i L SESSION VI 313 DE BOER: g No, these were Civil Defense officials, They should have known, but they didn't, and, again, my question of responsibility arises. 4 . AYRES: The average supply in the United States is roughly thirty days, not four or five days. There is usually a ten day supply in the stores and a twenty day supply in the warehouses. \ DE BOER: Yes, but you're looking at the ideal conditions, if \ you could distribute it nicely. AYRES: I mean at the present time that's the pipeline. FREMONT-SMITHB: a They would still have to be distributed, DE BOER: -You're still looking at the working distribution aystem. AYRES: Yes, but I mean the food in the warehouses is not going to to be eaten, DE BOER: If the man says, "You come and get it" that's different. ve AYRES: What can he do with it? He can't eat it all. In general, - I think that the problem you describe is a very real one. vi A DE BOER: I had never been confronted with this sort of question > 7 I wanted to quarrel with the specific number because I don't think it applies. and it intrigued me. : AYRES: I think you are quite right, that Albuquerque is very isolated and it's rather hard to imagine people bringing in food during the first six-month period. a WOLFE: I'm more worried about water, not for Albuquerque but for any of the targets. Before you get all the turbines whirling again and all the material redistributed, it does seem to me that you ought to consider what the world is going to be like, the local world for each individual as he comes up out of his shelter or gets up off the ground if he's able to, or whatever the situation is, What is he walking into? Il raised some question about these shelters in 1962, ani | had to conclude then that the shelter would probably be a means of slow death instead of quick death. to? hoo. ee After all what do you come out of the shelter co ee ee - . ere eeee tit a ieg a — ne =oesn —~ ects wenaening