Surgeon General
Tells Why Some
Vaccine Was Bad
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., UF) —
U. S. Surgeon General Leonard
Scheele today disclosed what
went wrong with the Salk polio
vaccine, including some errors
and problemsvin safety testing it.
But he said the program now
is getting back on the safe track,
that more vaccine will be forth
coming under stricter rules, and
that widespread use of the vac
cine can be expected to prevent
“a higher percentage of paralytic
polio cases, especially in children
6 to 9.”
Disclosing the inside story in
all of the confusion of the last
few weeks, Scheele said one error
was that manufacturers had not
reported batches which were
found to be bad.
They had only reported their
successful batches, and not sent
reports or protocols on those in
which live virus had been found.
Thus the picture was not com
plete as to whether the vaccine
manufacture was going ahead
perfectly.
Speaking to the American Med
ical Assn., Dr. Scheele said the
control procedure under which
the government was licensing
vaccine “had failed to provide
adequate review of this total ex
perience, with its inconsistencies
in the behavior of a new and com
plex product, now being dealt
with in large-scale production.”
In the case of Cutter Labora
tories’ vaccine, he said, the gov
ernment is still studying “the ex
tent to which unique problems
might account for the probable
presence of active virus in some
lots of Cutter material.”
Tennessee Governor
Sees Democrat Landslide
In ’56 National Elections
CHICAGO, WV-Gov. Frank G.
Clement of Tennessee predicts a
sweeping Democratic victory in
1956 and says “I’m one Demo
cratic governor who is going to
support the party’s nominees—
whoever they are.”
Clement told an estimated 2,340
diners at a $100-a-plate Demo
cratic fund raising banquet last
night that Eisenhower “prefers
government by delegation of
authority” and has shown “aloof
ness to the people.”
The 35-year-old Tennessee gov
ernor told Chicago and Cook
County Democratic organizational
workers and boosters that all local
and regional elections since 1952
point to “a landslide victory on a
national level for the Democratic
Party in 1956; and over anybody.”
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Ike Tells 469 West Point
Grads Their Best Work
May Be At Council Tables
WEST POINT, N.Y., (ff)—Presi
dent Eisenhower cautioned today
against any “fatuous expecta
tions” that the proposed Big Four
conference will miraculously cure
“a world sick with ignorance,
mutual fears and hate.”
The struggle to win an endur
ing peace “may last a generation,”
the President said in the com
mencement address at his alma
mater, the U.S. military academy.
He called for a “stern deter
mination . . . not to be reckless
and witless, relaxing our posture
merely because a persistent foe
may assume a smiling face and
a soft voice.”
The militarily trained seniors
listened quietly as the President
told them their “enduring contri
bution to America may well be
at a council table far removed
from wars.”
The President was not inter
rupted by applause once during
his 20-minute talk by the solemn
audience. But he got a standing
ovation when he concluded.
Immediately after the address
Eisenhower awarded diplomas to
the 469 graduates. He shook
hands with each of them.
Speaking less than 24 hours
after the United States, Great
Britain and France formally pro
posed to Russia that the Big Four
meet at Geneva, Switzerland, for
four days starting July 18, Eisen
hower said of the struggle to iron
out differences:
“It is a task that may result
in a long series of conferences.”
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Boston 9, Cleveland 5
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received pupils whom they taught
to exhale smoke in little globes or
rings.
Demo Senator Decries
Blaming Party For No
Action On Ticklish Issues
WASHINGTON, U!)—Sen. Mon
roney (D-Okla) said yesterday
Democratic leaders in Congress
have “held the party together,
made it responsible to the people
and moved it toward worthwhile
goals.”
Monroney said in an interview
he is “unable to understand” a
statement by Americans for
Democratic Action that Demo
cratic congressional leaders thus
far in the 84th Congress have
j failed their “responsibility to the
people.”
ADA describes itself as an
anti-Communist organization de
voted to the cause of liberalism
as enunciated by Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Monroney is not a
member.
Monroney said some of the is
sues which the ADA contended
the Democrats had failed to push
through Congress, such as Alaska
and Hawaii statehood and federal
aid for school construction, “are
extremely ticklish issues that
have been contentious for years,”
and he asked:
“Why should the Democrats, in
control of Congress now for only
five months, be held accountable
for not rushing through a few
issues that have been before the
Congress in one form or another
for many years?”
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
EDNA CHRISTOFFERSON FIX.
deceased.
No. 1040
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Em
ily Boucher, of Nome, Alaska, has been
duly appointed the Administratrix of the
Estate of Edna Christofferson Fix, de
ceased. •
All persons having claims against the
said estate should present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to the said
Administratrix at Nome, Alaska, within
six <6) months of the date of this Notice.
DATED this 4th day of May. 1955.
EMILY BOUCHER,
Administratrix
James A. von der Heydt,
Attorney at Law,
Attorney for Administratrix.
Publ. May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 1955.
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