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If Salk Vaccine Works, Youngsters Of Area Can Be Given Polio Shots Health Officer Announces Plans For Distribution Program on Entirely Voluntary Basis Plans now are being worked out for the possible administra tion of polio vaccine to some 3,000 Jackson county children who will be eligible to receive if it it is licensed, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. As was announced last week by state health officials, all first and second grade pupils in pub lic, private and parochial schools in the state are included in the planned program, he ex plained. It also will be available to others through physicians. But parents were warned by r. Merkel not to jump to the conclusion that the current plan ning indicated the vaccine al ready has been proved effective. Evaluation Report Due "The vaccine which will be furnished by the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis is the same vaccine that was giv en to 440,000 children last spring," he said. "We do not know whether it really prevents paralytic polio. Until April, when we will learn the results of the evaluation study now be ing conducted at the University of Michigan, we cannot know if the vaccine is effective. "But we cannot wait until then for planning for the pro tection of as many of our chil dren as possible," he added. "Vaccinating large numbers of children is a big and important job, entailing many procedural tasks that can't be performed over night. "If the license is granted in April, we must be ready to start vaccinating at once, so that, if I I possible, we can finish before our schools close and the polio season starts. We want to give the vaccine early so that many children can be protected before polio appears in their communi ties. Would Not Be Test "This program would not be another test but the first use of a newly established preventive measure. Under the direction of the State Health Department, Dr Merkel has been conferring with the school authorities and physi cians who have pledged their full cooperation. The polio vaccine will be fur nished from a supply being pur chased by the National Founda tion with March of Dimes funds. It will be made available by the National Foundation without charge for the product to the state health officer, if licensed by the federal government. Sup plies also will be distributed through usual channels at the same time. $9,000,000 Contract The National Foundation has financed the development and production of the Salk vaccine. Contracts were made with manufacturers for a supply of vaccine costing $9,000,000 in March of Dimes funds. This en abled manufacturers to keep their production facilities in operation during the waiting period and be ready to go into full production as soon as the Former Teacher Sought Through School Office Jackson county school sup erintendent's office has receiv ed' an inquiry from a relative, concerning the whereabouts of a Miss Bertha Smith who taught school in or near Phoe nix in 1906 and 1907. She later was married to a man named Kane, the school office was informed. Persons knowing her where abouts have been requested to telephone the superintendent's office. The number is 2-4424. vaccine is licensed. "Vaccine would be given by the health department this spring only to those eligible children whose parents sign forms requesting it," Dr. Mer kel added. "It is a completely will be distributed through the schools beginning March 21. We would like to know as soon as possible how many eligible chil dren we must provide for, if the vaccination program is carried out. If the vaccine is not licens- voluntary program. The forms, ed, there will be no program." Klamath Schools Man Says Plans Distorted Klamath Falls -(U.R) Carrol Howe, Klamath county school superintendent, said Saturday his suggestion to the state labor commissioner that photographs be required to accompany teach er applications "had been dis torted." Answers Charge Howe's statement was in an swer to a charge made in Port land Thursday night that the Klamath school administrator was leading a move to undermine the Oregon fair employment practices act. David Robinson, chairman of the FEP advisory committee, told a meeting of the Portland Urban League that Howe was responsi ble for an attempt by the Oregon School Superintendents Associa tion to get a bill through the Legislature which would require teacher applicants to submit photographs with their applica tions. Howe said he wrote a letter to Norman Nilsen, state labor com missioner, some time ago, sug gesting that it might be possible to allow school administrators to require photos of teacher appli cants. Stems From Misunderstanding He said racial discrimination had nothing to do with- his sug geston and that any interpreted ton that it does "stems from a misunderstanding." Robinson said Howe Jiad told him he wanted the photos to de termine if the applicant was a Negro because Indians in the Klamath area had strong preju dices against Negroes. Disciplinary Methods His Responsibility, Vale High School Pirncipal Declares Vale (U.R) Vale High School trict residents was circulated. Principal Donald Gabbert Satur- The petition was an outgrowth day said that action on a strong protest by Vale residents against student disciplinary methods was the sole responsibility of his office. The statement resulted from a school board meeting here Thurs day night at which a protest pe tition signed by 470 school dis- cMau Let GILMAN'S Deliver Your Milk in Glass Bottles . . . See What You Are Getting! PM Gt"A"de v -fmA cream. : f II R'CH!' yj 3 J22Y GILMAN'S MILK Every Day Serving So. Oregon for 33 Years Bring the family watch the milking operation, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Visitors welcome any time! Listen to Yawn Patrol on KYJC form 6:30 to 7 a.m. o RAW o PASTEURIZED o HOMOGENIZED OILMAN' DA DRY FAM PHONE 3-2640 ON MERRIMAN ROAD (Halfway between Big Y and Central Point on Old CP. Hiway) of a recent incident in which two students said they were "mis handled" by faculty members while being taken to a meeting of the Lettermen's Society. Gabbert said he would regret dropping the form of student government. He said "the dis ciplinary method decided upon would be entirely the responsi bility of the principal's office." Arthur Hufaker, spokesman for the citizens' group, criticized the method, which he said uti lizes paddling for minor student infringements and sets up the so ciety as both judge and jury," as "unjust and un-democratic." The letterman issue has been a strong one in the area for some time. Critics said some students dropped out of school in fear of the society, and others took to knives for protection. The students whose mishan dling caused the waves of pro test were escorted to a disciplin ary meeting of the lettermen by two faculty members. One of the boys said he was tripped by a teacher as he entered the meet ing room, and the other was held so forcibly that examining phy sicians said bold handprints re mained on either side of his chest. Japan, Greece Sign Trade Agreement; Open Dollar Fund Tokyo (U.R) Japan and Greece Saturday signed a trade and payments agreement provid ing for an estimated maximum $2,500,000,00 exchange each way in goods as well as services during the next one year. The agreement, signed in Athens, is the first trade arrange ment to be concluded between the two countries since the war. It goes into effect April 1, 1955 and will be good for one year. Exports Listed Main Greek exports to Japan under the agreement are dried fruits, olives, olive oil, cotton, tobacco and minerals. Japan in turn will ship to Greece ma chinery, textiles, chemicals, in dustrial goods and a wide range of other commodities. Under the agreement the two countries agreed to consult with each other concerning the possi bility of carrying out transac tions on a multilateral basis, bar ter or compensating transactions "if circumstances require," in order to promote trade between the two countries. The two countries also agreed to open a U.S. dollar Japan Greece open account with the Bank, of Japan in Tokyo to clear all payments on transactions be tween them except in cases otherwise agreed between the two nations. House Committee Takes Rap at GOP Farm Program "Washington (U.R) The House Agriculture Committee charged Saturday that the administra tion farm program threatens to produce city unemployment by intensifying "the present reces sion in agriculture." It denounced as "unwise and dangerous" the lowering of price supports on basic crops at a time when farmers' purchasing power "is the lowest since 1940." The committee, comprised largely of farm congressmen, on Tuesday approved by a 23-11 vote a bill to repeal the admin istration's flexible support; pro gram and restore rigid high price supports. The majority report, issued Saturday, was an obvious bid for the votes of city Democrats, votes which will be needed, if the bill is to clear the House. The report claimed that lower price guarantees for farmers un der the administration program will not insure lower food prices. Minority Report Rep. R. D. Harrison (R-Neb.) said he and most of the other nine Republicans who opposed the bill in committee would is sue a minority report. The bill, tentatively scheduled for floor action March 22, would avert a scheduled drop in price supports on the wheat to 82Vi per cent of parity on this year's crop. It also would continue 90 per cent supports for another three years for corn, peanuts, rice and cotton. The majority report said lower wheat supports this summer would not lower the price of a loaf of bread, but would cost wheat farmers $156,000,000. It said middle men would absorb the money lost by farmers. Labor Support In a direct bid fqr labor sup port, the report said AFL Presi dent George Meany and CIO President Walter P. Reuther have endorsed the bill. The report found it "astonish ing" that the Eisenhower admin istration should lower farm price guarantees while asking Con gress to boost federal minimum wages from 75 cents to 90 cents an hoifr. Two objectives of the bill, the report said, are "to reverse the present recession in agriculture" and "to avoid unemployment among workers in the cities and the damaging impact on the whole economy that would re sult from continuing distress on the farms." California ranked third among the states in value of mineral production in 1953. Sunday, Much 13, 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TXTB Maurine Neuberger Bi At Secret' Meetings of II Aimed Board By BILL FORCE United Press Correspondent Salem (U.R) A bill which its author admitted was aimed di rectly at .the State Board of Higher Education faced revision and amendment Saturday in the House Committee on State and Federal Affairs. Rep. Maurine Neuberger (D Portland) said her bill requiring open meetings for all govern mental bodies in Oregon was aimed at stopping unpublicized meetings of the State Board of Higher Education which she said were being held on Sundays at the Arlington Club in Port land. Portions of the bill applying to city councils and other local governing bodies ran into stern opposition from Rep. Al Loucks (R-Salem), former Salem mayor. He said that if a problem of un publicized meetings existed in cities, the solution should be found on the local level rather than in a state law. Bill Follows Plan Mrs. Neuberger said she was principally interested in prac tices at the state level. Her bill, she said, was designed after a plan long in effect for the Port land School Board where all business was transacted in the open, with the exception of per sonnel matters. She declared that the open meetings of the state board of higher education were often mere formalities to confirm agreements reached privately. Only member of the board who did not attend the Arlington Club meetings, she said, was Mrs. E. B. MacNaughton, because the Arlington Club does not admit women. Even the press does not attend, Mrs. Neuberger said. Mrs. William L. Cawood of the Portland Federation of Women's Clubs, told the committee that the Multnomah County Com mission frequently holds unpub licized special meetings and she Additional Freighters For Grain Storage Washington (U.R) The gov ernment has obtained an addi tional 105 freighters from the maritime fleet for emergency storage of 24,000,000 bushels of grain in the Pacific Northwest. The agriculture department said today that 75 of the ships will be docked at Astoria, Ore., and 30 will -be provided at Olympia, Wash. Much of the cork used in the U. S. comes from California. endorsed the bill for that reason. The committee agreed to con sider a substitute bill for one introduced by Rep. Norman Howard (D-Portland) to require employers to grant free time off for voting. While endorsing the principle of the measure, the committee objected to some of its provisions as too complex and ambiguous. Rep. George Layman (R-Newberg) was ap pointed to draft a substitute that would recognize the employer's responsibility for making time available to workers to cast their ballots without setting up hard and fast time limits such as con tained in the original bilL Both houses of the Legislature were in adjournment Saturday but held several committee meet ings Friday afternoon. NOW IS THE TIME to start building an insured savings account with us. You will find it pleasant and profitable to invest here. o FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To Those Who Save J must I V -A Ml juaf .vW jK CiT M Just the Right Amount of GUERNSEY MILK for golden richness. 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