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From City Hall your city station brings you the official ceremonies greeting the alert America's civil defense convoy mayor intelligence is to greet the convoys G.I. drivers most of them veterans of World War two and the Korean War who were loaned to the federal civil defense by the United States Army Transportation Corps in Washington D.C. for this nationwide alert America tour the ceremonies this afternoon open a week's exhibit at the seven Regiment Armory and you are hearing now the honorable Grover anyway Larry coordinator of recruiting and public information for the New York City civil defense to alert the American people feel the necessity of enrolling in civil defense the convoy is paid for by the Ford Foundation by patriotic citizens and it will shortly be displayed by shortly I mean tonight and for the next week that seventh regimen armory together with the the federal state and city defense exhibits I'm quite sure that the millions of people who will be privileged to visit the armory during that period will find that their time has not been wasted and that they will again be alerted to the fact that it is the job of each and every one of us to volunteer for several defense. Mr. Whalen Mr Wilander. President Wagner ladies and yeah. It is a privilege for me as chief executive of our city to welcome the City Hall Plaza this great convoy of traveling exhibits and several The fans sponsored by the Valley Forge foundation. In cooperation with federal state and local civil defense organizations while in our own city great strides have been made in a crane up people but the importance of an adequate Civil Defense Structure much remains to be done in attracting the thousands of additional volunteers that are needed for this urgent community enterprise as these travel lean educational exhibits which beginning tomorrow morning will be on public display at the Seventh Regiment Armory in pocket new one sixty six straight to pick the piece Time uses of atomic imagery to Harbel story of atomic warfare and the ways in which our nation state and cities I prepared to meet any threat of attack beginning today our city will observe a civil defense alert America week which special programs planned in the various boroughs by our civil defense officials to stimulate volunteer recruitment our nation's great industrial and commercial farms are to be commended for cooperating with the responsible government agencies and making possible less might be civil defense convoy to dramatize the need for individual and group participation in several defense activities I'm happy to read the proclamation setting aside this week for this very important program proclamation while raising United States and other freedom loving nations of the world stand united. Against the common enemy that would destroy what we hold most day and we're raise a city under any enemy attack is only as strong as it several defense and whereas the city of New York is striving to fulfill its quota of one made them enrolled and trained several defense volunteers as our contribution to the internal security of the United States I'm wearing is on May twelfth the alert America convoy comes from New York City together with dramatic state city and federal exhibits which seek to make the public aware of the meaning of civil defense an enemy warfare and whereas it is the purpose of this vast project to attract fans of thousands of New Yorkers to see it and through better understanding the prompted to enlist their civil defense volunteers now therefore I sense an arc and color Terry near the city of New York do hereby proclaim the week of make twelve to May nineteenth one thousand nine hundred fifty two as I like America week in the city of New York and urge the people of our great city satisfied sufficient time from now daily chores to visit the alert America exhibit and I further writes that having seen their civil defense in action these man and women accept their responsibilities as patriotic New Yorkers and volunteer for service and there are several defense in Witness wherever I have parent to serve my hand and cause the seal of the city of New York to be affixed this twenty eighth day of April nineteenth fifty two signed Vinson ark and colored Terry man. Thank you Mr. Each borrow all the city will have its day today is Manhattan day and the convoy will be led by President Robert Wagner and the chairman of the civil defense. And Hatton organization it's a great pleasure for me to present to you President Robert Wagner. Just a way Mayor impellor Terry commissioner Wilander ladies and gentlemen I think I distinguished mayor has set forth the activity here this week and today here in Manhattan. And I sincerely hope that this convoy traveling through our streets and the exhibit at the armory will give to the people a greater understanding of what we're doing here in the city under the leadership of the mayor and Commissioner Wilander and what is going on throughout the country to make our country safe in case of an enemy attack we all have heard it on many occasions and it's still true that in modern warfare atomic warfare the warfare that would come we certainly hope it never does come to why shows but if it does come every citizen is involved in that war not just those who are in the armed forces looking over what happened in Europe in the Far East in World War two We see the destruction that civilians and doored and cities endured and certainly the next war if it comes will be even worse we sincerely hope that this convoy and this week proclaimed by the mayor will give further evidence to our people of our preparedness and will and get them to join up with the hundreds of thousands who already are active in civilian defense to make our city safe from any possible attack thank you very much. I am Mr President for two years and has labored as a volunteer. In the organization of the Office of Civil Defense and was engaged in the field operation ten major departments in case but. In addition to that he was. Spent himself freely traveling around the entire five boroughs of the city of New York as well as demonstrated a power of the. Which was given here a few months ago and the manner in which the people of our city approved of it and cooperated so thoroughly and yesterday it's a great pleasure for me to present to you the director of civil defense. I think over there. Are present away ladies and gentlemen. We are indeed great value for foundation for making it possible for late American convoy to come here today they're going to be with us for a week and I know they will add a lot of stimulus to our efforts to recruit volunteers. You know we are engaged in a very serious business of the sending home front matter of fact to. Defend us on the home front taking their place alongside the armed forces as we're walking shoulder to shoulder and. Things can happen to us in the city the size of New York City and we want to be attacked we should be prepared and you already pitched in the interest of your loved ones and your neighbors I hate you all to follow through with us and show me your responsibility and take your position alongside neighbor in this great army of settle the fence. Just want to remind you again tonight is a preview by invitation to an armory but. From ten o'clock tomorrow morning ten o'clock tomorrow night and every day thereafter until Monday the nineteenth the armory will be open and free of charge for all of us is that come there we expect to have about eighty thousand high school children go through the exhibit this between. Ten o'clock in the morning and three o'clock in the afternoon and in that way we hope that they shall be messengers of information to their parents and their parents will come in the afternoon and evening to visit one of the greatest exhibits that has ever been put together in the United States thank you very much. You have been listening to the ceremonies attending the arrival in New York of the alert America convoy at New York City hall opening a week of intensive civil defense recruitment mayor intelligibly read the city's official proclamation and greeted the convoys G.I. drivers on this nationwide tour. Carney Grover a Whalen coordinator of recruiting and public information for the New York City civil defense presided and presented mayor intelligently starting this week's alert America exhibit at the Seventh Regiment Armory sixty six Street and Park Avenue open to the public tomorrow starting at ten A.M. This evening incidentally at eight thirty your city station will broadcast a special press preview of this exhibit to be officially opened by Mayor intelligibly before five thousand invited guests the time again eight thirty this evening we return you now to our studios in the municipal building this is the municipal Broadcasting System.