1959 Civil Defense Director

              CIVIL DEFENSE
"DIRECTOR"
CITY OF SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE, CALIF
Vol, 1, No. 9
October 1959
Page 1
PRESERVATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
In a war, or at the start of a war, many-
areas widely scattered in California are
prime targets for enemy attack.  Some or all
of these areas could be severely damaged in
the first or the repeated attacks.  Injured
persons would be fleeing the areas hardest hit
and secondary target areas would be evacuating
to the less damaged or undamaged parts of the
State.
While such attacks are continuing and in
the reconstruction period following such
attacks, law and order must be preserved; and
so far as possible, government services continued or restored.  This can best be done by
civil government.
To help to preserve law and order and to
continue or restore local services, it is
essential that the local units of government
continue to function. The Federal Government
and the State of California have already
provided legislation for Continuity of Government, however, each political jurisdiction
must provide their own legislation. The
legan department of the City of San Jose is
now preparing legislation for Council adoption
which will comply with the California Oisaster
Act, and which will provide for the continuance of the legislative and executive departments of the City of San Jose in case o€ a
disaster, the legislative body thereof shall
have the power to appoint the following
stand-by officers:  (a) 3 for each member of
the legislative body; (b) 3 for the elected
Chief Executive, if said Executive is not a
member of the legislative body.
In case a stand-by office becomes vacant
because of the removal, death, resignation,
or other cause, the legislative body shall
have the power to appoint another person to
fill said office.  Stand-by officers shall be
designated number 1,2, and 3 as the case may

EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Fire Dept. CY 4-4664
Police Dept. CY 7-3565
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be.
The qualifications of each stand-by officer
shall be carefully investigated and a summary
of the qualifications of each such officer
shall be entered on the minutes when he is
appointed.  Each prospective appointee to a
post of stand-by officer shall be examined as
to his qualifications under oath.
Stand-by officers shall not be officers or
employees of the local agency.  Should said
stand-by officers become employees or officers
of the local agency, their post of stand-by
office shall become vacant.  Consideration shall
be givon to places of residence and work, so
that for each office for which stand-by officers
are appointed, there shall be the greatest
probability of survivorship. Each stand-by
officer shall take the oath of office required
for the officer occupying the office for which
he stands by.
Persons appointed as stand-by officers shall
serve in their posts as stand-by officers at
the pleasure of tho legislative body appointing
them and may be removed and replaced at any
time with or without cause.
Stand-by officers shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties as
stand-by officers.
Parker L. Hathaway
City Councilman
NOTE:  "Preservation of Local Government" will
be continued by Mr. Hathaway in the
November issue.