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II QUlIS'lIOlh I. there &n7 atatute relevant to the reme4le.
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! Protection authorities e:l.ther in practice or in actual
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:: attack'l I. there an7 provision for protecting air raid
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i WI.l"dens and 8111111ar volunteers!
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The recently passed Hew York State War .ergon07;
(the O.tertag BU1) baa no reterence to thi. problg.
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!, )1'01' dGes the original oivU deten.e statute ..ith ita 8.lQM-
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u tar a, ciV'1liana are cpncerned, the only
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~protection ot evacuees trOM bombed or invaded areaa The cloae~
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~ the country and the Oounty 1. drawn into aotual action, the
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i: more. et:l.'ort ..ill be made ooth by federal and state authoritie~
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: ,pecit1c protection baa be,en enacted tor civ1Uana n'~ed1n
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'i are reterrable to rellefagenciu both governDlcta1. and
,i charitable. And the possibilities of c:l.v:l.l aoUozus are
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Aa for air ra1d warden. and 1I1m11ar workers,
i the fact that tbIJ,. are unpaid volunteer. would 8eem to
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!I The General Munioipal Law, Seotion 205, contain8'
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~ elaborate provision. tor compensation of volunteer tir_n
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II eo die or are injured in the pertormance ot their duties.
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Ii Section 105-b giv.. relief to II11ch volunteer fir.en boa
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Ii 011'11 liability for acta done 1n the perfo1'lllADce of duty.
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:: to the ordinU7' air raid warden. There 1. no othe:o .tat\lt;e
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1l.A.p~rentl;Y no action M' been pop..ed along thh 11n4h It
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II wO\lld .eem that it .uch. a . .tatute 1. needed to protect
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:1 vol~teer t1remfl.tl~ there 1. no .1milar protection of air raid j
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i warden. 1n the ab',eneeot.a .pecUic .tatute. A6ain. of
11 cour.e, there are ponlbll1t1ea of civil action on behalf
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'fha.e providon,caD not be coIlkr1te4 to apply
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Illeg1.1a:tlon applicable to the que.tion.
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