CIVILIAN DEFENCE
NEW OFFICE CREATED
ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT
LONDON, May 20,
President Roosevelt has created an Office of Civilian Defence in order to mobilise the full power of United States civilians for home defence. At a Press conference today, Mr. Roosevelt said this Office of Civilian Defence would operate in two divisions. The first would be a board of civilian protection which would draw up defence measures for civilians and would try to provide adequate protection for lives and property in the event of an emergency. Mr. F. La Guardia, Mayor of New York, has been appointed chairman of this board, which will also include representative's of the War, Navy, and Justice Departments. Mr. La Guardia is also chairman of the second Board of Civil Defence which is a volunteer participation committee that will have a membership of anything up to 20 people representing the various regions and interests of the nation. The administration >of this new office will be carried out in nine United States cities corresponding to the nine corps areas of the Army. Many details of the scheme have yet to be announced, but in general it is believed to resemble the British plan of civilian defence.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 7
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