M. WALSH REPRESENTING Panel of Medical Vote 8-2 NOME FOR MINING COMPANY THE NOME NUGGET Experts JUNEAU, Iff)—A multi-million- dollar mining firm has filed papers Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the To Continue Salk Vaccine Program of incorporation with Territorial >--- NOME PUBLISHING CO. WASHINGTON, UP!—A panel of< Auditor Neil Moore. NOME, ALASKA that the virus” medical experts voted 8-2 Thurs- argued “Mahoney The firm, American Metal Co. E. P. BOUCHER Managing Editor to continue the' new used is too unpredictable for day present pro- (Ltd.), is a New York corporation. CLINTON GRAY Production Manager gram of inoculating youngsters safety. Assets of the company and its Main 125 $1.50 PER MONTH Telephone: with the Salk polio vaccine. The Public Health Service, subsidiaries for 1954 were listed P.O. Box 618 $16.00 A YEAR of the The vote was taken at a meet- agreeing with the opinion at more than $57,000,000. “we continue to en- Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the ing of the medical men before a panel, said Named as Alaska representa- postoffice at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879 House Commerce subcommittee. dorse the manufacture and use” tives were the law firms of Rob- Subscribers not receiving tneir papers by 5:30 p.m. call In addition to those present and of Salk polio vaccine. ertson and Monagle in Juneau, Main 125 for special delivery. After 5:30 call Black 102 voting, there was a letter from There still was no word, how- John Manders in Anchorage, E. B. Dr. William McB. Hammon of the ever, on how soon additional sup- Collins and Charles Clasby in University of Pittsburgh, who was plies of the vaccine might be Fairbanks and Michael Walsh in not present, favoring a halt to the available. Nome. program. Counting it, the vote -:- was 8 to 3. Four of the 14 panel members present did not vote on the con- troversial question which was raised by Dr. Albert Sabin, of the Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, who said the present vaccine is potentially too dangerous for use. Among those present, Sabin drew support only from Dr. John F. Enders of the Children’s Hospi- tal, Boston. Among those voting to keep the program going was 1 Dr. James A. Shannon, associate director of the National Istitutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., of the School of the Public Health of the Uni- versity of Michigan, one of the leading forces in getting the Salk vaccine program underway. Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the vaccine, elected not to vote. He said he regarded himself as an in- vestigator and did not wish to get involved in the round table vote which was asked by Rep. Wolver- BETTER SCHOOLS ton, New Jersey Republican. Dr. Sabin expressed the view Hope for a conference on education in every com- Wednesday that the inoculations was last week President Eisen- munity expressed by should be suspended and vaccine hower in a statement of his enthusiastic support for manufacture halted until a “less

•»> the growing movement. virulent” strain of polio virus was now used. Education conferences, which are being held at substituted for that community, state and White House levels, will “make At that time, Dr. Thomas M. Rivers of the Rockefeller Institute a vital contribution to the welfare of all our by people for Medical Research, New York, of action to developing programs improve education,” said “it would be tragic if we the President asserted confidently. stopped now.” The President singled out the National School After the hearing Dr. Salk told Boards Association, the National Citizens Commission newsmen he saw no reason for and the Advertising Council for special praise for en- halting the present program. However, he said that his vaccine couragng community conferences on education. might eventually be developed After that for the first expressing gratification along the lines Dr. Sabin suggest- time each of the 48 states, four territories and the Dis- ed. trict of Columbia will hold their own meetings prior to The panel gave unanimous the White House Conference on Education this fall, Mr. backing to the view by Dr. Sabin DAILY FLIGHTS Eisenhower said: that “attenuated” 'weakened) po- lio virus strains should be sub- “Tens of thousands of our citizens will participate stituted as soon as practical for in these state conferences. seek to im- TO SEATTLE They develop the more virulent strain now used proved measures for the provision of adequate increase in making the vaccine. Sabin had of public interest in education. “These conferences will, I know, make a vital WEDNESDAY BASEBALL American contribution to the welfare of all of our people by League New York ’, Kansas City 1 of action to education.” developing programs improve Chicago 3, Washington 0 Cleveland 5, Baltimore 0 DIRECT Georgetown (Illinois) News: “Mass production, a Boston 12, Detroit 7 CONNECTIONS IN National backbone of our economy and our standard of living, is League ANCHORAGE Brooklyn 3, Chicago 2 WITH NORTHWEST not new in America. back in 1798, when each Away New York 4, Cincinnati 3 rifle had to be made AND PACIFIC NORTHERN AIRLINES Axmy laboriously by hand, each Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 6 part to fit one gun and one gun only, Eli Whitney Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0 evolved an unheard-of-method of speedily forging and Pacific Coast League San Francisco 3, Los Angeles 0 stamping out ‘standard’ interchangeable parts and as- Hollywood 4, Oakland 3 sembling them later. The idea caught on, and has been going strong ever since.” THURSDAY BASEBALL American League • Hampton, N.H., Union: “We firmly believe that New York 4, Kansas City 0 0 like all other should be rewarded Chicago 7, Washington teaching, professions, Boston 7, Detroit 0 on a merit basis—a which has its roots principle very Cleveland 9, Baltimore 2 in the American way of life ... To pay all teachers of National League a given number of years experience the same wages is Brooklyn 7, Chicago 4 not only against all truly American principles of incen- St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 1 Pacific Coast League but also tends to nurture in the teach- tive, mediocrity Portland 3, Seattle 2 ing profession.” San Diego 11, Sacramento 3 FRONT — -— STREET \ Oakland 6, Hollywood 5 NOME, ALASKA > * NOME NUGGET ADS PAY BIG DIVIDENDS San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 2

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