This report continues a study of national survival and recovery. Selected problem areas dealing with the initial recovery phase, food processing, and manufacturing capacity are treated. The extent to which undamaged communities could accommodate the homeless from damaged SMSAs are analyzed for Detroit in particular and on a nationwide basis. Estimates are made of the surviving food stocks and processing capacity of the sugar and grain industries and related to the survivor requirements. Labor survival in each manufacturing sector is calculated, and the effects of the labor shortages are analyzed.