Emergency Welfare Division of Civil Defense

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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Civil Defense Director Arthur W. Wallander and Henry L. McCarthy, of the Department of Welfare, discuss Emergency Welfare on McCarthy's first day on the job. 10,000 people on staff with the Department of Welfare, including 2600 volunteers. This is an inadequate staff, so they are recruiting for more volunteers. Establishment of Emergency Welfare centers and Central Registration Bureau. What the welfare division will do and provide in the event of an atomic attack on New York City. The function of the central registration bureau for locating missing and displaced persons. The need for volunteers. Temporary housing for displaced persons. 30,000 spots now available and number will increase. Hot meals can now be served a quarter of a million people in the event of an attack.



Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 71843
Municipal archives id: LT1822

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