War Highway Traffic Control in Pennsylvania: Provisions of Official Rule No. 2 and Supplementary Information for Guidance of Councils of Defense and Citizens Defense Corps (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Pennsylvania State Council Of Defense

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0366378252 ISBN 13: 9780366378258

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from War Highway Traffic Control in Pennsylvania<br/><br/>The effectiveness of any_plan for civilian defense depends upon the knowledge and cooperative spirit of the people at large. In the event of air attack the last thing to be desired is to have the populace running around aimlessly, bringing about the clogging of streets and highways by people moving thereon without a definite objective. This must be avoided because hysteria or panic resulting therefrom has the effect of completely breaking down morale, which is the ultimate objective of the enemy in plan ning attack by air on the civilian population; The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at its recent special session passed Act No. Lh, known as the Air Raid Precautions Act, which was approved by Governor James on the 13th.day of April, l9h2. This Act empowers the State Council of Defense to adopt and promulgate rules, regulations, and orders for the protection of the people of Pennsylvania during air raids and blackouts. Under the provision of this Act, the State Council of Defense has promulgated Rule No. 2 for the purpose of regulating traffic during air raids and blackouts....

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0366378252
• ISBN 13: 9780366378258
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 41