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SUFFOLK CO:JNTY Vi.l>R COUNCIL
Office of the Director of Civilian Protection
Griffing ~venue Riverhead, New York
Novem~er 27, 1942
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Deputy County Directors
County Director of Civilian Protection
Partial Exemptions of War plant~ From Prac~~ Blackouts
FOR YOUR INFORMATION .l>ND COMPLI./iNCE:
1. Paragraph IV, SWC:.I>-ll9, dated Octo~er 20, 1942, County
Office of Civilian Protection, authorized local Directors of Civil-
ian Protection to recommend war plants which might be granted partial
exemption from practice blackouts, This paragraph IV, SWC:A-119,
carried out provisions of a letter dated Headquarters, Eastern Defense
Command and First Army, September 29th, 1942.
By a subsequent letter dated November 5th, 1942, the Command-
ing General, Second Service Command, has informed the Governor of New
York State that the Commanding General, Second Service Command, is
~ d~signated as the ~~ority to ~etermine which establishments,
manufacturing plant or other facility, e3sential to the war effor~,
~y be granted exemption from practice blackouts.
2. Paragraph IV, SWC:a-ll9, County Office of Civilian Protection,
is therefore REVOKED.
3. Partial exemptions from practice blackouts granted to war
plants will be reported to the state Director of Civilian Protection
by the Commanding Ge!leral, Seco:ld Service Command. Local Directors
of Civilian Protection will, in turn, be notified of the partial
exemptions granted to plnr.ts under their jurisdiction who, in turn,
will notify Deputy County Directors.
4.
SWC:A-l19, eycept Paragraph IV, will REMaIN 1H EFFECT.
lew
FLOYD D. HOUSTON,
Dir~ctor of Civilian Protectio!l
.