Defense, mobile

In the pamphlet "Fire Fighting for Householders PA-B-4, issued by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, USGovtPtgOff, Washington,DC( 1958), several methods for fighting fires caused by various bombs, including A- and H-bombs, are briefly described... 

The organization, as it finally shaped up, was headed by the Defense Production Administration (later Office of Defense Mobilization) which established policy and coordinated the activities of various operating units. Except for the Office of Price Stabilization, most mobilization agencies were set up within existing government agencies. 

The ACS Committee on Civil Defense was formed in July 1957 at the specific request of the Federal Civil Defense Agency for a top level advisory group on CW-BW. The committee was continued by FCDA s successor, the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The history of the committee s activities prior to the symposium is detailed in a Special Summary Report as published in Chemical And Engineering News, October 19,1959, pages 76 to 80. 

Francis B. Stewart and George D. Rich, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization... 

Communication from Office of Civil Defense Mobilization... 

Another important communication came from the Executive Office of the President, Office of Civil Defense Mobilization, signed by Leo A. Hoegh, the Director. 

Colonel George D. Rich served with distinction in the United States Marine Corps. He is now a retired colonel, but up to his ears in work as Deputy Assistant Director for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Defense, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. 

Also in October, the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization published the National Biological and Chemical Warfare Defense Plan, which defines the problems involved and assigns responsibilities (2). It is a basis for effective planning and action at all levels of the Civil Defense Organization—local, state, and national. 

The present National Policy on Shelters evolved from this comprehensive military-nonmilitary defense study, in which the Gaither Committee participated. The policy was announced by the Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, for the President, on May 7, 1958. This pronouncement provides that The Administration s national civil defense policy, which now includes planning for the movement of people from target areas if time permits, will now also include the use of shelters to provide protection from radio-... 

The Civil Defense Committee of the American Chemical Society made seven basic recommendations involving CW and BW planning, to the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The actions taken by OCDM on each of the recommendations follow ... 

Action. OCDM has carefully reconsidered the basic assumptions for civil defense planning and Annex 1, Planning Basis, to the National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization reflects the importance of chemical and biological warfare defense. 

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