TY - JOUR T1 - GOvernment services Y1 - 1949/08/20 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900510031012 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1281 EP - 1282 VL - 140 IS - 16 N2 - SECRETARY OF DEFENSEĀ  ASSISTANT FOR CIVIL DEFENSE LIAISONĀ  Establishment of the position of Assistant for Civil Defense Liaison in the Office of the Secretary of Defense was announced with the appointment of Lieut. Col. Barnet W. Beers to this position.The creation of this new staff position results primarily from the necessity of assuring effective coordination of National Military Establishment activities which are closely related to civil defense with the activities of those civilian government agencies which have been made responsible for civil defense planning as such. The ultimate objective is to make certain that planning and preparations for civil defense are properly related to planning and preparations for military defense and that each complements the other.Colonel Beers had been executive assistant in the National Military Establishment Office of Civil Defense Planning since it was first established, on March 27, 1948. This office has been abolished, and its SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900510031012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900510031012 ER -