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stlJ'FOLK COtJ'N'l'Y ItAR COUNC IL
Office of the Director of Civilian Protection
Griffing Avenue Riverbead, New York
October 16. 1942
TO: Deputy County Directors of Oivilian Protection
FROM: County Director of Civilian Protection
There tollow eKhanh troll leUer ot t!le State Director ot CivilillD
Protection under date ot ~'..ber 26th. wblch c4r1t1 reculations covering
moveBent ot vehicular traftic duria<< practice blackouts and air raid drills,
mobililation and aotual blackouts:
"J, striot interpretation ot JecalaUoas 110. .. (ClJallt1 release SWC:A-42,
dated June 22, 1942) Sub-division 2, Clallit1oaUoD B BeanS vehioles of trans-
portation oompanies operating over dul7 authorlled routes, said routes having
been approved b7 the Public Servioe OoDllliBl1on ot t!le State of New York or b7
a local municipalit7. TbiB sub-divilion does not include large trucking COlD-
panies because trucking companies do not operateover duli authoriled routes.
"1legulatiODs No. 5 (Oounty release SWC :A-66 , dated July 18, 1942) ~l.1s-
tincU7 provides that all vebioles permitted to move during air raids and
practice blackouts sba"Ir"use approved blackout equ1=nt as defined in Regu-
lations 1110. 4. 1legulations No. 4 provide tor the eq pment of vehiclos with
blackout lighting equipment and emergency vehicle cards or count7 metal idon-
tification plates.
IIn order to comply with the 1legulatlons of this offioe. everT bus
operating over an authorized route 'is permitted to travel during practice black-
outs provided said bus is full;V equipped with blackout lighti: and emergenc;v ve-
hicle card in Clasl1fication B. This meBlls that all busses s uld have the
6" square emergenc;v vehicle card."
The foregOing is furnished for your information and C\1idanco.
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J'lo;Vd D. Houston
Director Civilian Protection
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