Thursday. April 14, 1955. University Daily Kansan
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As Sign of Good Will—
Government to Take Action On Order to Share Vaccine
Washington — (U.P.)— The government moved rapidly today to carry out President Eisenhower's order to share information on the Salk polio vaccine with other nations as an international gesture of good will.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles took personal command of the project and assigned it a top priority; In Congress, meanwhile, various proposals were suggested to insure that no black market develops in distribution of the vaccine in this country.
Mr. Dulles planned an afternoon meeting today with Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to discuss Mr. Eisenhower's plan to give the rest of the world the benefit of U.S. knowledge about the polio vaccine.
Mr. Dulles also requested from the foundation a copy of this world's history making report by BK Thomas Francis Jr., on the effectiveness of the vaccine. The State department will send copies of the report to the 75 foreign countries with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations, including Russia, and to the World Health organization.
Mr. Dulles also announced he will confer with other federal agencies on how far the United States can go in making the vaccine itself available for export But it appeared unlikely there will be any large-scale shipments of the vaccine overseas until vaccinations in this country are well under way.
The Commerce department only yesterday put all exports of the vaccine (except to Canada) under regulation. Its action means the vaccine cannot be exported except under Commerce department license.
At the Capitol today, two House members said that if any sign of a black market in the vaccine develops in this country, Congress
should be prepared to crack down. This view was expressed in separate interviews by Reps, Abraham J. Muller (D-N.Y.) and Barratt O'Hara (D-III), both members of the House banking committee which has jurisdiction over price control and rationing legislation.
Chicago—(U.P.)—Scientists at the Michael Reese Research foundation said today they may be ready to report within six to nine months on a polio vaccine that "looks very hopeful."
Rep. O'Hara said the vaccine should be reserved for children and pregnant women as long as there is a shortage. If this is not done, he favor "drastic action" by Congress to require it.
New Polio Vaccine Report Possible
The vaccine differs from the Salk vaccine in that it kills polio virus by a bombardment of ultra-violet light rays generated by mercury quartz lamps which are also used to produce sun tan.
The Salk vaccine kills live polio virus with formaldehyde.
Dr. Albert Wolf, executive director of the Research foundation, said his organization has no quarrel with the Salk method.
"The goal is that polio is not a closed chapter until the disease has ceased to exist," he explained.
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-While U.S. Children Receive Shots
The first of 57 million American youngsters have already received inoculations of Salk anti-polio vaccine. Mass inoculations of first and second graders throughout the country were not scheduled to start until tomorrow. Most states and communities planned to wait until Monday or later. * ___*
But a handfull of children received the polio-killing inoculations yesterday and more early inoculations were expected today.
Fifty Chicago youngsters could thank a determined, red-haired woman for their inoculations.
Mrs. Florence Budd, chairman of the Board of the Illinois Protestant Children's Home, marched to a pharmaceutical firm and demanded the vaccine.
Mrs. Budd argued with officials of Parke Davis & Co., for an hour and a half before they let her buy $150 of the vaccine out of her own purse.
The vaccine was distributed by commercial firms to Atlanta doctors and Suzanne Tarleton showed up to get the first Salk inoculation in Georgia. Moments later Dr. T. K. Lewis inoculated his daughter, Cecile, in his office.
"I told them nothing was too good for our children at the home, and they agreed," Mrs. Budd said. She returned to the home with the vaccine and doctors gave the children their shots.
Another early inoculation took place at Santa Monica, Calif., where an inoculation was administered to nine-year-old Karen Kain at St. John's hospital.
Meanwhile, southwest Ohio was warned of a possible black market in Salk vaccine and Oklahoma legislators moved to make the in-
oculations free for almost half a million Sooner youngsters.
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The Ohio danger was revealed when Montgomery county authorities announced that thousands of needles and syringes used in last year's Salk vaccine tests had been stolen.
In Oklahoma, legislators acted after they learned doctors planned to charge from $12 to $20 for the series of three shots.
A bill was introduced which
would provide inoculations at state expense for children ranging in age from infancy to nine years.
Dr. James Salk, developer of the vaccine, has said he believes the two-shot system, plus the booster would be even more effective than the three-shot program planned by the National foundation.
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