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-
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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.
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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.
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