PART IV. OPERATIONS DURING SURVIVAL PERIOD 



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IMMEDIATE POST-AHACK ACTIONS 



It has already been pointed out that no one can feed 

 the Nation in a national emergency except those who are 

 in the business of feeding it every day. Even in the 

 immediate post-attack emergency, normal channels 

 should be utilized as much as possible to get the job 

 done. It is obvious, however, that the post-attack situa- 

 tion will be far from normal and that considerable as- 

 sistance will be necessary from local. State and Federal 

 governments to keep the food supply moving. This is 

 why there is an emergency food plan. 



As its contribution to recovery and rehabilitation of 

 the Nation, the food industry should activate all of its 

 emergency plans as soon as possible after the attack. 

 Food associations, industrial mutual aid groups and 

 individual plants should be prepared to take steps im- 

 mediately to resume production in keeping with the 

 Nation's post-attack needs. Everyone in the food in- 

 dustry is cognizant of the essential nature of various 

 foods. Some foods which find ready markets in today's 

 economy may have to give way temporarily to more 

 essential foods. Sophisticated packaging may need to 

 give way to crude forms which could more readily fill 

 post-attack needs. 



One of the foremost requirements for the success of 



the emergency food program will be an accurate analy- 

 sis of attack damage by local, State and Federal gov- 

 errmients. The analysis will depend directly upon the 

 information furnished by food plants. Precise assess- 

 ment of damage and capability to continue production 

 in the immediate post-attack period is one of the most 

 valuable contributions which food plants can make to 

 post-attack recovery. 



Food production and distribution under the stresses 

 and strains which are certain to be imposed by the 

 post-attack environment will require strength of will 

 and ingenuity on the part of farmers, food managers 

 and personnel. There will no doubt be many instances 

 in which it will be easier to quit than to continue. But 

 the stakes are high — the continuation of our free enter- 

 prise system — and they should be incentive enough to 

 keep the industry going even in the face of the tremen- 

 dous adversities it may face. 



Procedures for utiUzing and distributing the food 

 in the post-attack period will be determined by the 

 emergency food plan. Guidance and assistance in 

 meeting emergency requirements will be available to 

 the food plants from local. State and Federal 

 governments. 



ECONOMIC STABILIZATION 



An effective national rehabilitation effort will be 

 dependent to a great extent upon the degree of stability 

 achieved by the post-attack economy. Insofar as pos- 

 sible, efforts will be made to preserve normal money 

 and credit systems, and controls are planned for wages, 

 prices, rents, and utilization and distribution of food. 



Food rationing will be the responsibility of State 

 and local governments, with guidance and counsel 

 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the 



Office of Emergency Planning. Guidance for the food 

 program will come from the USDA and many decisions 

 will be based on the National Emergency Food Con- 

 sumption Standard. This standard will furnish the 

 basis for many post-attack governmental decisions by 

 food management officials as they continually ap- 

 praise the post-attack food situation. 



Sales of most foods will need to be prohibited tem- 

 porarily in the early post-attack period. These deci- 



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