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By FBANK JENKINS
Hot stuff from Washington:
The nation's eanttal u himini
this morning with tbe release of
a 34-page array report accusing
Senator Joseph McCarthy of apply
ing pressure lor special treatment
or, a ararted aide. ... The re.
Port was made public by senate
sources and names McCarthy and
his subcommittee's chief counsel,
Roy conn, as seeking privileges
mr uavia Bcnine. ...
Schine now an army private-
is a lormer consultant on McCar
thy's Investigations subcommittee
staff. He Is now at Camp Gordon,
Georgia.
The army report quotes Conn as
uireaiening tnat Secretary of the
Army Stevens would be FINISHED
If Schlne were sent overseas. It
also quotes Conn on several occa
I sions as predicting the army would
; i be IM FOR TROUBLE unless
Schlne got special consideration.
The report says that before
. Schlne was Inducted last Novem
ber both McCarthy and Cohn urged
the army ip give him a direct
commission. However, Schlne was
rejected by the army) as ' un
qualified for a direct commission.
' Schlne and Conn are both 26,
both are wealthy, and they are
close friends.
I fear this McCarthy business Is
reaching the point where to every
body in official Washington it Is
becoming more Important . to
SMEAR SOMEBODY than to get
the communists and the subver
sives out of our government.
If true, that is a TERRIBLE
situation. ,
Assuming, ' for purposes' of
thoughtful and patriotic appraisal,
that the McCarthy situation Is get
ting so bad that for the welfare
ef our country something MUST
be done about it, this question
arises: '
. What CAN be done about it?
That suggests another question:
N What CAN'T be done about itt
That one Is easily answered. The
President can't fire McCarthy. A
President can't fire a senator. The
constitution forbids it. -
But the senate CAN fire a? sena
tor. Defining the powers of the
congress, the constitution says: .
"EACH HOUSE may determine
the rules of its proceedings, punish
its members for disorderly be
havior, and with the concurrence
f -two-thirds. EXPEb . A. MEM
BER," ,. "
That suggests ' a solution a
DRASTIC one, but still a solution.
IP this McCarthy business has
reached the point where It Is en
dangering our national welfare
and our national security, the sen
ate of the United States, acting as
a whole, COULD wade into it and
settle It.
It could IF all the members of
the senate could forget their party
affiliations and their personal poli
tical fortunes and think In the
crisis that would be precipitated
first and ONLY of the welfare of
their country.
And
IF the people of the' United
States would DO LIKEWISE. That
Is to say. If the people could and
would divest themselves of all their
political prejudices and Judge the
action of the senate In such an
emergency solely from the stand
point ot the welfare of our country.
Do you reckon we could all rise
to such heights of patriotism and
self-forgetfulness? . ;
I wonder.
I wonder ESPECIALLY In this
election year (as In all other elec
tion years) when the ins are eager
to STAY IN and the outs are
equally eager to GET IN.
But
If It is true that this subver
sives In government business (as
presently dominated by the Mc
Carthy situation) has reached the
point where to everybody In offi
cial Washington and a lot of people
in the country at large It Is more
Important to SMEAR SOMEBODY
than to get the communists and
the subversives out of our government-Then
We are face to face with a crisis
that threatens our national exis
tence. Such a crisis (if It has arrived)
calls for drastic action.
Sparkman Asks
More Gl Loans
WASHINGTON tB Veterans In
rural areas still are having trouble
obtaining private loans to build
homes under the GI bill of rights,
Sen. Sparkman (D-Ala) aald Fri
day. Sparkman Is the author ot legis
lation to extend the present OI
direct home loan program for one
year beginning July 1. The pro
gram Is due to expire June 10
unless Congress acts.
The Veterans Administration has
Just submitted a report approving
the bill which Is expected to be
aired shortly before the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee.
Sparkman is member of the
committee.
Direct federal loans have been
available to veterans of good
standing who could not obtain
funds from banks and other pri
vate institutions.
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ON THE BALL for f he YMCA ere the local Jaycetret, who presented the "Y" with. these two
brand new basketballs, making the total number available three. Left to right ire Mrs. Wayne
Plaisted, secretary: Tom Ulmer, assistant manager at the "Y" and Mrs. Gail Osborne, president
of the Jaycattes. The main object of Jaycette attention, donation wise, is the "If", and past ac
tivities have provided it with silverware for the kitchen, mats for the rifle range, to name only
a few.
U.S. Plan for Hemisphere
Defense Backed By Brazil
By E. h. ALMEN
CARACAS, Venezuela I Bra
zil lined up with the United States
at the Inter-American Conference
Friday In favor of the U.S. draft
resolution on communism as it
stands.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Vi
cente Rao urged delegates at a
meeting of the political-Juridical
committee to lay aside amend
ments which would weaken the
affirmation of the Intention to
keep communism away from the
Western Hemisphere.
' The principal attack on the lan
guage of the U.S. resolution came
from Mexico. Continuing a decla
ration begun Thursday, Mexico's
French Smash
Rebel Drive
HANOI. Indochina UP) French
Union troops, tanks and artillery
smashed a strong Vietmlnh drive
Friday near Son Tay, a key cen
ter for U.S. economic aid projects.
The French reported 12S rebels
were killed and 42 captured. ,
The American Foreign Opera
tors Administration has been pour
ing a steady stream of money In
to irrigation and other agricultural
improvement for the Vietnamese
in the Son Tay region. The town
la in the Red River rice lands 35
miles northwest of Hanoi.
The Communlst-led Vietmlnh,
which has threatened to destroy
U. S. aid projects, ' infiltrated
around Son Tay. "Several com
panies" of the rebels finally en
trenched themselves In the village
of Can Kiem, 10 miles to the south,
a French army spokesman said.
In fierce fighting, the French
beat off two attacks and drove the
Viet Minn into the surrounding
bills, It was reported officially.
French losses were described as
"light,"
The French also announced the
30,000 to 8,000 Vietmlnh troops
entrenched In the hills around
Dien Blen Phu, In northwest Indo
china, were drawing their lines
closer to the big French Union
fortress camp.
The rebels brought the French
airfield there under fire with 75
millimeter guns, seeking to de
stroy the airlift bringing fresh
troops and war supplies to Uie be
sieged plain.
South Suburabn Sanitation
Subject Of Discussion By
The sanitation problem in the
South Suburban district, located
south of South Sixth Street, recog
nized for years by sanitation offi
cials as one of the most acute en
vironmental sanitary situations In
the state of Oregon, was discussed
by state and county sanitary offi
cials at an open meeting of the
Peterson Parents-Patrons,, Wed
nesday night.
Speaking on a three-man panel
were Ted Jerow. Southern Oregon
district engineer for the 8 1 a t e
Board of Health;. George Dagg,
Klamatn County sanitation Inspec
tor, and Dr. Beth Kerron. Klamath
County health officer. Harold Ash
ley was chairman of the panel.
Van Mollison, .Parents Patrons
president, introduced the speakers.
nr.. Kerron presented a ntstory
of the area back to 1940 when san
itarian Bill Cloyes attemped to
form a sanitary district without
success. At that time Cloyes report
ed 970 homes with an approximate
population ot 4,000 having C22 sep
tic tank disposal systems and 371
pit privies.
In 1949 an engineering survey
was made when 2,600 homes were
listed with a population of between
9,000 and 10,000. The survey was
made for the purpose of organizing
a sewage disposal district at a
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C-ef .... ooe"1 V
Roberto Cordova contended tne
measure endangered the principle
of non-intervention in the internal
affairs of a republic. -
Brazil's foreign minister sought
to allay the fears of some dele
gates concerning possible use of
tne resolution ror intervention.
While the resolution calls for con
sultation when international com
munism dominates or controls the
Institutions of an American re.
public, he. said, such consultation
does not. imply sanctions. '
Friendly but earnest differences
were evident in the aDDroach of
Mexico and the United States
the good neighbors of the Rio
Grande to the Communist issue
Both agreed that communism
menaces the peace and welfare of
the Western- Hemisphere.. They
differed sharply on the best way
ol dealing with It. v '
The United.: Stales wants -adoption
of its draft resolution pledg
ing tbe 21 American republics to
take Joint action against any at
tempt ny international commu
nism to taka over one of their
governments.
Mexico wants the warning ad.
dressed not to "international com
munism," which it labels as an
"ideology," but to non-American
agents of foreign powers who try
to intervene In the internal affairs
of American republics.
The Red debate was expected
to end in adoption of the U.S.
resolution tomorrow. Ten of the
Latin-American nations already
have voiced .support for it, assur
ing majority passage. ...
The debate is being followed
with intense Interest by delegates,
since objections to the U.S. reso
lution center on die principle of
nonintervention in the internal
affairs of American republics, a
principle to which all the Latin
American nations adhere without
reservation.
Mexico contends that the U.S.
proposal conceivably could com
mit the American states to inter
vene against a sister republic
which adopted a Communist gov
ernment of.lts own volition.
Mexico's Roberto Cordova insist
ed each nation has the Inalien
able right to adopt any kind of
government if desires, even a
Communist - government," provid
ed it is done through the free will
of its people. Only when a foreign
power seeks to Impose ltii form of
government on the Western Hemi
sphere are the American republics
Justified in taking action, he said.
cost of 3900,000. No further action,
was taken until i950 when the Sub
urban League and the . County
Court called a meeting attended by
500 residents of the area.
A subsequent election was held
for formation ot a disposal district
but the measure was defeated by
a 545 to 407 vote.
A later survey, eliminating the
less settled section, was then madea
iwerron saia, iae proposea area to
Include some 6,000 ''homes with-
10,000 population; the installation
to cost 1500,000.
Still a third survey was made
last November for a long term plan
for the city, seeking a more ade
quate disposal field for Klamath
Falls with a section across the
Klamath River suggested for the
expanded field.
Engineers also eyed the same
section for the suburban disposal
field.
Present indications are that wa
ter lines running through sewage
contaminated ground might be car
rying drainage into homes in the
suburban section. The possiblity
was brought out by a member of
tbe audience who has assisted In
the removal of water meters,
placed by the Oregon Water Cor
poration, where sewage had satur
ated the water boxes. ,
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Bang's Disease
Low In State
SALEMWI The prevalence of
Bang's disease in Oregon cattle
reached a new low last year, with
only .65 of 1 per cent of the tested
cattle found to have the disease.
the State Department of Agricul
ture reported Friday..'
The 1052 figure was .918 of 1
per cent, the first time that the
figure dropped below 1 per cent.
The department makes more
than 280,000 Bang's disease tests
a year.
"These figures are significant in
themselves. But lined up against
the reports for 1030, when Bang's
testing was in its early days, they
Lreally tell a story.
"It has taken these 24 years to
drop Bang's disease ' in Oregon
from 10.89 per cent to Just a little
over a halt of 1 per cent," M. E.
Knickerbocker, chief of the depart
ment s-anuTUU nivision, saia. ,
Last year. Curry and Hoqd
River counties didn't show a single
reactor - to the disease. Thirteen
other counties were under a half
of 1 per cent.
Harney County had the highest
percentage, 4.45, followed by Jef
ferson 3.96, Grant 3.89, Wheeler
3.74, Lake 3.71, Wallowa 3.37, and
Baker 3.14.
Oregon Hit By
Cold Weather
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
' Oregon's, cold snap continued
Friday with nearly every Weather
Bureau station reporting svn-lreez-
lng temperatures.
The Highway Department re
ported a temperature of two de
grees above zero at Santlam Sum
mit. At Prinevllle it was nine degrees
the second coldest day of the
winter. A temperature of three de
grees was reported there Jan. 20.
Other readings included: Red
mond 11, Bend 12, Bums 19, Baker
20, Salem 25, Eugene 27.
New snow was reported in the
Ochoco National Forest where re
cent warm weather had melted
earlier snows.
ANNIVERSARY
TAIPEH, Formosa CP National
ist China today observed the 29th
anniversary of tbe death of Sun
Yat-sen, founder of the Chinese
Republic.
Problems
Officials
This was no reflection on the Ore
gon Water - Corporation, it was
brought out by the sanitary offi
cials, who stated that the situation
could result from malfunction of
pipes. The corporation makes every
effort to deliver bacteria-free wa
ter to home owners in the south
suburban area.
Dagg emphasized the health haz
ard of present unsatisfactory con
ditions; Jerow presented three
unbiased alternatives for correct
ing the problem; Incorporation as a
separate municipality, Indepen
dent of Klamath Falls; annexation
to the city or establishment of a
sewage disposal district, compara
tive to the present fire district.
Three possible avenues of rev
enue are general obligation bonds,
revenue bonds and special assess
ment. It was brought out that due to
present sanitary conditions and the
high water table south of South
Sixth Street, It is highly Impracti
cal but la not Impossible to dis
pose of sewage run-off by sub-surface
means.
Jerow also presented engineer
lng methods providing for a surface
and storm water system,
No conclusions were drawn at
the meeting nor was any action
taken.
KLAMATH
'Cente U Paces
Air Defense
Uses Ships
McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE,
Wash, m An operation In which
commercial - tugboats serve as
eyes and ears for the Pacific
Northwest's aerial defenders
along the far-flung shipping lanes
of the North Pacific was disclosed
Friday. v
Brig. Gen. T. Alan Bennett, com
mander of the 25th Air Division,
said about 60 tugs of six firms
are involved ; in "Operation Tug
MOP" The "MOP"1 is for Marine
Observation Post." ;
They -range from Seattle to
Adak in the Aleutians. .
The disclosure here came after
an announcement that a similar
operation was being carried on by
the 26th Air Division along the
north Atlantic Coast.
About half of the tugs are equip
ped with marine radar; the others
depend on visual sightings.
Alter a plane is spotted ap
proaching the coast, the tug aver
ages 38 seconds in getting the re
port through to the air defenders.
There have been no reports of
any unfriendly air or sea craft
being sighted. Gen. Bennett said,
but reports from the tugs "proved
their value in several Instances.
He said one of the Instances
was a Royal Canadian Air Force
plane offshore, too far out for
shore radar to pick up, but be
added: "What if It had been the
real thing?"
"Tug MOP" originally was
launched on a 60-day trial basis
last Dec. 7. but Bennett said the
Air Defense command has okayed
its continuance indefinitely.
A spokesman from the air com.
mand at Hamilton Air Force Base
in California was quoted as say
ing the North Paclf lo test may re
sult In adoption of the operation
tor an the west Coast.
Bennett . lauded the "unselfish
response" of the tug operators in
the project. The firms are the Foss
Co. of Seattle and Tacoraa: Alaska
Barge. Lines, Puget Sound
Tug and Washington Tug compan
ies of Seattle: American Tug' and
racino lowooat or Everett: Ben-
Ingham Tug and Barge . of Bell-
ingnam.
Crater Lake
Clear, Cold
One-half Inch of new snow fell
at Crater Lake National Parle van.
teraay, bringing the total on the
ground to 133 inches compared
with 121 Inches last year.
Minimum temperature yesterday
was 2 degrees below zero; maxi
mum 22 degrees above.
The south and west roads are
open. Highway 62 is open to Crater
Lake but chains are advised.
Skies were clear , this morning
at the park and it was warmer.
Skiing is good and the warmlnn
hut will be open over the weekend.
U.S. VISIT
TOKYO Ifl Prime Minister
Shlgero Yoshlda will visit the
United States after Japan's Diet
session ends, early in May, his
chief cabinet secretary said Friday.
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Egan 'and, Sharran Whitloclc, eighth grade w1t Ft,
mont School, smile for the 9 '.clock photoarapbes
FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH It, ISM
' Telephone (111
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity i Sunny through Saturday
with high of. 38;. low Friday night
High yesterday .?........T
Low last night
Precip last 24 hours ..,
Since Oct. 1
... 31
11
..... .91
11.37
.10.66
,.. 8.68
Same period laa fyear .
Normal for period
One Dead,
Two Injured
In Robbery
SEATTLE "IA One policeman
was killed and two others were
wounded by gunfire during a hold
up of a bank in Seattle's north end
Greenwood district.
The identity of the policeman
who was dead on arrival at a hos
pital was not. known immediately.
The two armed men were' re
ported to have made a getaway.
A bank official said the shooting
occurred "while the robbery was
In- process."- He said it started
when the officers came in the door
while the robbery was underway.
He said he did not know whether
they got away with any moneyi
First details were stetcny.
FBI agents and other -officers
reached the bank quickly to start
questioning of employes and pa
trons who witnessed the robbery.
Chase Ends In
Man's Arrest
A 80 mile an hour chase down
South Fifth Street, ended when the
chased car hit a water hole and
the motor, concked out. The chaBed
was a 1948, Bulck driven by Carl
Benton Randolph, and the . chaser
was Police Car No. 3,. operated by
a local police- allioer, m .
. According;., to- police,;. -Randolph,
who "gave his address . as 815 12th
Street, Eureaa, was asked to drive
to the police station for questioning
alter it was reported he had ot
tered tools and clothes for sale at
several . downtown taverns Thurs
day evening.,-As the Bulck ap
proached police headquarters, Ran
dolph suddenly swerved down
Fifth Street and was not stopped
until his car hit the water hole.
Earlier reports stated Randolph
and Carl Shoaf,. R.R. 1, Box '822,
Hood River, , had tried to sell
about $260 worth, of hand tools.
Randolph was charged with vio
lation of the basic rule and Shoaf
was booked on a vagrancy charge.
Police are Investigating ownersblp
of the articles.
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Senator,.
Benson Eye
WASHINGTON W-Sen. Ellend-
er (D-La) said today he doesn't
uunk tne president "woura. nave
the political courage to veto" a
congressional' decision to extend
present farm price supports.
Secretary ot Agrllculture Benson
has said he would recommend such
a veto to President Eisenhower.
The President and his farm Cab
inet member have recommended
a program of shifting to a flexible
system of price supports, rang
ing from 75 to to per cent 01
parity. " "
a would replace the present
fixed 00 per cent support program
on basic crops which expires at
the end of this year.
under fire for two days by tne
House Agriculture Committee lor
his proposals, Benson - was sum
moned , back lor lurtner question
ing. Rep. August H. Andresen (H-
Minni announced in advance that
he was drafting a plan to get rid
of the dairy products now bulging
government warehouses.
Benson disclosed yesterday he
will announce before April 1 pos
sibly next Monday the adminis
tration program for getting rid of
mountainous dairy surpluses, in
cluding b u 1 1 e r stocks . which
reached a total of 311 million
pounds this week.
There were indications this pro
gram would divert butter Into reg
ular trade channels at prices to
the advantage of the housewife.
"I should think' they ought to
find a disposal program," Andre-
sen commented. "They've been
working on it a long time.'?
siienaer, ranung Democrat on
the Senate committee, has moved
for a two-year extension of the 90
per cent supports in the Senate
without waiting a decision by the
Agriculture committee.
He said be has backing of 60 or
more senators.
Lumber Strife
Vote Slated
PORTLAND Wl The CIO Wood
workers Union, its contract pro
posals rejected by employers In
negotiations just started, Thursday
asked for authority to call a strike.
The union also asked tbe federal
mediation service to enter the ne
gotiations. . . j
The strike ballots, to be returned
by April 10 and counted April 15, i
will ask some 45.000 union mem
bers in the Paclflo Northwest and
Northern California to authorize a
strike call by the negotiating com
mittee. '
Last year when negotiations
were deadlocked, the woodworkers
voted against a strike. .
The union Is seeking 12 Vi-cent
hourly psy Increase, a wage ad
justment in Job classifications and
three weeks vacation after five
years with a Company.
Seven lumber employers associ
ations rejected these proposals
Wednesday and offered to renew
the present contract. The union
turned . this down. The Weyer
haeuser Timber Co. also Tejected
the union proposals Thursday.
The union was scheduled to meet
Friday at Klamath Falls with the
Pine Industrial Relations Commit
tee. .,
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Doctor Optimistic About
Use of New Polio Vaccine
By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE
AP Science Reporter
NEW ORLEANS 11 The chil
dren who get the Balk polio vac
oine this spring very possibly will
become permanently Immune to
polio, Dr. Jonas E, Salk says.
He reported new evidence Inst
night for this unexpected and
heartening turn in research.
He finds that two small shots of
the vaccine, with a third "booster"
shot later, can even outdo mother
na'.urc In creating tremendous
amounts of antibodies to combat
PP'lo.
Antibodies are disease-lighting
soldiers created naturally when
germs Invade ;ou, or created by
plan by giving u vaccine containing
dead or altered germs.
Or, Salk, 39-year-old University
of Pittsburgh bacteriologist, gave
his answers on every score to n
few scientists wno have suggested
delaying the mass vaccine tests on
half a million or more children.
These mils, scheduled to begin
within a few weeks, must be made
to see If the vaccine actually pro
tects against epidemics of polio,
be bald. The key question Is wheth
er antibodies In the- blood are the
real defense, as all evidence so
far Indicates.
Dr. Salk declared the vaccine Is
safe, potent, and can be plentiful.
It has been given toetearly 5, COO
children tn the Pittsburgh area
tnctiKimc Dr. Salk's own yoong
wv. nvl rnx a tn)e one has
unoum tmv fpwr, or r actions in
arm from the tnnculaunn&, in
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Snow, Ruin,
Sleet Hits
Yife Area
By THE ASSOCIATED PUIS
Roaring winds whipped snow,
dust, rain and sleet across broad
areas of the nation Friday.
Snow whirled from Montana and
Wyoming eastward to tbe Mlaata- .
slppt valley. . .
The Weather Bureau reported
blizzard conditions had developed
In western Nebraska and north
eastern Colorado. Wind gusto ex
ceeded 60 m.p.b. iilowtag snow
limited ', visibility to about UO
yards in some sections. -
Winds that caused gusts ef 100
m.p.h. Thursday east of Albuquer
que, N.M., kicked up dust ta much
of the plains area and the south--,
west Friday i : -v. ,-
Seven inches of snow fell at
Havre, Mont.,' and Cbadron, Neb.,
and the fall measured aix mcbea.
in Uie Newcastle, Wyo., area. -,
The temperature dropped to 3
below aero In Wlnnemucoa, Nev.
The, Weather Bureau aald "a
huge 'storm system", centered In
northwestern Kansas Friday morn
ing, dominated weather conditions
from Texas to Canada and from
the Rocky Mountains to the Ohio
Valley. : V -:
The storm centered over the
central plains. Snow fell from
Montana : and Wyoming eastward -through
most of the Dakotaa and
Into parta of Nebraska, Iowa and
Minnesota, i Snowfalls In the Da
kotaa measured ' more tnans
inches. Blowing snow reduced vis
ibility to near aero 'In some aeo
tions of Nebraska, Driving condt
Uons were. ha.iardous.
South of the snow belt, showers
and thunderstorm whipped across
Eastern Kansas eastward through
Illinois and Indiana and into Ohio.
Free ting rain was reported along
tbe northern inngea oi tne ma .
belt. . .. ' - v i;
The. strong winds prevailing
through the mid-con tinent com
bined witn dry an in uie ooumern
Plains and Southern plateau re
gions and caused considerable
blowing dust. .
Another wet area Friday waa In
Virginia while fog and drlizla hit
sections along tne racmo uoast.
mild over most of the South At
lanta states westward through tha
Southern Plains In contrast to
readings in the 20s and lower
along the northern tier of states
and extending southward through,
tne Noruiern ana centra wocsies,
'. Borne early morning tempera
tares: 'Caribou, Maine, 14; New
York 35; Atlanta, 62; Miami, 64;
Fort Worth 73; Bismarck, N. D.
27; Ely, Nev., 18; Seattle 31; San
Francisco 41 Chicago-. 35. and
Cleveland 30. ..
Belgium Vote
Ratifies EDC
BRUSSELS. Belgium HI Bel-
glum completed parliamentary
ratification of the European De
fense Community treaty Friday,
She is tne tnira Of tne six pros
pective members ot the projected
alliance- to do so.
The Belgian Senate approved the
treaty bill 125-40. The lower house
passed It 148-49 last Nov, 36. With
signing by King Baudouin and pub
lication In Belgium's, official Jour
nal, the bill will become law.
The Netherlands has already
signed and sealed her ratification
of the treaty, which would line
up West German troops with
Dutch, Belgian, French, Italian
and Luxembourglan soldiers In a
unified command.
West Germany's Parliament has
approved the treaty, but its signa
ture by President Theodor Heuss
Is being held up until constitutional
questions are ironed out.
France, Italy and Luxembourg
have yet to act.
"I would not go ahead with the
trials if I had any doubts about
the safety ot the vaccine," he de
clared. The vaccine Is made of dead
polio virus, killed by formaldehyde
and triple-tested for safety.
Some scientists have questioned
whether the vaccine could possibly
damage human kidneys. The virus
lor the vaccine Is- grown upon
monkey kidney tissues Tbe vac
cine fluid therefore can contain
small amounts of protein from tbe
monkey kidneys.
Dr. Salk, speaking to the New
Orleans Graduate Medical Assem
bly, said his tests show no reasons
to suspect that this kidney mate
rial could react upon human kid
neys, .''"''';
Another question has . been
whether dead virus Incapable of
causing polio is sufficiently able
to stimulate production of large -amounts
of antibodies which
would last for more than one polio
season. j
Dr. Salk's main news Is an an
swer. He finds good evidence that
the first shots of vaccme set a
trlitger for the human body to foe
able to make many antibodies
quickly. , ;
- When the booster shot Is given,
some weeks or months laist, the
production of antibodies soars tre
mendously. Dr. Salk said then would be Ho
'problem a making enough -vnr-etne
tnr the imttori 46 roflNm
jMwnejueza through 4me la.. .
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