Word: shelterer
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Although the discussion up to now must be recognized as being somewhat speculative, it is quite concrete when compared with the nebulous matters which must now be considered. The Faculty recognizes that any position which Harvard takes on the shelter issue will affect other institutions and the nation, and therefore the national consequences of a shelter program are relevant to the University's decision...
Believing that shelters may save lives is not sufficient grounds for building such structures; the situation is not so clear cut that one may state, "Something is better than nothing." The dangers, if any, of a shelter program must be compared with the benefits that shelters might give. The first is to decide on the probability that shelters might save lives among the members of the Harvard community. First it should be noted that most of these people will be in the vicinity of the shelters for only about one-half of the year. If one estimates the probability...
...could shelters damage the community or the nation? Unfortunately this is one of the many questions which the Faculty committee glossed over in its civil defense report. It is possible that the United States establishes a shelter program, the Soviet Union might consider this an indication that the U. S. is planning a first strike. David Riesman, Professor of Social Sciences, reports that many Japanese citizens feel that U.S. withdrawal into shelters indicates a willingness to allow the rest of the world to die. If a large shelter program were instituted in America, it could conceivably add to the present...
Another problem is that of drill and discipline. In order to effectively use shelters, some form of practice is necessary. Those who refuse to participate may be labeled as "shelter dodgers" and accordingly jailed (as they have been in New York City) or otherwise punished...
...country can protect itself. Varicom, Inc., of Boulder, Colorado, manufactures a civil defense public "communications kit," a series of films that "builds within a man an appreciation of his American heritage and causes him to see civil defense as a positive way to insure that heritage." Thus a shelter program may force the government to define a national culture and morality that can hardly be accurate or desirable...