Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization

American  

noun

1. the former division (1958–61) of the Executive Office of the President that administered all federal programs dealing with the defense by civilians of their homes, families, communities, etc., in the event of enemy attack. OCDM

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Example Sentences

In desperation, the New Haven appealed for a $5,500,000 emergency loan from the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization on the ground that the line's survival was essential to the defense of the nation.

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Heeding the objections, the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization prevented the sale.

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But Kahn, consultant for the Atomic Energy Commission and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, has spent much of the past decade thinking seriously about nuclear war.

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Last fall Chicago's Wonder Building Corp., headed by Leo Hoegh, former director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, was selling 200 fallout shelters a week.

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Through such experiments for the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, Tech Ops will make recommendations for realistic civil defense measures.

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