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Caption: Booklet - War Program at the UI (1942)
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University of Illinois 21 P R O T E C T I O N OF L I F E AND PROPERTY Although the probabilities of enemy attack in Central Illinois may be remote, the University has made plans for meeting on short notice any disaster which might strike the campus. A special committee has been placed in charge of studying all conceivable eventualities and of making complete preparation for the safety of both life and property. This committee is organizing the staff and student body in anticipation of air raids, it has set up the necessary measures for the protection of personnel, books, valuable records, scientific equipment and papers, and it is training volunteers, from both the staff and student body, to combat fires, to assist in administering first aid, and to police property. Upon recommendation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the following steps have been taken to protect the Physical Plant of the University: (1) exterior floodlighting of essential service plants; (2) issuance of identification cards to all Physical Plant employees; (3) guard protection for important buildings. In addition to these precautions, the Physical Plant Department has a program of instruction for its employees so that in the event of any calamity they will be fully prepared. Hospitals in the Chicago departments are equipped with blackout facilities. RADIO The University Radio Station W I L L , directed by Professor J. F. Wright, is using its facilities to present numerous programs bearing on national defense. As a new departure, the station is operating on Sundays. Spot announcements are given for W a r Savings programs, and for the Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, Civil Service Commission, and other agencies broadcasting matters of public interest. Transcribed programs, for the Army, Navy, W P A defense projects, and all of President Roosevelt's recent talks, as well as a recent address by Prime Minister Churchill, are relayed over the air. Several new programs are operating. Among them are (1) foreign trade, with special emphasis on South America; (2) economic and (3) town °f current affairs.
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