Office of Civilian Defense
- Executive Order 8757
- Executive Order 9562
Office of Civilian Defense was a United States federal emergency war agency set up May 20, 1941, by Executive Order 8757 to co-ordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency.[1] Its two branches supervised protective functions such as blackouts and special fire protection and "war service" functions such as child care, health, housing, and transportation. It also created the Civil Air Patrol. The agency was terminated by Executive Order 9562 of June 4, 1945.[2] The Office of Civil Defense with similar duties was established later.
Fiorello La Guardia was the first head of the office, succeeded in 1942 by James M. Landis, followed in 1944 by General William N. Haskell. While the agency only had a paid staff of 75, it supervised and coordinated the efforts of civilian volunteers estimated to have topped 11 million.[citation needed] Volunteer tasks included firefighting and air-raid preparedness. Children, under adult supervision, could volunteer in the Junior Citizens Service Corps, and were especially helpful in wartime scrap drives.
See also
- Gilbert A. Harrison, chairman of the Youth Division
- Lorenzo D. Gasser, U.S. Army major general, War Department liaison to OCD, later assistant director in charge of civilian protection.[3]
- United States civil defense
References
- ^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T (May 20, 1941). "Franklin D. Roosevelt: 'Executive Order 8757 Establishing the Office of Civilian Defense'". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- ^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T (June 4, 1945). "Harry S. Truman: Executive Order 9562—Termination of the Office of Civilian Defense". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- ^ Ellis, Charles H. Jr. (January 15, 1942). "LaGuardia to Quit One of Two Jobs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Richard Clem. "Boy Scout Civilian Defense Volunteers in WW2". Retrieved 2015-09-19.
- "Full text of government publications issues". United States Office of Civilian Defense.
- "How the Office of Civilian Defense Worked". 4 June 2009.
- "Civil Defense for National Security" (PDF).
- "Enrolled Volunteer Worker Groups for Civilian Protection".
- v
- t
- e
- Chairwoman, Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (1961–1962)
- 34th First Lady of the United States (1933–1945)
the United States
- Roosevelt Institute
- Roosevelt Study Center
- Eleanor Roosevelt Monument
- Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights
- Statue at the Franklin Roosevelt Memorial
- Eleanor Roosevelt College
- USS Roosevelt
- Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939 film)
- Sunrise at Campobello (1958 play, 1960 film)
- The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965 film)
- Eleanor and Franklin (1971 biography)
- Eleanor: The Years Alone (1972 biography)
- Eleanor and Franklin (1976 film)
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977 film)
- Backstairs at the White House (1979 miniseries)
- The Roosevelts (2014 documentary)
- The First Lady (2022 TV series)
- FDR (2023 miniseries)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (husband
- presidency 1933–1941
- presidency 1941–1945)
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (daughter)
- James Roosevelt II (son)
- Elliott Roosevelt (son)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (son)
- John Roosevelt II (son)
- Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (granddaughter)
- Curtis Roosevelt (grandson)
- Sara Delano Roosevelt (granddaughter)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt III (grandson)
- John Roosevelt Boettiger (grandson)
- James Roosevelt III (grandson)
- Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (father)
- Anna Hall Roosevelt (mother)
- Hall Roosevelt (brother)
- Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (grandfather)
- Martha Stewart Bulloch (grandmother)
- Theodore Roosevelt (uncle
- presidency)
- Bamie Roosevelt (aunt)
- Fala (family dog)