John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "I have assigned responsibility for the shelter program to the Department of Defense to underline the fact that a civil defense effort must be kept in proper perspective in relation to our other defense efforts, as well as because of the organizational and technical capabilities which that Department possesses." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 13, 1961

I have assigned responsibility for the shelter program to the Department of Defense to underline the fact that a civil defense effort must be kept in proper perspective in relation to our other defense efforts, as well as because of the organizational and technical capabilities which that Department possesses.

Said by

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Democratic · Massachusetts

Source

presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Governor Rockefeller on Civil Defense.

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