McCullen Issues Evacuation Orders To Major Cities

April 30th, 1952

Denver-Although the cities in Chicago appears to have been averted for now ''President McCullen warned today that the threat is far from over. "We have narrowly averted disaster in these past days", he announced, "but we have no time to rest. The enemy will strike again and they will strike soon. We must evacuate all citizens to within protective boundaries of the Liberty Defense Perimeter." He announced that the highest population cities along'' the northern border of the country would be the first to evacuate to protection ''camps. Citizens in other areas will receive authorization papers for evacuation'' based on a lottery beginning May 15th.