16 MAIL TRIBUNE. MeeforJ, Oregon, Monday, April 14, 1958
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No Statistical Connection Held
Between Smoking, Peptic Ulcer
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By DELOS SMITH
Uniled Press Science Editor
New York (IP) A medical
statistician who had a promi
nent part in building a statis-
" tical con n e c-
", tion between
cigarette
smoking and
can cer, now
concedes that
smoking is
neither an im
portant nor a
direct cause of
Jw P e p tic ulcer.
Deios smith Dr. Kic hard
Doll proceeded statistically
with peptic ulcer much as he
had with lung cancer. That
is, there were statistical com-
parisons of the smoking habits
of persons with the disease
against the smoking habits of
persons who didn't have it.
But as regards peptic ulcer,
these comparisons "may be
interpreted in several ways,"
Doll said. One way is that
the egg came before the
chicken "The presence of an
ulcer stimulated the desire to
smoke," since some ulcer pa
tients report their symptoms
are relieved by a cigarette.
Predisposition Involved
Another way is that psy
chologically a given person is
predisposed both for peptic
ulcer formation and cigarette
smoking. The third possibility,
he continued, is that smoking
directly contributes to "the
producton or maintenance of
some of the ulcers."
Weed May Assist
Leukemia Battle
London, Ont. (IP) Can
adian medical scientists have
discovered a compound which
they believe may help fight
leukemia and cancer growths,
it was reported..
The compound is extracted
from a weed, the wild peri
winkle, which grows abund
antly in Jamaica.
Dr. Robert L. Noble, of the
University of Western On
tario and an associate, J. H.
Cutts will present the find
ings of their research at a
meeting of the American As
sociation for Cancer Research
in Philadelphia tomorrow.
Research on the weed was
started nine years ago by the
Western University scientists
after Noble heard that na
tives in Jamaica brewed a
tea from the periwinkle as a
treatment for diabetes.
A factor in the weed was
found to reduce the white
blood cell count in rats, and
since leukemia, a deadly can
cer of the blood, causes white
blood cells to multiply uncon
trollably, the scientists tried
to alienate the mysterious fac
tor for use as a possible weap
on against the disease.
French Miners Off
Jobs for More Pay
Paris, April 12 (IPi Ap
proximately 250,000 French
miners walked of their jobs
Saturday in a 24-hour warn
ing to premier Felix Gaillard's
Government that they will
stage a full-scale strike unless
their wage demands are met.
Reports from all over
France indicated that today's
one-day strike call was obey
ed by about 90 per cent of
France's state-employed coal,
Iron, Slate and Potassium
miners.
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But if the latter were so,
you would expect the statistics
to reveal a greater proportion
of heavy smokers among ul
cer patients than among the
"controls" who had no ulcers.
Doll's statistics did not bear
out the expectation.
However, an unknown fac
tor was involved here, he
said. Had heavy smokers with
ulcers cut down on their
smoking or stopped altogether
as part of the medical treat
ment of their ulcers? Physi
cians often give such advice
to ulcer patients, he pointed
out.
His statistics were derived
from questionnaires; there
was no chance of getting this
question answered. So "he
took smokers with ulcers one
by one as they were admitted
to a hospital for treatment.
One was advised to stop smok
ing, the next was hot. This
went on until there were 40
who had been told to stop
and 40 who hadn't.
All 80 were given the same
medical treatment, which in
cluded four weeks in bed
After treatment, the ulcers of
75 per cent of those who were
told to stop smoking, were
at least two-thirds healed and
the average reduction in the
size of their ulcer cavities
was 78.1 per cent.
Two-Thirds Healed
The ulcers of 58 per cent
of those who had been told
nothing and so had continued
to smoke at the same rate
were at least two-thirds heal
ed, and the average reduc
tion in the size of ulcer cavi
ties was 56.6 per cent.
Nineteen of the 22 who
stopped showed two-thirds or
more healing, while only 11
of the 18 who merely "cut
down," showed that much
healing.
His statistical study, .pub
lished by the technical jour
nal, "The Lancet," was of
much medical interest because
it dramatized the difficulties
involved in statistical interpretation.
Federal Funds Suggested
For Election Campaigns
Hayden Lake, Idaho (IP)
The dilemma of financing
political campaigns could be
solved by adopting federal fi
nancing of national election
campaigns of the major po
litical parties, Sen., Richard
L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), told
an audience here Saturday.
Neuberger, speaking at a
noon luncheon of the first an
nual national conference on
political parties, said, "true
elimination of conflicts of in
terest will remain an elusive
goal until an effective meth
od is adopted to free public
officials from being virtual
prisoners of the huge funds
needed during campaigns."
The Oregon senator de
scribed in detail legislation
he has proposed . in the Sen
ate to have the federal treas
ury underwrite certain elec
tion costs as "necessary."
He said this would be done
by entitling major party can
didates in federal elections to
federal financial " support
based on a formula of 20 cents
for each voter in the district;
by offering a tax credit of
up to $10 to every taxpayer
for a political contribution to
the candidate of his choice;
and by matching-fund grants
to states for voters' pamphlets.
Mails Go Through;
Even 1906 Letters
Flint, Mich. m The faith
ful wardens of the U. S. Post
Office can be trusted to cafe
for your mail. If they can't
deliver it, they'll send it back.
The Buick division of Gen
eral Motors Corp. got new
proof of these everyday truths
when a letter was returned
late this week that was mailed
Aug. 9, 1906. Postal author
ities explained it would have
been returned sooner except
it wasn't found in an old lock
box section of the Chicago
post office until a few days
ago.
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Importance of Technology
Stressed by Ford Foundation
Pasadena, Calif. HP! H
Rowan Gaither Jr., chairman
of the trustee for the Ford
foundation who was instru
mental in preparation of the
Gaither report, says "the Am
erican people and their rep
resentatives in government
must understand," the impor
tance of science and tech
nology to the nation's future.
He outlined the need for
government financing to
make possible important re
search for "our nation's
needs."
Gaither addressed 1200 per
sons attending the 21st an
nual alumni seminar at Cali
fornia Institute of Technolo-
He . told his audience that
"American science and tech
nology which once our peo
ple thought to be unquestion
ably unsurpassed, has not yet
attained the strength and vi
ability necessary to guaran
tee our welfare and survival
in a prolonged period of in
ternational crisis."
Gaither, who headed a
committee which drew up a
report that stirred consider
able controversy regarding
the nation's preparedness said
there was evidence "that
whatever awareness has de
veloped under the impact of
recent events may already
be receding in the light of our
own successful orbiting of
satellites."
Gaither said "the Commun
ist world and the Free world
are two dynamic systems at
work, moving at different
rates of speed, and driving
ultimately toward ideological
goals which are diametrically
opposed.
He went on to say that with
greater public awareness and
knowledge of the role of
science and technology "there
will come more enlightened
governmental policies at all
levels that will make federal
and state funds more accept
able in the future than many
people now think they are . .
"Politics aside," said Gaith
er, "the simple fact is that
some facilities now required
for the vigorous, far-ranging
and even costlier research
that our nation needs can be
financed only by govern-,
ment."
Russia Steals Trade Fair
Attention With Exhibits
Osaka, Japan (IP) Rus
sia stole the show at the re
cent opening of the fifth in
ternational trade fair to be
held in Japan.
The USSR pavilion was big
ger, better and more spec
tacular than those of the Un
ited States and the 22 other
nations participating.
The Russian exhibits, with
a model of Sputnik II and the
dog Laika inside it, were the
center of conversation. "Beep
beep," music played while a
huge globe showed the paths
of the two Russian Sputniks
around it.
While the Russian radios,
TV sets and textiles were in
ferior to American brands the
Russians showed more of all
types of goods in their first
display in the Japanese trade
fair.
Walter Williams, undersec
retary of the U. S. Depart
ment of Commerce, said the
United States "considered
putting a model of the Ex
plorer satellite in the U. S.
exhibits, but , it was decided
not to make a propaganda
contest out of this ti;ade fair."
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SERVICES FOR VICTIMS
Belsen, Germany (IP! Me
morial services were held
here Sunday for the 30,000
victims of the' Nazi Belsen
concentration camp on the
13th anniversary of the
camp's , liberation by . British
troops. The British found 13,
000 corpses and 55,000 in
mates when they entered the
camp in 1945.
SERVICE HELD UP
Nicosia, Cyprus (IP) A
band of hooded men interrupt
ed an Easter service in Peris
terona near here Sunday and
flogged an 18-year-old boy.
They held up the service for
an hour while, they harangued
the worshippers, telling the
village committee to resign
and the village constable to do
his work properly.
Today, 58,000,000 copiei of
daily newspapers will b
printed and sold in the U.S.
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