12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford Oregon, Wednesday, August 6. 1958
Worldwide Medical Research
Program Urged by Sen. Hill
Editor's note: Disease knows no
national boundaries so the attack
against It should be worldwide in
cope with all nations working to
gether. That's the view of veteran
Senator Lister Hill (D-Ala.) who
has taken a particular Interest in
health legislation during his 34
years In Congress. In the following
dispatch Senator Hill outlines his
ideas for a global assault on disease.
By SEN. LISTER HILL.
(D-ALA.) -
(Written for United Prest
International)
Washington WD With
in the next few years, medical
research can achieve a mo
mentous breakthrough that
will enable man to overcome
many of the dread diseases
that - have plagued him
through the ages.
There is reason for confi
dence that this breakthrough
will yield many answers in
the battle against heart dis
ease, cancer, mental illness,
and other crippling and de
generative diseases.
I propose that the United
States speed up this break
through by initiating a dy
namic program of internation
al medical research. The
essential elements of the pro
gram would be these:
1. Cooperative internation
al support of medical research
directed against all major dis
eases. 2. Exchange of research
workers so that all countries
may obtain the benefits of the
latest developments in research.
3. Distribution of drugs,
medical equipment and reha
bilitation appliances to all
parts of the world.
Demonstration Projects
4. Establishment of demon
stration projects to dissemin
ate the latest techniques of
combatting diseases in all
areas.
5. Organization of an inter
national clearing house, in
cluding appropriate transla
tion services, to facilitate, ex
changes of medical knowl
edge. Sucn a program would be
come a major and vital part
of American foreign policy.
In our effort to win the trust
and friendship of the uncom
mitted millions in the world,
what more important boon
can we bring to them than
the promise of better health
and longer life?
Here in America, with the
vast resources of modern
medicine at hand, we tend
to forget that two-thirds of
the earth's 2,500,000,000 peo
ple know only a submarginal
living standard in which sick
ness and undernourishment
are the "normal" state of life.
We forget that every 60
seconds 20 people die some
where in these underprivi
leged areas of malaria, tuber
culosis or intestinal infections.
Fundamental Needs
We forget that the funda
mental needs for sanitation,
pure water and ' simple pre
ventive medicine are pressing
problems of life for these
peoples.
The World Health Organi
zation has done much to bring
the benefits of modern medi
cine to underdeveloped areas
since it was founded 10 years
ago.
It has demonstrated that a
single shot of penicillin, cost
ing about 15 cents, will com
pletely cure the horrible open
sore disease of yaws which
afflicts tens of thousands of
men, women and little chil
dren in tropical climates. It
has administered millions of
injections against yellow fe
ver, now resurgent in South
America. It has developed a
high protein food called
INCAP-8 to combat malignant
malnutrition among children.
It is currently waging a global
campaign to stamp out ma
laria, which, afflicts 200,000,
000 people and claims more
than 2,000,000 lives each year.
Excellent Testimony
All of these programs are
excellent testimony to what
can be achieved when nations
work together in medical re
search to lift the health stand
ards of the world.
As the wealthiest nation,
both in resources and in medi
cal skills, America must take
the lead in this great sharing
of healing knowledge.
American medical research
has already developed many
magnificent life-saving agents
Thailand Orders
State of Emergency
Bangkok, Thailand (UPD
The Thai Government has de
clared a state of emergency
along its border with Cam
bodia and there was specula
tion here today that the Com
munists may be getting ready
for a new offensive against
free Asia.
The interior minister said
Thailand acted to protect the
border against increasing
Communist activity and fo
rays by border bandits.
The decision, first disclosed
by Cambodian Ambassador Ty
Kim Sour Monday, comes less
than two weeks after Cam
bodia decided to recognize
Red China. It also follows the
secret Peiping talks between
Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev and Red Chinese
leaders. .
which can be spread through
out the earth. Can we measure
the good will created by our
manufacture and distribution
of the Salk vaccine to the
children of the world? This
great fruit of American medi
cal research has even pene
trated the Iron Curtain and
is ,being manufactured and
distributed widely in Soviet
Russia.
Medical science as an in
strument of foreign policy
would find America's great
strength not only in our medi
cal knowledge and skill, but
in the humanitarian instincts,
the generosity, the compas
sion of our people.
1957 Population
In Prisons Above
Any Other Year
Washington (UPD There
were more inmates in U. S.
prisons last year than in any
other year in the nation's his
tory, the Federal Bureau of
Prisons reported Tuesday.
But the number of women
prisoners declined.
In a year-end review, Bur
eau Director James V. Ben
nett reported that there
were 195,414 prisoners con
fined in state and federal jails
and reformatories on Dec. 31,
1957.
3.1 Per Cent Higher
The growing prison popu
lation, 5,849 inmates or 3.1
per cent over 1956, was due
partly to an increase in com
mitments to state institutions,
Bennett said.
It means there were 116
prisoners for every 100,000
persons in the country as a
whole.
Bennett's report showed
the rise in the prison popula
tion last year was proportion
ately higher in state prisons
than in federal institutions.
State prisoners numbered
174,994 at the end of 1957, up
5,563 or 3.3 per cent over
the previous year.
The number behind bars
in federal penitentiaries and
reformatories totaled 20,420,
an increase of 286 or 1.4 per
cent.
Women Decrease
The number of women in
jail at. the end of 1957 was
7,301, a drop of 74 inmates
Five Youths Appear In District Court
Five youths, who said they
lived in Medford, Monday in
district court were each fined
$25 and were given a sus
pended sentence of six months
in the county jail for petty
larceny.
Sentenced were ' Tommie
Wayne Honaker, 18, Phillip
Dean Day, 18, James Ran
zoni, 18, Morris Lee Gunn,
19, and a 15-year-old youth.
All formerly lived in Calif
ornia. The youths pleaded guilty
to taking 15 gallons of gas,
two clocks, an electric drill
set, Coleman camp stove, fry
ing pan and a number of
other miscellaneous articles
July 30.
William P. French, 917
North Central ave., Medford,
was fined $25 and given a six
months suspended sentence
for assault and battery in dis
trict court Monday. The com
plaint was signed by his wife,
Dorthy R. French.
Herbert Joe Taylor, Hills
boro, is scheduled to appear
in district court for a prelim
inary hearing Aug. 8 on
charges of assault with a
from the same period in 1956.
Bennett said that 30 states
recorded increases in persons
serving time. Of these, the
top seven included New Mexi
co with a 16.2 per cent in
crease; Florida, 11 per cent;
Arizona, 10.7 per cent; In
diana, 9 per cent; Texas and
California, 8.9 per cent each
and Wyoming, 8 per cent.
Bennett also noted 2,306
prisoners broke out of jail
last year. Of this number 2,
210 escaped from state prisons.
dangerous weapon. He waived
privilege of having an attorn
ey and bail was set at $3,500.
He is being held in Jackson
county jail.
The site of George Washing
ton's Christmas crossing of the
Delaware river is now a state
park north of Morrisville, Pa.
Espey Ends Freshman
Year at Academy
David L. Espey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Laurance V. Espey,
619 Park st., Medford, recent
ly completed his fourth class,
or freshman year, at the Unit
ed States Merchant Marine
academy, Kings Point, Long
Island, N. Y.
During his sophomore year
he will serve aboard various
BUILDING BIG DAM
Taipeh, Formosa (UPD
Nationalist China has started
ed construction of the Far
East's highest dam at Shihman
in northern Formosa after
two years of preparatory
work. The 410-foot arch dam
is scheduled for completion
in 1961.
ships of the American
chants Marine.
Mer-
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