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Identifier: belltelephonevol21mag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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api-talized on its careful planning and thorough organizing for protection.And each citizen who participatedfeels amply rewarded for the manyhours willingly spent in training andpractice. No, this has not happened here—yet. But it can! If it does, the com-munities of our country are preparingto carry out the effective protective ac-tions outlined in the two precedingparagraphs. As part of the task of organizing forcivilian defense, both the telephoneservice and telephone people are doinga vital job—just as they are in otherwar activities. The importance of thetelephone is recognized in an officialOffice of Civilian Defense publication,The Control System of the CitizensDefense Corps, which states: Toproperly operate a civilian defense or-ganization, a positive, accurate, anddependable communications system isa vital requirement. Because of itshigh degree of availability, flexibility,and dependability, the land line tele-phone is being relied upon as the basicmeans of communication.
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Bell Telephone Magazine JUNE o H< oU r2 5< c oo S 5 ESH os Q pa ■< H IX oa, 3 ~~ 05 The Birth of Civilian Defense andIts Signal Corps 1 HE need of our country for effec-tive civilian defense was recognizedduring the early days of our defenseprogram. The national Office ofCivilian Defense—the O.C.D.—wasestablished early in 1941, followedshortly by nine regional offices co-terminous with Army Corps areas.Along our coasts and borders, state,county, and municipal civilian defensecouncils were formed. Under na-tional and state leadership and withthe assistance of the military services,each critical region was carefully stud-ied. War-time protection require-ments were crystallized. The workof recruiting, training, and equippingvolunteer civilian defense corps gotunder way. There has been telephone companyparticipation from the very start, sincegood communications are essential tocivilian defense—as is the case in anyemergency work. Telephone peoplehave taken the initiative

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