Last week, I assigned, on the recommendation of the Civil Defense Director, basic responsibility for this program to the Secretary of Defense, to make certain it is administered and coordinated with our continental defense efforts at the highest civilian level. In May, I pledged a new start on Civil Defense. To recognize the possibilities of nuclear war in the missile age, without our citizens knowing what they should do and where they should go if bombs begin to fall, would be a failure of responsibility. Yellow directional arrows located directly underneath the lettering which will indicate the location of the shelter. Below the fallout symbol, lettered in yellow against black, are the words FALLOUT SHELTER in plain block letters. Inside the circle, three yellow triangles are arranged in geometric pattern with the apex of the triangles pointing down. The shelter symbol on the sign is a black circle set against a yellow rectangular background. The sign can be seen and recognized at distances up to 200 feet. The color combination, yellow and black, is considered as the most easily identified attention getter by psychologists in the graphic arts industry. The sign will be used only to mark Federally-approved buildings surveyed by architect-engineer firms under contract to the Department of Defense.
It will mark buildings and other facilities as areas where 50 or more persons can be sheltered from radioactive fallout resulting from a nuclear attack. The National Fallout Shelter Sign will be a familiar sight in communities all over the United States next year.
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