" "Conelrad" The conference was attended by Deputy Director Frank A. Kopf of the Georgia State CD office, and Directors Elliott Jackson of Atlanta and Charles Musante of Savannah. H you were a communist, wouldn't you argue that too much money is being spent on Civil Defense? Do y ou know anybody who is putting out that kind of rot? 2 This is the new rescue trailer tliat has been offered to cities by FCDA for about $4,000, half of which may be obtained under the matching funds plan. RESCUE TRAILER NOW AVAILABLE FOR $4,000 The F.C.D.A. now has bids from the Watson Automotive Equipment Company for a rescue trailer that has practically everything that the rescue truck has, and it has been quoted at $4,000. H secured under the matching f1nds plan this would cost the city purchasing it only $2,000. It can be towed by a ny commercial vehicle or heavy automobile. It has an all steel body construction and has a gross weight of 5400 lbs. Cities desiring to secure one of these this fiscal year should have their Civil Defense Director contact the State Director right away. MONDAY RADIO DRILLS FIRE WATCH The State Civil Defense Disaster Net Communications drills Rre again being held each Monday evening from 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on l 789.5 kc. These drills are established to train operating personnel in the handling of messages during an emergency. Stations on the Disaster Net are located in Athens, Atlanta, Albany, Augusta, Brunswick, Columbus, LRGrange, Macon, Rome, Savannah, and Civil Air Patrol Mobile, at Marietta. The stations are manned by licensed amateur radio operators and volunteers from various civic A totai of 350 registered Civil Defense police and fire auxiliaries patrolled the. residential area of ,\1oses Lake, Washington on a 24-hour fire watch for a week recently. Fires set by an unknown arsonist, recently, resulting in $300,000 damage, necessitated the watch from September 26 to October 3rd. The volunteers operated under the direction of Allen Miller, recently appointed civil defense coordinator for Moses Lake. groups. Hams who want to help in this should contact the Civil Defense Director of their city. NOVEMBER, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT AIR DEFENSE FACTS STATE WELFARE EMERGENCY WELFARE Major T. W. T urbiville Beginning, we hope with the CONFERENCE The newly formed Emergency CONFERENCE next issue this column will start publishing a list of the cities and cou'nties in the state that are not participating in the Ground Observer Corps. This will not be done to point the finger at a ny group or community, but rather to continue with the policy of keeping ' interested persons informed of the progre~s of our Air Defense System. Knowledge is power, and perhaps the people who can and will form GOC posts in the communities who now lack them, are not cognizant of the Welfare Services Advisory Committee held its first meeting on Octtober 15 at the State Welfare Department. Ernest Vandiver, State Civil Defense Director explained the need for Civil Defense and outlined the Georgia Plan of Civil Defense. Emergency Welfare Services in Georgia was presented by Phil Cawthon, Deputy Director, Emergency Welfare Services. Miss Eleanor Pryor, State Supervisor, School Lunch Program discussed the Emergency Feeding Annex A Regional Conference on Civil Defense Emergency Welfare Services was held in Jacksonville, Florida on 1 and 2 Octoher, 1953. Karl Reiser, Region lii Welfare Officer, called the meeting in order that public welfare workers who are participating in Civil Defense activities might exchange information concerning the responsibility of state directors of Emergency Welfare Services. Also, the conference was held to coordinate and integrate into the Emergency Welfare Ser- facts . An A-Bomb or H-Bomb attack is not a pleasant problem to face. Americans read in their slick paper magazines about New York and other large cities being under attack, and look casually at the flami ng illu_strations, but there is a morbid unreality about all this. Maga z ines, newspapers, and other periodicals can be folded up - or thrown in the trash - the radio or televis ion set can be turned off so we won't have to listen to the truth. Civil Defense meetings ca n be ignored. But -- this doesn't change th e facts and - the facts are these : America has lost it's defe ns es of earlier times - distance and geography. They are lost , irrevocably and forever. which she and her committee developed. John Russell, Southeastern Area Director, American Red Cross Dis~ster Service explained the role of the American Red Cross in Emergency Mass Care. The role of State Departments and statewide organizations in Emergency Welfare Services was discussed by Karl Reiser, Regional Officer, Federal Civil Defense Administration. The next meeting will be held m about two months at which time committees appointed by Phil Cawthon will make reports. in a small town or rural community. These are targets too! Civil Defense is an individual vices program, State Departments and agencies. John Hurley from Mass Care Section, Emergency Welfare Services, Federal Civil Defense Administration, discussed federal planning and answered many questions posed by the members. Mr. Hurley emphasized the need for surveys and planning in order to develop a basic organization to do the job. Phil Cawthon, State Department of Public Welfare, Welborn Ellis, Fulton County Department of Public Welfare and !VIrs. John G. Lewis, Coordinator of Women's Activities, State Civil Defense Division, participated in the Conference representing Georgia. Thes e defens es have been conquered by the intercontinental responsibility of everyone of us. It is helping your neighbor - the IT COULD HAPPEN HERE bomber, capable of flying in next town - the next city and the prac t ica lly a ny kind of weather, next state. H and when an attack One carefully aimed atomic over any kind of terrain - and comes -- there probably will be no blow from the skies could bring then dropp ing its load of bombs state or county borders - we will the United States to its knees. on a target that it doesn't even be one nation, fighting for survi- Multiply that by several well have to see ! val. That is why it is so impor- placed, well timed bomb runs and T he bomb bay may not contain tant to establish adequate warning the picture becomes progressively an A-Bomb or an H-Bomb. It of enemy attack. The Ground Ob- worse - disruption of transporta- could , a nd c onceivably will be, a server in Georgia is just as im- tion, a cut-off of food supplies, bomb containing millions of high- portant as the Ground Observer in loss of manufacturing power, and ly destructive germs. The Rus- St. Paul, Minnesota. The whole the limited inability to retaliate. s ians are extremely conscious of object is to keep the skies, all The importance of the Ground Ob- the stre ngth and potential of our over the United States clear. You, server Corps as a defense wea- farmers and rural communities. The as an individual can help where- pon for safe-guarding our country des truction of crops and rural communities could cripple us. Do ever you are. See your Civil Defen~e Director today. He needs against Russian aerial attack cannot be overestimated. You can not be deluded into a false sense you! The State of Georgia needs combat the lurking danger by of security just because you live you! America needs you! joining the GOC now! NOVEMBER, 1953 3 CHANGE IN TOURNIQUET USE The Federal Civil Defense Administration ha s recommended a change in civil defense first-aid training on the use of tourniquets t o stop dangerous bleeding. FCDA now says that a tourniquet should not be re leased regardless of how long it has been applied, except by a physician who is prepared to c ontrol bleeding by other means to replace blood volume. F ormer practice was to release a tourniquet at 15 to 30 minute intervals. The new civil defense practice follows recommendations made by the Committee on Surgery of the National Research Council. The Committee recommended that: (l) A tourniquet should be used only for life-endangering hemorrhage that cannot be controlled by other means; (2) It is preferable to risk gangrene in a badly damaged limb than to jeopardize life from hemorrhage by removing the tourniquet. The Committee also found that a properly applied tourniquet may be left undisturbed for three or four hours with little risk of gangrene. KOPF REAPPOINTED Deputy Director of Civil Defense for the State of Georgia, Frank A. Kopf has again been a ppointed t o the National Security Commission, one of the National Standing Committees of the American Legion. He will serve on the Civil Defense Committee of this Commission. His term expires in 1956. Colonel Ford FULL TIME COORDINATOR Atlanta has another full-time Civil Defense worker new. It is It is Colonel Charles M. Ford, Jr., for many years an employee of the city in the clerk's office, and also a member of the National Guard. His job will be CD Emergency Welfare Coordinator. He was a pilot in WW IJ with 86 support missions to his credit, and in the Korean fraeas he was a group commander of the 3d Bombardment Wing. Colonel Ford will be directly under Wellborn R. Ellis, Administrator for the Fulton County Public We Hare Department, and Director of We Hare in the Metropolitan Area Civil Defense or8lnization. His appointment followed the resignation of several prominent Atlanta business men who were working in the Welfare Service as volunteers. They complained that they were getting no co-operation ~ ' SU +V s 1..:n1..z q r -: r.n .: .; c:' 1u 6lZ ' 0 N '!WH~d 'D!) 'o,uoi'Y OIYd 3!>Y~S0d Tn ~og ,d '99 ' ~ ':)as 'D!) 'D.UDI'Y '3'S aAy aoJapaluo;:, '3 6S6 uo! S!A!O asua1aa I!A!;) asua1aa 10 uawpodaa 3/ :::;- THE Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vandiver. State Director Atlanta, Ga. January, 1954 Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... An effective civil defense program is a strong force for peace! There is no inconsistency in this state ment. And, it is not based on the fact that civil defense has already in its short life proved itself an invaluable life and property saver in peacetime disasters such as floods, storms, fires, and earthquakes. The objective of our foreign pol icy is to do away with war. We are striving to build up our defenses to t he point where they will be so strong that no potential enemy will dare test them. A strong civil defense is a major part of this deterrent program. Civil defense, then, like a strong arm ed force, is not just a shield but a sword. It can actually help hold the enemy at bay. If the enemy knows that he can demoralize us by an a ll-out attack on the home front; See THE DIRECTOR, Page 4 SAVANNAH CATHOLIC WOMEN IN CIVIL DEFENSE The women of the Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan Council, which is the Georgia Divis ion of the National Council of Catholic Women and made up of ninety-six organizations in all parts of the State are active in the Civil Defense program. 1\ts. A. J. Schano of Savannah is the able president and Mrs. George J. Gun- ning of Atlanta. is the immediate past president. In August Mrs. Joseph J. Dembowski. Diocesan Civil Defense Chairman outlined a ten point program of activities as follows: l. Contact your local Civil Defense office and offer the services of your organization. Then work in coopt:ration with this authority. 2. Appoint a strong Civil Defense Committee. The Chairman should attend deanery or district council meetings in order to bring Civil Defense information to her group and report the participation of her organization. 3. Launch the Civil Defense participation program within your organization at a public gathering with representatives of the various publicity media present. 4. Alert the membership of your organization to Civil Defense needs. Register members who are prepared to participate and those who des ire tmining. 5. Urge all members to see that every member of their family, their friends and neighbors avail themselves of every bit of Civil Defense training offered, such as Red Cross first aid classes, home fire-fighting classes, home nursing classes, and the like. Insist that all be typed for blood donors or in case of injury for necessary transfusions. 6. Promote Civil Defense activities through forums, speeches, individual contacts. 7. Schedule at least five minutes at every organization meeti ng in which to spotlight official Civil Defe nse activities. 8. In order that all members of your organization and their families may be registered, make this service available at monthly meetings, also securing blanks for dog tags. 9. Keep before your organization the fobr major principles of Civil Defense, namely: a. A well informed public b. A trained Civil Defe nse Corps c. Adequate tools to do the Job d. A High State of National Readiness 10. Be truly Catholic in every phase of Civil Defense work. Know your religion. Be ready to explain it or bring its consolation to those to whom you may minister in a disaster. See every sufferer or homeless p erson as your brother in Christ. Show in every action that a good Catholic is a good citizen. A check last month indicated that the members of this organization are striving toward the realization of this program. not only to be informed themselves, but to see that every person within their reach may know exactly what to do if an attack comes. We are most grateful for the interest of the Catholic Women and hope other groups will become active in Civil Defense either as an organization or individuals. THE ALERT--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEORG.IA ALERT Pub/ isheel monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave. S.E. ERI'lEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communication Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area D/rector HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Dir'!ctor HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area D /rector THESE PEOPLE KNOW Two persons who took part in nuclear detonations, one involving the first A-bomb used in combat and the other the first H-homh test, recently made these comments: On October 20, Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane which carried the A-bomb to Hiroshima, said: "Civil defense is the only chance of survival against the atomic bomb." On November 11, Thomas E. Murray, AEC Commissioner, said: "This matter of survival has been specially on my mind since a year ago when I participated in our thermonuclear testing in the far Pacific. From that time I knew that man's survival must he planned for and worked for and not just lightly taken for granted as in the past." The oldest and the youngest Civil Defense plane spotters in the nation work at the same GOC post in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., reports the Associated Press. They are Calvin W. Miller, 86 year old retired carpenter, and Ronnie Barker, 7, a second grade pupil. SIX REASONS Six reasons why American people are dragging their heels on Civil Defense were given by Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator in a talk to Legion Department Commanders and Adjutants at their fall conference. l. Most people are a little hit lazy about doing what they need to do today to get ready for tomorrow. 2. All of us are hoping and praying there won't he a third World War. 3. People are wishing so hard t.hat there won't he another war that they are mistaking the wish for a fact. 4. Many people believe that the destruction from an atomic bombing would he so great they couldn't do anything about it anyway, so why try. 5. About 75 per cent of the people seem to believe that the armed forces could stop enemy bombers from getting through, in spite of the fact the the armed forces have repeatedly warned that they couldn't stop all attacking planes. 6. America has not felt the foot of an invader since 1815, and many Americans just can't believe our country could he attacked. Until those six things are modified, softened or eliminated, we aren't going to get an adequate Civil DefeP"'e for the United States, Peterson predicted. Personal counseling to the affected people of a disaster area is one of the greatest needs, said Barnet F. Landstreet, FCDA Director of Evacuation speaking to the Georgia Conference of Social Welfare at Savannah. Since the south is rather short of psychiatrists most of the comforting and advising will probably have to he done by ministers, priests, and rabbis. Pete D. Craig has been appointed Regional Public Mfairs officer to succeed Pat Kelly. He has been in government service since 1943, starting with the War Labor Board. He has just finished the Administrative course at Olney. COLUMBUS GETS FUNDS The city of Columbus had a severe tornado April 18, 1953 which totally destroyed over 5{)() homes, and damaged a thousand more. It also blew down thousands of big trees with untold value, and destroyed a considerable amount of public property, including schools. Efforts of the city government and Governor Herman Talmadge to get this declared a major natural disaster at the time were futile, although home owners were finally allowed to borrow money to replace the ir homes at a reduced rate. On the eve of President Dwight Eisenhower's trip to Augusta to play golf during the Thanksgiving holidays he allotted S175,000 to help pay the cost of the emergency repairs and labor that was occasioned by the tornado. Mr. Henry H. Hutchison of the FCDA Budget and Fiscal Office in Washington held a conference in Columbus in December to facilitate the payment of these funds. The School District will get the biggest share of the money, some $124,0001 the City of Columbus will receive $44,000 for the labor used in debris clearance, and the county of Muscogee will receive about $6,000 to reimburse them for part of the money they spent on the project. A course in Civil Defense Operations will be offered for the first time at the Staff College in Olney the week beginning Feb. 15. It is open only to those who have had the course in CD Administration or had its equivalent in experience. Those desiring to take either course should notify State Director, Ernest Vandiver and he will arrange enrollment. No char~e for tuition. "Farmers are an essential link in biological warfare defense" said veterinarian Dr. Frank Todd address- ing the Southern Veterinary Medical Association in Atlanta. "They are in the best position to spot the first sign of trouble." New diseases and unusually heavy cases of any disease should be reported to the nearest veterinarian. 2 JANUARY, 1954 EVACUATION BOARD MEETS T he second meeting of the State Civil Defense Evacuation Board called by Phil Cawthon, Deputy Direc tor Emergency Welfare Services was held on December 15th in the State Control Center. Attending were Karl Reiser, Regional Welfare Officer, FCDA; Harold Parker, State We lfare Department; Dr. L. M. Pe- trie, Deputy Director Health and Me dical Services ; Col. T. D. House, Deputy Director Engineering and Rescue Services; Walter McDonald, Tra nsportation and Utilities; Mrs. John G. Lewis, Coordinator of Women's Activities. Col. Charles M. Ford, Jr., Deputy Director Emergen- cy We lfare Services and Capt. L. B. Eas on, Evacuation Officer both of Atlanta Metropolitan Area were present as observe rs. ''Evacuation of Civilians" an Army Training Film was shownfollowed by a discussion of the functions of an evacuation board , ev acuation assumptions, state organization, resources and records, state responsibility to local organizations, and coordination. Before the next meeting, January 26, 1954 at 2:30 P.M., Directors of all Services are requested to name re presentatives for the Evacuation Board. Critical target and target cities are also invited to send representatives should they wish to do s o. T he Conelrad system was tested all over the country on Septe mber 16 in the early hours of the morning. It was declared to be a success. Two of Atlanta's radi o stations went on 640 or 1240 kc. In a recent speech FCDA Administrator Val Peterson mentioned the figure $650 million as the cost of our CD program. Most newspapers interpreted this to mean that he would ask this amount of the next Congress. He later explained that this is the over-all cost of what is now on the boards, and that it would be spread over several years. The a mount to be requested this year will be nearer S 125 million. J ANUARY, 1954 ACT NOW ON YOUR PATRIOTIC HOME DEFENSE P LEDGE REMEMBER THAT A TRAINED, ALERT AMERICA IS A MIGHTY FORCE FOR PEACE THE ALERT HAVE you begun your training for one of the active CD services in your community? HAVE you posted the CD Air Raid Alert Card in your home and office? DO you carry the Alert Card in your pocket? DO you hold regular practice alerts at home? HAVE you equipped the most protected place you can find in or near your home for an air-raid shelter ? HAVE you learned how to mini- mize danger of injury in an atomic attack? HAVE you prepared an 'Emergency First-Aid Kit for your home for use in peace or war? DO you practice fireproof housekeeping? HAVE you learned to fight fires in the home? r - - - - - -- -- - - - - -'- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - , I \ J"\Jst One of his P"I-oblem s .I ( t2..dJ~~ ~ 7-'J 3 THE ALERT AIR DEFENSE FACTS Major Thomas W. Turbiville The past year has seen an appreciable growth in the strength of the Georgia Ground Observer Corps. At this, the end of 1953, nearly 75% of the required number of Ground Observer Posts have been formed, and Air Defense Filter Centers in the State are reaching towards their quotas of volunteers. In spite of the obvious need for additional posts however, some localities have not yet spurred their citizens into the necessary effort. It is an incredible thing, that with all the need for skywatchers to supplement the Country's Radar Net, the publicity on radio and TV, the talks and visits by State Officials, the activities and hard work of City and County Civil Defe!lse Directors, that some .. localities continue to evade this responsibility. The formation of Ground Observer Posts every 8 miles in the Sta.te is a very real and necessary thing. Certainly, we all hope that we will never see an enemy aircraft over our soil, but we do not know the Russian intention -- we only know their capability. The bomb can be delivered. Can we afford to take a chance? Every blank spot where a Ground Observer Post does not exist, is a potential approach route for the enemy. It is hoped that in the months to come, those communities who have lagged in the formation of posts, will take the necessary action to form one. To the thousands of Georgia Volunteers, already manning our Ground Observer Posts and Air Defense Filter Centers --- congratulations, and heartfelt thanks for a job well done. .,. ~ .'. "HELP! YOU ARE HEEDED" REMEMBER THAT AD?? The November 7 issue of the "News Letter" carried a boxed display ad which had appeared on the front page, right hand corner of "Niagara Falls Gazette" on two days. It began: "We must have 9 business or industrial executives to take charge of the Administration of Medical Units." The ad even stated that the job would require not over tw:o hours a week Results? One answer - from a man who was a warden in England during World War II. In telling about it in the "Niagara Falls Gazette" of November 18, CD Director M. Bradley N asua1a0 JO ,uaw,Jodaa THE GEORGIA GENERAL LI BRARY :Es ts 1954 De portment of Defense, Civil Defense Di vision, Ernest Vandiver. State Director Atla nta, Ga . Febru ary, 1954 Ernes t Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS .. . T<'day the Ameri can way of life provides the highest standard of liv ing ever enjoyed by any peoplt: in all history. But all of us are prone to take the things we have and the conditions under which we live for granted. We forget that people in many other countries would look upon our everyday conveniences as fabulous luxuries. We forget that the average American makes and poss esses more than ten times as much of the World's goods as the average non-American. America has only one-sixteenth of the world's population and about the same prop ortion of lund and natural resources . But, America has more than one -ha lf of the world's telephone, telegraph and radio networks-more than one-third of the railways-about three-fourths of the Continued on Page 4 PRES I DENT TELLS MAYORS CITY IS FRONT LINE IN ALL FUTURE WARS President Eisenhower made a very pointed talk to the assembled Mayors of the country in December when they had a chance to be briefed on the Civil Defense plans of this country, and to see the pic tures taken of the ''nuclear fus ion device" that was exploded in the Pacific last year. The problem of the city becoming the principal target for a n enemy seeking to conquer the nation, said the President, (means) "We have got to the place where the matte r can no longer he wholly handled by professional or organize d military forc es , and where we must all act together in the operation of any plan necessary for our safety." The P resident continued: " I think it is most easily described or explained by the s imple truth that what would he ne cessary is the readiness of fire departments, hospital and health departments, police departments, sanitation departments-all must be prepared to h~ndle their jobs. ''Now if th e federal governme nt tried to come in to do that, in t hat preparatory period, it would certainly he unwarranted interference an d justifiably resented. As a matter of fact, it would he impossible. We all have jobs. In the carrying out of our job here, we intend to do everything that is reasonable, decent and proper in supporting the cities in mee ting their own proh- le ms . '' . The winning of war- the effe ctive nes s of such things-- is in the heart, in the determination, in the faith. It is in our beliefs- in our country--i n God--evervt hinp; that goes to ma ke up America. ''Now, first of all, then this great problem lies in one that is really outside the rea lm of money and the material preparation. It is in conviction a nd be lief , in readiness and discipline--of those things that need to he done by the population to save itself. It isn't easy. " When a threat is not immediate wit h us, the ordinary American is not particularly anxious to get out and do a drill that he thinks has a little hit of the infantile about it. He possibly sees himself back in primary school, where he had drills, or eva cuating the schoolroom, in case of fire. But there was a very grea t principle there. "Ordered haste will save you and panic will destroy you. So it is, first of a ll , against the incidence of pa nic that we must be prepared. In other words, there must he unders ta nding produced by leadership, inspired leadership--leadership that is una fraid. "In other words, Pearl Harbor was a disaster because it was a surprise. Had everybody been ready and waiting, the attack could not lave been launched." . TilE A L E R T - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPAHTME ~' l' OF O EFE!\S~ CIVIL DEFE NSE DIVISIO r~ 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. ERNEST VANDIVE R Director FRA NK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer 11/ILLIA/;, F. KERNS Engineering Officer MR S. JOH :-4 G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRA:H:'IAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HAfL, 0 X~- + T' 6lZ '0 N J!wad '0!) 'oJUO(J\f OIYd 3~Y~S0d 'S'n ~'S''1'd '99't :>as '3'S 'D!) 'DJUD(J\f a Ay aJoapajUO;) '3 6S6 uo!S!A!Q asuap:oa J!A!;) asualaa JO ,uawpodaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vandiver. State Director Vol. 4, No. 3 Atlanta, Ga. March, 1954 Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... The time has come when, if Americ a is to survive, we must have a comp lete reexamination of our defe nse s, both military and civil. Living within our income is an admirable desire, however, in order to enjoy that happy privilege, it is first necessary to live. The developme nt of thermo-nuclear weapons by potential enemies make it mandatory that we reevaluate, restudy, and revise our entire civil defense structure. The Congress of the United States, the Legislatures of the various States, and our cities must give top priority to civil defense, if we are to be spared utter destruction. T he Congress and the Military Experts emphasize the super-structure of our security and neglect its very foundation -the individual citize n. America can create the greatest of military machines; develop the ulti- mate in defense production; stop in- flation and win every round of the diplomatic game and still lose the next war-unless the very heart of the entire effort gets behind it. I am talking about an informed and organized, trained and protected pub- lic in every hamlet, town and city in the country. A public that knows what we are up against in an atomic war-what can happen and why-what to do if it does happen-what is at stake and why it must stand fast and fight, with the fury that only an America is capable of-a public which has been told and knows in its heart that it is the really impor- tant part of our whole national de- fense effort. I am delighted that President Eisenhower is revamping the government's policy on secret data so that the individual can be better informed. The informed members of Congress should know that we cannot win a war without the public, without the whole-hearted support of the individ- ual citizen. The military strategists know it, the production experts know it-everybody knows it but the public, and apparently most of the Con- gress. Every Congressman and every Senator has the opportunity to obtain tienfonrruamtl_aoutniaoa1 so1.nutahtew. nNbatyi onal our ma1n.1d1. talnry- e pe1ts :i f 'Wasliin~'6n. But, evident- ! they arei dot'l hkiJg advantage of these briefings or they would not act as they do about civil defense. The citizens of America must demand that their Congressmen and their Senators learn more about the Na- tional and International situation as it really exists-more about the potentialities of the nuclear and thermo~nu clear devices-and particularly, about civil defense. Until this is done and until the people are certain that everything possible is being done to protect them and their families against catastrophe on the home front through an adequate civil defense program, this country will be ripe to lose the next war if the enemy starts it. Quite obviously the Congress has failed to recognize or admit what the home front and public would be up against in another war. This is not an easy fact to face but one which should have been recognized many, many months ago. There is no better evidence of the soundness of civil defens e than the money and efforts expended on it by the States and Cities, the Press, and the people during the past three years. Yet the Congress ignored those appropriations and efforts, and broke faith with the States and Cities and the more than three million civil defense volunteers who have sacrificed a great deal to take part in active civil defense work. The Congress has been told repeatedly that this country is in grave danger right now and has bee n for a long time. That danger of war and attack on our cities will become more acute as the weeks go by. They must realize that civil defense is not something they can "fiddle and fumble" with over the next few years. It is a job that must be done right now. We have been buying precious time in Korea and by our strong Continued on Page 4 THE ALERT-----------------------------..,..---------~~- THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director JACK GRANTHAM ATTENDS FIRST OPERATIONS COURSE Jack Grantham, State Communications Coordinator, is a graduate of the first Federal Civil Defense Operation Training Course completed in Olney, Maryland, February 19. l\1r. Grantham pointed out that this course is helpful in acquainting the Civil Defense Director and his staff with the magnitude of problems confronting a city in its defense planning. He further says, that it will be helpful in causing the students to recognize the problems and breaking them down into manageable parts. The course also is designed to familiarize the students with the types of support resources available to a city Director and means of obtaining them, and the importance of the development of an advance plan for ope rational purposes. It is definitely proven in this course that every city and the State should have many map solution exercises before they attempt to hold a field exercise. We intend to encourage and help with this type training as much as possible. VANDIVER PEPS UP CD IN S~ W. GEORGIA Gen_eral Ernest Vandiver visited Southwestern Georgia recently and was accorded a fine reception at all.. points .Addresses were made before civic groups and officials enroute in six cities: Hawkinsville, Fitzgerald, Tifton, Valdosta, Quitman and Albany, with roadside conferences in several towns intervening. Broad. casts were made of the talks with the view of reaching as many people as possible, and enabling many for the first time to lear~ of the CD program. The State Director of Civil Defense is spending some time in the field assisting the Area men in spotlighting the matter of Defense of all communities and has stirred our people to a renewed effort and better understanding of the aims and need for the CD program. The support now coming from Women's Clubs, PTA Organizations, Home Demonstration Groups, Boy Scouts and many other organizations is reassuring to everyone. It is manifest that we must have an arousing of all persons in leadership positions if we are to do the job. The turnover in Directors is a source of constant worry to the officials due to lack of concern from the city authorities. It is quite apparent that if the Mayors are sold on Civil Defense and manifest the proper interest, the Directors stay put and attempt to carry on the job assigned. The apathy of the American people continues to be a stumbling block in the path of success of the CD Program. AIR DEFENSE FACTS Major Thomas W. Turbiville The Russians are continuing the expans ion of their long range air arm, in both numbers and quality of planes. The latest additions to their already huge fleet is, (1) the Tupolev 200, with six turbo-prop engines, a wing span of 236 feet (6 feet more than our B-36), a maximum speed of 465 miles per hour and a range of 4,800 miles; (2) the llyushkin 38, EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS ACTIVE IN Cl'iiL DEFENSE Mrs. Ethel Moncrief of Columbus, G~~nd Worthy Matron of the Grand Chapter of Georgia Order of the Eastern Star says that participation in civil defense activities is one of the most important duties of her members as citizens. She has appointed Mrs. Gene Berkey Goslee of Atlanta to serve as State Civil Defense chairman and has requested each worthy matron to appoint a chairman for her chapter; Mrs. Goslee, Mrs. Agnes Martin, Warner Robins, and Mrs. Vondell Carson, Augusta who make up the State Committee, have developed a seven step procedure of work and report form which, along with a Civil Defense kit, has been sent to the chairman of each chapter. When reports are made at Grand Chapter in June they will reveal that this organization has made a very worthwhile contribution not only to its own members b.ut to the community, State and Nati{)n as well. Mrs. Moncrief and Mrs. Eva Richardson, immediate past Grand Worthy Matron represent Grand Chapter of Georgia O.E.S. on the State Women's Advisory Committee for Civil Defense. This experience with a civil defense prowam in the Eastern Star will be of great value in planning with Director Vandiver for effective work all over the State. with four jet engines, a length of 132 feet, a wing span of 168 feet, a ceiling of 50,000 feet, a maximum speed of 480 miles per hour and a range of 3,000 miles. More than 400 of these air craft are reported to be in the northern provinces of the U.S.S.R. Their combined range puts us in a vulnerable spot on the Russian tactical map. With departure points from Russian airfields on the Chukotski Peninsula in Siberia and around the city of Murmansk, they could range from the northern states as far south as Atlanta! Let the skeptics and the repeaters of pious platitudes think this one over. 2 MARCH, 1954 I : - RESC UE TRUCKS TO BE MANUFACTURED LOCALLY THE ALERT The State Civil Defense Division has undertaken the task of making local procurement of rescue vehicles unde r the Federal Matching Funds Program. Bids were received by the State Civil Defense Engineer for the purcha s e of chassis, ,ho1d:f ana tools, the latter part of F lihruary, and' pur- chase orders are pre s'e'ntly'in p rocess for vehicles alreally approved. T he price of the locally procured ve hi cles complete and F.O.B. At- lanta is less than $8,400 as compared to the federal procurement price of approximately $9,050 deliv- ered to Georgia. Thus the net saving to the taxpayers is approximately $650.00 per unit plus the fact that a much more rapid delivery can he ef- fec ted. An arrangement has been worked out with the State Purchasing De- partment whereby the State can make the purc hases for any interested Ge orgia community, providing the community will deposit with the State Treasurer funds to cover the city 'g; share of the cost. T he initial order placed by the Sta te will be for six units which are des tined for each of the five Highway Department District Offices and one to he stationed at Civil Defense He adquarters. In addition, the City of Savannah is negotiating with the State CD Division to place their or- der for a rescue vehicle locally. Al- so, the prospec ts are bright for an early order from the City of Dalton. DUCK OR SCRAM? In the face of the likelihood that we ma y have a bit more warning of an air attack than we first counte d upon, those responsible for the the plans in Civil Defense have be gun to think maybe we ought to cha nge our actions from "duck and cover" to "grab a bite and scram." A meetin g was called for state dire ctors in this region to meet at Jacksonville on l\llarch 4 to talk this th ing over, and the results of the de liberations will he made known at the meeting of The Association of lv. ARCH, 1954 ~ Ready;Willing and PBrfectly Able! AIR BASE TO MAJOR U. S. CITIES NEW YORK Nou 1 . . .16 SEATTLE ......... . .. 9 WASHINGTON, D.C.. 16 CHICAGO .. .. .... . . .U DETROIT ..... . ......U PORTLAND.... ., ... : 9 SAN FRANCISCO .... 11 LOS ANGELES . . . ... 12 MINNEAPOLIS ...... 13 SPOKANE .. 9 THUII Alii: MAXIMUM FLYING nMIIS 1 Red planes o re now capable of bombing'a9 U. S. cities in a single day! THAT'S NO IDLE THREAT! Our governmen t has warned that about 1000 SoViet bombers stand ready to strike the United States at a moment's notice. And strike -they can, should the "Cold War" turn " Hot." ' No city, town or farm is'safe from the Red raiders; no man, WOIJ\811 or child free from the threat of falling bombs. If not detected, Russian bombers could raise liavoc in the United States. ' THEY CAN BE SPOnED! Sometimes the R~ leaders talk sweet-sometimes tough. But so long ios "the Iron Curtain still erista, the inrer,;ational situa tion could turn dangerous overnight. Our Air Force and ,Anny Anti-Aircraft personnel are on 24 hours alert, ready to challe~ge any unknown aircraft in the sky. They are doing a wonderful job and growing stronger. But they need your help! .Our radar is effective only againat high flying aircraft. Should enemy bombers come in low, they could reach their target without being detected by radar. YOU CAN HELP! Your eyes and ears are needed to report low flying enemy planes. They must be detected to be stopped. You can do that job in the Ground Observer Corps. Join the more than 250,000 civilian voluntaer plane spotters who are now serving 2 hours a week. Two hours a week is little enough time to spend to earn your right to stay, free. Don't wait till it's too late! Show that you're ready, willing and perfectly able to serve your country in time of need. J?in the GroUild -.Observer Corps today! Keep your eye on the sky in the GROUND OBSERVER CORPS State Civil De fe nse Directors which w.i'll he held in Washi ngton be ginning March 22. The recent new concept of the CD a uth'orities regardi ng the question' of evacuation preparations and dispersal lias had considera ble publicity: from several CD direct ors and is being given s erious thought. In New York State the Commission has requested all target city CD directors to consider th e feas ibility of evacuation of the public prior to an impending enemy attack, a nd to report their decis ion to the Commission prior to an inte nsive stud y of ways and means to accomplish this evacuation. Emphasis is placed, however, on the fact that there is yet no assuranc e tha t a ny extended warning time is available or when it might become a vailable, a nd the present pol icy for the public to take immediate shelter on the alert will prevail. It should he noted that FCDA, like the .Y. Sta te CD Commission, leaves the de c is ion whether or not to a tte mpt public evacuation to the individual CD director of the city involved. In Louisiana, Ma yor Clyde Flint of Shreveport, addre s sing CD leaders from several par is hes a nd newsmen s uggested camps be s e t up in the neighborhood of Shre veport and other cities for the urban population to go to in time of disaster. (Thanks to the " Milwaukee Memo") 3 THE ALERT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL GUARD QUESTION A lot of words are being written and said right now over the role the National Guard is to play in the next conflict. A recent statement by one of President Eisenhower's henchmen, Dr. John A. Hanna, Asst. Secty. of Defense for Manpower, gave the National Guard Army units the job of manning anti-aircraft guns and helping Civil Defense keep traffic straight on the highways and do patrol duty. The National Guard Association is very much opposed to this idea and they want to be right in there fighting with the Army, Navy and Air Force when the chips are down. We don't know just what we will need until the time comes. The chances are that if a sudden attack should come on a large scale, the Regular Army, National Guard, and everybody else available will be in there working with Civil Defense until the debris is cleared away. STATE WARDENS PICKED NEW DIRECTORS MADE SINCE LAST AUGUST The following Civil Defense Directors have been appointed by Governor Herman Talmadge since August 1953. Most of them were former Deputy Directors or otherwise active in the Civil Defense organization:: Mr. Gere Field, Monroe Mr. Joe Cannon, Jr., Dawson Mrs. Marion Sims, Dalton !Vr. George M. McDowell, Athens Mr. Frank Hughes, Adel Mr. R. J. Atkinson, Greenville Mr. W. C. Hemperley, Madison Mr. James H. Scarborough, Rome Mr. George Reynolds, Soperton Mr. R. K. Burnett, Royston Mr. J. L. Castleberry, Lumpkin Mr. Joseph C. Haire, Cedartown Mr. J. C. Jones, Gainesville Mr. George Lloyd, Nahunta Mr. W. K. Meeks, Douglas Mr. M. A. Reid, Zebulon PUBLIC TO SOON SEE PICTURES OF H BOMB THE DIRECTOR SAYS . . . Continued from Page 1 stand against aggression elsewhere in the world. However, we have been wasting that time far more rapidly than we have been using it The people of this country havt been encouraged to ignore the danger that gets blacker by the hour. Because of its recognized leade mhip as a part of the Federal Government, the Congress is looked to by the people to give them positive guidance on what they must do to protect themselves and their homes. Civil defense nationally and locally can never be more than Congress permits it to be by its action and its attitudes. The time to act is now. We cannot vacillate; we cannot hesitate; we cannot turn back. Our defenses must be elastic; yet they must be complete, if we expect to retain ourway of life. My earnest prayer is that every American citizen will do his utmost; we cannot afford to have too little too late. State Director Ernest Vandiver has made Chief Warden appointments to the state buildings around Capitol Square. Mr. F. E. Robinson will handle the capitol building itself, Labor Commissioner Ben T. Huiet am his staff will handle the State Office Building, and Roy Boston of the Health Services will take care of the buildings on the north side of the square. They will select floor wardens and other assistants as needed. Until the new building is finished there will be very little first class space available there. The North American Newspaper Alliance in a Feb. 9 report says the American people soon will be given a startling look at the power of the hydrogen bomb, through the medium of a hitherto-secret motion picture that will be shown on all television networks and offered to all movie houses. The decision to show the film to the public represents a step in the piecemeal program of atomic education which is all that is left of the White House's "Operation Candor," widely heralded last fall. The film, showing test operations at Eniwetok, was first shown to a select group of officials at the White House. Later, it was shown to Congressmen. The decision to unveil the film comes as a major change in civil defense policy and is being l\Urked out as one intended to be handled carefully to avoid public alarm. It is a program to prepare cities to evacuate their inhabitants when they receive an air raid warning. The effectiveness of the evacuation program is hinged to improvements in the radar system and the interception of enemy planes and missiles. gn ' s uatnv Sa1J 'EIJG 11 A ~ 16J8A1U r a41 ti 1 ~J oa '.) JC A+ 1S.J~ l.1U I , a4 1 U01 1 0 a$ 8~UB40X~ ~ +J1'.) 6LZ oN I!WJQd o~ 'oiUOII\f alvd 3!}V1SOd sn ' H'S'1 ' d '99't> ::>Qs 3s o~ 'OIUOII\f 'QA\( QjOJapajUO:) '3 6!i6 uo! S!A!O asualQO I!A!:) QSUQj '3 6S6 uo!S!A!Q asua1aa I!"!:> asua1aa 1o ,uawpodaa v r, r: ~If: AI_ I I 8 RARy ! THE GEORGIA 20 1954 Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vandiver. State Director Vol. 4, No. 5 Atlanta, Ga. May, 1954 I REDS SHOOT ANOTHER H BOMB D.ISASTER NET OPERATORS j: MEET "The Periscope" in Newsweek reports: "It hasn't been announced Thirty-two radio officers and oper- but Japanese scientists have stum ators from the Georgia State Radio bled upon evidence that the Russians exploded a nuclear device about Civil Defense Disaster Net Stations met in Atlanta at the State Civil March 12, which was shortly after Defense Control Center on 4 April the U.S. H-bomb test that dusted the Japanese fishermen. Chemical stud- for the first Civil Defense Radio Operators Workshop to be held in Ernest Vandiver ies of the RADIOACTIVE ash found in the Aichi Prefecture showed that it was basically granite. The Bikini ash from the U.S. explosion was coral rock." Georgia. 'fhe officers and operators were welcomed by Jack L. Grantham, State Coriununications Coordinator and later he led a discussion on the THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... LOOK OUT FOR BOMBS! All law enforcement agencies have been furnished with a des need for Civil Defense and Common ications in disaster. The meeting was then divided into two groups. The operators who are mainly composed of volunteers from I believe that the recent showing cription of two types of atomic the Pilot Clubs of Georgia were led on television of the H-Bomb explo- bombs that may be smuggled into in their session by Mrs. Nell Frazer s ion in the Pacific has done more to this country and placed in places of Col.umbus, Miss Louise Owens of crystalize our thinking and galvanize where they could be discharged by LaGrange, and Miss Laurice Maloof us into constructive action than any radio from a safe distance. of Atlanta. other single happening of our times. One type would take an iron pipe Mrs. John G. Lewis, State Coor The scientists have shown us- about 30 inches long and five to ten dinator of Women's Activities, led a once and for all-that we can no inches in diameter. Two chunks of discussion of the home and office longer escape the ugly implications uranium or plutonium, both of which program. of the air-atomic age. Now we real- are one and one half times as heavy The Radio Officers went into the ize, I think, that personal peril to as lead, would be driven together technical phases of radio operation ourselves and our families is as _real by an explosive charge to set off and were led by M-. R. E. Hawkins, and as immediate as the nearest the atomic explosion. The other Assistant Police Chief and Deputy target area. type would be at least half spherical Director of Civil Defense of La- The Bible tells us, in reference in shape, with the uranium being Grange. to the citadels of the spirit, that "a driven toward the center of the Everyone had a very good time city on a hill cannot be hid." We sphere by explosive charges on the with box lunches being served on know that this is also true of our surface. A chunk of uranium the size grounds. great urban centers of today. We of an indoor baseball would weigh know that there is no place to hide about fifty pounds. H we never need what we learn in from this new danger-no place Report any such objects to the Civil Defense we lose nothing. where we cannot be reached directly police or the F.B.I., don't handle If we never learn what we need, Continued on Poge 4 the matter yourself. we lose everything. TilE A L E R T - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - ~E1 GEORGIA ALERT I ;ublished monthly by the DEPARTME NT OF DEFE SE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISIOr~ 959 E. Confederate Ave., S. E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOH N G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities J JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HA RRY l.J. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YA i~D LE ___Southeastern Area Director .._ RESCUE SCHOOL IN JUNE There will be a Regional llescue Institute held at Nashville, Tenn., on June 3 and 4, 1954 for the benefit of all seven of the southeastern states. Items on the program are: Aims and objectives of the Rescue Program. Rescue training. Rescue tools and equipment. (Contribution program). Rescue operations in natural disasters. Demonstration of rescue vehicle. Rescue planning and research. Rescue in industry. People from Georgia cities desiring to attend should write to Georgia office of Civil Defense, 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. There is no charge except for meals and lodging. CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE LEAVING WASHINGTON "The Federal Diary" reports that the Federal Civil Defense office is moving out of Washington. This has been planned for months, and 500 err.ployees will be given ''moving plans" in the near futur e. The age ncy will continue to operate a small office there with 50 to 75 employees. The FCDA office of Region III which was forme rly at Buckhead near Atlanta has been moved to Thomasville in keeping with the plans to keep the centers of control away from critical target cities. Instead of taking a hint from the people who ought to know, some of the big industries continue to expand their enormous plants within great centers of population. They will know better five minutes after the first bomb drops. ADVENTISTS PREPARE At a meeting of Seventh Day Adventist CD leaders in Washington recently it was decided to adopt a platform which calls for the training of every church member in first aid and casualty care . Governor Peterson praised the denomination's efforts in maintaining disaster relief cente rs and the stockpiling of CD supplies. A Lincoln, Nebraska, "Journal" editorial applauds the Seventh Day Adventists for adopting their CD first aid and disaster relief training, and says, "The historic role of the organization in time o.f war will be extended to include every member when or if another national emergency arises. This large body of citizens whose philosophy forbids them to bear arms has been zealous in cultivating other valuable functions, notably first aid." Just before his death General Van- denberg said that even with NIKE and other guided missiles five or six enemy planes out of ten could penetrate our air defenses. In TEXAS a disaster plan for hotels is being distributed by the hotel associ.a.t.i.o..n............... Following an enemy attack there will be two kinds of people. Those who NEE[) belp and those who CA N help. WOMEN AWARDED CD HONORS The Jonesboro Senior Woman's Club, Mrs. N. J. Denton, President and the Marietta Junior Woman's Club, l\tlrs. W. Wyman Pilcher, President were presented Certificates of Achievement at the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs' Convention in Albany in recognition of the outstanding record made in carrying out the State Federation three point plan in Civil Defense, namely in Self-protection, Home-protection and Community-Protection. Certificates were also presented to the club in each district reporting the most outstanding work: SecondTifton Junior Woman's Club, Mrs . Elston L. Johnson, Civil Defense Chairman; Fourth-Jonesboro Wom an's Club, Mrs. John A. Suder, Chair man; Fifth-Sandy Springs Woman's Club, Mrs. F. James Prinz, Chairman; Sixth-Wadley Woman's Club, Miss Sophie Johnson, Chairman; SeventhMarietta Junior Woman's Club, Mrs. Fred Kelley, Chairman; EighthWaycross Junior Woman's Club, Mrs. J. E. Luckie, Chairman; Ninth-Cornelia Woman 's Club, Mrs. Delbert Smith, Chairman; and Tenth-Comer Woman's Club, Mrs. H. J. Whiteheod, Chairman. The Georgia Federation is to be congratulated upon the record mad~ during this two year administration in the Civil Defense progrom which was a majorproject All departments, divisions, and committees have cooperated in carrying out the objec tive of every member and family trained. to t~~e care of themselves in case of disaster. Mrs. Henry Moore of Dahlonega, the new president, pl!.ldge!> ~upport of the Civil Defense progr~m during her administration. Atrophine, the antidote for the new nerve-gas, can now be made artificially from ~trolllum, ilDd enough has already been m!lp lcmd id co~ operation of her staff llnd ll880ciate an d most of all the bllcking of the city official 'l'hili 0 Diroetor had a unique approach In oducating her city fathers to the need for CD in atomic and natural disasters . She believed that the concepts of Civil Defe nse should become a part of all the city's educational and civ\c. Bftl~ grams . Acting on this g Hd~ h~ pe rsis te ptly stimulated all l ill groups to work toward imprqy i!l tp~ community preparednes!'! fqr- ~ny emergency. One of thf! ffi!!HY t!lflk whieh ft@ performed supe rbly W~l'l ~h~ developme qt of th~ Emergency First Aid PrP~mm hj im~oft!mt omm\!I!il prqJes~ was p l!:f ~ i ]t:n ill flfi~f t4!:l fi~P~iH~ fJIJ ~hm: tiy 9 ggng, Gr iffin h s q ~ bl~ B dt:V@lt:\J'l eae of the largest programs of this type in th{l tat~ : The First J\ iq J3gxes s ~ wn BI:W~ are th: r~ql~ of l'l1!l~t fl! ilf' pl a nning ~:~ml s ~ lll!!Hng ef F ir-st Aid materials which were purchased t hrough federal matching funds and l ocal funds. The local Elk's !...,~~ge No. 1207 c ?ntri~~~~~~a gift -;f Sl,OOO to he mai:ched in this purchase. Or. J~c~ AYtin !lnd Dr. Virgil Williams tQg@~h~l' w"tb Mr, Homer Grissom, in flH9!9~~b .t\l}q , .w_orking wit~ Civil D f~q~ C !~Y officials, compiled a l" ~ of materials which would be needed in the event of any form )f e mergency. The ten wooden con- tainers were donated by the Cherokee Cas ket Company and were processed by the city Maintenance Staff. They will he strategically located through- out the city so as to give adequate coverage regardless of what area might he stricken. Griffin as a city bas participated THESE; A.R SOME of the prime movers in securing the community first aid chests for th @ el.ty of Griffin: (Left to right) Elmer George, City Manager, Mrs. Cheste r A. By ars, CD Dtrector, Gerold Cauble, Area Director, Dr. Jock Austin, Dr. 'irgil Williams, CD Medical Servi ~;l!s 1 H.omer Grissom, representative of the B. P . O. E. who sponsored the f!rej!!et ll':vtlry ar s ince 1949 the Ameritlt\ll Tllxi b Association has renew- uti till resolution offering the services of its members to civil defense. There are 70,000 r{ldio equipped cabs n th~ Hi!thm today. They operate @\!t f 8500 company offices. A letl~r just received from the associa- tion reminds CD officials to make sure their basic plans in lude the use of t i{ asualea jO ,uawpodea THE GEORGIA GENERAL LIBRA JUN 22 1954 Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Ernest Vandiver. State Director Vol. 4, No. 6 Atlanta, Ga. JUNE, 1954 j Ernest Vandiver THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... Within the next few days I will resign as Civil Defense Director of the State of Georgia. I wish to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation to a ll t he readers of the Alert for their splendid help and cooperation in our Civil Defense Program during the past three years. As yo u know, Civ il Defense is a ne w dimension in community thinking and pla nning . Civil Defense is truly "everybody's business." T he only way we can educa te our nearly fo ur milli on citizens in this new and vital subject is with the help of patriotic citizens s uch as you. You have do ne an outs tandi ng job as evidenced by the fact that Georgia rates far above any other Southern State in Civil Defense pla nning a nd preparation, and well among the top seve n States in the Nation. Continued on Page 4 Women's Advisors Meet AI Columbus State Civil Defense Director Ernest Vandiver gave the keynote address at the fourth Women's Advisory Committee meeting held in Columbus on May 6. Mr. 13. H. Hardaway, Director of the Columbus Civil Defense organization, served as host to the State-wide meeting. Home Protection was t he feature of the morning session with Mrs . J. T. deJarnette, Region III De puty Administrator for Women's Affairs discussing the Home Protection Exercises. Exercise l. (Preparing Your Shelter) was demonstrated by Mrs. Thomas A. Erwin, Jr. , ofColumbus and Col. William F. Kerns, State E ngineering Officer. Mrs. IVIary Grubbs, Audio-Visual Education Supervisor of the State Department of Education demonstrated Exercises 3 and 4 . (Borne Fire Protection and llome Fire Fighting). Mrs. Sam Gilbert of Hapeville and Mr. Jack Grantham, State Communications Officer demonstrated Exercise 5 (Emergency Action To Save Lives). The role of The Hospital and Community Nurse in Civil Defense was presented at the afternoon session by Miss Margaret Gardner of the Public Health ursing Service and Mrs . Mary McLendon, Director Columbus Hospital School of ursing. !Vlrs. Chester A. I3yars, Civil Defense Director of Griffin and Spalding County discussed Emergency Feeding and displayed models of improvised facilities. Mrs . Gertrude Harris, Chairman of the Women's Advisory Committee who presided over the all day conference announced that llO persons registered representing 22 cities and 31 organizations. Mrs. Helen K. Smothers of Columbus a:1d Mr . Harry U. Jackson, Southwestern Area Director were in charge of local arrangements. The Reverend John Wilson, Mayor Ralph Sayers and Mrs. Charles M. Davis were among others participating on the program. EMERGENCY MASS FEEDING It is suggested that Civil Defense Directors start NOW to enlisting people who are capable and willing of taking a Emergency Mass Feeding course. Such people as Home Economic teachers, Home Economist, Home Demonstration Agents, restaurant owners and others who are connected with the handling of food. The Improvised Feeding Committee of the State Emergency Welfare Services, at its recent meeting developed a plan for assisting local Civil Defense organizations in promoting its emergency feeding program. Very soon there will be available an outline for the Course-as well as a list of materials which will be needed to put on a school in the local community. Miss Eleanor Pryor, chairman of the committee, states that the following persons will be available as instructors, who are trained to give Instructor Courses: Continued on Page 4 THE ALERT----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. ERNEST VANDIVER Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Commun/o;atlons Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director THE SPOKANE WALKOUT Eighty percent of the population of downtown Spokane engaged in the first "walkout" to he held in any of the American cities on April 26. Seventy blocks of the city were cleared in less than fifteen minutes, and ninety percent of the doctors reported to their emergency stations. Spokane Mayor Arthur R. Meehan stated "we have had nothing but high praise on our walkout from both civilians and military. Not one bit of adverse criticism. We are receiving hundreds of letters and phone calls wanting us to prepare plans for a more extensive walkout to he combined with a rideout into the suburbs. In spite of the weather the 15,000 rain soaked people who participated feel it W<\8 well worthwhile." The serious manner in which the public participatP.d indicated that there is no public apathy where there is leadership and organization and Spokane has both in full measure. However, the greatest value of the problem is in the necessary advance preparations of the little businesses, the big businesses, the TV RECRUITING SPOTS Sets of the 10 Television Recruiting Spot-Announcement Films each 20 seconds in length are now being distributed by FCDA to the State Civil Defense Offices. They are apportioned to the State offices according to the number of TV Stations in each State and on the basis of approximately one set of the films for every two stations now on the air. The new spot 'l'V film series is based on the 10 black and white Recruiting Posters previously released by FCDA. Distribution of the series through the State Civil Defense offices instead of directly to stations will allow for greater flexibility in connection with local recruiting situations. City Civil Defense officials, planning recruiting drives in which local television is to be used, can now apply to their State organizations for use of the films when they are most timely. Since each of the ten films is directed to recruiting for a specific Civil Defense service (Warden Service, Transportation Service, Welfare Service, Police Service, Health Service, Staff Service, Engineering Service, Rescue Service, Communications Service, Fire Service), it is suggested that local officials request from the state only those titles for which they are recruiting at the time, rather than for the whole series of ten titles. DO you give blood regularly? Blood is vital in any emergency in peace or war! hotels, the hanks, the department stores, the hospitals, the schoolseach of these groups made a plan even if it wasn't written down. It was an oral plan in many cases-a determination of what to do-who turns off the gas, who locks the doors, who stays behind to prevent looting. "Walkout" created an awareness on the part of the public that safety requires planning, discipline and organization and that each and every inrl ividual has a part. AIR DEFENSE FACTS Major Thomas W. Turbiville Cons iderable emphas is has been placed on obta ining new Ground Observe r P osts t hroughout the State. The hard wor k of General Va ndiver, our State Area Directors , the local City & County Civil Defense Directors a nd the Air Defense Filter Centers has paid off. Only a relatively few posts remain to be organized in the state. WP- face another problem now how- ever, a nd tha t is to increase the number of observers at each post. Many posts have only two or three observers, while others in more thickly populated areas have as many as one hundred and seventyfive observers. The posts with plenty of observers are well equipped for twenty-four hour duty, hut what ahuut the others? The possibility of a deterioration of the international s ituation and subsequent air alerts is an ever present threat. A Ground Observer Post with less than twenty to thirty observer~ is nut adequately equipped for continued operation.. It therefore becomes apparent that each Post Supervisor, each Civil Defense Director and each member of the Air Defense Filter Center must begin to actively and urgently recruit more volunteers. Ohviousl y a post with fifty or more observers does not require more than that. It is simply a matter of training those on hand. Remember, when the real alert is sounded, it will he too late to re cruit and train your neighbor in the next house, on the next street and most of all on the next farm. Start Recruiting now! Each Ground Observer Post has a big responsibility. It cannot he discharged without the proper number of observers. George F. Arnold, President of the U.S. Civil Defense Council speaking in Atlanta last month said the apathy for Civil Defense is not in the public, hut in the public officials. He saicl they gave CD just enough support to allow it to exist, hut not enough to make it a strong defense. 2 JUNE 1954 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ALERT CIVIL DEFENSE OPERATION RIDEOIIT S. F. SEES RAY OF HOPE IN ATLANTA SCHOOLS By Elliott ]acks on One of the most important programs in the Metropolitan Atlanta Civil Defense effort is that being promoted in the public schools. At the beginning of the school year, each of the seven school system s uperintendents designated a Civil Defense Coordinator and through t hese coordinators we have attempted to project the school program outlined in the FCDA Manual "Civil Defense in Schools," and the Georgia State Manual "Civil Defense Manual: Georgia Schools." This program has been ,;upplemented by a s eparate and distinct program in the P .T.A., and together, they have provided a well balanced program for tht: school community. The first major item in any school program should be the designation a nd marking of adequate shelter areas and the organization of a good warden service for the orderly movement of the children to and from these areas. This has been accomplished in the Metropolitan Area in a most satisfactory manner. However, organization and plans must be tested for efficiency and effectivenes"' a nd we have had three Area-wide Air Ra id Warning exercises for this purposP during the year. Our first exercise was held on December 7, 1953, the anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the first testing of the newly installed air raid warning sirens. Of course, the sounding of the sirens was something new and t here was much enthusiasm in the first test and all reports indicate that we had practically 100% particip ation. This exercise called for every child in every school in the t our-county Area to move to a previously designated shelter area at the sound of "W11rning Red" on the sirens. Fifteen minutes later the " All Clear" was given and the pupils moved back to their rooms in a we ll-disciplined manner. The P.T.A. organization had a representative in each school during the first test and they gave a most favorable r~port on the efficiency of this exercise. ''Operation Rideout," will be hel'd in Bremerton, Washington June 24th. Director M. E. Cornelius pla ns the evacuation of residents of Bremerton, to take place coincidentally with the evacuation of approximately 12,000 workers of the navy yard. All the people will abandon the city with the exception of hospital personnel and patients, and one person at each home and place of business, for security purposes. Busses, tr.ucks, ferries, private cars and all other available Il)eans of transportation will be utilized. No one will walk. The evacuation is planned to require an hour and a half. Executive Order No. 10529, entitled "Participation by Federal Employees in State and Local Civil Defense Pre-emergency Training Programs," which with certain restrictions authorizes federal employees to participate in Civil Defense training and exercises without loss of pay, leave or other privileges and affords protection against injury sustained during such training or exercises was issued by the White House on 22 April, 1954. On 30 April the President authorized and directed Federal agencies and their employees to participate in the nationwide CPX exercise on June 14-15. A memorandum from the CD authorities will allow th ~ federal employee to get off at this time. Since December 7, we have had two other exercises-one on February 26 and another on May 18-both as successful as the first. However, on the last two we had the Atlanta Board of Education Radio Station broadcast an Alert two minutes before the sirens sounded and this gave those schools beyond the range of a siren an opportunity to ready an improvised alarm system. While sirens are highly desirable in any air raid exercise, some of our most effective drills are held in schools beyond the range of a siren and by the use of improvised warning devices timed to coincide with the actual soundinr of the siren. The Honorable Elmer E. Robinson, President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Mayor of the city of SanFrancisco wrote to Governor Val Peterson following a meeting of the mayors in Washington showing that there is a ray of hope for the big cities in spite of the coming of the H bomb. He stated in part: "First, it is evident that sensational early reports of the blast, fire and radiation effects of the H-bomb were greatly exaggerated. Like all other bombs, the H-bomb has definite limitations. It will not kill everyone and everything for hundreds of miles around. As with the A-bomb, there are measures which the average citizen can take to save himself and his family. ~'Second, the H-bomb has not come as a surprise to Civil Defense planners. The Federal Civil Defense Administration has always taken into account the possibility of larger bombs than the A-bomb which destroyed Hiroshima. For the past year and a half, Federal authorities have been working on modifications of the original U.S. Civil Defense program which would provide increased protection against the increasing danger brought about by the hydrogen wea- pons. "The success of the new Civil De- fense strategy of evacuation depends upon two factors: (l) the assurance of earlier warning from the military a nd (2) the full cooperation of the target cities, their officials and all their citizens in preparing and testing adequate dispersal plans which will remove most people from the immediate danger area. "The early warning system now under construction by the Air Force in northern Canada and elsewhere when completed, will eventually provide from 2 to 6 hours notice of approaching attack. This additional warning time is of little or no value to the people unless tested dispersal plans are ready in each city to make use of the time for survival purposes." HAS your family been trained m emergency life-saving measures? J U NE 1954 3 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT IS CIVIL DEFENSE? (Borrowedfrom Oregon) Civil defense is the housewife, cleaning the attic. It is the country doctor, organizing a mobile first-aid team. It is the s chool teacher, adapting fire drills to other emergencies. It is the father, showing his son how to make a splint. Civil defense is the mayor, explaining why his town must help other communities if disaster comes. It is the utilities worker, locating a broken gas main. It is the fireman, training auxiliaries. It is the grocery store manager, displaying emergency food supplies. It is the farmer, donating a pint of blood. Civil defense is the editor, writing a series of articles on air raid precautions. It is the ham radio operator, contacting an isolated city. It is the high school boy, testing a fire extinguisher. It is the laundry driver, learning to convert his truck to an ambulance. It is the welfare worker, making a stove from brick and tin cans. Civil defense is the city engineer, cataloging heavy equipment-the phychologist, studying panic-the building superintendent, marking shelter areas. It is a positive-as positive as the word, "Prepare." The civil defense movement is based on the premis e that our vast oceans have been reduced to streams and that America is now vulnerable to a hundred atomic Pearl Harbors. Civil defense is a calm, steady approach for conditioning people DIRECTORS GET INSIDE LOOK Deputy Director Frank A. Kopf attended a conference of state and city Civil Defense directors in Washington the firstweek in l'vlay at which organization of the FCDA was explained, and new ideas to be incorporated in forthcoming bulletins were discussed. The group was also given an inside look into the operation of FCDA and the National Government as it would be in time of war, and under the threat of a bombing attack. State directors were present from Ariz ona, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Hhode Island, and the city directors from Uirmingham, Chicago, Detroit, and Worcester. Chrysler automobiles are now made with the Civil Defense frequencies 640 and 1240, clearly markedon the radio dial. In case of attack these two are the only channels that will be used for broadcasting. Spokane held a "walk out" preceeding a simulated atomic bombing in April. Thousands got out of the city without a casualty. Time Magazine says: "If nothing else, the test proved that Civil Defense is no more obsolete than the instinct of self preservation. against the mental and physical shock that would accompany an attack on our cities. It is your home, your children, your backyard-and civil defense is you, preparing for any emergency. With an effective program we will have the confidence to face whatever may come and the knowledge we need to protect ourselves. THE DIRECTOR SAYS Continued from Page 1 Space will not permit me to go into detail on the accomplishments of the fourteen services that make up Civil Defense, but I can assure you that many thousand ma n hours of work by my Staff a nd thousands of volunteer civil defense workers has been done . I pray God that we w'ill never have to use this passive defense that we are building, but in the event of an enemy attack, my prayer is that we will be ready. Continued from Page 1 Miss Nellie Boyd, Agricultural Extension Service, Athens; Mrs. Chester A. Byars, Griffin and Spalding County Civil Defense, Griffin; Mrs. J. Horace Clark, Georgia Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, Atlanta; Miss Margaret Dykes, State Department ofPublic Health, Atlanta; Miss Lucy Edwards, State Department of Education, Albany; Mrs . Frances Harper, Georgia Power Company, Atlanta; IVlrs. John G. Lewis, State Department of Defense, Atlanta; Miss Martha McKay, State Department of Public Health, Macon; 1\-'lrs. Huth Morrison, Fulton County Health Department, Atlanta; Mrs. S. C. Stukes, American National Red Cross, Decatur. If you are interested in having such a course in your community, you can contact one of these instructors direct or write ~~. Phil Cawthon, Deputy Director of Emergency Welfare Service, State Capitol, Atlanta, or State Civil Defense Office, 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E., Atlanta. a~ ' GUati+V SClJJ eJq11 A+1SJ & ~1 U 0. Cl tjl l'IJ Jo an JO A11S J 9A 1U G Bql U01+J as e~ue4JX 3 ~ +Jl~ 6LZ: "ON 4!WHid o~ ' D4UD1Pf OIVd 3!lV.lSOd s n .,as " H~"1"d '99~r "3"S o~ 'o,uoi4V 'aAy a4oapaluo:> "3 6S6 uo!S!A!Q asua1aa I!A!:> asua1aa 1o 1uawpodaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Atlanta, Ga. July, 1954 Governor Peterson Speaks To Atlanta Civil Defense Corps George J. Hearn T E DIRECTOR SAYS - - Having been ac tive in Civil Defense in my home town of Monroe for the past few years, I deem it a great cha llenge in assuming the position of Civil Defense Director for Georgia. I go into this treme ndous task with humility and the prayer that every citize n of our great State will do his part in making our home as safe as possible from a n aggressor. Civil Defense is more than a plan and an organization. It is an awarenes s upon the part of the entire civilian population, that in emerge ncies, both in war and in peace, our safety depends a great deal upon how much we help ourse lves and our neighbors . T he great destructive power of the at om and hydrogen bomb might temporarily paralyze an entire community. Aid then would have to come from neighboring communities. Too Continued on Page 4 Atlanta was honored by a visit from Federal Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson on June 7 a nd 8. He made several appearances on various programs, but the main event was a luncheon of the Kiwanis Club on Tuesday. Here he gave an inspired talk that enthused the 450 listeners and gave them a new vision of Civil Defense. Governor Peterson showed that it is entirely within Russia's capability to bomb our cities, that they do have the H bomb, and that our interceptors were incapable of bringing down a great number of the invaders. He stated that an attempt to ruin our industry by killing off the people who operate it was a logical one for them to assume. Although the old golden text of CD, "Duck and Cover" is obsolete near the ground zero of an H bomb burst, it still could be a very good rule to follow in the fringe area, and since one never knows in just what area he will find himself, it is better to duck than to seek no protection at all. The best solution of all , he said, is to just not be there when the bomb falls. He told about the effort the Air Force is making to advance the warning time, so that all cities would have upwards of two hours of advance notice of an invasion. H that much time is given, the "walkout" or "rideout" method of evading the bomb is practical. It is a matter of "dig, disperse, or die." In practice dispersals it is OK to leave someone behind to guard the cash register, he said, but when the chips are down and the real alert comes, someone will have to make up their mind whether they would rather watch the cash register and run the risk of being vaporized, or leave the money and evacuate. Governor Peterson visited the bomb-proof state control center while in the in the city, as well as other CD installations. In case of a bombing, you will not be able to get a doctor by calling for one on the telephone. They will all be busy at the temporary hospitals and aid stations. Even serious emergency cases will have to be carted off to where -the doctors are. Mr. and Mrs . Jere Field of Monroe are due recognition for their hard work in getting the Civil Defense organization of that city going. At a recent staff meeting there were 60 present. They have a complete disaster plan, from block wardens up. Civil Defense is com mon sense. se yo ur head, don't lose it. Leningrad and Moscow are the only H-bomb targets in Russia. THE ALERT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT'S NEW IN NORTH GEORGIA CIVIL DEFENSE THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPAHTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director By ferry Cauble 1 Since accepting the CD directorship in Augusta, Mrs. G. W. Freiberg has I accomplished phenonemal results. After surveying the situation, she immediately contacted !\1ayor Hugh L. Hamilton and other city officials. With their cooperation she was able to launch a rebuilding program in CD. The various services which compose the basic structure of CD had to be FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director developed. First among those is the warning system. It was inadequate; therefore a survey was made to determine the number and location of the CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer sirens necessary for adequate coverage. A temporary warning system was set up (fire and police sirens were used). In keeping with the responsibilities WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director of the fire and police in CD, plans were made for training reserve and auxiliary units. Emergency highway signs were placed. This ;"~formation was posted and publ;cized. The director's objective for the coming year is to purchase through Federal Matching Funds enough sirens to adequately cover the Augusta area. The proposed training of Auxiliary Fire and Police units began in April. Among Mrs. Freiberg's most active services is the Communications Service under Mr. F. A. (Goat) Saxon. (His nickname is used here so that those along the Ham Channels will recognize him). Mr. Saxon has been on the CD staff from the beginning of the program some three years ago. When Augusta..'ras designated as one of the disaster net stations for Georgia, Mr. Saxon worked extremely hard in developing one of the finest stations in the state. Modifications and improvements will be in order this coming year in the form of new radio equipment and installation of stand-by power equipment. Together with ADVENTISTS ACTIVE IN CD Mrs. Freiberg they will work on modifictaions of the control center. All the. existing ham and commercial equipment such as taxis, Forestry units, and Seventh-Day Adventists leaders Civil Air Patrol will be utilized. report progress in a program to Eight GOC posts have been established in Augusta and Richmond County. make the denomination's 3,000 White's Department Store in Augusta has given excellent cooperation through churches in North America cen- its personnel and facilities. Fifty-five blocks of the downtown area have ters for casualty care in a dis- been surveyed for shelter area. This represents about 98 percent. Signs ,,,;11 aster. The Church's civil defense be posted designating shelter spaces. program was authorized at its quad- Children in the Richmond County area will receive the maximum protection rennial world convention in 1950. under a new plan adopted by the Board of Education. They will be trained for Since then, delegates to this year's self-protection. The identification program (dog tags) is to be initiated next sessions in San Francis co were told, school year. 18,000 instructors have been trained Mrs. Freiberg informs me that stockpiling of First Aid materials in each in first aid and welfare agencies of school is being developed. Plans for moving First Aid stations and personnel the church have stockpiled food, to disaster areas and the evacuation of the citizens of Augusta is proposed clothing and disaster kits at 300 for future plans to be processed before 1955. welfare centers. After many months of pla nning and conferences, Mrs. Freiberg and her as- Texas welfare societies of the sociates in Medical Services have designated 12 Mobile First-Aid Stations church received a citation for out- a nd stockpiling for them enough Emergency Medical supplies for 5 to 8 hours standing work in welfare from the of disaster. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa. This stems from their activities at Waco, Texas, last year The most outstanding thing to be accomplished by this group is the Emergency Hospital Unit to be secured on matching funds. The director, the mayor and city councilmen, and others are to be congratulated on being farsighted when, with the Red Cross, they supplied food, clothing and bedding to tornado victims. enough to take this important step in the protection of their citizens. This will be the first of its type in the State, and I am sure that Dr. P . P. Volpitto and Dr. A. J. Davis will utilize its potentialities to the utmost. The Red Cross officers and Hev. Schiling are to be commended for the Just before his death General Vandenberg said that even with N/KE and other guided missiles five or six enemy planes out of ten could penetrate our air defenses. quick mutual understanding of the various overlapping responsibilities in natural and atomic disaster. Their problems are varied but their responsibili- ties are the same to the local citizens. Congratulations also to Miss Madeline Maddox of the local TV and radio stations for rendering a much-needed public service in cooperating with Mrs. Freiberg in presenting a public information program to educate the citizens of 2 JULY, 1954 THE ALERT WOMEN'S CLUBS BOOST C.D. MRS. G. W. FREIBERG, CD DIRECTOR OF AU GUSTA, AND HER STAFF reviewing o ne of the weighty problems in the Council Chomber. L toR Sheriff Jomes Plunkett; L. E. Phillips, City Engine er; Sydney Corter, City-County Zoning Cha i rman; Mrs. ::7. W. Freiberg; John Burks, Education Supervisor, County Boord of Education; Gen. C. C. Blonchord, C.:i. at Camp Gordon; Lt. G. 0. Robinson, Augusto CD Pol ice Chief; John C. Wilkerson, Fire Chief of Augusto. WARDENS CONFERENCE Georgia was represented at the Regional Civil Defens e Warden L eadership Conference hel d in Birmingham, Ala bama on th e campus of Birmingham Southern College by Ge neral Frank A. Kopf, J ack L. Grantham, and Mrs . John G. Le wis of the State Civil Defens e Staff; Mrs. Gene Berkey Gos le e, Miss L yd ia W. Guice, Mrs. Earl T. Peck, Ric hard E . Gerrick, G. L. Johnson, J. Sta nley Lewis, and E. E . Po ntius of At lanta; Bill G. Bail ey, Columbus; Mrs. W. F. Bras we ll, Eas t P oint; Mrs. J. W. Cha pman, Hapeville ; Ralph A. De mopoulas, Harold B. Lapp and Roy R. Styles , Savannah. Mrs . J. T. deJarnette , E dgar P . J a mes, Don Hanks a nd Pete Cra ig from the Regiona l Staff a t Thomas ville participated on the progra m. Virgil L. Couch, Director Warden Division, FCDA and P a ul Gerhart, Warden specialist presente d a progra m for esta blishing and operating a local warden service . The pha ses e mphasized were Stimulating In- SOMETHING NEW TO BE ADDED When and if the guarante e d advanced warning time has been made long enough to make disp ersal possible, a new signal, the YELLOW warning will be added to the present RED and WHITE signals. At the YELLOW signal, cons isting of a twenty second blast followed by a forty second silence repeated seven times, the plan previously worked out for the dispersal of th e population of a city will go into effec t. Warning YELLOW is now give n by telephone and radio to CD workers, and by radio to the gen e ral publi c. NO sirens are now sound ed. H a nd w hen the new signal is added, it will mean "dispersal." terest of Citizens in Civil Defe ns e and Recruitment, Wome n a nd the Warden Service and Family Protection Exercises, Tra in ing a nd Tra ining Aids, Maintaining Interest a nd and Activity, Pani c Pre vention a nd Control, Warden in a tural Disasters, and Wardens Relationship to other Civil Defense Services. Augusta and Richmond County t o the necessity of CD. Although this is a voluntee r job, Mrs. Freiberg made over 50 persona l conta cts loc ally, taught 9 F irs t-Aid cl asses (22 hours each ), a tte nded 13 s ta te and loc al CD me etings , a nd received one of the highest ratings give n at the Georgia CD s chool in Athens last year. Orchids to you a nd your assis ta nts, Mrs. Freiberg-!!! Mrs . John G. Lewis of our staff was one of 3,000 delegates attending the General Federation of Women's Clubs' 63rd Annual Convention held in Denver, Colorado, May 31June 4. This international federation with a membership of ll million women has given its support during the past two years to the National Defense and Civil Defense programs. Federal Civil Defense Administrator, Val Peterson addressed the Convention, his subject being "What Next America in National Defense." He pointed out that due to the fact that Russia now has the ability to strike us thewomen of the world will be in the front lines in World War III. It is therefore necessary that women organize and train in order to take care of themselves and their families as well as to help their neighbors. He challenged this body of women to lead the way in learning how to live in peace. Mrs. Lewis who has served as Civil Defense Chairman for the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs reports that one of Denver's Emergency Feeding teams in cooperation with the Colorado and Regional Civil Defense Corps served a luncheon for the Civil Defense Chairmen which gave all an opportunity to get acquainted and exchange plans as well as to meet Administrator Peterson informally. The Georgia Federation of Women's received three national awards, Georgia Juniors received five and M-s. Chester E. Martin of Georgia was elected President of the Southeastern Council. Mrs. Theodore S. Chapman of Illinois who succeeds Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgren as President of the General Federation announced that Civil Defense will be continued as a part of the action program of the federation in the department of Public Affairs with emphasis being given to Home Defense. P e ni cillin a nd insulin were both di sc overed by accident, the A bom b on pur pose. J ULY, 1954 3 THE ALERT HOME DEMONSTRATION GIRLS' STATE HEARS LEWIS THE DIRECTOR SAYS . COUNCIL MEETS AT ATHENS Building Home Found a tions for World Peace was the theme for the program of the Georgia Home Demonstration Council's twenty-ninth annual conference held at the University of Georgia in Athens, June 8-12. Mrs. Lorraine Guild, State Home Demonstration Health and Civil Defense Project Chairman presented a panel of Civil Defense at the General Session, Thursday in the Fine Arts Auditorium for the more than six hundred delegates in.attendance from 47,624 clubs in the State. Mrs. J, T. ON CIVIL DEFENSE Mrs. John G. Lewis, State Coordinator of Women's Activities for Civil Defense addressed the General Assembly of the ninth annual session of Girls' State on Wednesday evening at the Georgia Military Academy in College Park. Her subject was "1m- portance of Preparedness Through Civil Defense." Mrs. Lewis explained the need for civil defense, pointed out that Civil Defense is an extension of existing local and state governmental services, and gave information on self-protection and fam- Continued from Page 1 much stress cannot be placed upon mutual aid between neighbors for rescue work and for housing and feeding the homeless. H bombs fall on America everybody, everywhere in the untouched areas can look upon these homeless and injured and say to themselves, "There but for the grace of God, go I." The military forces are using every device known to modern science to strengthen the country's defense, but no system is infallible. We, as civilians, must be ready too. A community that is prepared will deJarnette, Regional Civil Defense Director of Women's Activities discussed the role of women in Civil Defense, Mrs. Mary Grubbs, AudioVisual Education Director of the State Department of Education demonstrated the Home Protection Exercises concerned with safe food and water in emergencies, anrl Mrs. John G. Lewis, Coordinator of Women's Activities on the State Civil Defense Staff outlined Georgia's Civil fensePlanfor Women'sParticipation. Progress reports on Civil Defense activities were made by clubs and county councils at Miss Lucille Hig- ily preparation for disaster. The three hundred and sixteen young Georgia women showed their keen interest in this very vital subject by participating in the discussion period. They indicated that they will return to their own communities and use their influence in promoting an active Civil Defense organization for the protection of all citizens. Georgia's Girls' State is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Stephen C. Moon, President, as part of the Americanism program and brings together young women interested in learning about government keep the loss of life to a minimum and will dig itself out systematically and without the disastrous effect of panic after the blow has fallen. This is not a short term measure. Until peace again reigns throughout the world, the pattern of American life must include a readiness upon the part of modern minute-men to meet whatever comes and meet it squarely. The Regional Rescue Institute will be held in Nashville, Tenn., on July 29 and 30. Anyone interested in the CD rescue program in the south- ginbotham's workshop and plans were made for greater emphasis on home protection during the coming year. Miss Eddye Ross, Assistant Associate Director Home Demonstra- and politics. They are chosen on the basis of a record of high scholarship, leadership, character and citizenship participation in their schools and communities. eastern states is invited to attend and it is hoped that all of the larger cities will send their rescue chiefs and several of their team captains. Registration should be made direct to tion Work, Agricultural Extension Service commended the clubs for the good record made in Civil Defense activities. Mrs. Millard Lawson of Chatham County was elected President of the State Council and will announce her Question. "When your radio broadcast goes off of the air during an air raid warning, how can you find out what it is all about?" Answer. "Turn your radio dial to either 640 or 1240 (AM not FM). the State Department of Defense, Colonel Fox Director, 103 Cotton States Building, Nashville 3, Tenn. Of course there is no cost attached to the meeting except that of transportation and subsistence. The meetings will be held in the Auditorium of appointment of a Civil Defense Chair- Those are the CONELRAD fre- the War Memoria] Building which is man in the next few da ys. quencies. downtown. ==================================================~~~q+v--================= ================~ sar ~~Q 1 1 ~~1s~a A 1u n a4 1 o ar z ~ oao J /\n ..1 , 1u , eqr UO J ~ OB B~U8 OX 3 i ~J 1 0 6LZ 'ON I!WH~d o~ 'oiUDII'f' alvd 3~VlSOd s n ~'S'l'd '99'~ ~ o~ 'DJUDJIY '3 '$ 'aAy 8IDJ8p8jUO;) '3 6!i6 UO!S!A!Q 8SU8j8Q J!A!;) 8SU8j8Q jO IU8WIJDd8Q THE GEORGIA Department of Oefense, Civi I Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Atlanta, Ga. August, 1954 Radiological Defense School At Georgia Tech George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - - With the shrinkage of space and tim e, with the development of the most lethal weapons ever known to man, the face of war has been drastically altered. Future warfare will not be restricted to the battlefield, nor fought primarily by soldiers at the front, for modern planes, submarines, guided missiles and other deadly devices have made every point in this country vulnerable to sudden attack. Our danger at home is fixed and constant. Right at this moment, every major city in the United States is within reach of Russian bombers. We know that Russia has at omic and hydrogen bombs. We know that Russia has the facilities to wage biological warfare. We know that Russia is supplied with all of the modern gases. So long as those Continued on Page 4 A Regional Conference on Radiological Defense was held at Georgia Institute of Technology on July 8-9 sponsored by .the FCDA Regional Office. State CD and the Atlanta Metropolitan Area CD Organization in cooperation with the Engineering Experiment Station. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee were all represented with a total of 84 including staff and speakers. The delegates gave progress reports on the status of radiological defense training in their own states, and held discussions of problems. The Medical Aspects of !l.adiolog- ical Defense was presented by Dr. H. D. Bruner of Emory University School of Medicine. The Third Army Radiological Program was presented by Capt. George W. Connell, Jr., of the Third Army Headquarters, and the FCDA Instrumentation Program by Radiological Defense Consultant Jack Greene. Discussions on Food and Water Monitoring Techniques and Decontamination was led by W. J , Lacy from Research and Development Laboratory of Ft. Belvoir, Virginia , Field and Personnel Monitoring Techniques and Decontamination by Myron Fair of Oakridge Laboratory, and Atomic Test Operations led by Roscoe Goeke, Radiological Defense Consultant FCDA. Mr. Goeke opened the final discussion on the topic of Radiological Defense Operations and Logistics and Doyle Davis of Oakridge followed with a Calibration Problem-Physical Aspects. Instrument Maintenance and Calibration Devices was presented by John H. Tolan, Research Physicist, Engineering Experiment Station, Georgia Institute of Technology. He outlined the procedure for setting up the service on the state level and demonstrated a device which was designed and constructed as a joint project of the Experiment Station and Special Weapons Section, Medical Services , Georgia Civil Defense. Local Civil Defense Directors and Medical Services Chiefs interested in developing Radiological Defense programs which are more necessary in the light of the hydrogen bomb are advised to contact Robert Byers or R. P. Lewis of the Georgia Health Department, Atlanta, Georgia for information and assistance. Mrs. Grace Bramblett of Atlanta, Grand Worthy Matron, Order of the Eastern Star, Grand Chapter of Georgia has asked Mrs. Gene Berkey Goslee, Atlanta, to serve a second year as Civil Defense Chairman. Mrs. Goslee was the Eastern Star Chairman last year. THE ALERT----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ GOVERNOR TALMADGE AND AIR FORCE PAY TRIBUTE THE GEORGIA ALERT Publishedmonthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director TO THE GEORGIA GROUND OBSERVER CORPS July 14th marks three years of standby duty for the Georgia Ground Observer Corps. The GOC in Georgia started in 1951 with the construction of two Air Defense Filter Centers, one in Atlanta and one in Savannah. Today these Filter Centers are going, efficient concerns and we have over 700 GOC posts. This is a fine record, and well deserves the tribute paid by the Governor. Following is a facsimile of the actual Proclamation. CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer MERMAN E . TALMADGE GOV ERNOR '!fx.erntiir.e ~.e~ntr!m.en:.l: J'Jb:nht GROUND OBSERVER CORPS DAY .JAMES L . BE;NTLEY. .J" , EXECUTIVE: SEC RE TARY JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director A PROCLAMATirn HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director BY THE GOVERNY l.SOd Tn 'H~'Td '99'r :~as 'D!) 'D,UDJ'Y '3 s aAy a'aJapalUO:) '3 6S6 uo!S!A!O asualaa 1!"!:> asualaa lo uawuadaa 3 /~ THE GEORGIA I GE ERAl liBRARY EP 20 1954 Department of Defense, Civi I Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 4, No. 9 Atlanta, Ga. SEPTEMBER, 1954 FIVE RESCUE TRUCKS DELIVERED George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - . Our schools, universities and colle ges have now reopened for the 195455 tenns. Realizing that civil defense is a new dimension in community thought a nd service, our first job is to create an understanding of this new dimens ion and its implications for our survival, individually and as members of a community. We look naturally to our American institutions for leadership in this task. We must look to our educators, from the kindergarten to the university level, to pioneer in helping us build into the educational thought and practices the substance of this new dimension. What is education's role in the devel opment of the national civil defense pc ogram? It falls into two broad categories: (l) effective leadership at the com- Continued on Page 4 Civil Defense Rescue Trucks are rapidly coming off the assembly lines and are being delivered to communities in the State. To date, five trucks have been delivered and four more are scheduled off the line within the next few weeks. DeKalb County received the first unit with Dalton's unit and Savannah's unit following in close order. The next unit was assigned to the State Civil Defense Office and is being manned with personnel from the State National Guard Maintenance Shop. The remaining five units are assigned to the State Highway Department which is in turn assigning one to each of its division offices located at Gainesville, Augusta, Macon, Tifton, and Savannah. The Rescue Trucks are being manufactured by Yancey Brothers of Atlanta.and are mounted on "Big Job" Ford F-700 chassis. The tools and ~quipment are furnished by Times Industrial -Supply Corporation which is the same contractor who furnishes identical tools and equipment on the .government procured vehicles. The unit stationed at the State Defense Office is available for demonstration to all communities interested in procuring one of these valuable vehicles under the Matching Funds Pttogram. Considerable interest has been generated throughout the various American Legion posts in the procurement of rescue vehicles for their respective communities. Proof that it can be done is offered by Post 112, as this patriotic legion post has purchased the Rescue Truck for the City of Dalton, and mans it with a volunteer crew. COMMUNICATIONS Georgia Civil Defense Communications plans have made rapid strides during the last year with the aid of Federal Matching Funds. Over sixty applications were handled for cities throughout the State, with a total Program cost in the amount of $432,977.67. Eight emergency power generators, 511 mobile units, 53 central stations, 17 consoles, 14 towers, 22 portable stations were approved. This equipment is in the process of being installed in Civil Defe nse control centers, fire and police ve- hicles. In addition to the regular freqnency assigned to each police station, all applicants have installed the additional equipment to allow them to contact the next nearest city on another channel. When the installation of all this equipment is completed, it will allow messages to be relayed from one police station to another anywhere in the State. Much interest has been manifested in the Communications Matching Funds Program and even before the 1955 Program gets under way, there is already a considerable back-log of applications to be handled for the coming year. .1 THE ALERT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGIONAL FIRE CONFERENCE AIR DEFENSE FACTS THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director SOUTHEAST GEORGIA By Hoyle R. Yandle Civil Defense interest in Southeast Georgia has reached a new high, and this section of the State is rapidly approaching the time when both rural and urban centers will be organized to cope with any emergency that might arise. It is most heartening to visit in rural areas to discover the almost excited enthusiasm on the part of volunteers who are rendering yeoman service in the Ground Observer Corps program. Substantial progress has been made in securing workers to man the various observation posts throughout this area. Charles j. Musante, CD director for the largest city in the Southeastern area, has perfected an organization in Savannah second to none. His qualities of leadership and his ability to inject this spirit of realism into others has resulted in widespread interest in the defense program in counties and towns adjacent to the Port City. Others who are setting up Civil Defense organizations deserve equal commendation, although these smaller cities are organized primarily to ren- der mobile support to cities like Sa- PLANNED FOR ATLANTA Plans are being made to hold a Regional Civil Defense Fire Fighters Conference in Atlanta, November 4--5. The conference would provide firemen an opportunity to present and discuss freely among themselves their own emergency operational plans, and other aspects of their jobs in Civil Defense. It would also bring to the firemen of the Region an opportunity to meet with the FCDA Washington Staff to get the picture of what is happening on a national scale. A great deal of new factual research data on the development in government and private agencies on various phases of fire defense, thermal effects and other scientific information is now available and will be presented during the Conference. Firemen will also be given an opportunity to inspect and operate new portable pumps, generators, the FCDA fire pumper, and emergency 8" water line. In making the joint announcement, the FCDA Regional Office, the State of Georgia, and the City of Atlanta, state that the printed programs and invitations would be in the mail within the next few days. They also urge every city to have representatives to take advantage of this opportunity. vannah in the event of a major disaster. Among those who are showing a keen interest are: Ronald Windener, the .new director in Lyons; I. Seaman Williams, CD director in Statesboro; M. E. Rivers, capable leader of the defense forces in Metter; Frank 0. Miller, Pembroke, who is also mayor of his city and editor of the local weekly newspaper; Harvey Sapp, Waynesboro; Ben M. Ehrlich, Swainsboro, who keeps in touch with all GOC supervisors and ' volunteer workers in Emanuel County; W. K. (Bill) Meeks, popular American Legion official in Douglas, who has enlisted the active participation of both city and rural leaders in the CD program in Coffee County; Murray Chappell, Dublin, capable director in Laurens County. By Major Thomas W. Turbiville In view of several incidents, 'inquiries and happenings in the past few weeks, a clarification of responsibility for the Ground Observer Corps is indi~ ated. In accordance with agree,ments between various States and the Air Force, State ,and Local Civil Defense Organizations are responsible for .the recruiting ana the resultant administration of volunteers, to man Ground Observer Posts and Air Defense Filter Centers. The Air Force, in turn, is responsible for the training of these volunteers, their indoctrill!ltion into the Air Defense System and the efficient operation of that vast and intricate system. This division of responsibility is most logical. State and local Civil Defense Directors and their personnel are more faml liar with their own towns people, communities, and counties, and are in a much better position in most cases, to obtain comrimnity participation and recruit GOC volunteers, along with other Civil Defense volunteers needed. In any event, the Air Force is not equipped manpower-wise to recruit volunteers and train them and operate the Air Defense System all simultaneously. When Filter Center Training teams ar~ forced to recruit new supervisors and volunteers due to a lack of cooperation or interest, training suffers and the efficiency of your Air Defense System is thus impaired. While all Air Force personnel in the Ground Observer Corps are directed to assist Civil Defense Directors in their recruiting efforts in every possible way, it must be completely understood that the primary responsibility lies with State and local Civil Defense Directors. There is no division of aims in this concept; only a division of responsibility. The ultimate aim, of course is to save American lives in the event of an attack, by having a fully manned, fully trained, efficiently operated Air Defense and Civil Defense System. This obviously cannot be accomplished unless everyone is aware of, and retires his own individual responsi.bility. 2 SEPTEMBER, 1954 THE ALERT MASS FEEDING SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING CIV.IL DEFENSE AUTOMOBILE EMERGENCY KIT Phil Cawthon, Deputy Director of Civil Defense Emergency Welfare Services has been notified by Regional Administrator Harry E. Brown of a joint Army- FCDA Training Program in Emergency Mass Feeding to be he ld at Fort Benning, Georgia, -September 23-21.. Representatives from the Feeding Sections of Mass Care Divisions of Emergency Welfare Services of Civil Defense organizations in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, Canal Zone, Puerto Ric o and th-~ Virgin Islands are eligible to attend this school. The course is a very practical one with instruction covering mess layout for mass feeding; foods to serve; preve ntion of food contamination and poisoning; water purification, waste disposal and sanitation. In case of disaster, natural or manmade, it will be necessary to feed large numbers of people under emerge ncy conditions, therefore, Mr. Cawthon urges Civil Defense directors in every community in Georgia to take advantage of this opportunity and send a representative to this school to get the information and experience needed to organize and train local feeding teams. Organizations such as the Dietetic Association, Home Economics Association, Nutrition Council, Restaurant Association as well as compa nies with Nutritionists on their s taffs, and Publications with food sections will find it advantageous to participate in this conference and are invited to send representatives. The only expense for the course will be meals and lodging which will be available at Fort Benning at a very reasonable price and transportation. Names and addresses of enrollers s hould be sent to Mr. Phil Cawthon, Deputy Director, Civil Defense Emerge ncy Welfare Services, %9 E. Confederate Ave, S.E. Post Office Box 4839, Atlanta 2, Georgia, as soon as possible in order that they may be registered and provided with detailed information concerning when to arrive, what to bring, how to dress, cost of meals and lodging, etc. C. P. WHITING, Director, Albony Civil Defense WHITING IS NEW DIRECTOR AT ALBANY Albany Civil Defense took a new lease on life when Mayor J, W. "Taxi" Smith and the City Commission appointed C. P. Whiting as Director, it was reported by Harry U. Jackson, Southwest Area Director for the State of Georgia. Pete, as everybody calls Mr. Whiting, immediately set about to get the Civil Defense organization moving. Appointing J, P. Watkins, Jr. as his Deputy, the organization got one of the best known and hardest civic workers in Albany. Louis Peacock, local attorney, was selected as Legal Advisor, and the tremendous job of the Public Affairs Division was taken over by James H. Gray, owner and publisher of the Albany Herald and owner of WALB and WALB-TV. At the request of Director Whiting, Mayor Smith called a meeting of the heads of all civic organizations in Albany to act as an Advisory Council. This Council was organized with R. E. McTigue, Chairman; Chester 0. Lee, Vice-Chairman; and Mrs. W. F. McAfee as Secretary. It was decided by the Council to assign each phase of the Civil Defense break-down to a civic club and so in almost one stroke of the pen most civic clubs were given jobs and the memberships of these clubs comprising hundreds of Albanians were tied directly into the over-all Civil Defense organization. Now facing Director Whiting is the training program for the various jobs found in the Civil Defense set up. Fortunately, the American Red Cross Here is a list of items suggested by the St. Louis Office of Civil Defense, for a civil defense automobile e.mergency kit. You may be able to use the idea. Automobile Survival Kit 2 Wool Blankets, 5 Gallons Gasoline, 5 Gallons Water, Pure; 1 Set Coveralls, 1 Sweater, Heavy; 1 Pair Leather Gloves, 1 Pair Work Gloves, 1 Hand Ax, 1 Hunting Knife, 1 Wool Shirt, 1 Khaki Shirt, 1 Pair Wool Trousers, 1 Pair Khaki Trousers, 1 Hand Compass, 1 Hand Saw, 1 Large Screw Driver, 1 Monkey Wrench- Pliers, 1 1 Shotgun and Shells, 1 Tarpaulin, Canvas -7 x 10,3 Pairs Wool Socks, 1 Pair Heavy,. Shoes, Gl; 1 Civil Defense First Aid Kit, 1 Emergency Food Kit (Conned Foods), 1 Roll Toilet Paper, 1 Both Towel, 1 Bar Soap, 1 Jar or Con of Matches, Waterproof; 1 Length Clothesline, 1 Suit Wool Underwear, Long; Fish Hooks and line. In trunk space the items listed above take up less space than would be required by three suitcases. The food should be hardration and canned, and sufficient for three days of subsistence. With few exceptions the materials can be found in the average home and little cash outlay isrequired. Among the towns participating in the Matching Funds program are: Statesboro, Metter, Lyons, Baxley and Alma. has developed an extensive DisasterPreparedness program, but the training of all those key men will still be a huge task. In addition to the job of training these citizens, will be the integration of the Civil Defense program with local activities and functions of the fast growing city, including the Fire Department, Police Department, Engineering and Public Works Departments, Health and Sanitation Departments. With Turner Air Force Base and the largest Marine Depot of Supplies in the eastern part of the United States located at Albany, plans must be coordinated with the Military. There must also be set up a mutual aid program with towns and cities surrounding Albany. Completion of this very extensive program will take the work and help of all Albanians. SEPTEMBER, 1954 3 WOMEN TO MEET AT AUGUSTA NOVEMBER 1OTH Mrs. Gertrude Harris, Chairman, Women's Advisory Committee for Civil Defense is calling a one day meeting of the committee for Wednesday, November 10 in Augusta, Georgia at the Richmond Hotel. Mrs. G. W. Freiberg, Civil Defense Director for Augusta and Richmond County will serve as hostess. Georgia's Civil Defense Director, George J, Hearn, will address this statewide meeting which will he in the form of an informational conference. Local directors will discuss the contribution of women and women's organizations to the community civil defense program. State presidents of women's organizations will bring reports of civil defense accomplishments and plans for civil defense activities during the coming year. Demonstration of Home Protection Exercises will he included in the agenda. Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Freiberg advise that this meeting is not restricted to committee members hut all interested persons over the state are cordially invited to attend and participate, particularly members of women's organizations in and near Augusta and Richmond County. Georgia welcomes Dr. M. M. VanSant, the new Medical Officer for the Third Region. He made a tour of the region when first appointed, and was well pleased with the present condition of Health Services in Georgia. He is planning a Regional Health Conference to he held in the Georgia State Control Center in Atlanta on October 7. J. S. Bonner, Southern Bell Telephone Company official, demonstrates a control box used in the new air raid warning system for buildings to Elliott Jackson, Atlanta ci vi I defense director. CIVITANS SEE BELL & LIGHTS An air raid warning system for buildings was recently demonstrated before the Atlanta Civitan Club by Mo. J, S. Bonner, coordinator of c ivilian defense activities for Southern Bell Telephone Company. "Our Atlanta siren system is an outdoor system," Mr. Bonner said. " It is not designed to penetrate ins ide buildings, especially if they are air-conditioned and therefore kept. tightly closed." The warning system for buildings involves installation of hell and light receiving sets, about the size of a telephone. The set includes a hell and lights of four colors. In case of an attack, a main box located at a central control station would he dialed and the receiving set would ring a signal and light up the color indicating which warning is being .issued. A yellow light would indicate probable attack with time to take cover; a red light would indicate THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... Continued from Page 1 munity level, and (2) participation in civil defense educational and tra in ing programs. The educator, whether ne he an administrator or teacher, has long heen looked upon as a community leader. He sets an example for others to follow in civic affairs. In civil defense, community leadersh ip is the most important element in the enlistment and training of volunteer civil defense corps. Don't wait until others volunteer for civil defense. Enlist in your local civil defense programs now and encourage others to do so. Offer your individual services for the big training job that must he done. C. J, Broome, Jr., editor of tiE Alma Times, is another young CD leader who has installed in his car a twoway radio in order to he in constant touch with police officers, doctors, the local hospital and others in order to render immediate service to tht> state in case of emer,gency. imminent attack with no time and a white light would indicate the allclear. A blue light also is included in the set hut as yet it has not been designated as a particular s ignal. The system was developed by Southern Bell Telephone Company and is now ava ilable. The cost in Atlanta is $80 installation charge and $5.50 monthly service charge for any building in Metropolita n Atlanta. "Every company ought to have the system installed for the protection of the people it is responsible for,'' said Mr. Bonner. an suau.+V SeTJSJq 11 A11 6J aATun e4l ~T ~ JO a8 JO f.+TSJ ATUO a4l 6lt 'ON lfWJ8d o~ 'DJUDIJY sn OIYd 3~Y.lSOd 'H'Il', 'd '99'Jr =s o~ 'DJUDIJV '3 'S 'aAy tiiJDJapaJUO;) '3 6S6 UO!S!A!O tiiSUtlltiiO I!A!;) asuaJaa JO ,uawJJodaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director rr Vol. 4, No. 10 Atlanta, Ga. OCTOBER, 1954 CIVIL DEFENSE RELIEVES EATONTON WATER SHORTAGE George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - The possibility of an unfriendly nation possessing an atom bomb has now become a reality, and hence the urgent need for public education as to the consequences of the use of s uch a bomb on urban centers of population is apparent to all thinking people. Regardless of political be lief, hopes for a better world , or for peace based on rationality, the unfortunate facts of international affa irs make it incumbent upon us to know, to face, and to do something about the facts of possible atomic warfare. Thirty years ago, just after the end of World War I, our then Secretary of War decisively rejected the proposal to develop our military air power. "We'll stick," he said, "to t he army on the ground and the:: battleship on the sea. " Continued on Page 4 Civil Defense forces were called into action recently to relieve a severe water shortage at Eatonton, Georgia. On Thursday, September 9, after a call from the Governor's office to the State Civil Defense office, an emergency pump and three miles of lightweight 8 inch pipe started rolling out of the Federal Warehouse at East Point. The pipe and pump arrived at Eatonton about 4:30 PM, and by 6:00 PM Friday, water was being pumped into Eatonton's dry reservoir. The operation was a joint effort by several of the defense agencies. The pipe and pump was furnished by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. The equipment was transported by the 20lst Ordnance Company, Georgia National Guard, which was called to State active duty by Governor Talmadge for this purpose. T he entire operation was engineP.red and supervised by Colonel William F. Kerns, Engineer, State Department of Defense, and Mr. Jack Grantham, Communications Officer of the State Civil Defense Division. Numerous obstacles were encountered in laying the pipeline, hut all necessary equipment was available by utilizing the emergency equipment on both the State rescue truck and the mobile communications truck, which were rushed to the scene to assist in the elaborate operation. All north-south streets were blocked in .the city except the mnin highway, US 441. In order to cross this highway, a 24 ft. high trestle was constructed of welded 4 inch pipe to carry the water pipe overhead for 40ft. The operation proceeded around the clock until Saturday afternoon when the National Guard and Civil Defense officials returned to Atlanta. Water was drawn from a private lake about two miles west of the city and pumped to the city's filter plant about a mile east of the city. STATE DIRECTOR ATTENDED NATIONAL CD CONFERENCE George J. Hearn, State Director of Civil Defense of Georgia, attended the National Association of State Civil Defense Directors' conference in Chicago on 28-29-30 September, 1954. This was the first National Conference that the newly appointed Civil Defense Director for Georgia had attended. He said that he was pleased with the overall progress of Civil Defense throughout the nation especially with Gec:rgia 's standing. Accompanying General Hearn to the conference were Lieutenant Governor-Elect Ernest Vandiver; General Frank Kopf; Colonel Charles White; Colonel William Kerns; and, Mr. James Williamson of Darien, Ga. THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S, E. GEORGE J . HEARN Dl.rector FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Ollicer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director HARRY U. JACKS ON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director WHAT'S NEW IN NORTH GEORGIA CIVIL DEFENSE By ]erry Cauble The potential of the "A" bomb and the "H" bomb imposes a major responsibility on the part of every city and community in this state. The impact of this responsibility has been absorbed by some city officials and rejected by others. In keeping with the general trend to integrate Civil Defense into every city government, Athens has taken a step toward permanency in its CD structure. The CD Director, Mr. George McDowell, is a person with an engineering background. Mr. McDowe ll has also as a part of his responsibilities the job of real estate appraiser and tax evaluator. Mayor Wells', since CD became activated again in 1951 has given his all-out support. This has been shown by his city's participation in all phases of CD matching funds. Athens now has one of the most modern Fire Departments due to the addition of two new 750 gallon pumpers. Chief Thompson has been one MAYOR JACK WELLS, CD Director; George Me Dowell, and Chief Thompson of Athens, Ga., standing in front of the new 750 gallon pumpers secured to strengthen their Civil Defense. of the most active chiefs in the state qn the promotion of CD Fire Services. Chief Roberts of Police, Mr. Almond of Communications and others have utilized the available CD communications equipment in state alerts. The Air Force can be justly proud of the splendid work of Mrs. Louise Hodgson and Mr. Snow in the estab- lishment of one of the first GOC Posts and the first GOC Spotters Clubs in the Southeast. This group was a model after which the Air Defense Command developed their many student programs in High Schools. As a result of the tremendous job turned in by the mayor, CD officials, and Mrs. Hodgson, the Freedom Foundation's award committee se- lected Athens and Mrs. Hodgson to receive the medal for outstanding community development in CD. Mr. McDowell has been successful in incorporating the Boy Scouts into his program by securing permission to remodel the First Aid Trailer and preparing housing for the emergency generator and the GOC Post. The State Jayce~ 's and the State Retail Grocers Association exemplify the type of thinking and cooperation being presented by many state organizations in underwriting Civil Defense. Mr. Hal Salfin of the Jaycee's and Mr. Gatehouse of the Re- tail Grocers Association have been appointed State Committee chairmen LT. GOVERNOR ELECT FORMER STATE CD DIRECTOR The Staff of the Alert are pleased to announce that our former State Civil Defense Director, Ernest Vandiver, has been elected Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He will take office early in January and serve for four years. Lt. Governor Vandiver knows the problems of civil defense, having served for over four years as State Director, and for one year as President of the National Association of State Civil Defense Directors. The people of Georgia are fortunate in having a man with this background to serve in the second highest office within their gift. We wish him the best of luck in his new office. LEARN CIVIL DEFENSE! JOIN CIVIL DEFENSE! LIVE CIVIL DEFENSE! to coordinate individual community projects. These projects will establish a better understanding of community responsibility in CD. Your Area Director and Major Tom Turbiville want to express their appreciation for the opportunity to appear before numerous state groups last month. 2 OCTOBER, 1954 r THE ALERT WARNING SYSTEM'S PROGRESS Georgia Civil Defense and National Guard forces at work installing emergency pump and pipeline to relieve Eatonton's water shortage. In the picture observing and supervising the installation are: Colonel Harry Brown, FCDA Regional Administrator; General Hearn, State Director of Civil Defense; Lt. Col. Kerns, Engineer, Dept. of Defense; Mr. Davis, superintendent, Eatonton Water Works; Notional Guardsmen and workers from the city of Eatonton. OBSERVATIONS OF THE DIRECTOR The question: "Why Civil Defen8e?" is being replaced by: "Why don't we (our community) have a Civil Defense Organization?" And not too strangely, this question is being asked more and more by women. Women are quick to sense any danger to the home .and their children, and to demand appropriate protective measures. With the President, State and local leaders warning that dangers lurk in the offing, women don't understand the apathy of man. Men, lets wake-up, and not have to some day he very, very sorry. See that you have a good Civil Defense Director, and then help him to organize. (Reprinted from the Tennessee Volunteer) CONELRAD! It's a new word. One you won't find in Webster's Dictionary. It stands for Control of Electromagnetic Radiation. That's the technical meaning. But what it means to you is this-you will be able to continue to receive, via radio, official information and Civil Defense instructions in the event of an enemy attack on our nation. Without CONELRAD all broadcasting and telecasting would normally have to cease in order to prevent enemyplanes from using radio and television waves to guide them to their targets. But with the CONELRAD plan in operation, AM (Standard) radio stations can safely remain on the air at 640 or 1240 kilocycles, to bring you official information and Civil Defense instructions. Remember-in the event of a Civil Defense emergency, for official information and Civil Defense instructions, dial CONELRAD at 640 or 1240 on your AM (Standard) r.adio. NEW DIRECTORS APPOINTED SINCE MAY, 1954 Mr. C. P. Whiting ...................... Albany Mrs. T. C. Storey..................... Ashburn Mr. E. G. McCants ..................... Butler Mr. Hamilton Grant ................ Cedartown Mr. John PurgasoJ:"................Hogansville Capt. Roswell B. Daggett ........ LaGrange Mr. Ronald E. Widener ................ Lyons Mr. W. J. Williamson, Jr.............. McRae Mr. Phil Chandler .............. Milledgeville Mr. Lincoln M. Hicks .......... .. Montezuma Mr. Harvey C. Ellis .............. Oglethorpe Mr. Vickers Neugent ................ Pearson Mr. Clifford Bell ........... . ..... Sandersville Mr. Cecil Johnson Sylvester Major cities in the State are progressing rapidly in the installation of warning systems to alert their population in the event of an attack. Atlanta's system, installed a year ago, has experienced considerable technical difficulty, hut the system is rapidly becoming perfected. Savannah is presently installing an excellent system composed of nine huge federal Thunderbolt sirens. Augusta, Macon, and Columbus have approved application for Federal Matching Funds for the procurement of warning devices. The systems have been designed and tested in these cities. Warning system specialists have been husydesigning and testi g systems throughout the state. The team consists of Mr. Jack Grantham and Colonel William Kerns, who have assisted the various cities in the design of their system and then checked its effectiveness by actually sounding a large truck-mounted sire.n at the various selected locations. Observers with two-way radios have been dispatched to various selected locations throughout the city to report the sound intensity of the siren. Upon completion of the test, tb:: State Civil Defense Division submits a detailed report with recommendations to the local Civil Defense Director which he may use in making the final decision as to the type and number of warning devices required to adequately alert his city. Siren tests have been complet~d in the following cities: Macon, Columbus, Valdosta, Savannah, Cobb County, Clayton County, Atlanta, Athens, Griffin, and Albany. Also, at the request of the FCDA regional office, the Georgia Civil Defense siren testing team has conducted tests in Tallahassee, Florida and Greenville, South Carolina. In the very near future, tests will he arranged for and at the request of the local Civil Defense Director scheduled in the following cities: Rome, LaGrange, Waycross, Brunswick, Dalton, Thomasville, Milledgeville, Gainesville, Moultrie, Americus, Dublin, and Statesboro. OCTOBER, 1954 3 THE ALERT--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIR DEFENSE FACTS Major Thomas W. Turbiville On September I, 1954, General Benjamin W. Chidlaw, formerly the Commander of the Air Defense Command became the Commander of the newly created Continental Defense Command. This new Headquarters at Colorado Springs will be the control point for a unified defense of the United States by all our armed forces. In other words the 48 states will henceforth be regarded as a theater of operations. What caused the formation of this new command? The shocking increase in the ability of the Russians to launch a long range air attack against us. The new Russian T-37 jet bomber does almost everything our new B-52 bomber can do-with one startling new development. It does it on four less jet engines! Yes-in combat range (6 ,000 miles) and speed (600 mph) the Russian bomber is nearly equal to ours. The Russians do not have them in quantity yet-but, more are coming off their production lines every day. When she has enough-look out! We can expect a saturation attack at all altitudes. TbP. Russians do not have 200 airfields within their borders just to practice on, nor is she building her new bombers just to parade over Red Square in Moscow. These things are aimed at us, and anyone who thinks differently has a lot more confidence in Russia than I do. To ignore this situation would be sheer suicide. The leadership in our towns, cities and communities must recognize this and prepare, not only the Ground Observer Corps, but all of Civil Defense as well. THE DIRECTOR SAYS ... Continued from Page 1 That short-sighted decision set this country back a decade in the development of a strong air force and endangered the winning of World War n. Many people agreed with the Secretary of War. We had just fought and won a war to end all wars. What did we want with a new-fangled air force? We finally got our air force, but before we got it our country came closer to losing a war, World War II, than ever before in its history. Civil Defense today is in the same situation as the airplane of thirty years ago. Too many people impulsively and emotionally, without examining the facts, reject civil defense, and as a result our Congress, reflecting the will of the people, give civil defense half-hearted suppoll't. Political parties and officials in representative government must speak the voice ann execute the will of the majority. That is as it should be in a democracy-public will must always be supreme. Whenever the people of America are thoughtful or impulsive, steadfast or vacillating, the legislatures, the Congress, and Washington are thoughtful or impulsive, steadfast or vacillating. But impulsiveness and vacillation in the modern world could spell disaster for democracy. We're faced with two enemies-the threat of communism from without, the threat of thoughtless error from within. Communism does not vacillate. It has never swerved from its avowed purpose of global domination a~d of wiping democracy off the face of the earth. In our country, when it was young, uneducated and primitive, we evolved a few simple and fundamentally sound principles. Although we have surged from philosophical extreme to extreme, those fundamental principles first adopted by our founding fathers have managed to survive. Nothing. ails them that cannot be cured by thoughtful treatment by our people. Most of our internal ills have arisen because we have too often answered vital questions in terms of irresponsible emotionalism. I believe that in our spiritual freedom from fear, and in our American determination to defend all that we have and are, at whatever cost, and the aspirations of all free people as well, there lies our last great hope of peace upon this earth. And I believe that hope will prevail. The power of our individual and collective American faith is limless. It is and always will be the ultimate solution td any ultimate weapon, in any age of peril. Fibber McGee and Old Timer, characters on a popular radio show were given ADC awards for their work on the GOC program on September 14. I ~ William Hoppe, World's Billiard Champion, was awarded a 500-hour certificate for sky-watching at the OP o.>n top of the Walnut Park Plaza Hotel, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hoppe became interested in the GOC while living at the hotel. -e ~ ' suaq~v s a t J'CJQ11 ~~lsJ B Alu n a41 ~1 ~ Joa~ JO r-~rsJ a~ 1u n aq 1 uo1~oas a ue4ox3 i ~J1 D 6 LZ 'ON 'fWAitd 'D~ 'DlUDJlY sn OIYd 3~Y~S0d 'H'i ' 1'd '99 ' J' ';)8 S .,I 'D~ 'DlUDJlY '3 '$ 1 '1tAY ltlDA1tp1tJUO:) '3 6!i6 UO!S!A!Q ltSUitJitQ I!"!:) ltSUitJitQ JO lUitWlADdltQ I LIBRARY 1954 THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civi I Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 4, No. 11 Atlanta, Ga. November, 1954 Peacetime Value of Civil Defense George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS -- The time has come when, if Amer-ica is to survive, we must have a complete re-examination of our defenses, both military and civil. Living within our income is an admirable desire, however, in order to enjoy that happy privilege, it is firstnecessary to live. The development of therm<>-nuclear weapons by potential enemies make it mandatory that we reevaluate, restudy, andrevi se our entire civil defense structure. The Congress . of the United States, the Legislatures of the various States, and our cities must give top priority to civil defense, if we are to be spared utter destruct i on. The Congress and the Military Experts emphasize the super-structure of our security and neglect its Continued on Page 4 Many of our citizens have paid little or no attention to ourCivil Defense program. Others have laughed and scoffed at such a program, while some short-sighted people have actually claimed that it is just a waste of tax-payers money by another government bureau. We recommend to all these groups the case of the Civil Defense and the present drought in Georgia and some of our neighboring states. When the public water supply was exhausted at Eatonton, where did the Governor turn when an appeal for aid was made to him? He asked the State Civil Defense office to furnish several miles of pipe and pumps to provide the necessary water. His request was complied with promptly with an assist from the Georgia National Guard. Other Georgia communities found that the Civil Defense department could render such vital assistance and immediately made similar requests. Bremen, Dallas and several other communities were provided with vital water. South Carolina and North Carolina towns asked Georgia for assistance. These drought stricken areas have seen what Civil Defense workers and equipment can do in an emergency not connected with war or disaster. They have some idea now what this same organization could do in case of enemy attack. May we all wake up to the value and necessity for a well organized Civil Defense program before it is too late. Reprinted from the- Atlanta Metropolitan Herald Thursday, October 21, 1954 FEDERAL AGENCIES ACTIVE IN CIVIL DEFENSE NATIONAL: Five Federal agencies were made responsible on September 8th for specific emergency duties in case of attack. President Eisenhower approved these delegations-the second of a series-by the FCDA. The Secretary of Agriculture is responsible for combatting biological and chemical warfare against animals or crops, preventing and controlling enemy-caused fires in rural areas, and maintaining adequate emergency food supplies for attacked or support areas. The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for designation, use, coordination, and emergency clearance and restoration of highway and street s.ystems, and emergency traffic control. The Secretary of Labor is responsible for the development of a plan to meet CD manpower needs during a CD emergency. The Attorney General is responsible for the protection of penal institutions and the control and use of prisoners and facilities during a CD emergency. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator is responsible for protective standards for new housing construction and temporary shelter in existing housing, planning for the provision of Continued on Page 4 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Cc.nfec/erat& Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS CoorJi!'ator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area DireCtor REGIONAL HEALTH MEETING Dr. M. M. Vansandt, Regional Medical Officer called in representatives from the Health Services of states in Region III on October 7 for a discussion on the medical aspects of the emergency likely to he caused by an H bomb. Result& of the blast in the Pacific were reviewed and previously announced plans for an emergency were altered to fit the new situation. Other Regional representatives present were Colonel Harry Brown, Administrator, and Dial Sweeney, Supply Officer. R. H. Hutcheson of Tennessee and Charles W. Flynn of Mississippi were other state medical officers present. Georgians present were Dr. Lester Petrie, Dr. Edgar Dunstan, Dr. Charles Dowman, Dr. John Chriesherg and Mildred Pryse. Red Cross was represented by John R. Russell and Admiral ~eorge D. Dowling. REGIONAL GROUND OBSERVER CORPS PLANNING CONFERENCE The latest of several annua I Regional Grot.ad Observer Corps Planning Conferences was held in Atlanta at the Henry Grady Hotel on October 12. This was by far the best conference to date. Beside& the several Southeastern States' Civil Defense Directors or their representatives, Filter Center administrative supervisors, ,Air Force officers and special guests, the Air Defense Command and The Advertising Council were well represented. The chairman for the conference, Brigadier General E. W. Suarez of Central Air Defense Force, kept the whole affair running smoothly. Interesting and informative talks were made by Colonel John M. Price of our own 35th Air Division dt Dobbins AFB, Colonel Owen Clarke of Headquarters, United States Air CALLING CAR 391 Force, Colonel Barney Oldfield of NEW CIVIL DEFENSE MANUAL HQ, Air Defense Command, Major 'Car 391 to Atlanta" has become Maurice Morrison of Central Air De- a familiar ring in the ears of the A new civil defense hooklet en- fense Force and Mr. Hector Perrier Georgia State Patrol radio operators titled, "Manual For Georgia Hos- of .the Advertising Council. during the recent weeb. Car 391 is pitals in Civil Defense" has just Major General George J. Hearn the State Civil Defense Communica- been released and is being received our Civil Defense Director welcomed tions Mobile Control Center, and the with enthusiasm throughout the the Conferees to Georgia and one of Communications Coordinator, Jack State. the highlights of the day was a Grantham, has used it in helping to This 45 page manual was prepared speech by Lt. Governor- nominee install emergency water supplies to by the Division of Hospital Services, Ernest Vandiver. cities that have been hit by the Georgia Department of Public Health. The significant news of the GOC drought. It contains many interesting features, expansion brought to the conference The truck is used for communication from the emergency area to the State Headquarters, as well as communication from one end of the water such as, "Casualty Evacuation and Mutual Aid"; "Pattem For Individual Hospital Plan"; "Emergency Ex pansion of Facilities", and others. by Colonel Brown Mayall of HQ , Air Defense Command, should more than convince those who have doubted the seriousness of the Air Defense line to the other in determining the Anyone desiring a copy of this situation up 'til now. All 48.states amount of the flow of water and in manual may write to tne Civil De- will shortly he active in the Ground giving orders when to start and stop fense Division, 959 E. Confederate Observer Corps. The terrific expan- the pumps. Cities affected by the Ave., S. E., or to Civil Defense sion of Soviet long range aircraft drought were Eatonton, Commerce, Health Services Division, Room capability, makes GOC a must for Bremen, Fayetteville, Palmetto, and 247, State Office Building, Atlanta. all states. In addition, many states Dallas. Also, during the work on these Car 391 has actively participated in now on "standby" duty will, in the near future, go to 24 hour full time emergency water lines, hurricane work during the recovery of bodies duty. Plans will he announced at a "Hazel" played her part in hamper- of four drowned persons, traffic con- later date for this phase of the ing the State Civil Defense people trol at a water carnival, air raid program. because constant contact had to he siren tests for cities all over the During the day, two television maintained with the Weather Bureau State, and in one fire. shows with Brigadier General J ohn to determine the need for aid along The truck is about two months old B. Cary, Commander of the 35th Air the coast. at this time and has been in con- Division, General Hearn, Colonel In addition to the water shortage, stant use since it was procured. Clarke, Colonel Mayall and Colonel 2 NOVEMBER, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT A. MACK DODD APPOINTED AREA DIRECTOR New litter-cot used by New York (State) Civil Defense in the handling of litter patients. The lightweight aluminum units, can be used as a temporary hospital bed. Manufactured by Simmons Tool Corporation. (Aluminum Company of America) PRIMITIVE LIVING MASS FEEDING SCHOOL According to California CD Newsle tter, 100 teen-age members of the Seventh Day Adventists recently spent four days in a national forest living on an unsupplemented diet of bracke n fern, fir tree tips, etc. It was an experiment to show how P.Va cuees of bombed cities could live temporarily on wild forest plants. No ill effects resulted. The exercise in wilderness survival was supervised by a naturalist and an expert on the use of wild plan'ts as food. Oldfield participating, were given over stations WLW-A-TV and WAGATV of Atlanta. The Air Detense and GOC programs 'Vere discussed. Many of the conferees visited the Air Forces' mobile television station, the l354th Video Squadron at he Southeas tern Fair Grounds on the night of the 12th. The Airmen and civilian volunteers of the Atlanta Filter Center and the personnel of the Video Squadron put on a fine show for the visitors. All in all this Conference was a success in both arrangement and information presented. Much credit is due those responsible. Future conferences prepared along these lines will be beneficial to our entire Air Force -Civil Defense relationship. Julia Hawk What will be likely to happe n to survivors in case of a disaster such as an atomic explosion? It was all explained at an Emergency Mass Feeding School at F ort Benning, September 21-22, a 3chool representing the food division of the Civil Defense Program. The classes, composed of two groups, were taught the infantry way to cook on improvised equipment made from available materials in a disaster area. They in tum, will be leaders in their communities in training other citizens. Third Army officials taught the civiliai< group essentially, the same that they teach infantrymen. The lessons included a primer course for purifying and storing of water, how to determine how much water will be needed per capita, the chemical effects of radiation from an atomic explosion, and how to build grills, ovens, and other necessary feeding equipment with salvaged items from .a disaster area. All the civilians training in the course were directly connected to food preparation in various ways. None were really amateurs, yet, under the circumstances, few knew where to begin when they were given "orders" (the second day of the school) to reconstruct and cook in a NOVEMBER, 1954 Mr. A. Mack Dodd, prominent Maconite, was appointed Civil Defense Area Director for Central Georgia on 8 October, 1954, by General George J. Hearn. Due to the increased activity in Civil Defense, General Hearn stated that it was necessary to increase the number of Area Directors in the State of Georgia to four. Mr. Dodd's Area w1ll embrace approximately forty counties in Central Georgia. General Hearn also commented that the primary purpose of Area Directors was to assist the Local Civil Defense Director in carrying out his p!7ogram. Mr. Dodd has an outstanding war record in both World War I and II and now holds a commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He has been most active in other civic organizations in Macon, and served as a member of the City Council of Macon for six years. Mr. Dodd is married and resides with his wife, Mildred, in Macon, Ga. serving area a meal of their own devising. As the graduation meal, which was no small accomplishment, numbers of minor adjustments had to be made to get the "stoves" the desired temperatures. The first school served for its graduation menu: soup, pea or bean (dehydrated), beef stew, milk (dehydrated), baking powder biscuits, fruit cocktail, iced drink and coffee. To follow through on the step by step serving of the meals, the diners formed a line, naturally, and were reminded that they must wash their hands at a "rig" composed of two gallon tin cans (with handles, and suspended on a piece of pipe held horizontally with two forked poles), one marked "soapy water," the other marked "rinse water." Next they were issued eating utensils, and even though they were shining, they had to be dipped in boiling water by each person before the food was placed on the tray. Continued on Page 4 3 ,I .,. THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DffiECTOR SAYS: or they would not act as . they 'do about civil defense. The citizens of and fumble" with over the next few years. It is a job that must he done Continued from Page 1 America must demand -that their Cop.gressmen and their Senators right now. We have been buying precious time in Korea and by our very foundation- the individual cit- learn more about the National and strong stand against aggression izen. International situation as it really e-lsewhere in the world. However, America can create the greatest exists- more about the potentiali- we have been wasting that time far of military machines; develop the ties of the nuclear and thermo-nu- more rapidly than we have been us- ultimate in defense production; stop clear devices- and particularly, ing it. The people of this country inflation and win every round of the about civil defense. have been encouraged to ignore the diplomatic game and still lose the Until this is done and until the danger that gets blacker by the next wru:- unless the very heart of people are certain that everything hour. Because of its recognized the entire effort gets behind it. possible is being done to protect ' leadership as a part of the Federal I am talking about an informed them and their families against ca- Government, the Congress is looked and organized, trained and protec- tastrophe on the home front through to by the people to give them posi- ted public in every hamlet, town and an adequate civil defense program, tive guidance on what they must do city in the country. A public that this country will he ripe to lose the to protect themselves and their knows what we are up against in an next war if the enemy starts it. homes. Civil defense nationally and atomic war-what can happen and Quite obviously the Congress has locally can never he more than Con- why- what to do if it does happen- failed to recognize or admit what gress permits it to he by its action what is at stake and why it must the home front and public would he and its attitudes. stand fast and fight, with the fury up against in another war. This is The time to act is now. We cannot that only an American is capable of- not an easy fact to face hut one vacillate; we cannot hesitate; we a public which has been told and which should have been recognized cannot turn hack. Our defenses must knows in its heart that it is the many' many months ago. he elastic; yet they must he com- really important part of our whole There is no better evidence of plete, ifwe expect to retain our way national defense effort. I am de- the soundness of civil defense than of life. lighted that President Eisenhower the money and efforts expended on My earnest prayer is that every is revamping the government's pol- it by the States and Cities, the American citizen will do his utmost; icy on secret data so that the indi- Press, and the people during the we cannot afford to have too little vidual can he better informed. past three years. Yet the Congress ~oo late. The informed members of Congress should know that we cannot win a war without the public, without the whole-hearted support of the individual citizen. The military strategists know it, the production experts know it- everybody knows it hut the public, and apparently most .of the Congress. Every Congressman ignored those appropriations and efforts, and broke faith with the States and Cities and the more than tlree million civil defense volunteers who have sacrificed a great deal to take part in active civil defense work. The Congress has been told repeatedly that this country is in Continued from Page 3 In a food company, the members ~e trained to assemble and disassemble the cooking equipment, make underground ice boxes, root cellars, and ~uspended screened food boxes (for sugar, flour, etc). Continued from Page 1 and every Senator has the opp<;~rtun grave danger right now and has been temporary ' emergency housing in ity to obtain information on the for a long time. That danger of war support of devastated areas, and National and International situation and attackon our cities will become emergency restoration of ess.ential by our military experts in Wash- more acute as the weeks go by. housing and related facilities. (New- ington. But, evidently they are not They must realize that civil defense York Times Service-Detroit Free taking advantage of these briefings is not something they can "fiddle Press 9/9 871-03) 6Lt 'ON HWJ8d 'D~ 1 D4UD14Y OIYd 3~Y~S0d Tn ~'1'1'd '99'~ :~as 'D~ 'D4UD14Y '3 'S 'eAy 84DJ8p8fUO:) '3 6S6 UO!S!A!Q 8SU8f8Q I!"!:> esue1a fO tuewuodaa THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, ueorge J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 4, No. 12 Atlanta, Ga. December, 1954 CIVIL DEFENSE WOMEN MEET IN WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Women's Advisory Committee of Federal Civil Defense Administration met in Washington , . ; r: D.C., on October 26-27, with Mrs. Katherine G. Howard , Special Advisor to the Administrator, presiding. There were approximately one hundred women present. In order to have a basis for dis- George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS -- - cussion at all sessions "Basic Planning Assumptions of FCDA", was presented by Ralph Spear, Assistant Administra tor , Planning Staff, "Evacuation And Dispe rsal" by Barent Landstreet, Operations Con- Now that the end of the year is ap- trol Services and "Civil Defense proaching, I want to take this oppor- Atomic Tests" by Harold L. Good- tunity to show my appreciation for win, Dire ctor, Atomic Test Opera- the fine spirit you who have been tion at the first session. doing the spade work in Civil De- President Eisenhower addressed fense have shown in the face of se- the Conference emphasizing that in vere difficulties. this day when war can be waged on Our great state was beset this our soil we have the same duties as year by tornadoes and drought. The the men at the front and we must minds of our citizens were occupied prepare ourselves -mind, heart, by many_distracting influences, yet spirit and body for what is on our the splendid cooperation of the Civil doorstep. We must overcome our re- D"efense Directors, those who make luctance to do something construc- up your staffs and others have tive even thou gh it be the little brought the Georgia Civil Defense routine things. We must understand organization to a place where it has that what we are doing will lessen received national recognition. the chance of our homes and lives On behalf of our Governor, Herman being destroyed a nd guarantee the Talmadge, as well as myself, I want preservation of the American system to thank each and every one of you of Freedom and Liberty. for your splendid efforts during the Mrs. Jean Wood Fulle r, Dire ctor past year. We have more obstacles of Women's Activities was presen- to overcome during the coming year ted at the luncheon and Mrs . Ro bert and just as the rough surface of a Wilson, ational Director Office o~ Continued on Page 4 Volunteers, American Na tional Red Cross gave a report on her trip to Great Britian. All the women atte nding the Conference were introduced and had an opportunity to tell where they were from and what they do. The afternoon session featured Mrs. Charles Clode, Director Civil Defense Department, Women's Voluntary Services of Great Britian and Miss Rita Lewis, Training Officer Women's Voluntary Services. Mrs. Clode used as the theme for her message, "Women Aware of Strength." Miss Lewis dealt with what they train women to do, how the training program is set up, where instructors are secured and technique for maintaini ng interest. Out of her experience she advised against recruiting volunteers until a training program has been developed and instructors are available. The Conference closed with a luncheon session at which Governor Val Peterson spoke. NEW FLORIDA DIRECTOR Former State Representative James E . Keezel of Winter Park has been appointed to the post of State CD Director for F lorida. He succeeds Col. R. G. Howie who died last August. He has been a ctive in Civil Defense in the past and should fit into the place with little study. THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPAflTME T OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer WILLIAM F. KERNS Engineering Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director "ATOMIC CASUALTIES" COURSE AT WALTER REED The Office of the Surgeon General of the Army has been conducting a 10 day course on "Medical Care of Atomic Casualties" at the Army Medical Service Graduate School (Walter Reed Army Medical Center), Washington, D.C. The next two courses will be held on January 10-19, 1955 and March 7-16, 1955. The course is free. All travel and lodging expenses must be borne by the individual attending, or by the state or local organization which he represents. Non-military personnel may, if space is available, stay at the Bachelor Officers Quarters at Walter Reed Army Medi~al Center at a cost of approximately $1.00 a day. There is ample cafeteria and snack facilities at the post for which the charges are nominal. Physicians attending the course are, moreover, guests of the Commandant of the School and may dine at the Officer's Mess . It is possible that arrangements can be made through the Council on National Defense for physicians interested in attending. 2 FOUR ATLANTA FOOD SPECIALISTS build an emergency feeding area at Fort Ben ning. Left to right are Mrs. Mildred M. Smith of 206 Colonial Homes Circle, N.W., Miss Lois Connon of the Fulton County Schools, Harold Willhom of Davis Brothers Cafeteria and Mrs. Francis Ferrill, home economist of the Agricultural t.:arketing Service, U.S. Deportment of Agriculture. They ore among 120 nutritionists, civil defense workers and public officials attending the two-day sessions of the Emergency Moss Feeding School. Sponsored by the Regional Federal Civil Defense Administration and the Third Army, the training program is being held at Fort Benning for the second year. (Credit: US Army Photo) REGIONAL WOMEN MEET Atlanta Metropolitan Area Civil Defense, and the Civil Defense Division, Georgia Department of Defense were co-sponsors of a Regional Women's Civil Defense Conference held at the Henry Grady Hotel on Nove mber 3. The agenda covered such subjects as Dual Responsibilities of Civil Defense, Current Aspects of Evacuation, Planning to Meet Human Needs Under Disaster Conditions, Safe Food and Water In An Emergency, Emergency Medi cal, Hospital and Nursing Services and Home Protection. The meetin g was highlighted by talks by Mrs. Charles Clode, M.B. E ., and Miss Rita Lew is, two representatives of the Women's Voluntary Services of Great Britian who are making a tour of key American cities to spur interest in Civil Defense and give Americans the benefit of wartime experience in England. Mrs. Clode spoke on "What British Women are Doing in Civil Defense" and BARTON NEW SECRETARY Frank W. Barton, a Washington attorney, has been appointed as Secretary to the Council on National Defense of the American Medical Association. This position was formerly held by Mr. C. Joseph Stetler, who recently became Director of the Law Department" of the American Medical Association. CD GAS MASKS HERE The Army Chemical Center has developed a gas mask for civilian use. It is of one piece construction, incorporating a filter pad and plastic eyepiece. The cost is to be between five a nd seven dollars and may be procured with matching funds. A sample has been received in the State Civil Defense office. It will protect against all chemical gases, including the new nerve gas. Miss Lewis on "Great Britian's Experience in Training for Civil .De-' fens e." Their demonstrations gave insight into the problems confronting both our countr ies. THE ALERT EAST PmNT-CIVIL DEFENSE block' parents taking charge until FARR IS RACES OFFICER By, Mrs. Lois Braswell such time as they can be returned to . Deputy Dirt:ctor . their parents Andrew Jack Farr, well known .. Civil Defense interest in East Point has reached an all time high, a nd we are rapidly getting our community service d-eveloped. " We have a population of between 3 5 ~000 and 40,000 at this time and have set JUne 1, 1955 as the date we hope to have this organization completed. At the present time we have divided our city into four zones (according to our voting zones) a chief warden has been appointed to head each zone. He in turn has appointed two assistants. When . this task was completed, each chief and assistants met with the local" office and large maps were made of: their area which was at that tim~ brok,;;~ d.own into districts, ranging from 10 to 16 ~ccording to the density of population. It then became the. responsibility of the three zone men to iiecure district w.ardens. After this was completed, each districl: w arden chose his or her assis- i'n t~hts an.d they turn are gradually getting their block wardens. In some of our sections this is all completed. Others are 'nearing completion. After we secured our personnel, the first thing we did , was to take a complete C'e nsus of every man, woman In addition to this work, we are training our school children to _take care of themselves in the school, should we have a disaster while they are there. Every child in East Point from the 4th through the 7th grades will be trained in "emergency action to save lives"- this is a four hour course and approximately 2500 children have already received this training. We believe that one of the reasons for the interest in East Point at this time is due to the cooperation given by our Mayor and Council, as well as the heads of our existing services. WOMEN ADVISORS MEET IN AUGUSTA The Georgia Women's Advisory Committee for Civil Defense met in Augusta on November 10 with Mrs. G. W. Freiberg, Director and the Augusta Civil Defense Corps serving as hosts, This meeting completed a series of conferences for women leaders of the State held in the five target cities. There were one hundred and one registered representing twenty-eight organizations and twenty-one cities. Hapeville amateur Radio Operator, has been appointed State RACES Radio Officer by General GeOfge j, Hearn, State Civil Defense Director. Mr. Farr will assist Jack Grantham, State Communications Coordinator, in the operation 'of the State Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, and Lt. Carl Matson with the Warning System. Mr. Farr's duties will include orgarlization, rria intenance, readiness, and utilization of radio communications facilities for civil defense use. For some time Mr. Farr has been responsible for the maintenance of the radio equipment in the State Control Center, and he is now entering into the building 9f the RACES Net which is composed of Radio Amateurs throughout the State who can qualify for this service. Seven new operators were licensed this month under the Plan and their names and Call Letters follow: Mose Carter, Pelham, W4FWP; William C. Clarke, Decatur, W4EPM; Albert E. Coburn, Jr., Tifton, W4SHR; Kermit E. Gay, Millen, W4VJH; Elder T. Holbrook, Athens, W4VYN; Wm. C. Lundquist, Atlanta, W4LXR; ] ames T. Schliestett, Cedartown, W4/MQ. and child. in the blocks. As these are being complete~, four records are made of each; one for the local office ; 'the chief w~rden, the district wa.rden and the blo~k warden. At the Mrs. Jean Wood Fuller who came to the FCDA Staff on September 1, as Director of Women's Activities mitde her first official visit to Geo~ gia and was the feature speaker at ]oin your local GROUNDOBSERVER CORPS -Now! EARLY AIR RAID WARNING same time the .wardens are able to the morning session pointing up the IS ALMOST IN SIGHT make' ia 'biock : map showing each accomplishment of women in the h6me or apartment., the location of Civil Defense program as well as Harold L. Goodwin of Battle Creek, each shelter in same, and also has bringing a challenge to our women Mich., Deputy Assistant Administra- an inventory of available. equipment to find their place of seiVice. tor for the Federal Civil Defense and supplie's that can be brought in when needed. Some of our blocks NEW FILM RELEASED Administration, stated that within 18 months American cities should have have also completed their block per- the assurance of two and one half to sonnel, including the block parents, A new movie was released by six hours of warning of an enemy at- etc. FCDA on December 6 for television tack. In each of our four zones we have and organization showings called Mr. Goodwin told a National Med- a recreation building, equipped with "A New Look at the H-Bomb." This ical CD Conference that while the kitchen, and some sleeping facili- picture shows the effect of the "fall Federal Government was concerned ties, these buildings will take care out" from a hydrogen bomb blast and with improvement of warning plans of several hundred children in an tells some of the things that may be "the cities must also be concerned > emergency. In the event any section done to escape its effects. with determining exactly how much is damaged, the children will be Each State CD Director was sent warning time is necessary for their movt;.d to these buildings with the a copy of the film. individual plans." . '. 3 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------ AIR DEFENSE .FACTS CONTRIBUTIONS MANUAL THE DIRECTOR SAYS: Major T. W. Turbiville Thanks are in order this month to the Georgia Far'm.Bureau Federation members all over the State for their indorsement and promised support of Civil Defense and the Ground Ob- server C.orps. . The following ~esolution ~as passed: "We s.~pport the Civil .Defense and Ground Observer Corps pro@-am~ in the State of Georgia and we rec- ommend .that the State Offic!! of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federatio~ work with the United States Air Force .and the Civil Defense of the State .of Georgia in , implementing ef- forts tqwards protecting American lives." This poliqy calling for action by all 45,QOO members of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation in the State of Georgia , . ~as. establi~hed- by the voting delegate body of .the Georgia F~rm 1;3ureau Federation at tht;ir 16th annual c.onve ntion .in , Augusta on ovember 3rd, .1954,. Thi-s Coordinator spoke before the Convention . on the increased Russia,n Air threa\ t~ this country and the increased need for more Ground Obse,rv.er C~rps Volunteers on suburban and rural Ground Obser~ ver Posts. The St~te Civil Defense />.rea Directors, Jerry Cauble of At- lanta, Harry Jackson of Cuthbert, A. .Mack Dodd of MacoJl and Hoyle Yandle of Lyons all met with the de leg~tes fo~ .further ;eonsultation. Action to put t_he Georgia Farm Bu- reau Federation program into effect will begin in the near future. County and Community Farm Bureau Chapters are expecte~ to direct their cO- The FCDA today announced publication of the latest revisions to its Contributions manual, which tells states and commu'nities how they can get p.eeded civil defense equipment and materials with FCDA paying half the cost. The manual gives state and local 9vil Defense official~ complete information on the $13,000,000 matchingfunds program Congress approved earlier this year. The states can match this $13,000,000 on a dollar-for-dollar basis tomake a total of $26,600,000 available tliis fiscal year for: . Attack- Warning, such as sirens and circuits; Communications equipment and control centers; MeJical supplies imd equipment, such as a 200-be~ improvised hospital; Biological, chemical and radiological warfare defense, such as gas masks; Traini~g courses for CD workers, such as warden, rescue and firstaid; Welfare and emergency Mass feeding supplies, such as blankets, cots, emergency. cooking equipment; Engineering items, such as emergency generators for hospitals; Public information and education items, such as booklets, or radio, .TV, and motion pic,ture materials. ~ntitled "Federal Contribu~ions" the manual is on sale for $1.25 by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington .25, D. C. operative efforts through local City and Co.unty Civil Defense Directors. They will b~ assisted by the State Civil Defense staff and the Air Defense Filter Centers in Atlanta and S~vannah, Georgia, Knoxville, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida. Continued from Page 1 grindstone cuts' away at the steel of a knife making it sharper for the r work to come, know that the suc- cessful overcoming of our troubles of the past year will make us more fit to meet and overcome the difficulties of the year yet ahead of us. I wish to extend to all of those who have. joined hands with me in this important job of Civil Defense my best wishes for an enjoya.ble holiday season. May you receive from Him who placed us all on this earth blessings that are proportional to the unselfish devotion you have shown to a cause that has as its object only the helping of others-; Civil Defense. BIG MEDICAL STOCKPILE The FCDA n,ow has medical backup supplies totalling ninety-one million dollars already delivered in sixteen federal warehouses strategically lo.cated across the country. There is an additiop.al thirty-Tline million dollars on order making a total of one-hundred-thirty million dollars worth of medical supplies procured in ~iscal year 1952 through 1955. The improvised hospital is an adaptation of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit which proved so successful in Korea. Procurement has been started on 731 such hospital~ for federal reserve, while the states ha,ve ordered 93 through the 50/50 matching funds program. Present planning calls for 6,000 such hospitals -1 ;ooo ~o be procured by the States and 5,000 for' federal reserves .. 6LZ 'ON '!WH>d o9 o,uol''f a!Vd 39V.lSOd Tn ~ '!I'T d '99'vE :~as 'D9 'o,uoi'V s '3 'a"v a,oJapafUO:) 3 6~6 UO!S!A!C aSU9f9C j!A!:) asua1aa fO ,uaw,Jodaa E GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Vo l. 5, No. 1 Atlanta, Ga. January, 1955 GEORGE HEARN R"EAPPOINTED George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - Many things have happened in the world in the past year. Weapons of greater destructiveness have been tested . There are more such weapons in the world than there were a year ago. There are better airplanes to carry them than there were a year ago. and the end of man's ability to create destructive weapons does not seem to be in sight. When we read about new weapons being developed and new airplanes being created to carry those weapons, we must be careful not to let our imaginations run away and assume that now there is nothing that can be done about it and that doomsday is here. When you read that somebody has made one of these weapons, remember it takes some time before duplicates of it can be produced and they can be gotten into the right packages and the right Continued on Page 4 ADJUTANT GENERAL Major General George ]. Hearn of Monroe, Georgia, was reappointed Adjutant General and Civil Defense Director of Georgia, by Governor Marvin Griffin. General Hearn was originally appointed to the above positions by Governor Herman Talmadge last June when Ernest Vandiver resigned. All Georgians are very fortunate in the appointment of General Hearn to be the head of the State Department of Defense. He has served thirty years in the Georgia National Guard and has been active in the Georgia Civil Defense Program since its inception in early l95l. General Hearn has a distinguished military career. He was born in Georgia in 1907, and has been in Georgia ever since. He enlisted as a private in the Howitzer Company of the l2lst Infantry, Ga. N.C. in 1925 and served in every grade through 2d Lieutenant. Whe n his unit was changed to Coast Artillery Corps in 1939 he remained with it as an officer and commanded Battery B, 214th CAC,AA when inducted into the service in 1940. He was discharged March 9, 1946 and when the National Guard was reactivated he became Colonel and Executive Officer of the IOBth AAA Brigade. He was again inducted into the service for the Korean fracas and after serving nearly two years he came out as a Brigadier General. Upon reactivation of the brigade he became its commander with headquarters at Winder. He has also been active in civic matters, serving as Mayor of Monroe, an Elder in the Christian Church, and Worshipful Master of his Lodge. He is also a member of the Elks, Shrine, 40 and 8, and is a Past Departmental Commander of the American Legion. He is married to the former Miss Nell Potts of Mansfield, Ga., and they live in Monroe where he is a partner with his brother in the hardware business. One son, George]., Ill is a student at the University of Georgia. OPERATION "GO HOME" The city of Albany, N.Y., held an evacuation drill on the afternoon of November 12 in which the population of downtown Albany was cleared out in 56 minutes, an estimated 65,000 workers. The alert came at 3:32 P.M., and in thirty minutes automatic checkers on Washington Street showed that over 5,000 vehicles had traveled that street. Col. Alfred H. Jacobson, CD Director, hailed this as a fine example of the study of "thinning out" the downtown population in spite of the fact that about 25,000 people started home early to avoid the rush. Bill Skirving , PIO, said that the cooperation of press and radio was Qlle of the big factors in making it a success. THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S. E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T . WHITE Public Information Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUDLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director MATCHING FUND PROGRAM POPULAR THIS YEAR The 1955 Fiscal Year Federal Contributions program is well ~nder way at th.is time and is being re ce1ved With great enthusiasm in communities throughout the State. Through this program, popularly known as the Ma~ching Funds Program, communities may receive federal aid up to 50% of the cost of procuring Civil Defense Equipment. Mayors and local Civil Defense ~irector~ are urged to carefully study mformat10nal letter No. 54 issued by the State Civil Defense Division to determine the equipment they wish to purchase under this year's program and make their desires known to th e State Director of Civil Defense as soon as possible. The State of Georgia has been allocated $253,000 for contributions ~his year and a lthough the program IS but a scant two months old requests have already been received to obligate more than $30,000 of these fu~~s. Major items of equipment ehgtble for this assistance fall into the following catagories: Warning, Rescue, Training and Education, Communications, Welfare, Engineering, Health and Special Weapons. Again municipal officials ~re urge.d to expedite sending their 1nformat10n into the State Office. 2 THE TIFTON Corps float in J t AY he CEES emphasized mammouth iVeteran scI~ 1 I 0 e fe~se by presenting a G.round Observer Miss Jackie Fletcher was picked to ' d ayh paflra e .at Tifton (of course, the shapely, . rl e t e oat 1n preference to J d to en I1st more volunteers in th e Groun d Ob server Corpas). aycee 1n or er FCDA STAFF COLLEGE by A. Mack Dodd, Area Director, Central Georgia It was my good fortune to be a student at the Federal Civil Defense College, Olney, Maryland (just outside Washington) for the Admin istra- tive Course December 5 through 9 and the Operations Course December 13 through 17. I was highly impressed with subject matter and the manner of presentation. The staff is extremely well versed in all phases of Civil Defense and I am satisfied that I am in a much better position now to do my job as an Area Director here in Georgia. The students at the college are provided very comfortable quarters and good food. Anyone interested in ~ttend in? these courses may receive mformat10n concerning the different types of classes and dates on which they wi 11 be held by writing to the DDeirpeacrttomr,entCoivf iDl efDeenfseen,se959DEiv.isCioonn~ federa.te Avenue, S.E., Atlanta, Georgia. TIFTON EMPHASIZES CIVIL DEFENSE The American Legion sponsored a ma~moth parade followed by a speakmg program climaxed by an address by Major General Born on Veterans Day. The parade featured children from grade school through college and adults depicting the theme, "America on the March." The adults were represented as veteran groups from the different wars. The Military was shown to be linked to the Civil Defense and th e Civil Defense to the regular municipal services which in most instances serves as a hub around which the the local Civil Defense systems are built. Civil Defense was represented br a Civil Defense car which carried Dr. Homer D. Wells, the local Di- rector, Mr. Harry U. Jac!~son, South- western Area Director and tne beautiful Miss Mary Wells, Civil Defense Queen; followed by a Ground Observer Corps float presen ted by the Jaycees. The entire parade was participated in by an estimated 3,000 and more than 20,000 people crowded the streets to watcb the 52 minute parade a nd he ar the speaki ng. THE ALERT I Ground Observer Corps Expansion Will Blanket Entire United States leo; San Anton io, Dallas, El Paso, and EXPANDED GOC PROGRAM Houston, Texas; W ichita and Kansas City, Kansas ; Saginaw, Michigan ; St. Louis, Missouri ; Little Rock, Arkansas ; New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama ; Columbia, South Caro- lina ; Salt Lake City, Utah ; Tucson, Ar i- zona; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ; Be- midji, Minnesota ; Joplin, Missouri; Jack- son, Mississippi; Tallahassee, Florida ; and Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Many areas no\v on stand-by will be- come Skywatch areas, and only a few states will remain on stand-by status. Most areas within the continental Un ited States will have ground observation posts KEY : manned with civilian volunteers on duty around the clock. Under the present program a filte r center normally has approximately 200 ground observer posts requiring 12,000 civilian volunteers for the manning of both the posts and the filter center. A Pictured above is the proposed expansion of the GOC. N otice how the expanded GOC will protect the southern boundaries as well as the northern perimeter. All of the new filter centers are expected to be organized by Jun e of 19.5.5. projection of this requirement will call for an increase in ground observation posts from 16,000 to 24,000, and an in- 7 crease of volunteers to well over a milThe Ground Observer Corps is to be isted before calls for enlisting experienced lion . extended into all of the 48 states. At personnel to train new volu nteers, leas- As the Ground Observer Corps in- a recent meeting of the state civil defense ing office space, movi ng in of equip- creases to blanket the entire United directors in Chicago, the importance of ment, and setting up of communications States, those volunteers who have con- the GOC was re-emphasized and the need facilities. tributed their time and efforts may well for the expansion explained. All filter centers are expected to be be proud of a job well done, for they In a letter to the civil defense directors organized by June of 1955. Proposed have proved the abi lity of the American of those states which do not have GOC, locations are: Pendleton, Oregon; Den- people to accept thei r share of the re- Major General Frederic H. Smith, Jr. , ver, Colorado ; Albuquerque, New Mex- sponsibil ity for this nation 's defense. Vice Commander of the Continental Air Defense Command, wrote: ''The increased capability of the Soviet PRESENT GOG PROGRAM long-range air arm, and the development of our air defense system to meet that increased threat, makes it urgent that the Ground Observer Corps be extended into your state as soon as possible." The necessity for the expansion of the GOC, as proposed by General B. W . Chidlaw, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Air Defense Command, is indicative of the importance attached to the GOC as a member of the air defense family. The Ground Observer Corps has proved its capabilities; the task now lies in the implementation of the new expan- sion program. With the growth of the area of re- sponsibility of the GOC comes the neCes- sity for more filter centers, more obser- ..,p"") vation posts, and more volunteers. The exp;:nsion of GOC calls for 73 filter cen- "}\t- ~ '_> ,.' ..; ters instead of the 49 now organized . The movement of the Ground Observer Corps into areas where no GOC has ex- Pictured above is a map of the United States showing the boundaries of the GOC as they exist now. The 49 filt er centers will be increased to 73, and the new goal for volunteers is well over a miJJion. 3 STATE CD DIRECTORS MEET The State CD Directors of Region III met at Edgewater Gulf Hotel near Biloxi on December 13 and 14. They discussed many subjects, and made some recommendations that may bear fruit. It was the consensus of opinion that representatives of the different services of the various states should get together and establish standard units for their service, and then make a recommendation to the other regions. The problems facing CD personnel that go across state lines received a thorough going over, and many of these will be wiped out by mutual aid agreements. Col. Bob Fox of Tennessee was elected president of the organization for the next year. Hendrix Dawson, CD Director of Mississippi was the host. 'OPERATION KIDS II IN MOBILE On January 26 Mobile will again have a "first" in the study of the big problem of evacuating large cities in preparation for a bomb~ng attack. L&st summer they held the first "RIDE OUT" of the people from their business district, and it was very successful. An estimated 30,000 people were hustled out of town in a hurry and taken to safe places within 30 miles of Mobile. The cooperation of the business men of the city made this a success. It is estimated that it cost the business firms a quarter of a million dollars in lost time, lost trade, etc. On January 26 Mobile will hold operation "KIDS." This will involve Dr. Homer D. Wells, A.R.S. Forage Crops Pathologist stationed at the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, was named Civil Defense Director for Tifton, replacing Mr. James H. Ford who has moved to Griffin, Georgia. moving all of the school children from their regular schools in the city to distant schools where preparations {vill be awa iting to take care of them. School busses alone will not be enough to do-the job. Even all of the public transportation in Mobile would not be enough to carry all of the children at one time. It is planned to divide the city into "school areas" and have all the available private transportation within that area report to the school, pick up a load of kids and take them to a previously designated school. The parents will be notified ahead of time just where each school is to be evacuated to, so they will not have THE DIRECTOR SAYS: Continued from Page 1 shape for delivery. \\!ben you read about somebody coming up with one new airplane, it still takes a long time before that airplane can get into production. When you read about the idea of guided intercontinental missiles, it is one thing to work out the theory, but it is another thing to make them and it is another thing to fire them effectively. I think there are some heartening signs that both air defensive and military defensive are showing some indications of getting into better balance with their offensives. If men can make offensive weapons, man can also make defensive weapons to counterbalance them. This is not tantamount to saying you shouldn't worry about these things, and there is reason for prudent people to get ready militarily and civil-defense-wise. Now is the time to get ready, while there is time. We should do everything we can to insure peace in this world and eliminate such a catastrpphe for the world. That is the best solution. to worry about the youngsters. They will be brought back this time to their original schools, but of course in case of a real RED alert this would not be done until the all-clear has sounded or until Conelrad tells them that it is safe to return. The next war could easily be lost on the home front! Our ability to out produce any other nation in the world is the reason we won the last two wars. o~ 'o,uow'( s '3 ''aAy aoapaJUO:) '3 6S6 uo!S!A!O asuaJaa I!A!:) asuaJaa JO uawJJodaa THE GEORGIA I~ Dep artment of Defense, Civi l Defen se Division, . George J. Ke arn, S-tate Director Vol. 5, No. 2 At lanta, Ga. February, 1955 EVACUATION CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA MARCH 2-4 ""' George J . Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - - T hese are try in g times in the fi e ld of interna tio na l re la tions . It is my fondest hope th a t a ll world proble ms can be resolved to the complete satisfaction of a ll nations concerned a nd tha t this can be a ccomplis hed with out resortin g t o an all-out wa r. llowever, in vie w of the continued efforts to ac hi eve armed suprema cy, it is a ppare nt th a t if a ll other me th ods of reaching agreement should fail, the poss ibility of utilizing arme d fo rce ca nnot be dis counted . Whi le ea ch great na ti on e nga ge d in the a rms race today e mpha tic a lly s ta tes that it is only prepa ring for th e de fe nse of its own borders, obv ious ly s omeone reasons that s ooner or late r someone is goin g to a tta ck someone e lse , oth erwis e th ere would be no ne e d t o be ready to de fend . \l;ha t more conclusive proof do we req uire t o ass ure ourse lves tha t a ll is not to o sec ure in th e worl d a nd Continued o n Page 4 Administra tor Th omas II. Goodma n a nn ou nce s th a t a Hegionwi de C ivil IJe fe ns e Eva cua t ion a nd \\"elfare Co nfer ence will be he ld in Atla nta March 2, 3 a nd 4 , 1955 a t the DinkIer- P laza Uote l a t wh ich F ede ra l C ivil De fe nse Adm in istra tor Va l P e terson w ill a ddress a ba nque t sess i on. Oth er top-fli ght fi gures on the progra m will be 13are nt F . L a nd s tre e t, Ta ctic a l E vac ua tion P la nn er, J ohn ]. Hurley , Direc tor V.e lfare Offi ce, \V. A. Ross, Ed uca tion lle la ti ons Coord ina tor, FC IJA I3a ttle Cree k, \1i chiga n a nd Will ia m C . 'turgeo n, Di rect or, \ lob ile County C ivil IJe fe nse, Mobile , Ala bama . SEA RS ROEBUCK TO ME RCHANDISE CD EQ UIPMENT An opp ort unity for coopera ti ve promotion of c iv il defens e obje ctives be tween local CD organi zati ons a nd Sears stores is prese nted by the re ce nt de ci s ion of Sears, lloebuck & Compa ny to se ll civ il de fense e qui pme nt for both ge nera 1 and s pecialized use . F irst in t he se ries of C IJ ite ms which thi s na tio na l ch a in will ha ndle is a radiologica l de fe nse survey me ter (F CIJA Item V- 710) for use by industri a l faci lities protection units a nd c iv il defen se area mo nitoring teams. St ore managers have bee n a lerte d The program will include prese nta ti ons a nd discussions of ma ny su bjects wi th which Civil De fe nse leaders wi ll be concerned in evacuati on pla nning, techniques, and opera ti on in cl udi ng: T he We lfa re llo le i n E vacua t ion, Organ iza t io n of l~ vacuation Sta ff , P la nn i ng Schoo l Evacua tion, Pla nnin g Il ospital l':vacuat ion an d ma ny oth er phases of evacuation . We hope that each of our loca l C ivil Defe nse Organizations will be represe nted by Directors, We Ha re Service Chiefs and th e ir , taff members as well as Public Information Offi cers a nd women l!!aders . to expect visits from civil defense rl irectors and members of their s t affs . It is suggested tha t store ma nagers be urged to inc l ude dropin c ivil defense messages in the ir adve rt ising . of CIJ equipment a nd that th ey a rran ge for window and interior displays devoted to civi I defense public information materia ls . NEW EARS FOR GOC Civilian Volunte ers in the Cround Observer Corps will soon be liste nin g for ai rp lanes with a new aco us ti c a id wh ich will detect aircra ft long be fore they can be seen . Headquarte rs Ai r Defe nse Command reports tha t approximately $1,800,000 has be e n made available for proc ureme nt of 5,500of these aids for dis tribution to GOC volun teers . Tf/EALERT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly b y the RESCUE SCHOOL TO REMAIN AT OLNEY DEPAHTME T OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confede r ate Av e . , S. E. GEORGE J . HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T . WHITE Public Information Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L . GRANTHAM Communications Officer JERRY CAUDLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Ce ntral Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director TOO BUSY Civil Defense is important- you know that. You hope the people who are working on it are doing a good job. They are; they are doing their best. Uut no matter how many days a week the CD Chairmen work until midnight, the y cannot carry on Civil Defense by themselves. They need personnel. And where does that personnel come from? From peop le like you, who a re "too busy." Every body is "too busy" except: Old folks -too old for regular jobs. Children- too young for regular jobs. Idlers -unwillin g to work. Of course, if bombing starts, you will drop everything a nd do what you can. But you'll be too late. You won't know what to do. A Civil Defens e te am is just like a footb a ll team, or a ny other team; it must be TRAIN!) for action. And if more of you "too busy" Georgia people don't take time for training, there just won't be a ny Civil Defens e . Also, you won't be "too busy " if an enemy reduces our people to s laves. You are not being big-hearted, if you volunteer for Civil Defe ns e . You are onl y helping to develop a n organization for YOUR OWN PROTCXTION. Are y ou too busy for that? (Adapted from the Pa . Keystone D e f e n d e r} RONALD E . WIDENER, Lyons Civil De fense Director, is spearheading a defense program that is arousing the interest and cooperation of all sections of Toombs County. Plans ore rapidly being perfected for organizing mobile support ond mutual aid c.ommittees for immediate action in event the need should arise in either of Georgia 's metropolitan centers, or natural disaster in any area of the State. PASS ALL SERVICE MEN During one of the Civil Defense practice exerci ses some of the Civil Defense police at control points did their work so effectively that they stopped some of the military personnel who were also answerin g an a lert from rushing to their posts in armories, AA sites, and other air-raid positions . All Civil Defense workers should be instructed that men with regulation service "ID" cards should be allowed to pass civil defense lines in order to get to their emergency posts . lany ational Guardsmen will be in civilian dress but they should have something on them to show that they be long to the National Guard or other military organization which will have specific duties in case of an alarm. Guards at traffic control points will have to be especially careful to use discretion in the enforcement of their orders. "Even farmers would face peril from a cloudless sky, in the form of a silent invisible dust from an atomic blast so far away that the y may never have seen it nor heard it .. .'' With so much confusion resu lting from th e remova I of the Civil Defense offices from Washington to 13attle Creek, Mich ., the status of the Hescne Sc hool is sort of vague to ma ny. The school is to stay in Ol ney, a nd th ev will have two week courses in ba~ic rescue starting on Feb. 7, March 14, May 16, and Jun e 6. Advanced courses lasting only one week each will begin on Feb. 28 and June 20. Courses in Administration and Operation may be held a t Olney, a t 13attle Creek, a nd in the various states, but no schedule has been announced as ye t. A new course in the Principles and Technique of Evacuation is also being developed and the a nnouncement of dates for it will soon be forthcomin g . There is no charge for tuition at these courses, and the cost of board and room is only $5.00 per day . Further details may be secured by contacting the state office of Civil Defense. OPERATION INTERIM The Southeastern states will have a practice "dis aster" exercise on February 25 when state and city control centers will be manned and go through the motions of meeti ng a full scale air attack by a n enemy . Atlanta, Chattanooga, Savannah, Macon, Birmingham, and many other cities will re ceive atom bombs of various sizes. Service heads should be present at the centers from 9:00 to 6:00. The City of Cochran, Georgia again has an enthusiastic CD Dire ctor in the person of Clyde W. Hill. He is requestin g funds from the city for a radio system that will be a great help to civil defense. It may be obtained under the matching funds program. Bleckley County was one of th e first to have a completely manned ground observation corps. 2 FEBRUARY, 1955 THE ALERT TWO SIMPLE STEPS VoLUNTEERS will appear by the thousands ready and eager to work to save their community, everybody agrees, just as soon tzs wurnings sound, or attuc/.. occurs. Appear where? Equipped with what? Led by whom? So far a~ we know, no community has yet made any plans to absorb this man and womanpower quickly, effectively, in an orderly manner. Unless there are plans, there will be a push- ing, shoving, congested mob of terrified humanity. No one will know where to go; no one will be in charge; no one will be able to sort out, or even move through, the confusion for hours. Two simple steps could help to change this picture, but they must be takt.n in advance : Slt'P I The local Defense Council could take one hour at is next meeting to tleterminc adeq uate assembly points for the most needed categories of workers, basing their decisions on spa cr , easy approach by foot, availil hility to parking spaces, nearness to ~ l'et: il-i"c f;u.' ilitit-~. e k l.'ur eXLy !>oint fo r Builders, Riggers, 1 ,,1/Siillt'lion Mot . 'l'he llllt!rial Harclware warehouse lr,;,ding p l;ll form. a) J:asil y toea ted b)( all; IJ ) ( 'Dvtrt"d a rea; , ) F xu a tools ami equipment available; d ) l\ lancuvcring space for rescue l rucks. Those volunteering their trucks and 3) Platters can be cut NOW, in drivers. which the voice of a well-known High school football stadium and parking space. local radio personality, the Mayor, the CD Director, or someone known to the public, announces slowly and Private cars and drivers. carefully the locations, and tells the Municipal parking lot and Town Park. people to bring with them whatever tools of their trade they can- i.e., These are all hypothetical examples; crowbars and rope, pads and pencils, however, they serve to give the idea. Specific locations should be selected bandages and drugs, pots and pans ... for: These platters should be distributed a) All holders of First Aid certifi- now to all local radio stations. Where cates, nurses' aides, laboratory several communities are served by one technicians, hygienists, etc.; station, they should make a joint plat.. b) All clerical workers, telephon- ter together, covering the entire area. ists, and operators of business Obviously there will be C!lnfusion machines ; even if these advance steps are taken , c) d) All restaurant, hotel, kitchen, and canteen workers. All unskilled, able-bodied men available for debris-clearance, but it will be nothing like the nightmare that will otherwise occur. Those communities which take the problem as seriously as it deserves will assign loudspeaker units and emer- hose-carrying, etc. Jitter-bearing, gency lighting to the Volunteer AssPmbly Points; they will also aproim a It is assumed bhat auxiliary police Volunteer Assembly Director for ea ch and firemen, utilities repairmen, Mass location, who will be able to take Care Center staffs, and other trained charge at once. personnel will already have location ac;- Obviously not a ll the volunteers can signments.. The above assembly points be used right away, in the first hours. will be needed for the masses oi un- However, if they are gathered together trained , unorganized , but willing dti - by their skills, they can be: zens who will suddenly appear and I) Divided into team s; want to help. 2) Assigned to localities ; 3) Assigned leaders ; 4) Given relief and stand-by orders; Step 11 5) Provided with equipment ; There is little point in publicizing 6) Providert with transportation . these locations now. Nobody will Within hours, working, fun ctioning either listen or remember. However, units will be on their way where they three things can be done now to ease are needed, instead of milling abow. the establishment of order immediately saying : war starts: " What can I do? " 1) One or more large signs can be " \Vh ere am 1 s upposed to go? '' made NOW for each location and Summary. stored on the site so that they could The two simpl e steps of 1) select- be set up at once. ing locations, and 2) preparing Hleans "Medical aides report here" for ma king the locations known at "Clerical workers report here" once a re, we venture to suggest, the 2) All the designated locations can very mo~t effective actio11 s any com- be printed in mat form and deposited munity can take to minimizc panic. with every newspaper and printing People with purpose, order and direc - press in town, with the request that tion are less susceptible to panic, even it be run off on a one-sheet hand-out if they are frightened. It is aimless, and distributed IMMEDIATELY disoriented, masses of humanity who following any attack. create the panic problem. FEBRUARY, 1955 3 rHEALERT--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CD COORDINATORS IN SCHOOLS APPOibiTED In the "Uulletin to the Schools," for October, (issued by The nive rsity of the State of ew York, Al- bany), Haymond H.. Hunter, Coord i- nator of Civil Defense for Schools, in the State Educat ion Department, reports: "Coordinators Na med: An increasing number of superintendents have now appointed a staff member to serve as coordinator of the Civil Defense Program in their schools. Except in larger target cities, this assignment is usua lly 'in addition to other duties.' Amo ng his responsibilities, the coordinator of Civil Defense: prepares written CIJ instructions for teachers and administrators, . .supervises CD shelter drills, . plans with teachers for the integration of CIJ in th e curriculum, . carries out instructions from th e New York State Civil Defense Commission and the New York State l~ d cation Department pertaining to Civil Defense, and works with the local CIJ Director of the Adu lt Education Program to establish a CD Training Program for Adults. "Coordinators in both targe t cities and support areas are also preparing complete written plans (in accordance with a guide furnished by th e Civil Defense Commission) to be followed by school personnel in th e event of enemy a ttack." Other a rticles in Mr. Hunter's section of the Dulletin are: "Air Force Asks For Plane Spotters"; "Civil Ddense and the Schools"; and "First Aid for Defense." AIR DEFENSE FACTS Major T. W. Turbiville This is a special message to all GOC Post Supervisors for extra recruiting efforts during the next two months. Your efforts will be backed up by a very strong radio and television program. All efforts should be made to build up the volunteer strength in each post in preparation for 24 hour duty. Every volunteer should bring at least one friend. Remember, this means less "watching" time on the post for everyone else. DENTISTS CD COURSE AT FCDA STAFF COLLEGE A second course for dentists m Civil Defense is an nounc ed for Februa ry 16-18 at the Federal Civil Defe nse Administration Staff Colle ge at Oln ey , ~ lary l and . The first course , las t \la y, was attendecl. by 6 7 de nti s ts from 24 states. It was so successful that there has been a de ma nd for another. This course IS given without charge . Members of the class ma y live-in on the co ll ege grounds a t a cost of $5 .00 a day for board a nd rnom. THE OIH.ECTOH A YS: Continued fro m Po ge 1 that we should, as individuals and communities, follow th e pattern of preparedness which has been established on an international scale. o one wants war, leas t of all the type of war th at will be fought with weapons which are capable of s uch devastating power as to cause a great city a nd it's inhabitants to disappea r in a c loud of a tomi c dust in the matter of second s . Ye t, we have no ass urance that such a war is impossible, but instead we have every indication that s uch a war is possible. Sho uld such a war come, the statements that were previously mad e by th e pessimists as well as those made by the opt imists, will contribute nothing t o alleviati ng the suffering of th e injured, rescue of th e trapped, restora ti on of needed facilities and services, extinguishin g great fires, nor a ny of the million and one thin gs which must be done to save our communities and our nation. When the chips are down, capable human beings who can respond to the great demand th a t wi II be placed upon them wi II overs had ow a 11 others. OPERATION KIDS POSTPONED 1 11e pra ctice evacua tion of a ll of th e school children of ~lobile, Ala ., which was pla nn ed for Jan. 26 has been postponed . Some adm inistrative difficulties which could not be c leared up in time caused Director Sturgeon to put this practice which was ca lled "Operat ion !-\.ids" to be put off for a t least a month . Observers from a ll over the co untry were plannin g on watch in g it. 6LZ '0 N HWJad o!) o,uowv CJIVd 3!>V~SOd s n ~'!I"Td '99"t ;)as o9 o,uow't 3s 'a"V aoJapafUO:) 3 6S'6 uo!S!"!O asuafac I!"!:) THE GEORGIA ; Department of Defen se, Civi I Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 5, No. 3 Atlanta, Ga. March, 1955 Georgia Forestry Commission~s Report On Civil Defense George J. llearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - - Since April is the worst month in the year for tornadoes to occur in Georgia, I am devotin g my column to a few tornado safe ty rules. To know what to do when a warning is received, or a tornado is observed, may mean the difference between life and death. There is no universal protection against tornadoes except caves <;>r undergroun d excavations. When time permits, go to a tornado cellar, cave, or underground excavation which should have an air outlet to help eq ua lize the air pressure. It should be kept fit for use, fre e from water, gas, or debris; and preferably equipped with pick and shovel. If you are in open country, move a t ri ght angles to th~ tornado's path . Tornadoes usually move ahead a t about 25 to 40 miles per hour. If there is no time to escape, lie flat in the nearest depression such as a Continued on Page 4 The Georgia Forestry Commission today is playing a leading part in the State's overall Civil Defense activities. This part is being played with the realiza tion that here in Ge orgia, where forestry is a $700,000,000 a year industry, civil defense activities and full forest protection and utilization must supplement one another to the fullest extent if both activities are to function effectively. First, it will be well to explain the functions of the Georgia Forestry Commiss ion a nd its obligations to the citizens of Georgia. Today the Commission is protecting 20,251,862 acres of forest land in 137 counties. In protecting this land, the following equipment is being used: 60 he avy crawler tractors, 107 light crawler tractors, 62 water wagons, 132 pickup trucks and 119 quarter ton jeeps. ln addition to the above, 308 lookout towers and 20 contract planes are used for detection. To protect this land with the equipment above, a total of 861 radios are being used -342 fixed stations and 519 mobi le. A fully equipped shop centra lly located at Dry Branch (i\lJ'+if GOJ JB J QJ 1 ~lJCJ ~ AJU n a l u r ~o an J O ~+ls aA lu ~ aq r ucr+ oac a~ue~ox~ : ~Jl' 6lZ '0 N '!wJad o~ ' ou oi V aJVd 3~VHOd ' S n 'D') 'ouoiV '3'S 'aAv aoJapaJUO:) '3 6S6 uo!S!A!Q asu a1ac (!A!:) asua1aa JO uawpodaa ~IS THE GEORGIA ... ' Depar-tment of Defense, Civi I De fense Divis ion, George J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 5, No. 4 Atlanta, Go. April, 1955 Georgia Delegation To Witness Atomic Test Exercise In Nevada ti' George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - - During the past month, many columns of newsprint have appeared emphasizing the "impossible" effects of radioactive particles resulting from an H-Bomb explosion blanketing "huge" areas. Of these many statements, only one- that of Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission- is based upon factual data, and even in this case the conclusions admittedly are partially based upon calculations. The figures released in this report are indeed alarmin g, but accompanying them are constructive recommendations for protection which are withi n the realm of possible achievement. F rom this point, the subject has received ima ginative treatment by just a bout everyone who desires to express an opinion. Half truths are slanted to produce shock effects and possibilities are assumed to be factual. Variables are added to vi.'.riables limited only by the "expert's" Continued on Page 4 A Georgia De le ga tion headed by Major General George J. Hearn, Civil Defense Director of Georgia, will witness "Operation Cue," a nuclear explosion which is part of the Atomic E nergy Commission's development series for Spring, 1955. This test shot will ta ke place during the last week in April at the ABC's Test Site in Neva da. Among the Georgians invited to witness this explosion are Lieutenant Governor Ernest Vandiver; Speaker of the House of Represen- tatives Marvin Moate; Mr. Hadley B. Cammack, Chairman of the ChathamSavannah Civil Defense Council; Mr. Dixon Oxford, Chairman of the l{ural Roads Authority; Mayor Caldwell McGarity of Monroe, Georgia; Mr. Hal Be ll, Civil Defense Director of Macon, Georgia; Senator lloward Overby of Gainesville, Chairman of the Senate Armed Servic es Committee; Mayor Lee Carter of llartwell, Georgia; Senator Willis llarden of Commerce, Georgia; Brigadier General hank A. Kopf, Deputy Director of Civil IJefens e for the State of Georgia; Dr. .J. N. Striblin g of Ea tonton, Georgia; l'vlr. Jack Grantham, Communications Officer for the State Civii Defense Office; Mr. .James Williamson of Darien, Georgia; ~lr. Elliott H. Jackson, Civil Defense Director for :VIetropolitan Atlanta; ~layor William D. llartsfield, of Atlanta, Georgia; iVlrs. G. W. F reiberg, Civil Defense Director of Augusta, Ga., and Lieutenant Colonel Charles T. White, Public Information Officer for Civil Defense for Georgia. Colone l C. M. Virture, the Training Officer for Columbus, Georgia, a nd Mr. Robert H. Hohrer, instructor in radiation for Atlanta, have been invited to be Field participants in this exercise. The United States Air Force has invited as their guest to " Operation Cue," Miss Judy King, Administrative Supervisor for the Atlanta Air Defense Filter Center and Mrs. Mary Jane Dotson, Ad ministrative Supervisor for the Savannah Filter Center. Many newspaper, television and radio personnel from Georgia will" cove r this test exercise. For civil defense workers-and the public, in general-it will be the most important atomic test ever conducted. It will certainly be the most extensive . While most tests in Nevada and the South Pacific are concerned with perfecting means of destruction-if more perfection is needed-this will be one of the few tests at the other end of the spectrum devoted mainly to survival. Trained CD Workers Save Lives. Civil Defense Training is Life Saving Training. THE GEORGIA ALERT Pub/ ished monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer KELSO HEARN Administrative Aide I JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director CIVIL DEFENSE STAFF COLLEGE COURSE TO BE HELD There will be a five-day Civil Defense Staff College Course held at the University of Georgia, May 2328, 1955. This course is being sponsored by the State Civil Defense Division in cooperation with the Federal Civil Defense Administra tion a nd the University of Georgia. Any person interested in civil defense is cordially invited to attend this course . You should contact Mr. Gene Weldon, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, for details concerning registration, lodging, etc. Each of the civil defense services will be discussed at length by a group of specialists with experience in that service. Some of the subjects to be studied are "Effects of Wartime Weapons," "Civil Defense Analysis," "Operation and Orga nization in Support Areas," "Peacetime Disaster Control and Its Relation to Civil Defense," "Civil Defense in Schools and Colleges." Civil Defense Directors-Mayors and County Commissioners! READ General Order No. Fourteen on The Ground Observer Corps, just sent you from the State Civil Defense Office . ACTION on this project means additional safety for our nation. 2 Dalton School Children Walking from their school to a rendezvous area for further evacuation Wailing Sirens In Alert By R. E. Hamilton Sirens shrieked. Mill whistles screamed for five minutes. Traffic in the downtown district came to a halt and pedestrians disappeared, taking cover in stores, basements and other shelter areas. Schools emptied and pupils quickly carried out an orderly evacuation plan, marching to parks and other open areas on the edge of the city. Work stopped in mllny industriIS GEORGIA Department of Defense , Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 5, No. 5 Atlanta, Ga. May, 1955 GEORGIANS SEE ATOM BLAST AT YUCCA FLATS NEVADA / rY J.SOd 'S UOHDZ!UD6JO J!JOJdUON 'D!) 'o,uoi'V '3'S 'aAy a,oJapaJUO:) '3 6S6 UO!S!A!Q 9SU9J90 1!A!:) asu'"Jaa JO ,uawpodao THE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Atlanta, Ga. June, 1955 ATLANTA SCHOOLS HOLD PRACTICE EVACUATION 1 r~ ( tt George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - - The National Planning Association urged the President recently to name a special non-military defense commission to coordinate all types of civil defense planning aimed at withstanding atomic attack. At the same time the privately-supported research organization suggested that a non-military defense council be financed by endowed foundations to encourage non-governmental activities in this field. Accompanying the NPA's recommendations was an exhaustive -report by Dr. William H. Stead, former NSlU3 consultant, decribing in detail the nature of the atomic threat, and the effects of l,ltomic explosions on life and property. In the most exhaustive study of the nation's non-military defenses ever made, the Association listed three major deficiencies in current CD planning: l. Failure to develop Continued on Page 4 The Metropolitan district of Atlanta had its first practice evacuation on March 18 when over 8,000 of the 160,000 school children in the area left their schools in some 1,600 vehicles and were taken to reception centers which were considered to be a safe distance from a bomb explosion at Five Points had there been such an explosion at the time. Most of the vehicles were furnished by parents of the children who were well coached beforehand on just the procedure to use. Cars were well marked by plackards in the windshields so that traffic police would be able to distinguish them and keep them to- gether. They left the schools in serials of about twenty cars each and caused very little disturbance to the normal traffic. They did not violate red traffic lights or other traffic rules in the evacuation. In fact other traffic went on as usual. The pupils all seemed to be calm and collected, and there was very CIVIL DEFENSE WORKSHOP little excitement. It looked more like FOR WOMEN LEADERS a normal fire drill until they began getting into the cars. The sirens State Civil Defense Director blew at 12:35 P. M., and in less than George J. Hearn announced that the two minutes the first cars began to Central Area meeting sponsored by appear at the schools. Observers the Women's Advisory Committee for said the parents must have been sit- Civil Defense will be held in Mil- ting on ready, but aft~r all many of ledgeville on the tentative date of the parents just lived across the June 30 with registration at9:30 a.m. street from the school, so it was en- and adjournment at 4:00 p.m. Mr. tirely possible to be there that quick. Phil Chandler, Civil Defense Direc- Each child had a tag tied on giv- tor of Milledgevil le and Baldwin ing the vital statistics on the indi- County will serve as official host to vidual, and another registration card this forty-six county area conference. had been made out for each child in Members of all women's organi- advance and this was given to the zations are cordially invited to at- driver of the car and collected by the tend in order to hear a presentation Welfare Registration Service at the of the State Plan of operations. A end of the line. Of course each discussion of local organization and school evacuated to a different spot, planning, as well as demonstrations and in each case it was another of what women and women's organi- school whose pupils would have zations should do in order to be been sent home during an actual prepared to take care of themselves emergency. and their families in the event of When it is considered that eight enemy attack or natural disaster different school systems took part will be presented. Continued an Page 3 THE ALERT----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer MRS. JOHN G. LEWIS Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer KELSO HEARN Administrative Aide JERRY CAUBLE Nortben. Area Direct,or A. MACK DODO Central Area Director HARRY U. JACK,SON Southwestern Area Director l:iOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director OPERATION ALERT Just about the time you receive this issue of "The Georgia Alert" the Civil Defense Corps of the whole country will be very busy with "Operation Alert" a Civil Defense exercise which assumes that several cities in the United States have been, or are about to be attacked . Just which cities they are no one will know until eleven o'clock a.m., June 15. Then the whole CD organization goes into action either pulling itself out of the rubble of its own city or helping some other city that has been hit. The Control Centers will all be manned for 26 hours. The exercise will not end until 1:00 p.m. June 16. The directions for the attack make up a pamphlet of mimeographed material about an inch thick, and they are general e nough so that they would hold for any attack at any time. They are the blue print for CD action if a n enemy ever comes over this country with the intent of dropping bombs. If Atlanta is hit, of course the main objective of the rest of the state is to furnish help. The III Region of FCDA comprising the seven southeastern states will be called upon to help the VI region in which the attacked city of St. Louis is WHAT WAS LEARNED As a result of the 1955 nuclear test series a far wider appreciation of the atom to U.S . defense problems is shown to be feasible than was even suspected a short time ago. Biggest U.S. problem- how to knock down large numbers of fast high-flying jet bombers in a hurryfinally has a theoretical solution in sight now. It is a powerful self-propelled, atomic missile. Such a missile now has been tested and can be put into production. Atomic sabotage is shown to be perfectly feasible. The danger of a saboteur bringing in a suitcase containing a small A-bomb. no longer is remote, is demonstrated to be real and immediate. Battlefield weapons of various sizes, available to fit a wide range of needs, also are tested and ready for production in new, specialized forms. New means of defending U.S. cities against at least some of the terrific heat of a nuclear fireball were tested too. This could conceivably save countless American lives, if it cut back the danger of fire, a main hazard to U.S. type cities in the event of atomic attack. Individual defense measures also were tested as a result of this series of blasts. Actual experiments unde. fire indicate that a trench provides fairly good close-in protection, as does a basement shelter, a typical American office building, even an automobile. Piles of statistics, dealing with the effects of near-by atomic explosions have been gathered during the tests of the past three months. This valuable information will be given to Civil Defense officials shortly .We acknowledge our indebtedness to the U.S. News & World Report for material used in this article. Please bear in mind that that all of this information pertains to A-bombs not H-bombs. located. The State Control Center in the basement of the Russell Building will be in operation for the full 26 hours. SAVANNAH CD HOLDS "OPERATION BOXCAR" Over eighteen thonsand school children were evacuated from their schools to staging points on the railroads where under a sure enough alert they would be picked up by railroad equipment and hurried out of harms way to assembly areas where they would be looked after ,by the emergency welfare service of Civil Defense. The movement started at nine-thirty o'clock A.M. and by ten o'clock they had all reached their staging points. Some had nearly two miles to walk, and others, of course, had only a few blocks. The parents were not directly involved in the operation, but many were on hand to observe the movement. Col. A. Lester Henderson, Evacuation Directorfor the ChathamSavannah CD Council stated that he was very pleased with the results and very few "bugs" in the plans were brought to light. Fire trucks, police cars, and other mobile radio equipment contacted the central control station where charts were kept on the movement by Hadley Cammack, chairman o{ the council. He was assisted by Fire Chief J. L. Evans, and Police Chief, Harold 0. Fortson. Director of Civil Defens!!, Charles Musante stated that the one weakness in the plans that he observed was the lack of communications equipment. His next effort for Civil Defense in Savannah will be to secure enough radios and operators to keep the movement running smoothly. Several amateur operators assisted H. P. StepHens, the communications officer, in the operation. Civil Defense Can Be Effective During Natural Disasters: The oldest and the youngest Civil Defense plane spotters in the natioM work at the same GOC post in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., reports the Associated Press. They are Calvin W. Miller, 86 year old retired carpenter, and Ronnie Barker, 7 a second grade pupil. 2 JUNE 1955 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT IMPROVISED HOSPITALS FOR CIVIL DEFENSE THE CHURCH AND CIVIL DEFENSE Continued from Page 1 and had to be coordinated, and the fact that not one serious accident By Dr. Fred W. Kern took place in the movement great The Federal Civil Defense Ad- credit must indeed be given to El- ministration has planned for 6,000 The concern of the Church with liott Jackson, the Director, to Theo. of the 20(}-bed Improvised Hospitals Civil Defense does not represent G. Robinson the evacuation chief, as an essential part of the Nation's something beyond its normal func- and to their staffs for a job well medical preparedness within the tion. The principles and purp "3 6S6 UO!S!A!Q &SU8f8Q 1!A!::> &SU&f8Q fO JU8WJJDd8Q If HE GEORGIA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 5, No. 7 Atlanta, Ga. July, 1955 REPORT ON NATION-WIDE CIVIL DEFENSE TEST THE DIRECTOR SAYS . . . I wish to devote my column this month to commending one of the finest group of citizens in the State of Georgia -the Local Civil Defense Directors. During the past four years many commendations have been made to the State Director for the outstanding job being done in civil defense. These commendations belong to the Local Civil Defense Directors because they are the ones that are doing most of the work. I believe that Civil Defense DiJ:ectors are the most patriotic group of Americans we have today. In addition to working for free, they are faced with one of the most gigantic tasks ever undertaken in this State and that is the educating of over three and one-half million Georgians in a new and vital subject. With the advent of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons civil defense has become a Continued on Page 4 "OPERATION ALERT 1955," a Nation-wide Civil Defense Test which lasted for a total of 26 hours June 15 and 16, provided much needed information for the Georgia State Civil Defense Staff and was termed highly successful by that group. Representatives of all State departments who acted as the <:hiefs of services played the exercise for the whole period which theoretically covered 9 days operation. Atlanta, the Critical Target City in Georgia, received the Yellow Alert (Lemon Juice) shortly after 11:00 a.m. on the morning of June 15. The Alert was dispatched by State Patrol Headquarters and all stations in the State had acknowledged receipt of same 8 minutes later. As the Alert went out, the State Chiefs reported immediately to Headquarters. Communication began to function between cities. Amateurs reported representing 47 cities. Of the 118 amateurs working in Civil Defense Communication, 80 participated in this exercise and delivered 5,662 messages. TWX and Army Mars Radio Station provided communication between the State and Region offices. State owned "Disaster Net' ' stations provided lines between the various city offices and the State with amateurs providing field communication to the cities. The Red Alert (Apple Jack) warn- ing was received by the State Patrol and all stations acknowledged in 5 minutes. Atlanta was assumed to have been hit with a 50 X bomb, ground burst at 2:33 p.m., suffering 103,000 killed and 84,000 injured. This represented, in addition to casualties, millions of dollars in loss to industry, and the destruction of nearly all hospitals. All fire equipment in Georgia and adjacent States was assumed to be in action in Atlanta. All cities were used in support of Atlanta. The State Traffic Control Plan was put into effect. As a result of this test plans will be made to give more consideration to radioactive "Fall Out." It was discovered more room will be required in the Control Center. Efforts to complete the Alternate State Control Center will be stepped up. Additional radio frequencies will be required. Welfare Services must plan far in advance to cope with' "Fall Out" evacuation. The Federal Government will be run from about thirty dispersed centers in case of an atomic attack on Washington. These bureau and department auxiliary headquarters have already been set up and stocked with the files and' data necessary for functioning of the departments in case the one in Washington is destroyed. THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S. E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer Mrs. John G. Lewis Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer KELSO HEARN Administrative Aide JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director GOC COORD INA TOR'S SEMINAR Sixty Air Force officers from the continental United States, Alaska and Canada met in Colorado Springs during the week of June 19-26, for a semina~ on civilian Ground Observer Corps a.ir defense activities. The GOC is operationally part of the Continental Air Defense Command, whose headquarters is in Colorado Springs. The seminar was similar in pattern and purpose to a course of study held last year for air defense filter center commanders. Students in attendance this year, however, with the exception of the Canadian group, were composed of military state Civil Air Defense coordinators from the capitols of every state in the Union. Officers from Canada and Alaska were also present hecause of the close coordination of Ground Observer Corps operations in those two areas with the observer program in the continental United States. Keynote speaker at the opening class was Col. Robert L. Scott, Director of Information Services, U.S. Air Force. Col. Scott is a military public relations specialist and author, one of whose hooks, "God is My Co-Pilot," has won high critical acclaim and wide readership. His home is in Macon, Ga. Major Tom Turhiville, USAF Coordinator for the Ground Observer Corps in Georgia, attended this seminar. GEORGIA WOMEN'S CLUBS ACTIVE IN CIVIL DEFENSE At its annual convention the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs awarded a CERTIFICATE of ACHIEVEMENT to the Jonesboro, Gordon, Golden Isles and Comer WoiiBn 's Clubs in recognition of the outstanding record made in carrying out the Federation's three point plan in Nationa 1 Defense with activities centered around Home Defense and the Civil Defense Home Protection Exercises. Certificates were also presented to the clubs in each of the ten districts with outstanding records, namely, Savannah Women's Federation, first; Albany Woman's Club and Tifton Junior Woman's Club, second; Cordele Woman's Club, third; Jonesboro Woman's Club and Forest Park Woman's Club, fourth; Sandy Springs Woman's Club, Hobby Gardeners' Club and Kirkwood Woman's Club, fifth; Gordon Woman's Club, sixth; Smyrna Woman's Club, seventh; and Golden Isles Woman's Club, eighth; Cleveland Woman's Club, ninth; Comer Woman's Club, tenth. The Huntington Club, Georgia Power Woman's Club, Fort Valley Woman's Club, Clarkeston Community Woman's Club, Sylvan Hills Garden Club, Macon Woman's Club, Eton Woman's Club, Homerville Woman's Club, Cornelia Woman's Club, Norcross Woman's Club, Wednesday Study Club and Hartwell Woman's Club received Honorable Mention. The eighth district chairman, Mrs. E. C. Allen of Brunswick was commended for the number of reports sent in and Mrs. G. W. Freiberg of Augusta, tenth dis trict chairman for the special plan of work. The Georgia Federation is continuing its emphasis on Home Protection and training in Civil Defense during the coming year. No doubt there will he special interest in the Home Fire Prevention and Home Fire Fighting phases of the Civil Defense program due to the fact that the Federation's new fund raising project is the sale of a junior size fire extinguisher. For information concerning this fire extinguisher contact the woman's club in your community. WHAT THEY ARE SAYING- Pres ident Eisenhower said that unexpected Soviet progres s in plane production should spur Civil Defense activities The President's comments on Civil Defense were in answer to a query as to whether the Moscow air show would mean the need for more money for new weapons. Saying that there had been no decision in terms of budget, the President added: ''But, ldo believe this: I would he hopeful that it would bring about and inspire a speed-up in the enthusiasm of the average citizen to do his part in this. I must reiterate that Civil Defense is largely a job that falls on each of us- ourselves. It's a matter of discipline; it's training; it is local work largely. The Federal government can get into the thing with leadership, with models, with examples and, of course, in certain instances, with storage of supplies and all the rest of it." * * * * * General Curtis LeMay, commander of the Strategic Air Command, notified FCDA June 9 of his support of Operation Alert. He said the test provides the nation with "a tremendous opportunity to arm itself with the practical knowledge necessary to achieve a state of preparedness equal to the threat of nuclear warfare which confronts the world today. I cannot too strongly stress the importance which the Strategic Air Command attafhes to this exercise, nor too strongly urge the partiCipation and cooperation of local officials everywhere," he de clare d. "Let it he remembered that we in the military and you in civil defense are partners -e qual p~ners - in the defense of this nation." * * * * * Val Peterson, Federal Civil De fense Administrator t old the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in New York on May 21 that they should work defense planning into all phases of their city governments. "If you build civil defense into every element," he said, "You will have millions of trained people in your organization immediately. 2 JULY, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- ------THE ALERT 1955 CIVIL DEFENSE CLASS AND INSTRUCTORS Above is the first class held at the University of Georgia for administrative Civil Defense personnel under the three year agreement recently signed by General George /. Hearn, State CD Director, and the FCDA. Similar classes will be held every six months for a period of three years. The course lasted from May 23 to May 27. MASS FEEDING COOK BOOK NOW AVAILABLE Quantity Recipes, written by specialists in institution management at the New York State College of Home Economics at Cornell University, contains over 200 pages of information on group feeding. It includes more than 600 tested low-cost recipes, not only for main dishes but for a-great variety of soups, salads, hot breads, desserts, and beverages. Each recipe is designed to serve 50 people. It is presented step by step with specific information on temperature and cooking time, exact amount or weight of ingredients, and ways to keep the dish hot or cold during the lag between cooking and serving. Other sections deal with ways to figure the cost of recipes and to obtain uniform servings. Photographs of standard equipment are also included. Civil Defense directors and others may order Quantity Recipes at cost, which is $1, from the Mailing Room, Stone Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. When orders are for 10 or more copies mailed to a single address, the price is 85 per copy, plus shipping charges. JULY, 1955 WADSWORTH NAMED COLUMBUS CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Dixon Wadsworth, Jr., has been named Civil Defense Director for Columbus, Georgia. The City Commission of Columbus on 14 June, 1955, unanimously approved the 42-year-old businessman to the unpaid post formerly held by B. H. Hardaway. Major Hardaway submitted his resignation in March because his doctor restricted his activities following illness last December. Mr. Wadsworth is owner of Wadsworth Insulating and Awning Company. He is presently a reserve lieutenant colonel in the Corps of Military police and served two and one-half years in the Army during World War II. He was provost marshall at Karachi, India, for 14 months and served in New Delhi and Calcutta, India, for four months respec- tively. A resident of Columbus since he was 4, Wadsworth resides at 2617 Hilton Avenue with his wife and daughter. The Alert wishes Mr. Wadsworth much success in this new and important position. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Georgia , during their annua l c onvention in June adopted the following resolution: "WHEREAS the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Georgia, are in Thir- teenth Annual Enc a mpment assembled this nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundre d and fifty -five, and WHEREAS the s ecurity of the nation is dependent upon an active and alert Civil Defense program, and WHE R E AS an imp ortant function of Civil Defens e is the evac uation and rescue of all civilia ns in the ev e n t of an atomic blast and ' WHEREAS it is necessary to determine with a high degree of accuracy whether or not a partic ular are a is s a fe to be occupied and how long it may be occupied, and WHEREAS there has been developed radiological me ters to determine whether or not a p articular area is safe or unsafe, and WHEREAS the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States have delegated them- selves to defend their country, not only on the battlefield, but al so in civilian life and all members have pledged their support of all Civil Defense programs, and WHEREAS the Department of Georgia, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States has many posts with qualified men to learn the operation and maintenance of radiologic al meters, and WHEREAS the various posts of this department desire to purchase radiological meters and provide manpower for the main- tenance and operation of the meters in an effort to further the safety of all civilians in the event of an atomic attack. NOW THER EFO RE BE IT R E SOLVED by the Thirteenth Annual Encampment of the De p artment of Georgi a, Veterans of Forei gn Wars of the Unite d States that the entire C ivil Defe nse program of the State of Georgia be and same is hereby whole-heartedly endorsed the progr am to provide radiological mete rs. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each post in the Dep artment of Ge orgia is hereby re que ste d t o pllfcha s e , or assist in the purchase, radiological mete r s for u se in the locality in which the post is loc ated. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each post prov ide the necessary manpower to maint ain, operate a nd house a r adiological me ter. DE IT FURTHER RE SOLVE D that copies of this resolution be sent to the Adjutant General, Governor, press and radio. '' The Veterans of Foreign Wars, De- partment of Georgia have always coop- erated with our civil defe nse program. T he above resol ution is a n example of the ir interest in their community, state a nd nation, and I wish to commend them for this patriotic action. 3 THE ALERT------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIVIL AIR PATROL READY WITH LIGHT AIRCRAFT TO AID CD Two major problems with which the United States will be confronted in case of an atomic attack are mass evacuation and the delivery of aid to those who are caugbt within the blast area. In either case, private pilots with light planes based at hundreds of airfields across the nation will be called upon to perform a variety of missions for which their planes and their training are especially adapted, according to Major General LucasV. Beau, National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol. General Beau revealed that thPCAP already has more than 5,300 planes available from coast-to-coast to support local Civil Defense organizations, as well as to perform certain non-combatant miss ions in support of the Air Force. In many cities, he explained, planes and volunteer crewmen of the CAP have already begun t1aining for the critical role they will be called upon to play and that city officials and Civil Defense authorities have been enthusiastic in their praise of the assistance rendered by light aircraft. Should an enemy nuclear bomb devastate an American city, the light plane and its civil pilot will have the important role of flying in nurses, doctors, medical supplies and uncontaminated food and water. Critical supplies and rescue personnel could be brought in quickly to the center of the disaster area, whereas, surface transportation would be hin- McGILL ELECTED PRESIDENT NATIONAL ASSO STATE CD DIRECTORS William L. McGill, State Coordinator of Defense and Disaster Relief for Texas, was elected president of the National Association of State and Territorial Civil Defense Directors at the organization's recent meeting in Las Vegas. McGill succeeds Brigadier General William Hesketh, State Civil Defense Director of Connecticut. Colonel John McGreevy, State Civil Defense Director of Rhode Island, was re-elected secretary-treasurer of the Association. dered by wrecked bridges, toppled buildings and abandoned vehicles. The CAP leader related that the effectiveness of the light planes was proved last summer during the Civil Defense program's "Operation Alert." He said that CAP plalles, operating out of a 900-foot football field in downtown Washington, D.C., airlifted 1,700 pints of whole blood to within 100 yards of the Civil Defense command post in the nation's capitol. In still another training mission at Philadelphia, Pa., an entire field hospital, complete with 16 beds, two doctors, four nurses, first aid attendants, its own electric powerplant and portable operating table and equipment, were flown in the city after a mock atomic attack on the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Contemporary light planes ranging from singleseater planes to four-seater planes were used in the operation. THE DIRECTOR SAYS: Continued from Page 1 new dimension in community thought and planning. The effectiveness of any civil defense program, national, state, or local, must be measured in terms of people. The whole idea of civil defense is to help the individual protect himself, his family and his property, and to make the best use of his own specialties and skills as part of his local civil defense organization. As Director of Civil Defense for Georgia, I urge all of you to help prepare to meet the demands of an emergency, should one occur, by volunteering to your Local Civil Defense Director for the particular civil defense service for which you are best fitted. Your security tomorrow may depend on what you do today. AIR RAID SIRENS TAKE ON NEW SIGNIFICANCE The ear-splitting wail of the air raid siren heard each Saturday will take on new significance in Miami, Florida. The City Commission passed a resolution asking that people who hear it, and that's just about everyone in Greater Miami, stop for a moment of prayer asking God's guidance for peace, that wars and rumors of wars be ba_nished to the limbo of forgotten memones. Who can give blood? Anyone between the ages of 18 and 59, at least 110 pounds in weight and in normally good health. Minors must receive the signed consent of parent or legal guardian. e~ suaq~v SaJ.HI.lQ11 k+TS.l eA !U O el{J. ~J 8JOa~ JO ~l1S.l9AJU0 aqJ. uonoas a:liua4 o:x 3 i '+J .1~ 6lZ "ON J!WJad "0!) 1 0JUDJJY sn OIYd 3~YlSOd UO!JDZ!Uo6JQ J!jOJdUON o~ 'DJUDJJY "3"S '"aAy 8JOJapejUO:) "3 6S6 UO!S!A!Q 8SU8j8Q J!A!:) asua1a fO JUaw,Jodaa THE GEORGIA UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA G '= - 1 Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Atlanta, Ga. August, 1955 SIX STEPS TO SURVIVAL THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - - This month I wish to devote my column to an article I read recently. The writer of this article is anonymou...:; hut it is a mighty good thought for all. "The recent revelations by the Atomic Energy Commission of the essential data currently being developed and released as a result of radioactive fallout from nuclear and thermo-nuclear explosions, are of the utmost importance and involve every citizen of every town, village, township , city and county in the United States. No one - no area, however, remote, is now exempt from its effects. These revelations have special significance to those who are charged with the responsibility for leadership at every level, because they pose problems which demand the best thinking, the best preparation, the best and most aggressive action of which we are capable. PREPARE YOUR FAMILY FOR EMERGENCIES: The family is the mainspring of civil defense. Get your family to work as a team in preparing for emergencies- whether from enemy attack or local disaster. Take the Red Cross First Aid and Home Nursing Courses. Keep a first-aid kit handy and well stocked. Lay in enough emergency food and water to sustain your family for a week. Keep this supply in your home shelter, and rotate or replace regularly to keep fresh. A flashlight, a battery-uperated radio, a can opener, first-aid supplies, and emergency cooking and sanitation facilities should be kept there , too. LEARN THE CIVIL DEFENSE PUBLIC ACTION SIGNALS: Memo- rize your local signals so that you will know what to do instinctively. The Alert Signal, which means attack is probable, is a stea dy blast of three to five minutes' duration. When you hear this, tune in on Conelrad (640 or 1240). Follow Civil Defense directions promptly. The alert signal will mean evacuation or mobilization of civil defense forces, depending on your loc ation. The Take Cover Signal is a wailing tone, or a series of short blasts, of three minutes' duration. When you hear this, it indicates that attack is imminent and you must take the best available shelter. KNOW THE CONELRAD STATIONS: At the first indication of enemy bombers approaching the United States, all television and FM radio stat ions will go off the air. Continued on Page 4 All standard (AM) stations will likewise go silent. The Conelrad stations, 640 or 1240, are your surest and fastest means of getting emergency civil defense information and instructions. Mark those numbers on your radio set- now! FOLLOW THESE EVACUATION PRINCIPLES: The best protection against atomic or hydrogen bombs is -don't be there! In major cities, where there is sufficient warning time, this means pre-attack evacuation. Instructions will be broadcast over Conelrad frequency following the Alert Signal. You will be told what evacuation route to take. Take enough suitable clothing and emergency food and supplies with you. BUILD A HOME SHELTER: Here are three reasons why everyone should have a home shelter. l. In a sneak attack, or where there is insufficie nt warning for evacuation, any shelter is better than no shelter. 2. If you live far enough outside a target area to be relatively safe from blast and fire, there is still a chance you will be subjected to radio-active fallout from the bomb cloud. Even homes 150 miles or more downwind from major cities may lie in the possible fallout zone. 3. Home shelters are also good safety insurance against tornadoes and other types of natural disasters. The best protection against radioactive fallout is an outdoor shelter covered by at least three feet of earth, and with a suitable device to filter out the dust. If you think you Continued on Page 4 THE ALERT--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ntE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the FCDA STAFF COLLEGE COURSE FOR NURSES NEW FCDA APPOINTMENTS IN REGION Ill CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer Mrs. John G. Lewis Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer KELSO HEARN Administrative Aide JERRY Ct.iJBLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director CHECK LIST FOR SCHOOLS New York City Superintendent of Schools has issued a Check List to all their schools in order to determine progress in Civil Defense measures and take appropriate action where inadequacies are indicated. .Nine of the items listed on this check list were: 1. Are your parents aware of the replacement possibilities for lost identification tags? 2. Is the emergency directory information for your school currently correct? 3. Has your school neighborhood been carefully surveyed for po8sible alternate shelters? 4. Have your School Defense Aides been encouraged to take the first aid Self-Hell? and Neighbor-Help course? 5. Is the location and telephone number of your school's Civil Defense district control center displayed near the office ~lephone? 6. Are your escort lists for kindergarten through 3rd year children currently correct? 7. Is your s: staff aware of its emergency respon- sibilities? Does your school have an effective ongoing program for the enrollment of new School Defense Aides? 9. Are your staff and children aware of the precautions to be taken against post-attack residual radiation? The first Federal Civil Defense Administration Staff College Course for Nurses is scheduled to be given at the FCDA Headquarters, Battle Creek, Michigan, November 16 through 19, 1955. The program will include three days of intensive txaining and instruction in the principles of Civil Defense, especially as they affect the Casualty Care Services. One day will be devoted exclusively to outlining, the special role of nurses in Civil Defense Emergency Casualty Care. There will be only thirty-five vacancies for nurses in this particular course. Therefore, the Local Civil Defense Directors are urged to review as soon as possible any key nursing personnel in your area who may wish to attend this course and advise them to file their applications without delay. Applications should be submitted to the Federal Civil Defense Administration, Battle Creek, Michigan, through the State Office. Comfortable quarters will be provided at the FCDA National Headquarters at a nominal rate for those who desire to live-in. U. S. POSTAL RECORDS DISPERSED Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield said recently that a dispersal of both post office records and administrative functions had been effected to assure survival of the mail service in the event of localized enemy attac.k "Now,"he sat.d, " no matter what happens in Washington the machinery is in the field and it can operate the service efficiently:. Most of our management functions are being dispersed to 14 widely separated regional offices and 92 district offices and our irreplaceable records have been completely dispersed to several strategically located depositories. As a result, the postal .service is far less vulnerable to enemy attack. It can survive localized holocausts.'' There has been two new appointments to the regional staff of the Federal Civil Defense Administration at Thomasville, Ga. Colonel R. C. Stewart Sidney, one of the pioneer faculty members of the FCDA Staff College, has been appointed Regional Training and Education Officer. Miss Nelle L. Williams, a native of Marshall, Michigan, who has had a number of years experience in public assistance work, has been appointed Regional Welfare Officer. Colonel Stewart Sidney during the past several months had been Training and Operatio11s Officer for the Florida State Civil Defense Council. In 1951 he joined FCDA and assisted in developing the curriculum for the FCDA Staff College, then located at. Olney, Md. He remained on the faculty until early this year when he resigned to accept the Florida position. He has a distinguished record in the British Army, serving with the Embassy of India in Washington from 1947 until first joining FCDA. Miss Williams has served in variious supervisory positions with the American National Red Cross, New York State Emergency Relief Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, War Manpower Commission and several family service agencies. She is a member of the American Association of Social Workers and the American Association of University Women. FLOATING RADAR STATION The world's first floating radar station, to give early warning of approaching enemy planes, is scheduled to be towed July 12 from Boston to its spotting anchorage 110 miles off Cape Cod in the Atlantic Ocean. The 6,000 ton "Texas tower" is the first in a circle of outer warning stations proposed to protect 1,500 miles of coast from Newfoundland to Norkfolk, Va., against enemy planes. 2 AUGUST, 1955 WEATHER MAN IS NAMED Governor Marvin Griffin proclaims July 14, 1955, as Ground Observer Corps Day in Georgia. Shawn above is the Governor signing the official proclamation at the State Capitol while Major T. W. Turbiville, US AF Coordinator for the Ground Observer Corps in Georgia , looks on. TO PERMANENT CD STAFF The Federal Civil Defense Administration announced the addition of a permanent weather scientist to its staff. Charles K. Shafer, 37, has been assigned by the- U. S. Weather Bureau in Washington to FCDA National Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan. The Assistant Administrator for FCDA'S Operations Control Serv ices, said Shafer will be meteorologist in charge of the Weather Bureau project to provide both consultant and operational meteorological services to civil defense. Shafer's principal undertakingwill be the preparation of fallout forecasts - charting from high-altitude measurements the probable pattern of radioactive fallout should a hydrogen bomb explode in one of the nation's rnajor cities. The weather scientist has been on detail to FCDA since April, and provided meteorologicai support to civil defense from Battle Creek during Operation Alert 1955, in June. CONELRAD RADIOS READY PRESIDENT TALKS ON CD ''We acknowledge, as we look at the prohabk face of future warfare -- if ever we must face that tragedy -- we acknowledge that every hamlet and important city of the United States is likely to be on the front lines. If that is true, why do we not want someone in those front l ines that is trained and ready to do something sensible and logi.cal instead of giving way, as most of us would, undoubtedly, to the hysteria of the moment and just light out running? We have to have discipline. We have to have people that are trained as to what to expect, andrespond logically. So, from the standpoint of the United States and the character of warfare, I am merely showing that over and above the old need of reinforcmg active units to Sir Winston Churchill, referring to Civil Defense in a message to the House of Commons shortly before he retired as Britian's Prime Minister, said: "No city, no family nor any honorable man or woman can repudiate this duty and accept from others help they are not prepared to fit themselves to render in return. If war comes, great numbers may be relieved of their duty by death, but none. must deny it as long as they live." carry on conventional types o war fare, you need someone- in each state- over and above its National Guard contingents -somebody -disciplined and ready to act and support the police and fire prevention action that must take place locally." (President Dwight D. Eisenhower at his 7lst Presidential news confer- ence on June 8, 1955) The Commercial Productions, Division of Aircraft Armaments, Inc. at Cockeysville, Maryland, recently sent State Civil Defense Headquarters one of their Conelradios on a demonstration basis. We believe this little radio to be practical and economical for receiving air raid warnings and recommend it to the field for consideration. It combines the standard radio 'with a twenty-four hour a day fully automatic alarm. The alarm is actuated by the Conelrad procedure in the event of an alert. It has a fine tone quality, and the alarm is "on" at all times, whether it is receiving a program or resting at your bedside. When the alarm is actuated, it produces a loud low-pitched wail, alerting you to retune to the standard CD frequency in time to hear the first, and all subsequent messages from the Civil Defense organization. AUGUST, 1955 3 THE .ALERT--------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOBILE MASS-FEEDING SIX STEPS TO SURVIVAL THE DIRECTOR SAYS: TEAMS MUST OPERATE Continued from Page 1 continued from page 1 INDEPENDENTLY, FCDA SAYS have some of the radioactive dust on you, take no chances - remove In these days of increasing international tension there is only one The Federal Civil Defense Admin- yo ur outer clothing and bathe ex- practical thing for us to do to meet istration has stated tha t mobile posed parts immediately, using the threat which hangs heavily over mass-feeding teams planned for use if a war emergency comes should be prepared to feed 1000 persons one strong soap if possible . READ THESE FACTS ABOUT RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT: Normal us. That is, TO BE PREPARED! Our people must be conditioned and trai .. rl men tally, physically and meal and to operate independently of local resources during the first 24 hours. FCDA said the chief value of the teams planned or organized through- amounts of radiation are harmless. It is only when it is present in concentrated amounts, s nc h as are created by ground bursts ofhydrogen or the larger atomic bombs, that radio- psyc:O 0logically if they are to recover sh c t~l d an attack ever be launched against ~s. If an event should occur, many millions of people will die un- necessarily if we are not trained to out the country would be to supplement surviving food outlets and active fallout can cause serious injury or death to those who remain know and to do the things which can save our lives, our homes, our fac- emergency feeding facilities. They would feed dislocated popu- in the open without protective cover. Your civil defense officials, in con- tories, and perhaps freedom itself. If you have not already developed lations, civil defense workers and sultation with the Weather Bureau, a Civil Defense organization - do injured people in improvised hospi- will keep you posted on the direction so at once; if you do have a Civil tals in reception areas. of possible radioactive fallout, Defense organization, stimulate and The agency has proposed that should an attack occur, and tell you expand its scope, efficiency and each team be organized with about what to do. The best way to survive effectiveness; if you are not now five key persons experienced in the hazards of radioactive fallout, giving Civil Defense in your com- quantity food preparation and service. FCDA said: or any other threat an enemy may use against us, is to be prepared- munity your wholehearted support, do so, personally, officially and fi- "This type of team with food supplies and the equipment suggested can feed 1000 persons a simple, stew-type meal and a cup of coffee in the first 24-hour period." It said the teams must expect to operate on their own after a n emergency "until local supplies and personnel can be augmented." FCDA estimated that the food and equipment to do the job would oc- know the facts -learn what to do, now! The following equipment, however, would be desirable: three stoves to operate by L. P. gas, gasoline or wood; six 10-gal. nesting-type pots; four 20-gal. pots;four butcher knives; three paring knives; one handoperated food grinder; four 15-inch ladles with 8-oz. capacity; four 15inch cooking forks; one butcher saw; nancially. It is of vital importance to you , your families and to every citizen of the communities and territory under your jurisdiction that Civil Defense be implemented and developed to the highest degree possible, under a determined leadership. At this critical and dangerous hour in our nation's history let's not be found wanting." cupy about 50 eubic feet or about the capacity of a pickup truck. one folding work table; one ax; one can opener; one broom; soap; one Question. "When your radio broadcast goes off of the air during an air FCDA said a feeding team could operate on an improvised basis for some items of equipment and under severe emergency conditions with a minimum of items. 250 to 500-gal. water trailer or other containers; four 5-gal. water cans, 1000 each of paper plates, plastic spoons, and cups for hot and cold beverages. raid warning, how can you find out what it is all about?" Answer. "Turn your radio dial to either 640 or 1240 (AM not FM). Those are the CONELRAD frequencies." l 6lZ oN !WJad o!) 'D.UD!"'f OIVd 3~VHOd sn UO!JDZ!UD6JQ !JOJdUON o!) 'o.uoiV 3s 'aAv aoJapafUO;) 3 6S6 uo!S!A!O asualaa 1!A!::> asualac jO uawJodaa UNIVERSITY OF HE GEORGIA ~ Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director + - Vol. 5, No. 9 Atlanta, Ga. September, 1955 ' PANIC NOT LIKELY IN ATTACK SCIENTISTS REPORT George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS - - .. The Soviets have startled and puzzled Americans recently with their new styled friendship diplomacy. Some people think it is sincere. Others believe it is just another Soviet propaganda trick. American radio commentators took their microphones into the streets of London, Paris, and New York City recently. They asked the average man and woman what they thought about Russia's so-called new look in diplomacy- meaning the Soviet switch from a hard boiled attitude to the smiling, friendly approach. It is interesting that the answers given in London, Paris and New York were very similar. The Europeans and Americans declared they hoped the Russian friendliness was sincere. However, practically every person interviewed added that he or she thought it best to wait and see. When asked why that hesitancy the Continued on Page 4 Predictions that a large number of Americans will react to the threat of an enemy attack by becoming panicstricken are not supported by the existing evidence. This finding is contained in a statement on the problem of panic prepared at the request of the Federal Civil Defense Administration by a subcommittee of the Committee on Disaster Studies, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, and unanimously adopted by the full Committee. Declaring that current "hunches and guesses" on the probability of war-induced panic seem to go far beyond the know11 facts in emphasizing the likelihood of its occurrence m this country, the report states: "Many of the forecasts and discussions concerning panic which have received wide publicity assume that it will not be too difficult for an enemy nation to strike terror into the hearts of Americans- especially through the use of atomic and thermonuclear bombs. To the enormous loss of life and propertyso runs the theme- panic or mass hysteria will add devastating disorganization and paralysis, a weapon more horrible in its effects than any known to man." This, the report says, just isn't so. It declares: "An assessment of the facts shows that the existing evidence falls far short of supporting such a vivid and dramatic prediction. "The authenticated instances of mass panic known to have occurred in the last 50 years have been few in number and have been very restricted in their effect. Although there has been war somewhere in the world almost continuously during this time, it is a significant and somewhat astonishing fact that there have been few instances of mass panic directly connected with enemy attack on a civilian popula- tion~ "Moverover, studies of terrified people who have been stunned by an overwhelming disaster indicate that panic states are usually of short duration, and that excited and irrational behavior can usually be prevented or quickly brought to a stop if effective leadership and realistic information is provided. A striking finding that emerges from observations in large scale disasters, including the A-bomb attack against Japan and the massive bombing assaults against England and Germany, is that the people who are most frightened and most upset very soon become extremely docile and can easily be induced to conform to the rules and regulations of the local authorities." A hypothetical situation after a major disaster has struck, where thousands of injured, confused, or stunned survivors are seeking to escape from fires and from other sources of danger, is used to illus- Continued on Page 4 THE ALERT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEORGIA ALERT Pub[ ished monthly by the GEORGIA CD FORCES ALERTED FOR DIANE JERRY CAU SLE APPOINTED NATIONAL JAYCEE CHAIRMAN CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T . WHITE Public lnformati on Officer Mrs. John G. Lewis Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer KELSO HEARN Ad ministrative Aide JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOY LE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director DON'T GO TO SLEEP!!! "War to tqe hilt between communism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come in 20 or 30 years. To win we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have t o he put to sleep. So we shall hegin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions . The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we shall smash them with our clenched fist." This statement was taken from a speech made by Dimitry Z. Ma nuilsky before the Lenin School of Political Warfare in 1931. Incidentally, Manuilsky was the Presiding Officer of the United Nations Security Council in 1949. The thinking of Manuils ky confirms the feelings of Rudyard Kipling, British writer and poet, when he wrote in 1898 the following: "When he shows as seeking quarter, with paws like hands in prayer, That is the time of peril, the time of the Truce of the Bear." Hurricane Diane caused a flurry of activity among Georgia's Civil Defense forces recently when it looked like for a day or two she was going to slam into our coastline. As information was obtained from the Weather Bureau in Miami, the Re gional Federal Civil Defense Administration office in Thomasville s e nt out TWX messages to all State offices in the a ffected area. At our state headquarters, a chart .of the progress of the storm was prepared. Savanna hand all near coastal cities were alerted. All amateur radio operators were alerted and nets were kept open. Periodic weather reports were given a ll amateurs. As the hour approac hed for the storm to reach our shores, Ge neral Hearn, the State Civil Defense Director, who was in Brunswick, procee ded to Savannah to assist in any way possible with preparations to meet the thre a t. Two of the office staff from Atlanta were on hand to assist him. The State Highway Maintenance Department was alerted and the five divisions each had a rescue truck and crew ready to roll. The rescue truck stationed at State headquarters and the Mobile Communications Control Center were ordered to Statesboro to stand by until the storm struck. In the meantime, the Savannah Civil Defense Director, Mr. Charles J. Musante and his staff were busy. The Communica tions Chief was alerted and he assigned mobile and fixed stations duties in the following manner: One unit at Parker's Station, one unit at Red Cross headquarters, one in Civil Defense headquarters, and one in the Uni on Station, all provided with auxiliary power to use in case electric wires were down. Mr. Musante a nd his staff worked closely with the Weather Bureau and the radio s tations giving personal ace ounts of the situation to the general pub lic. They assis ted in warning and evac uating Savannah Beach. Coordination with the Red Cross Vice President Harold J. Salfen announced in August the appointment of Mr. Jerry Cauble of Decatur, Georgia, as Chairman of the ational Junior Chamber of Commerce Civil Defense Disaster Preparedness Committee. Mr. Salfen is in charge of the Public Affairs Program for the U.S . Jaycees and stated that this Committee is part of that program. M-. Cauble will be charged with the preparing and promoting of a "preparation program" to he submitted for adoption to all Jaycees chapters throughout the nation. Mr. Cauble, better known as "Jerry" has been associated with the Georgia Civil Defense Office for the past four years as North Georgia Area Director. In this capacity Mr. Cauble has done a splendid job and is well qualified for the post he has been honored with. In 1952 Mr. Cauble organized the first High School Spotter Club in Athens, Georgia. These Spotter Clubs operate a ground observer post at their schools. In 1953, he set up a civil defense training school at the University of Georgia. This school was one of the first in the nation. For the past year he has been the State Chairman of National Security for the American Legion. Mr. Cauble is married to the former Bettye Adams of Royston, Georgia, they have one daughter. the Fire and Police, and Power Company was planned. The Savannah rescue truck was also manned and standing by. Ma ny calls were received at the Savannah Civil Defense headquarters from persons wanting information on the storm. The state office, through the amateur radio operators, was in contact with South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia offices and messages were also sent to Puerto Rico regarding damage to that country. All breathed a sigh of relief when the word come that the hurricane had skipped over the Georgia coast. 2 SEPTEMBER, 19S5 MAYOR "TAXI" SMITH STARTS ALBAriY SIRENS ALBANY ACTIVATES SIREN SYSTEM SEARS ROEBUCK EXTENDS Mayor J. W. "Taxi" Smith of Albany above, pushes the Air Raid Civil Defense siren button that will activate all sirens in the city and Dougherty county. Looking on is Ron. George Mock of the county commission. The siren system was purchased thru the Federal Matching Funds program, with the county and city sharing their half. Sirens are activated by a "tone control" over the Albany City Police Radio. The "timer" shown in the picture being started by Mayor Smith operated the sirens for the "yellow" alert or the wailing "red" alert. The installation was the culmination of efforts by Director C. P. Whiting working with Col. Wm. Kerns of the Southeastern Technical Supply Co. of Atlanta and was installed by the City of Albany Electrical Department and the Radio Communication and Engineering Company of Albany. Tests have proved the equipment as very satisfactory. If you are going to be a Minute Man, don't be a last-minute man. CD SUPPORT PROGRAM Window displays, the mail order catalogue and catalogue sales stores are three new areas into which Sears, Roebuck and Company will extend its program of support to the National Civil Defense Program. Late in 1954, the firm first announced a decision to market in its retail stores civil defense equipment for both general and specialized use. In October, Sea~' 700 retail stores across the country wil! receive material for a window display featuring Civil Defense. The national display office of the company in Chicago is now preparing a model display, the backdrop for which will be a reproduction of the walls of a shelter area. The window display itself will consist of articles which are recommended for storage in a shelter. Sears, Roebuck's fine example of cooperation by a private firm in the civil defense program is greatly appreciated and should prove a stimulus to preparation by the public for a possible civil defense emergencyin peace or war. SEPTE,I, BER, 1955 THE ALERT NEW WARNING DEVICE IS APPROVED BY FCDA The Federal Civil Defense Administration has approved a new type of auxiliary air raid warning device designed for internal use in schools, hospitals, public buildings and other large structures. The Falcon Alarm Company, Inc., of Summit, N.J., said the gas-powered units, designed to augment standard warning signals, can be heard more than 500 feet and their use will help end confusion in institutions which currently use fire warning bells a~ supplementary air raid alarms. It is entirely possible that the bell 'llarms could be mistaken for fire drill signals and the pupils and teachers may take the fire drill action rather than the air raid alarm action required. Distinctive air raid warning devices already are required by educator~> in several states because of the possibility of such confusion. The Falcon horn consists of an ll-inch-long steel cylinder of compressed Freon gas topped by a specially engineered horn assembly. Operated manually as an auxiliary warning unit, tests show that the horn has a fuel capacity sufficient to produce 440 two-second blasts rated between 90 and llO decivels. It is not considered adequate for outdoor use as part of an outdoor warning system due to its continuous duty limitations. A device of this type is therefore limited to indoor use. Designed for use in short signal blasts, the Falcon horns can be recharged with harmless Freon by qualified refrigerator servicemen or returned to the manufacturer's New Jersey plant for servicing at nominal cost. FCDA said its regional offices "have been advised that applications may be approvedon a matching fund basis for this device, provided that it is indicated that it will be used for civil defense interior alert- m. g. " The Falcon Signal Horns retail for $24.95 each. 3 THE ALERT--------------------------------------------------------------------~----- Continued from Page 1 trate the effective use of realistic information to prevent panic. The report has this to say: "Here the major problem is posed by the likelihood that large numbers of trapped people will converge upon limited escape routes. Advance planning requires the establishment of a number of alternative escape routes from each target area. Of even greater importance is continual reconnaissance of the flow of people and traffic. This should preferably take place thro~gh some method of inspection by air in order to obtain maximum scanning of the affected area, and of the condition of the various 'escape hatches.' Information thus obtained and the resulting instructions should then be relayed over the length and breadth of the traffic stream by available means of communication. H information to the survivors is kept constantly correct and is based upon reality, the possibility of post-disaster panic will be markedly reduced." In conclusion, the authors of the report declare: "There is every reason to believe that, rather than panic, the dominant reaction of the American people will continue to be an energetic, adaptive response to whatever threats and dangers they face.'' THE DIRECTOR SAYS: Continued from Page 1 reply was-we think the smiles may be just more communist propaganda. We have seen the Soviets smile before. That attitude proves the man on the street and the diplomats think very much alike regarding communist tactics. President Eisenhower went to Geneva two months ago declaring that America's hand of friendship was extended to all who would grasp it honestly. At the same time Soviet Premier Bulganin gave assurances that Russia would make an honest effort to solve international problems. Then, later at the Geneva Conference, we saw that there still were differences between the American and Soviet concepts of peace. During recent months we have seen an exchange of American and Russian farm visitors. All was very cordial at both ends of the line. Russia also has opened its doors to visiting American Newspapet Editors. And the latest move in the communist-be nice to America campaign- is the strangest of all. The Soviets invited four American church leaders to preach sermons in Russia during this month of August. They can talk on any subject they choose. Now, that is without a doubt the most startling concession ever made tures are described as part of a campaign to bring America ar.d Russia closer together. The moves are truly revolutionary. And they'll be wonderful if they really put an end to the bitter and costly cold war that has divided the world into two hostile camps -democracy with its freedoms versus communismwith its oppression and slavery imposed upon millions of people. However, the citizens of London, Paris and New York made a real point when they suggested that we wait and see if the communist smiles are real or just more propaganda. Those people, as well as you and I know that the objective of the communist is world domination and the United States is the only obstacle remaining to keep them from obtaining their objectives. I say let's wait and see what the communist smiles of friendship are all about and to which I add -let's stay alert and on guard while we wait. That's how far I trust a communist. CONELRAD At the requestof the Office of Defense Mobilization, a committee has been appointed to review the CONELRAD program. The committee will determine what revisions, if any, can he made to improve pure civil by the Soviets whose leaders from defense aspects of the program ANNOUNCING: Director George ]. Hearn and Mrs. Gertrude Harris, chairman announce that the next meeting of the Georgia Women's Advisory Committee will he held in Savannah, Georgia, November 10 & ll at the DeSoto Hotel. Marx and Lenin and Stalin have consistently defiled all of our religious beliefs. They have attacked christianity in terms so disgusting that no one has ever doubted Communism's boast of being the world's most violent atheists. All of those un-communistic ges- without compromising its primary role as an overall national security measure. The Federal Civil Defense Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Department of Defense, and other interested agencies are represented on the committee. go 'suatl'+V sa!~ ~ ~ Q 11 A 11s ~ e A 1u n a41 ~ 1 ~ ~o eo JO A +1 s ~ aA1 u n a 41 u o ~'+ oas e gua~ o3 3 ''+J10 61 t aN HW.Iad o~ 'D'UD('Y OIY d 3~ .lSOd sn UOf,DZfUo6JQ HlOJdUON o~' t l D'UD('Y s 3 'aAy a'oJapaluo:::> "3 656 UO!SfA!Q &SU&l&Q (!A!;) asu&Jaa lo ,uawpodaa {1_;) .r- THE GEORGIA UNlVERSITY OF GEORGIA OCT 14 1955 Department of Defense. Ci~il Defehse Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 5, No. 10 Atlanta, Ga. October, 1955 OPERATION HOMEFRONT MESSAGE From! Pearle H. Wates D1rectar of Women's Activities Region Ill, F.C. D.A. Thomas vi lie, Georgia To: George J. Hearn, Di rector Civil Defense Oivisian Department of Defense State of Georgia George J. Hearn THE DIRECTOR SAYS -- ' Our Regional CivilDefense Office has designated November 6th -12th as "Operation Home Front Week." We in Georgia are delighted to participate in "Operation Home F ront" as it is a concerted Civil Defense drive to create a lasting public awareness of the necessity for family preparedness against emergency or disaster. This Operation is designed to accomplis h three p~incip,al objectives in the home, e.g., assemble and maintain a 7-day family food and water supply -assemble and maintain a family first aid kit- keep a half tank (minimum) of gasoline in the family car at all timd tut~ . in water. Sold under trade names Not .for burn - . as Zephiran, Phemerol, Ceepryn, and Diapren e Chlori de~. None _ _________ ___ _____ ___ __ ___ For .faintness, adult dose }'2 teaspoon in cup of " at.er ; children 5 to lO drop~ in }~glass of water. As sme lli np_ sa lt ~. remo,e sto pner, hold bottle under nose. 3. Tabl e "all. __ ________________ I box___ _____ _ Sodium chloride tablets, lO graim;, For shock-di ssolve 1 tN1spoonful l"alt 50 tablets in bottle. anrl }~ teaspoonful baking soda in I quart \\ater. Have patient. drink as ----- - -- -- --- - - - - - - - - - - -- 1 much as he \\'ill. Don 't give to uncon- 4. Baking Soda ____ _____ ___ __ __ __ 8- to 10-oz. Sodium bicarbonate or sod iu m scious person or semiconscious pe rson . box. citrate tablet.s, ;i grains, 50 If using suhstit.utes dissolve ~ ix 10- tablets in bottle. grain sodium chloride tablet-s and six 5-grain sodium bicarbonate (or sodi un 1 citrat-e) tab let-;; in 1 quart water. 5. Triangula r Bar;dage, folded, 37 4 bandages __ _ l\1uslin or other st ronl-{ material. x 37 x 52 in., \\ith 2 safet_v pins. Cut to exact dimensions. Fold and wrap each bandage and 2 safety pin>< separate!~ in paper. For a sling; as a couer; for a dressing. li. Jlleditwl First-Aid D1essing (Carl isle~ fo lded, steri le with gauze enclosed cotton pads , ~ in . by 7% in . Packaged with muslin bandage and 4 safety pil'ls. 2 __ .... __ __ __ a) Two e1 nergency dressings 8 in . For open wounds or for rlry d1essings _{or by 7H in., in gla~sin e bags, 1 burns. These are packaged sterile . I sterili zed. One roller band- 1 a~J:C, 2 in. by 10 yds. b) Four large sanitary napkins, wrapped separatclv. and sterilized. One roller bandage, 2 in. by 10 y rls. 7. Sma/lFir.~t-Aid Dressing (Curl- 2 __ ________ __ T'"elYe ga117.e pads in steri li zed isle) folded, sterile with ~auze par kage, 3 in. by 3 in. One e nclosed cotton pads and roller bandage, 1 in. by 10 yds. gau ze bandage, 4 in. by 7 in. 8. Eye d1ops: Castor Oil_ _______ __ H- to 1-oz. Bland eye rlrops sold by druggists bottle wit.h under various trade names. dropper. For open wounds or for dry dressings .for hurns. These are packaged sterile . For eyes irritated by dust, smok~ or .fumes. Use 2 drops in each eye. Apply cold compresses every 20 minutes if possible. 9. Tongu e 13tndes, Wooden ______ __ 12 __________ _ l:;hingles, pieces of orange erate, or For splinting broken fin(lers or other small other light wood cut to approxi- bone~ and for st1:rring solutions. mately 1% in. hy 6 in. 10. Water Purification Talllets _____ _ Bottle of 100 __ Iodine tablets; Chlorine tab lets. Sold under trade names as Halazone or Bursoline. For purifying water when it cannot b( boiler!. Water officiallv declarerl radioacti,e must not he' used for an~ purpose. 11. Large Bath To wels ___ , _____ __ __ 12. Smal-l Bath Towels ____ __ ______ 13. Bed Sheet_ _________ ______ ____ 2 _________ ___ 2 ____________ ]_ ___________ None __________ ______ __ __ _____ _ None ____ ____ _____ __ __________ _ None __ __ _____ _______ _____ _____ For bandages or dressings: OJr\ soft towels ann sheets are best. Cut in sizes necessary . to cover wounds. Towels are burn dressings. Place ovPr burns and fasten with triangular hand- age or strips of sheet. Towels and sheets should be laundered, ironed, and packaged in heavy paper. Relaunder every 3 months. 14. Paper Drinking Cups ___ __ ___ __ _ 25 to 50 ___ ___ Envelope or cardboard type _ _ _ ___ For administer-ing s(imulants and liquids. 15. Flashlight_ ___________ _______ _ L ____ _______ Must be bought___ _________ _____ {Electric lig hts may go out. Wrap battaries separately in moisture proof 16. Flashlight batteries~-- - - ------ - - 3 __ _____._____ Must be bought_______ _____ _____ covering. Don't keep in flashli ght. 17. Safety Pins, 1}~ in . long __ __ ___ _ 12 to 15 ____ __ None ______ __ _______________ ___ For holding bandages in place. 18. Razor Blades, single edge ______ _ 3_ ___________ Sharp knife or scissors _ ____ ______ For cutting bandages and dressings, br for removing clothing from injured body su rface. 1D . Toilet SoaP---- ~- --- - -- -.- ---- - 1 har_ _ ___ ___ Any milrl soap __ c ______________ _ For cleansing skin . 20. Meawring Spoons ___ ___ _.______ 1 set_ ____ ____ Inexpensiv-e plastic or metaL ____ _ For measuring or stirring solutions. 21. Splints, Plastic or Wooden, }l to 12 _______ ___ _ A 40-page newspaper folded to di- For spli nting broken arms or legs . Yt in. thick, 3~ in. wide by 12 mensions, pieces of .orange crate to 15 in. Iong. sidings, or shingles cut to size. Note: To sterilize substitutes, wrap m square cloth, alm:nmum foil or brown wrappmg paper, and place m 300 degree oven for one hour. 2 OCTOBER, 1955 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT GRANDMA'S PANTRY WAS READY The following items have been suggested for youJ "Grandma's Pantry" to help your food supply situation in event of any emergency or enemy attack. A supply or at least seven days needs is suggested since your grocer or supplier may not be CANNED JUICES Orange Grapefruit Tomato Lemon CANNED FRUITS Grapefruit sections Peaches Pears Fruit Cocktoi I Pineapple Plums Cherries CANNED VEGETABLES Tomatoes, no. f Com, no. 1 Asparagus Green beans Peas, no. 1 Potato sticks CEREALS & BREAD Date and nut bread, canned Brown bread, canned Packaged cereals,(those which are sealed in wax bag in or out of box) Crackers -in tin MILK Evaporated or dried skim Canned cream INFANTS FOOD Assorted strained fruit Meat and vegetable soups Baby cereal-boxed BEVERAGES Powdered tea, coffee, powdered or syrup Chocolate syrup Water (Check "pantry" at least once a month to keep all perishables fresh, also for replenishment). Items pocked in glass or ather than tin should be wrapped in paper for protection against breakage or damage. Keep in dry OCTOBER, 1955 1 n able to receive any 1 shipments for a few days should faci l i tie s be disrupted. Select your own requirements in quantities suitable to your personal or family needs: CANNED SOUPS Tomato Mushroom Cream of Chi cken Bean Vegetable CANNED MEATS AND FISH Comed beef Beef and gravy Beef stew Chicken Hom Luncheon meats Baked beans Cheese in jar or sealed package Tuna Salmon OTHER FOODS Pickles in glass Cookies ;., tin Catsup or chili sauce Sugar Salt Pepper Vinegar Mayonnaise Spo~etti with tomato sauce Miscellaneous Safety matches Hand soap Canned heat Pons Candles Con opener Pkg. paper plates Paper cups Paper spoons storage. Home canned supplies also good items. All safety precautions should be taken for storage of cooking equlpm.,nt u;ing bottled gas or liquids. 3 THEAL~RT----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON MEETING OF CD SAVANNAH HOST TO WOMEN'S FCDA ANNOUNCES NEW COUNCIL TO SPEED ACTION ON SURVIVAL PLAN MEETING LIGHT RESCUE COURSES The Chatham- Savannah Defense The Federal Civil Defense Ad- Important progress toward speeding a nation-wide survival plan was made at a united States Civil Defense Council conference at Boston on September 29, 30 and Oct. 1. The Council is a non-governmental organization of local civil defense directors, organized for cooperation and joint discussion of problems. The theme of the Council's fourth annual convention was evacuation. Top Federal Civil Defense Administration officials, headed by Administrator Val Peterson, spoke on problems involved in the movement of persons out of target areas and their reception in support areas. The FCDA 's National Survival Plan is based on a concept of evacuation and shelter. This was the first national meeting of local civil defense directors since the announcement of a $10,000,000 program for making evacuation, shelter -and care studies in critical target areas. Since survival plans for target areas will require cooperative planning by a number of communities, and in many cases by two or more Council, Charles J. Musante, Director will serve as host to the Georgia Women's Advisory Committee for Civil Defense when it meets in Savannah on November lOth and 11th with Headquarters at the DeSoto Hotel. State Director George J. Hearn will make the keynote address. Mrs. Jean Wood Fuller and Mrs. Pearle H. Wates and other outstanding national and regional officials will he featured on the program as well as state and local leaders. This state-wide meeting is being held during ''Operation Home Front Week" and will be the climax of activities in connection with this "Operation." Mrs. Gertrude Harris, chairman extends an invitation to every community interested in Civil Defense to be represented in this meeting. Women and women's organizations which sponsor civil defense projects and programs are also cordially invited to attend. ministration has announced a new series of five-day Rescue Instructor Courses designed to teach light-duty rescue work. The courses will he given at the FCDA Instructor School at Olney, Md. They will he of particular interest to public safety officials, such as firemen, policemen and national guardsmen. Instruction will be given in basic knowledge and skills, light duty rescue tec.hniques and principles of instruction. The courses will equip those who enroll to assist in rescue operations and to train others in rescue work. The goal is to build up a national reserve of manpower trained in speeding rescue operations. They also will help more industries to develop training programs for light-duty rescue teams that will provide around-the-clock protection in plants as well as for the families of workers. Schedule of the new courses for the remainder of this year includes: October 3- 7, October 24- 28, Nov. States, the discussion of means for Forces and the American Red Cross, 28- December 2. implementing such programs was a State and city civil defense direc- The FCDA School will continue major topic of discussion at the Bos- tors and experts in numerous phases to offer two-week Rescue Instructor ton meeting. In addition to FCDA representa-' tives, speakers at the conference included Dr. Willard F. Libby, member of the Atomic Energy Commission; Dr. ArthurS. Flemming, director of the Office of Defense Mobilization; representatives of the Armed of activity directly concerned with civil defense. Attending this conference from Georgia was Maj . Gen. George J. Hearn; Col. Charles T . White; Kelso Hearn; Elliott Jackson; Col. C. M. Virtue; Col. Dixon Wadsworth; Chas. J. Musante; and Mrs. G. W. Freiberg. Courses and one-week Advanced Rescue Courses. Complete information on enrollment for all courses may he obtained by writing to Director, Rescue In:. structor School, Federal Civil Defense Administration, Olney, Md. e~ s gram was announced recently by FCDA. It included New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco including the Oakland area, Denver and New Orleans. Additionally, in response to specific inquiries, project proposals have been invited from Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and for appropriate areas in the States of Tennessee, Georgia, Connecticut and Ohio. Final negotiations are in process for beginning the studies in New York City and Houston, Texas, and are in various stages of development in other cities and States. It is emphasized that (1) this is only the initial group of urban areas to be selected- it does not mean these cities will be the only eligible participants, and (2) while .. cities" have been identified, the projects will include not only the geographgical limits of the cities, but the adjoining metropolitan and reception areas as well. The Survival Plan project envisages eventual evacuation, shelter and care studies in and near the nation's critical target cities, and in additional cities located near important military establishments. Rapid progress toward setting up National Survival Plan studies in the nation's critical target areas was reported today by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. Under FCDA 's new Survival Plan program- to guide and aid studies for the evacuation, shelter, and welfare of probable target area populations- meetings between State and local officials and FCDA Administrator Val Peterson, Executive Assistant Administrator Harold L. Aitken or Regional Administrators have already been held. also expected that an Evacuation Authority will be provided for in each area so that there will be a unified command wherever the cities and their reception areas overlap. FCDA says that the magnitude of this undertaking will make it impossible to start all of the projects at the same time as they have to develop the technical and administrative personnel needed to initiate and assist in the conduct of the surveys. The final step will be the testing of an actual plan for each particular area. FCDA says the States and political subdivisions which formulate the plan will be required to test its operational readiness "adequately" -for evacuation, reception and shelter operations- particularly in fields where difficult problems are anticipated- within six months after completion of the plan. TIFTON HOST TO S. W. CD DIRECTORS Civil Defense Directors from southwest Georgia wili gather at Tifton on Nov. 18, and a preliminary conference of the principle figures indicates that the meeting will be a worth-while one. Mayors, CD Directors, welfare workers, and others within traveling distance are urged to attend this meeting which will be held at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College starting at 9:30 A.M. SeveralCD Directors will tell how they have organized their own cities. Among them are Pete Whiting of Albany, N. N. Langdale of Valdosta, and Col. Dixon Wadsworth of Columbus. A liberal time for questions and answers is also provided for. NOVEMBER, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ALERT FILL YOUR PANTRY Continued from Page 1 talk to members of the Women's Committee as well as any citizens of th~ surrounding country who desire to attend the giant mass meeting designed to make us more conscious of our CD duties. He will call attention to the many things that members of the clergy can do in an emergency, and do so much better than anybody else. They would have a great role in preventing panic and in comforting the many who are sure to be bereaved, or at least lost from their loved ones. THE DIRECTOR SAYS: Continued from Page 1 in their way to destroy our way of life. Yes, I'm afraid that we are prone to dismiss any matter or problem that arises unless it affects us as individuals. There are so many people today who are enjoying the freedom of our land, and the rih heritage that was given us by our forefathers who have never taken the time to learn, nor attempt to develop, the spirit of Americanism. They are easy prey for those who would destroy our American way of life, and deprive us of Keep enough food In your pantry or The last training month of all Brit- the rich heritage that we have. trunk of your car so that your fomlly could subsist for a week without outside help. ish military draftees is devoted to Civil Defense. Civil Defense is one of the greatest deterrents to our enemies who have sworn to change our way of life. I urge each and every one of EAST POINT HOLDS GET A FIRST AID KIT you to actively participate in your CIVIL DEFENSE DAY local civil defense program. It is good insurance for something I pray October 21 was proclaimed "Civil Defense Day" in East Point Georgia, and all joined in to impress the importance of CD on the public. The grocery stores featured displays of "Grandma's 7 day pantry." The drug will never happen. So on Veterans Day lets remember their sacrifice and keep our guard up and perhaps prevent our having several million more veterans added to this ever increasing group. stores had first aid displays, and the filling stations urged all to keep a half tank of gasoline at all times Dobbins AFB cooperated by flying a bomber over the city and the radio stations and newspapers publicized interviews with the mayor and other citizens. At 6:00 P.M. the sirens and whistles announced the beginning of a house to house drive by 250 volunteer workers who called on more than 8,000 families and explained the importance of their participating in Civil Defense in some way. Many more volunteers were enlisted. Your Flrst-AI d Kit ought to contain these; Antiseptic Solution; Aromatic spirits of ammonia; table salt; bakIng soda; trlan;ular bandage; gauze dressings; eye drops; tongue blades; tape; water purification tablets; towels, bed sheets; drinking cups; flashlight; safety pins; razor blades; soap, spoons; splints; candle; matches. The proposition of making surplus property and equipment available for Civil Defense has not been killed. It has been held up for administrative changes after passing the House during the last Congress. Look for H. B. 4660 to come up in January, and urge your Congressman to vote it.-- - - - - - - - - - - KEEP GAS TANK FULL All you need here Ia a half tank or more of gasoline. And gas up frequently. At the High School CD rescue The C.I.O. has issued a phamplet trucks and communications trucks directing unions to become a part of were parked for display while the Civil Defense. It says CD is a CIO football game between Roosevelt and duty. Russell was going on. Bands from The pamphlet concludes: "Find both schools featured Civil Defense out what Civil Defense is about. in their pageant between halves. Prepare yourself, your family, and The Mayor and City Council of your home against atomic attack. East Point gave their best efforts in Stimulate Civil Defense activity at helping CD Director Mrs. Lois Bras- all organizational levels of your well to put the display across. All union. Be prepared to talk on Civil are to be congratulated for their fine Defense at your local union and showing. council. Be prepared to live." NOVEMBER, 1955 3 THE ALERT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEAKER AT MASS MEETING as secretary of the Texas Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America, 1930-35, as its president, 1935-40, and as president of the Austin Council of Churches, Austin, Texas, 1938-40. He served as Chaplin, with .the rank of Major, in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, and returned to be- come pastor of the Salem Church, Fremont, Neb., from 1946 to 1951. Dr. Kern was graduated from Wag- ner College, New YorkCity,in 1924, and received his Bachelor of Divin- ity Degree from Mt. Airy Seminary, Phila.delphia, Pa., in 1927. He also attended Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, where he received his BA degree in 1930 and his MA in 1933. From 1930 to 1940 Dr. Kern did JEAN WOOD FULLER DR. FRED W. KERN Dr. Fred W. Kern, 53, who joined the Federal Civil Defense Administration on Sept. 9, 1954, as Director of the Religious Affairs Office, brings with him wide experience as a clergyman. graduate work toward a doctor's degree at Texas University; in 1945 he attended a seminar at Grenoble University, Grenoble, France; and in 1952 he received his Th.D. degree from Burton College, Colorado Springs, Colocado. The highlights of Mrs. Fuller's career: Civic work; Red Cross. Served as Chairman of the Production Unit, Canoga Park, California, 1942- 44; Member of the Home Service Corps, 1944-48; served as Grey Lady, Birmingham His latest post was in Venezula where he spent 2~ years organizing Dr. and Mrs. Kern reside at 42n Orleans Avenue, in Battle Creek, Hospital, California, 1945- 48; Chairman of the Fund Drive, for schools, conducting spiritual ser- Mich. They have three children, Lt. Encino, California, 1946-47; Chair- vices and doing resettlement work Gerard Keen, with the Air Force, man of the SpP.akers' Bureau, San as the Administrative Secretary rep- stationed at Connally Air Force Fernando Valley, 1946-47. Member resenting the Nati onal L utheran Base, Waco, Texas; Byron, a senior of the Valley Heart Guild, Los Counc il, the Lutheran World Feder- at Texas University; and Judith, a Angeles Children's Hospital; Mem- ation and the World Council of freshman at Texas Lutheran College. ber of the Women's Division, Los Churches. Angeles Chamber of Commerce; A native of Fayette County, Texas, he began his service to the Schools: Los Angeles public schools and Long Beach Junior College. Member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West. Church as pastor of the Redeemer Church, Houston, Texas, from 1927 to 1936. He next was pastor of the First English Luther~o. . Church, Austin, Texas, from 1936 to 1942. Went into retail merchandizing in Bev~rl; Hills and Los Angeles until 1938. Two sons, ages 20 and 22. Fri tz, 22, with Army in Alaska, married. Kent, 20, with Navy in San Appointed Director of Women's Activities, FCDA, September 1, 1954. Born California, Los Angeles, 1912. Daughter of Bert Wood and Ma ude Warriner Wood. (Both still During this time he also served Diego. live in Wilmington, California.) 6lZ 'ON HWilild ~ 1 ~UD JP{ OIVd 3!lVHOd'S'n UO!~DZ!UD6JQ ~!fOJdUON 'D!}''zl D~UDJ~V '3'S 'aAy a~oJapafUO;) '3 6S6 uo!S!A!O asua1aa J!A!;) asua1aa fO ~ua~JDdacJ 3/ THE GEORGIA UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRA Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, George J. Hearn, State Director Vol. 5, No. 12 Atlanta, Ga. December, 1955 In emphasizing the importance of the home, the individual and the community, we are working for the concepts which make our democratic heritage complete. By civil defense service to your nation, state, community and family, you are giving the finest possible Christmas gift. You are giving your efforts in order that we may have peace in our time and that mankind shall not perish. May our s piritua 1 strength increase as we observe the birth of Him whom the prophet Isaiah foretold would George J. Hearn come upon this earth in the role of THE DIRECTOR Prince of Peace. ''And a Savior was born, and they SAYS --- called His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, means- God with Us." During the holiday season as we As we observe in the days to come take time to grasp the significance this blessed event of almost two of the birth of the Prince of Peace thousand years ago, may we hold in and contemplate the imminence of a hearts the promise which His birth, new year, my thoughts especially and the very name that was given are with all my fellow civil defense Him, brought to the people of that workers. day and of every day to come until It seems to me that the I ife of the time shall be no more -that solemn Man whose birthday we will honor assurance that if God be for us, who Uecember 25, offers us of Civil De- can be against us. Also, that as we fense courage, comfort and a chal- preserve in our own lives and the lenge. life of our ation, the lessons which Although we usually think of Civil He taught, we can be quite sure that Defense as preparation to survive He shall endow us with wisdom and enemy attack and overcome its ef- with strength sufficient unto our fects, in the final analysis the first great need. objective is to achieve peace by In our world, so rife with mater- making such an attack unprofitable. ialism and shot through and through Civil defense does not teach dog- with paganism, some have lost that ma or philosophy, but its precepts star of righteousness, the star of of survival through knowledge, self- faith. At this seas on let us once reliance and planned cooperation are again seek to have these stars shine in conformance with the teachings in our lives by letting Christ come of Christ. into our lives. May ours not be the experience of the Innkeeper, who said, "there is no room in the inn." B. ather may we say, "Come into our hearts, Lord Jesus, there 1s room for Thee." In prepanng our homes against disaster, let us first and foremost confront our perils as Paul advised his congregation to confront theirs, "Putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. May it come to pass that the stars will shine and bring hope and meaning in the days which are ahead. INCOME TAX RULING ON EXPENSES OF CIVIL DEFENSE WORKERS The following ruling of the U.S . Internal Revenue Service concerning the deduction, for income tax purposes, of unreimbursed expenses incurred by civil defense volunteer workers in connection with official civil defense duties, is quoted: "**** It is the opinion of this of- fice that the actual unreimbursed expenses incurred by civil defense volunteers in the performance of their volunteer duties, such as traveling expenses to watch atomic bomb tests, the expenses of attending state meetings of civil defense volunteers or other expenses directly connected with and solely attributable to the rendition of such volunteer services, constitute contributions or gifts within the meaning of section 170 of the Code of 1954 and are deductible in the manner and to the extent provided in such action." THE ALERT----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEORGIA ALERT Published monthly by the CIVIL DEFENSE DIVISION 959 E. Confederate Ave., S.E. GEORGE J. HEARN Director FRANK A. KOPF Deputy Director CHARLES T. WHITE Public Information Officer Mrs. John G. Lewis Coordinator, Women's Activities JACK L. GRANTHAM Communications Officer KELSO HEARN Administrative Aide JERRY CAUBLE Northern Area Director A. MACK DODD Central Area Director HARRY U. JACKSON Southwestern Area Director HOYLE R. YANDLE Southeastern Area Director MORE WATER SHORTAGES State Civil Defense forces were called upon three times recently to aid Georgia cities during water shortages developing from a variety of causes. During the late summer, a truck crashing through a bridge on Hwy 197, broke the water main providing water for Clarkesville. September 23, corrosion accumulating in the main line from the source of supply to the Winder filter plant dropped the water water level to the danger point. October 28, sand silting through cracks in the granite of a deep well which furnished water to the City of Talbotton caused the pump in this city to cease functioning. In each case State Civil Defense stockpiled aluminum water pipe was rushed to the scene by National Guard trucks, and water was supplied from a nearby stream and lakes until the emergency could be corrected. Four State Civil Defense pumps and one pump loaned by the Merts Equipment Company of Albany, were used. All operations were directed by personnel of the State Civil Defense staff. This, again, points up the fact that Civil Defense can do a lot of good even if we never have an attack upon this country. COLONEL MIGUEL A. MUNOZ ELECTED PRESIDENT Colonel Miguel A. Munoz, Civil Defense Director of Puerto Rico, was elected president of Region III State and Territorial Civil Defense Directors, at their last conference in Dayto~:a Beach, Florida. Colonel Munoz has a long record for public service in Puerto Rico, serving as a Judge; organizing the ational Guard; and for several years as Director of Civil Defense. The Staff of the Alert wish Col onel Munoz much success in this important position. AUXILIARY POLICE SCHOOL The first of a series of basic emergency traffic control schools for regular and auxiliary police has been held in College Park. The course requires 15 hours and presents the fundamentals for establishing emergency traffic control in the event of an attack or natural disaster. It includes the overall problems and description of the traffic control plan, planning phases and activity, selection and classification of routes, techniques and implementing the plan, material and equipment needs, urban area target analysis, scheduling operations, personnel requirements, determining material needs, preparing standard operating procedure, the legal phase, communications and the message center. The class was conducted by Police Chief Owen T. Smith, Civil Defense Director of College Park in cooperation with the Atlanta metropolitan area office. Instruction was under the supervision of Lt. P. C. Peacock of the Georgia State Patrol, ass is ted by Sgt. G. H. Williams, training officer, Atlanta Police Department, Mr. Bydie T. Tucker, Health and Welfare Services coordinator of Atlanta metropolitan area Civil Defense, and Jack L. Grantham, State Civil Defense Communications coordinator. Other classes to be scheduled in the near future will be conducted in Calhoun, Marietta, Decatur, and Savannah. REGIONAL EVACUATION OFFICER APPOINTED Appointment of Frank Standley as Regional Evacuation Officer was announced recently by Thomas H. Goodman, Regional Federal Civil Defense Administrator for the Southeast. Standley will have charge of the new Survival Plan Program under which FCDA will finance research in certain critical areas to determine available and needed resources necessary for the removal, care, and shelter of civilian populations in event of enemy attack. The studies will lead to the development of operational plans for the civil defense organizations within the areas covered, and, in some metropolitan areas will result in a unified evacuation command crosscutting city, county and state political boundaries. Standley transferred from th~ National Headquarters of FCDA at Bat.tle Creek, Michigan, where he was Acting Director of the National Organizations Division. Before joining FCDA, he had a number of years experience with the State Department in Washington where he was Press and Public Affairs Officer. During this time he also wa!s assigned to U.S. delegations at 17 international conferences and nationwide visits of foreign presidents. Prior to that he had experience as a newspaper reporter in his native city of Detroit and a varied experience in Central and South America. SPECIAL CIVIL DEFENSE COURSE AT BATTLE CREEK The Federal Civil Defense Administration is planning a special three-day course in Civil Defense at the Staff College, Battle Creek, Michigan, January 9- 11, 1956, for those especially interested in youth groups and activities. This course will cover the basic concepts of Civil Defense, plus some detail which would indicate the part that participants in the course might take in our civil defense effort. This course is intended for the leaders of such groups as Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Future Homemakers, Future Farmers of America, and local and State Parent-Teacher ,Associations. Continued on Page 3 2 DECEI>IBER, 1955 THE ALERT "MISLEADING" NONSENSE IN CIVIL DEFENSE STATE OF GEORGIA ANNUAL stroyed a whole block of business REPORT ON CIVIL DEFENSE . at Canton, Georgia." "Civil defense communications, ' Mr. Paul Jones has performed a rare disservice for the cause of Civil Defense by writing an article published in the Freeman Magazine under the title "Fashions for Fear," later published in the Readers Digest under the title "Nonsense in Civil Defense." Mr. Jones' article is very critical of Civil Defe'nse plans for the evacuation of major cities in the event of an enemy attack. It is easy to criticize the thinking and planning of someone else- the hard part is to offer a reasonable alternative- this The following excerpts are taken from the State of Georgia's annual report on civil defense accomplishments duringthe calender year 1955, which was submitted recently to the Regional Federal Civil Defense Office: "Issued first operational plan, General Order No. 13, which describes areas to be evacuated, reception and support areas, gives assignments to every county in the State regarding evacuation, fallout, shelter and reception, and establishes a state traffic control plan." rescue and engineering forces were alerted and moved into position during 3 hurricane alerts." "Civil defense communications worked in 53 tornado, hurricane, fire and flood threats, not only in our own state but with Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, orth Carolina, Tennessee, and New York." "There were five women advisory council conferences held throughout the State." "Over two million pieces of civil defense literature distributed through the Petroleum Dealers during 'Operation Home front'." is where Mr. Jop.es has failed- he urges a "courageous policy of sticking it out" in shelters. This policy "Realigned the State into 4 civil defense areas instead of 3." "Participated Statewide in Region "Established two alternate State control centers with duplicated facilities of main control center." is just not realistic in the light of 'Exercise Interim'." "Expanded the State Races Com- modern weapons. It is obvious that not everybody can be saved by evacuation. But few can be saved from a target area ''Participated Statewide in Federal exerc 1se "Operation Alert 1955' . " "Eleven cities held test evacu- munications program by 183 volunteer members." "Held two FCDA State operated basic training schools at the Uni- if there is no evacuation. Mr. Jones seems to forget that the H-Bomb is at least 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bombs which were ations of school children." "State Civil Defense in cooper- ation with Georgia Institute of Technology has established a calibration versity of Georgia." "lleld ten State medical and wel- fare planning conferences." dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. range for radiological instruments." To dig in would be a waste of time. "Emory University Dental School Continued from Poge 2 The only hope is to get out of town, ~nd if only 25 percent of the population of a city is saved that way, well at least you have saved 25 percent. Boston Herald editorial refutes Jones' article, branding it "Mislead- located in Atlanta is now conducting a civil defense course for each class of senior dental students." "General Order No. 14 was issued which covers aims, precepts, and background of the Ground Observer Corps. 1t gi~es detailed responsi- H. ooms arranged for double occupancy will be available, for participants only, at the National Headquarters at a cost of $1.50 per night per person. Meals are available at nearby restaurants. Complete information on this ing." Asserts: "***In the first place bilities of all individuals who are course may be obtained by writing France, in 1940 had no well organ- involved in public relations, recruit- to Director, Staff College, Federal ized evacuation plan (Jones had ci- ing and training phases." Civil Defense Administration, Battle ted the calamitous confusion of the "A plan of operation during natural Creek, Michigan. 1940 evacuation of Paris and North- disaster in Geor gia is now being ern France), and no little bit of the published. This plan will set forth Continued from Column 1 confusion was caused by marauding procedure for the local subdivision washing would not do much good. German fighter planes which strafed during disaster and defines Red Cross Vast areas can be poisoned for long the straggling civilian lines. Our and Civil Defense duties." periods of time- far longer than 48 Civil Defense agencies are planning "The State civil defense organi- hours. Does Mr. Jones suggest that one way evacuation routes out of zation assisted two Georgia cities people should remain in these poi- every city and there is little likeli- where water shortages necessitated soned areas?" hood of plane attacks before the big laying emergency (State Civil De- "The sit-it-out-on-this-line scheme atomic delivery." fense stockpiled) water line, and may prove attractive to the ostricl; The Herald also points out, "And use of pumps." type who prefers fairy tales to facts Mr. Jones has sadly minimized the "Civil Defense and Amateur Ra- or whois just too lazy to participate radioactivity threat. There are dif- dio Operators worked more than 25 in a realistic plan. But it would be ferent degrees of radioactivity. Some areas affected by tornadoes." suicidal in case of a real honest-to- . could be washed off, to be sure. But some of it would be so hot that "Civil defense fire trucks worked goodness atomic attack. one ma_ior disaster when fire de- .. . ]acksonville-Duval County Alert. Continued on Column 3 DECEMBER, 1955 3 Tf/13: ALERT MATCHING FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FOR CD TRAINING CENTERS Federal matching funds for the establishment of Civil Defense training centers have been made available for the first time under a program announced by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. Under the plan, FCDA training and education contributions funds will he used to match the funds of States, counties, cities or towns for the construction of centers for training civil defense workers or for adapting existing structures for such use. The centers would provide facilities not only for practical training in civil defense methods and operations, hut also for test exercise and c~vil defense classroom work. They could he used as control centers in an emergency, or to augment the facilities of existing control centers. The training centers could serve as laboratories for studying, analyzing and evaluating local civil defense activities and procedures. They also could he used to stimulate public interest and to assist civil defense recruiting. FCDA officials suggest that training centers he located in an outlying section of a city, where it is possible to provide realistic conditions of structural collapse. In some cases, State park buildings and grounds could he modified for such use. Since control centers must he located outside the vulnerable areas, it is recommended that they he combined with training centers. The control center could furnish necessary training in communications and other phases of operations. Facilities for rescue training may he part of training centers, as would means of teaching fire fighting and warqen duties and skills. A large area is needed to practice mass feeding under disaster conditions. Practical training in radiological monitoring, decontamination and chemical warfare defenses also must have special provisions. Casualty handling also would he taught at training centers. Neighborhood training in existing classrooms will continue, with training centers making it possible to follow up the study of theory with practice under near-actual conditions. Where training center projects meet standards and requirements for civil defense training, and are approved by FCDA, matching funds will he made available to reimburse the State or other political subdivision for up to one-half the actual cost of labor, materials and necessary equipment for constructing the training center or remodeling of the facility. Areas selected for civil defense training centers must provide adequate space, including parking fa- cilities. H necessary to carry out tJ. ' ':raining program, applications liJaf request funds for student training. Matching funds for approved civil defense courses are available for the operations of the centers, after they are established. The Staff of the Alert wishes each and everyone a Merry Christmas. TIFTON CONFERENCE A very interesting short course in Civil Defense was held at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia on November 18. Sixty-four persons from the Southwestern area of Georgia spent the day discussing Civil Defense under the direction of Dean T. M. Cordell and Mr. Harry U. Jackson, Southwestern area CiviliJefense Director. President George P. Donaldson of the college gave the greetings and was followed by Mr. Jack L. Grantham, Communications officer of the State, in a discussion of evacuation planning. Mr. Harry U. Jackson led a discussion in the functions of Civil Defense and the matching funds program. The Ground Observer Corps activities were discussed by Maj. T. W. Turhiville, GOC Coordinator for the State of Georgia. Mrs. John G. Lewis, Coordinator for Women's Activities for the State; Mrs. Cassie Goff, Tift County Welfare Director; Mrs. Lola Spooner, Decatur Welfare County Director; and Miss Nellie Williams, FCDA Regional Welfare officer covered the phases of Women's activities and We Hare work. The meeting was highlighted by . reports from the directors of Albany, Mr. C. P. Whiting; Valdosta; Mr. Mr. N. N. Langdale; and Columbus, Cot Dixon Wadsworth. A discussion period was led by Dr. Homer D. Wells, Civil Defense Director of Tifton, Georgia. Members of the conference were guests of the college at a luncheon served on the campus.