Civil Defense: Hearings Before a Subcommittee

Front Cover
 

Contents

Timing of plans and programs to survey and modify shelter space
31
Current Army doctrine on martial
37
Value of shelters in the centers of cities_
43
Statement
45
Additional Department of Defense responsibilities_
50
The utilization and coordination of the Federal establishment
52
Development of adequate preparations at State and local levels
56
a Emergency resources management functions
58
Overall authority of OCDM OEP
63
Increasing public interest in shelters
68
Piecemeal program will not be supported_
69
Status of Battle Creek office
74
Adequacy of civil defense legislation_
75
Total cost of national shelter program
80
Gouré Leon RAND Corp
82
Federal State Îocal and private costs included in 20 billion estimate_
86
NEAR home warning system_
92
McNamara Hon Robert S Secretary of Defense
94
Adequacy of civil defense legislation
100
Use of completed city shelter surveys
107
Training courses begun_
111
Civil defense training
113
Plan to stock 50 million shelter spaces_
117
Existing shelter and population do not coincide
119
Target areas
123
Radiation decay rate____
125
Use of t1 2 rule for planning
130
Radiation monitoring stations__
131
Letters statements etc submitted for the record
133
Morale and indoctrination
136
Weapon effects on the environment
137
Fallout_
143
Fallout patterns
144
Protection out to 10 miles
150
A family and home 25 miles from a target
156
Criteria for identifying shelters
163
Defense of war mobilization base_
169
Surprise attackthe worst case
175
The pace of the arms race
181

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 342 - ... (4) If application is made to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence, the court may order such additional evidence to be taken before the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, and to be adduced upon the hearing in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as to the court may seem proper, if such evidence is material and there were reasonable grounds for failure to adduce such evidence in the proceedings below. The Secretary...
Page 337 - Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1.
Page 335 - President in working with State Governors to stimulate vigorous State and local participation in emergency preparedness measures. (b) He shall provide advice and guidance to the States with regard to preparations for the continuity of State and local civilian political authority in the event of nuclear attack on the United States which shall include, but not be limited to, programs for maintaining lines of succession to office, safekeeping of essential records, provision for alternate sites of government,...
Page 342 - Except to the extent that they may be inconsistent with this order, all determinations, authorizations, regulations, rulings, certificates, orders, directives, contracts, agreements, and other actions made, issued, or entered into with respect to any function affected by this order and not revoked, superseded or otherwise made inapplicable before the date of this order, shall continue in full force and effect until amended, modified, or terminated by appropriate authority.
Page 337 - ... emergency assistance to State and local governments in a postattack period, including water, debris, fire, health, traffic, police, and evacuation capabilities...
Page 345 - Act of 1950, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the Act) , vested in me pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 ' (72 Stat. 1799) , subject to the direction and control of the President. Such functions to be performed by the Secretary of Defense, working as necessary or appropriate through other agencies by contractual or other agreements...
Page 212 - Philip G. Langley of the Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station of the US Forest Service, as described in chapter 8 of this report.
Page 507 - Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, objective studies indicate that even though the amount of human tragedy would be greatly increased in the postwar world, the increase would not preclude normal and happy lives for the majority of survivors and their descendants.
Page 125 - Dahlin, staff attorney. Mr. HOLIFIELD. The subcommittee will be in order. We will continue our hearings this morning on the subject of civil defense.
Page xi - We have another sober responsibility. To recognize the possibilities of nuclear war in the missile age without our citizens' knowing what they should do and where they should go if bombs begin to fall would be a failure of responsibility.

Bibliographic information