Knowledge that Transforms

Discussion is given on the thermonuclear threat, the effects of thermonuclear weapons, and the types of protection required against these effects; requirements for a minimal type of fall-out shelter, in terms of both physical structure and ancillary equipment; ways in which various types of buildings in everyday commercial and industrial use fulfill the requirements for shelters, and the methods of modifying buildings to incorporate such provisions; and the elements of sound planning for the use of shelters. Actual examples and building plans are used to show what can and should be done. lt is felt that a sound shelter program carried out by industry and local government could save up to 70 million lives in a heavy thermonuclear attack (depending on the areas bombed and weather conditions). (P.C.H.)