European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday May 12.1983 Proxmire assails fallout Center proposal Washington a government officials would be protected from radioactive fallout at special command posts while other citizens would be Laught to protect themselves in a nuclear attack under a proposal circuiting in he Reagan . Sen. William Proxmire p-wis., called the $1.5 Bil Liun proposal a serious mistake he compared it to unrealistic 1950s civil defense programs and to soviet plans thai protect Lac elite and leave others to tend for themselves in the aftermath of a nuclear attack i doubt if Congress is going to 50 along with this. I m certainly going to oppose it vigorously Proxmire said saturday in a Milwaukee interview. The proposal is one option being discussed As part of a review of the nation s civil defense program. A final report to Congress will be finished in Early july said Samuel w. Speck associate director of the Federal emergency management Agency speck said emergency operation centers ranging from in Dilc units to rooms in basements of Public build Ings would be set up As command posts and communications centers under the proposal. I in said the centers far state and local officials would offer fallout Protection but not Protection from blasts. The Washington Post reported in saturday editions thai the new proposal would encourage the Gen eral Public to rely on self help rather than the massive evacuations the administration proposed in 1982, the 14.2 billion program involving evacuation of entire cities failed to win approval. Speck said the new plan would not move away entirely from the massive evacuation concept. But he said the Agency now believes that because of smaller More accurately targeted nuclear weapons in Many in stances it would make More sense for people to stay in  Proxmire said the soviet Union has Buill bomb Shel ters tar its tap officials and told the rest of the people to evacuate the cities and go out into the country some where and do your Best to gel away from the Conler of attack by the  under the Fema plan he said Federal state and local officials will be taken care of. But that leaves the population he taxpayers who provide All this to fend for themselves in a nuclear world in which there would be All kinds of nuclear activity and possibly a nuclear Winter. And i think it s a ridiculous proposal the thrust of the plan is to teach people How to build their bomb shelters How to dig a Hole How to insulate Ilas Well As they can Proxmire said. He said inc Mea sures would be pitifully inadequate in the face of fires radioactivity and interruptions in food Supply. The Wisconsin senator complained about the plan in a May 8 Teller to Fema director Julius Becton. He compared it not Only to tie soviet plan but also to the . Civil defense program of the 1950s, which was considered by Many to be ridiculously  the proposal circulating at the defense department and the office of management and budget is among a number of Straw Man papers on a Range of options that Are changing on a weekly basis. Speck said. He said the shelters Are meant to enable the govern mint to help people in a crisis not protect an elite. So far As i know there have been no discussions of blast or bomb shelters Tor local elites what has been discussed is making sure that across the country we do have adequate emergency operating centers where you have adequate communications facilities he said. Quoting Fema documents the Post said the shelters would enable officials to manage Che trans attack period and restore Post attack government and society As Well As protect land records so nuclear War survivors could regain existing property speck said there has been no agreement on the num Ber of emergency operation centers needed. But Proi mire said the plan would establish 600 shelters for local officials Between 19s3 and 1992, and 2,800 More later at an unspecified Cost. He said budget constraints have something to do Vith the shift in the government s role from providing facilities to leaching people How to provide for them selves speck said. But he added i think there s also a realization that there s a limit in what government can do in terms of actually providing things for Fth " but there s a great Deal More with proper information Hal people can do for  Chern Aryl it fa1i.iipvllaullilwui b  years. 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