Conscience and Civil Defense.

The article presents the author's experience when on June 15 citizens in a number of American cities were required to take shelter during a mock thermo-nuclear attack. Thirty persons in New York City refused to take shelter and were arrested. The author was one amongst them. These people wanted to go to the office of the Mayor of New York and present him with a statement, giving their reasons for disobeying the Civil Defense Act. The statement explained that such publicized civil defense tests help to create the illusion that the nation can shield people from war's effects.