development of Radiological Defense Organizations, including operational units, in statex and communities, All plans of organization for oradiLological defense must de fully integrated with those for the over-all civil defense program, The primary ourvose of the organization must necessarily ve the collection and interpretation of the technical information on existence of lonizing radiations which is required to achieve the objectives of radiological defense, Proper interpretation of data concerning the rate and intensity of ionizing radiations requires their collection on a wniform basis, Furthermore, the necessity for close cooperation, not only between various state and local components within the Radiological Defense Division, but also between Division units and comparable units within the armed Forces, demands absolute uniformity of all radiological defense orcscedures, These two factors combine to require an umisually high degree of standardization throughout all levels of the radiological defense organization, In addition, there are two other organizational requirements wiich are of vital importance, First, in order to have an effective organization comprised of fully qualified technical personnel available at the time of attack, it is imper-tive that the Radiological Defense Division be immediately formed and activated, if only on a limited seale. Secondly, in order adequately to train and prepare for radiological defense in time of war, it is necessary during the present veacetime period to develop an organization of essentially the same design and strength as may be required in the event of war, These particular requirements are yculiar to radiological defense in that no nucleus of organization for such defense now exists, Most other elements of the civil defense organization currently exist in some degree and not ARCHIVES