Introductory remarks / C.E. Ronneberg -- Apathy and defense / G.D. Bleicken -- The chemical warfare threat / W.H. Summerson -- The biological warfare threat / L.D. Fothergill -- The new chemical-biological-radiological perspective / Marshall Stubbs -- The status of medical problems / H.C. Lueth -- An adequate shelter program / B.C. Taylor -- Individual protection / G.D. Rich -- Status and needs of detection, early warning, and identification of chemical warfare and biological warfare agents / A.W. Donaldson -- The congressional point of view / C.S. Sheldon -- Research need for nonmilitary defense / Paul Weiss -- What we must remember and what we must do / C.F. Rassweiler.