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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
Value Of SoIk Shots Seen
Close to Other Voccines

by the Cutter Laboratories, Ber-
kelley, Calf. and the use Of two
lots of that company's product
released prior tr April ~. A large
number of other children were
vaccinated with Cutter vaccine
prior to that time without devel-
oping polio.
Cutter Report Promised
An investigation of what Is
now referred to as the Cutter
incident has been underway
since April n. A full report has
been promised.
The Public Health Service has
reported a total of 1872 paralytic
cases and 81 non-paralytic cases
among vaccinated children from
mid-April through July 20.
The Public Health Service
said in a polio statistical sum-
mary on July %:
mo conclusions can be drawn
from these reports with respect
to the efficacy Of the vaccine.
Complete information on the oc-
|currence Of poliomyelitis among
vaccinated and unvaccinated
children Of comparable age is
necessary for such an evaluation,
and that information will not
be available for some time"
1t is estimated that approx
Imately SIS million children have
received the first Of three shots
required for complete vaccina-
ton with the polio vaccine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
NEWS OF MUSIC
Concert Society Heard
In Entertaining Recital

Temporary works the feeling for
style and the life Of the music
was always apparent. The keen
passion Of the beautiful Haydn
quartet-an early one, infre-
quently heard-was realized with
great artistry. and the Hinde-
NTH quartet In its many moods
was Of much interest, partic-
ularly the movement marked
quietly"
Hope Haley-Mrs. Montoni,
wife Of the violist-has o dark
and vibrant voice which she used
last night to good effect after
she overcame her first few
months Of nervousness. OF the
Brahms songs with viola which
she sang. "Feldeinsamkeit" is
exactly the same as the popular
lied Of the same name, with the
viola part added later by the
composer. The other two songs
were originally conceived for the
unusual combination. They are
quite effective, but are so similar
in mood and style that it is
doubtful that they are the best
choice to be performed one after
the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
Lewis Praised
By President

Orme Lewis, retiring Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, today
received President Eisenhower
heartfelt thanks for a job well
DONE"
Mr.. Eisenhower wrote Mr..
Lewis that he was "regretfully"
accepting his resignation, efiec-
tive September IS. The resigna-
ton was announced several days
ago.
Mr.. Lewis wrote the President
that compelling personal con-
siderations" made it impossible
for him to postpone any longer
returning to his practice Of law
in Phoenix. Ariz.
The exchange Of letters was
made public at the White House
today.
Mr.. Eisenhower wrote Mr..
Lewis:
THE manifold duties you have
accomplished rs assistant secre-
tary are Q tribute to the breadth
OF your interest and ability. It
should be Of great satisfaction
to you. as 1t has been to me,
that you have 80 effectively con-
tributed to the development Of
comprehensive. human programs
for strengthening the resources
of our Nation
"On leaving your post, you
take with you my heartfelt
thanks for a Job well done. along
with best wishes for continued
success and happiness in the
years ahead"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
MIDTOWN NEW YORK
BY ROBERT SYLVESTER

|obligingly showed Van. and the
Tv audience. some Of the senior
Helms filings. Leaving the
place, the headwaiter stopped
Helm once more.
you almost cost me my job"
he said. reproachfully. AFTER
all. you could afford better
clothes than you were wearing
when you kept trying to get in
here"
Ella Fitzgerald. now featured
In the movie pete Kelly's Blues, /"
is back at Basin Street these
nights and, to this ear, singing
better than ever. Oscar Peterson
is also at the jazz club with those
two outstanding rhythm men,
guitarist Herb Ellis and bassist
Ray Brown, and the program is
rounded out by the new Canadian
outfit Of pianist Calvin jackson,
who has q vibra- harpist named
Peter Applegard who's as fast
as Terry Gibbs. They did an
original named Lotus Land, +"
which should make a smash
recording II they haven't record
ed 1t already.
\ + X
The Circle Delicatessen at
Seventh avenue and Fifty-fourth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
Army Pamphlet Says Troops
On Ground Would Win War

his land and holds it." it con-
tinued. These are the cIimactic
actions that cause the enemy as
q national entity to decide that
resistance cannot continue.
The pamphlet stated that the
complexity of modern warfare
required greater human partic-
ipation both in quality and
quantity than ever before"
"Today'S fighting men have to
be better trained in many more
skills and we need many more
of them" it declared. 1.-THE Vi
sion Of the few technicians twist
ing the dials of complicated de-
vices. or pushing buttons. and
thereby settling the destinies Of
nations Is an entertaining theme
when we ind it N the science
fiction story.
:. If war comes, our tactics will
be new but their purpose will
still be to defeat enemy land
forces and to seize. occupy and
defend land areas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
BY John A. GILES

The ARMY today issued a
pamphlet stating that ground
troops would be the decisive"
factor in any future war. It
asserted: 1--WE need more men.
not less"
Copies Of the pamphlet were
distributed to all regular, re-
tired. reserve and National Guard
officers.
1t stated that it would be
futile, land even nonsensical"
to debate whether ground, sea
or air forces were more i'm
portant.
"In an overall consideration
Of military needs. they are
equally important" it stated.
They are not, however, equally
decisive"
1.-The decisive element of vie
tory in war is still the trained
fighting man, who, with his feet
on the ground, defeats the
enemy's ground fighters, seizes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03

street is owned by Sam Kirsch
who has himself q serious bird
problem. Sam recently spent $500
for one of those talking Mynah
birds and put it behind the cash
register. AS might have beeS
predicted the bird has an old
Navy repertoire. When Q gal
comes in. starts to order. the
birds favorite greeting Is what
"a broadl What q broad!" At least
half the time the gal accuses
Sam Of insulting her and
|fiounces out. Sans own family
won't have the bird in the house
and Sam can't think Of any
place he belongs except. possibly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE

The Concert Society Of Washington:
Helmut Breunlich and Jack Falken-
strom. yiolins; Ray Montoni. viola;
Juri Taht, cello; Robert Paris. piano;
elie University AuditoTium. Program:
Quartet in D minor, Opus 3. No. 4;
Three Songs for Voice, Viola and
Piano: Feldeinsamkeit. Opus SO, No.
2; Qestillte Sehnsucht, Opus 81. No, 1:
Geistliches Weigenlied. Opus 81, No.
Opus %, Hindemith.
The Catholic University Music
Department concluded its sum.
mer series last night with 9
highly entertaining recital by the
Concert Society Of Washington
The string players Of this organi.
zation are members of the Ali
Force symphony Orchestra
Having just returned from 9
European tour with the orches.
ira. the quartet got together tc
rehearse two works for this CON.
cert-pieces by Haydn and Hin!
demith. each typical Of the best
Of its time.
The quartet is very good in
deed. The tone is warm and
flexible. the ensemble excellent
and in both classic and con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
BY FRANK CAREY
Associated Press Science Writer


According to the 1854 field
trials, the Salk polio vaccine is
about as good as that for whoop-
ing cough, Public Health Serv-
ice doctor said today.
1t isn't quite as effective as
smallpox vaccine and diphtheria
toxoid.
= But DR.. Joseph Bell, who made
the comparisons, flastened to
add that this is the first polio
vaccine and We can expect that
an improved vaccine will even
tually be developed"
DR.. Bell is chief epidemiologist
of the National Institutes of
Health.
He made the comparisons on
the basis Of the report from last
summers field trials, saying the
Salk vaccine was so to 90 per
cent effective in preventing
paralytic polio.
He said it is still too early to
draw any conclusions about the
efficacy Of the vaccine on the
basis Of its use during the
present summer.
Duration Unknown
Furthermore. he said, it is not
yet known how long whatever
degree Of protection is afforded
by the polio vaccine will last be-
yond the first year.
Concerning other inoculations
commonly given children. DR..
Bell said:
l. Smallpox vaccine: II don't
know Of any case where, after a
successful take Of smallpox vac
cine, the vaccinated person has
come down with the disease
within the first year after vac
cination.
However, smallpox immunity
wanes with time and varies with
individuals. 1t is estimated that
more than so per cent of people
will have lost substantial pro-
lection by 5 to 10 years after the
original vaccination. and there
fore they should be revaccin-
ated."
He declared, though, that 'be-
cause Of the adequacy Of the vac
cination program, very little
smallpox occurs in this country"
2. Diptheria toxoid: In gen.
eral. he said, this material ap-
pears to afford protection to
well over 80 per cent" of chill
dren, at least for the first year
following incubation.
Recommended schedule for
dlptheria inoculations, he said,
is: A course Of three shots with
a months interval between doses
starting at two to six months;
another shot at 10 to "a months;
and still another at or S years
Of age just before the child starts
school. This is because the i'm
munity "wanes."
3. Whooping cough vaccine:
The evidence is, he said, that
this vaccine protects about rs
per cent of those inoculated with
it, at least for the first year.
He said the shots" are given
at the same intervals as those
for diphtheria.
He told Of one study of his
own over a period of five years
among 900 vaccinated children.
Only II per cent of them got
whooping cough, while Al per
cent Of a comparable number
Of non-vaccinated children got
it. This adds up. he said, to an
indication Of rs per cent pro-
tective effectiveness for the vac
cine itself.
DR.. Bell said he knew of no
instance where smallpox or
whooping cough vaccines, or
diphtheria toxoid caused any
one Of those diseases in inocu-
lated persons.
Surg. Gen. Leonard Scheele
OF the Public Health Service has
said there was strong presump-
tive evidence that there was a
cause and effect relationship
between So cases of paralytic
polio which followed inocula-
ton this year with vaccine made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03

In an old-fashioned pool room.
Anybody In the market for q
lusty Mynah bird can make q
good deal.
So y
Out ct the Aquashow in Flush
ing. Duke Ellington reports the
loss OF Sweetie May. Sweetie
May Is the antiquated revolver
which has Travelled with the
band for 30 years against po-
tential holdups. The loss Is purely
sentimental as nobody In the
band ever knew how to IRE
Sweetie but Duke wishes he
could have it back since he con-
siders it q luck charm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
at Last

Van Helm is starring In q
movie called Patterns" which Is
being filmed in the old Vitagraph
Studios in Brooklyn. and his
dressing room, in the far wilds Of
Brooklyn, is currently loaded
down with q case Of champagne.
q radio set and q big bottle Of
perfume. All are clearly marked
the Stork Club and since Helm
and Sherman Billingsley are
both products Of Enid, Okla, 1t
was logical to assume that Van
lis an old Stork Club habitue. On
the contrary, he couldn't get into
the place until fairly recently.
The story goes like this:
Helms father was q dentist
lin Enid and among the teeth he
repaired were Billingsley's. When
Van came to New York his father
wrote him that he had q friend
who had opened a saloon" in
New York and It would be nice If
Van gave him some trade. Van.
fresh on a train from Yale and
dressed In rumpled collegiate
style and Q pair Of fairly wild
shoes, paid a neighborly visit to
the Stork. The guy on the door
took one look and shooed him
away. Shortly thereafter Helm
opened in his first Broadway
play. Backstage came a case OF
Stork Club champaign. Helm
again reported to the club. was
recognized as the recent college
boy. and again chased.
Hefiin next got q lead in 1.-THE
Philadelphia Story" and this
time the first Stork Club radio
|set came backstage with cham
payne and a note. Again Van
tried to crash the sacred portals
and once again was rebuffed as
q crasher using Billingsley's
name in vain. The pattern was
repeated over the years. Every
now and then Heflin would try
again, only to fail. There came
q day. though. when Van was
asked to 60 on the Stork Club
TV show with Billingsley. This
time 1t was impossible to keep
him out. The headwaiter who
had been brushing him for years
stood by worriedly as Billingsley
and Van talked about Oklahoma
and the senior Helms artistry
at fixing teeth. Billingsley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03

The Circle DelicateSsen at
Seventh avenue and Fifty-fourth
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-23
AN UNcALLED.FoR SCHOOL OF TORTURE

fense's advisory committee on prisoners of
report. This group urged special train
ing to teach American servicemen the ways
and means of resisting enemy interrogators !"
All we'll and good Servicement should be
taught how to resist enemy interrogators. But
wouldn't it be sufficient to tell them what they
might face as prisoners of war and demon
strate some of the tricks that might enable
them to escape or to avoid punishment?
Does this technique train soldier to resist
torture? Many who were put on the racks
broke down. Their training" won't prevent
them from breaking down second time And
is there any guarantee that those who sur
vived this test will also survive admittedly
more brutal enemy tortures?
The soldiers who stand up best against tor
ture or against any type of "brainwashing"
are those who know what they are fighting
for and what they are fighting against The
Air Force and the American taxpayer would
make better investment by taking the 3d.
100000 planned for expansion of the Stead
Air Force torture chamber and spending it
on strengthening CT education in democracy.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-23
Revenue For Our State Government

rates the CORPORATION license tax (Which is on the
net earnings made by such business entites) should
be increased by at least so per cent
Closing the loophoes in this license tax law and
a so per cent increase in license tax rates would
bring in an estimated 100000 additional for state
government operation each year.
: Severance tax rates in Montana, compared with
simar taxes natural resource depletion In other
resource states, are very moderate On num-
her of natural resources, such timber, there is
no severance tax whatsoever in Montana. The result
lis that severance taxes bring in less than four per
cent of our state governments annual income. In
other states this tax in instances pro
vdes from seven to 33 per cent of the total
needed to operate state government.
(The article on page l on American Chrome Co.
and Minerals Engineering Co. is pertinent in under
standing how important severance taxes dollar
wise, under Montanas present low resource
depletion tax rates.
Severance taxes collected by the State of Mon
tana in 1854 totalled ST, 100000. By placing sew
erance tax production of timber phosphate, sand
and gravel etc., and moderate upward revision of
existing severance tax rates to be more nearly in
line with such tax rates in other states which
rich in natural resources Montana state government
income from this can easily be increased by
another $4,000, 900 each year.
This writer realizes that the estimated ST, 100000
additional revenue which could be secured under
points g. and s. is not the final long pull answer
to the growing need for adequately financing
our state government.
For the long stretch must have more industry
more well-pad wage and salary earners, more pros
porous farm and business people-n short, greatly
broadened tax base if are to provide the kind
of schools, highways and other governmental serv-
ices that are desired by most Montanans
However, an additional $500, 900 annually will
help bridge the gap until thestime when broadened
tax base such more industry will bring, becomes
reality.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-23
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
September Is, 1865

To prepare Air Force men to resist enemy
inteTogators, brutal and unnecessary school
of torture has been established at the Stead
Air Force Base near Reno.
The supposition is that if soldier is made
to suffer the tortures he may face as prisoner
Of war he will be less likely to break down
when confronted with the real thing
So some $4,000 volunteers have been i'm
prisoned in sweat boxes, unable to sit, lie or
stand, while guards pound the sides of the
torture chambers with rifle butts. Men have
been buried in black underground holes,
shoulder-deep in water, and stripped and
forced to stand with knees slightly bent while
naked wires are attached to their forefingers
for shock treatment.
And as the men break down, whimper and
cry they are questioned by burly guards and
bounced against the wall" by interrogators
dressed as enemy nationals.
This is entirely uncalled for The school was
established to implement the secretary of de-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-23

is Indicative two per cent tax would be only the
beginning. Once such tax found its way onto the
statute books it wouldn't be long before we'll organ
ized efforts would be afoot to increase the tax to
two and onehaf to three, four per cent With
the lone exception of Idaho which voted out the
General Sales Tax couple of years ago, every other
Sales Tax state has found this tax increasingly
lucrative tax source with the result those least
able to pay are called upon carry ever charging
share of the burden of state governmental cost.
B. State income tax rates be materially in
creased without causing even minor hardship to any
Montana citizen AS pointed out in earlier article
in this SERIES present income tax rates cost an
leverage income family of five $3,49656 in 1854
La maximum of 1857 year (This amounts to only
La little one-third of the $14.50 annually paid
in state sales taxes by each cigarette smoker.
SO per cent increase in state income tax rates,
for example, would cost that average family of five
only 25 cents each month, yet would bring
into the State treasury another 100000 each year
to more adequately finance the cost of services we
expect the state government to provide
Income taxes are considered farer method of
taxation when compared, for instance with sales
tax because they fluctuate with your income. Low
income, low taxes. With sales tax whether you
afford it not you pay it on the necessities of
life.
4. LoophoIes in the Montana corporation license
tax law costing the state government esti-
mated minimum of 100000 in tax revenue each
year Practically all of this evasion is perpetrated
by corporations chartered elsewhere but doing bust
ness in Montana. There approximately 1000 of
these foreign corporations operating in Montana,
including major oil companies, metals producing
and refining companies, major meat packers, food
professors, etc.
Legislation to close these loophoes was unsuccess-
fully sought of the 1955 Legislature by the State
Board of Equalization Such legislation should be
passed by the 1857 session. Also as a companion
Measure to increase in individual income tax
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-23
IMPORTANCE TO MONTANA OF HOUSE INTERIOR
COMMITTEE STRESSED BY METCALF
BY CONG LEE METCALF
BY CONG. LEE METCALF

great remaining undeveloped areas
would provide irrigation water fol
approximately $4,000 ..cres of new
land and supplemental water for ar
additional $4,000 acres, and assure
billions of kilowatt-hours of electric
energy annually from facilities having
an installed capacity of $4,000 kilo-
watts. The Echo Park Dam and Res
ervoir proposed for construction in
the Dinosaur National Monument was
deleted from the bill.
The Materials Act amendment
was the most significant change in
the Mining Laws in 80 years in linn
iting and defining the rights of To-
Gators of mining claims and pro-
viding for multiple surface use, in
Guiding forestry products, forage
crops, grazing, water, fish and Wild
life, recreation and others. This
legislation was the result of CO.
operative efforts by representatives
of the industries involved, inter-
ested agencies and commissions,
and almost Is years of study by
federal officials and members of
Congress.
Hawaii and Alaska statehood, and
The domestic minerals program, al
ready mentioned, the extension and
of the Saline Water Re-
search Program, and the bill provid-
ng for long-term leasing of Indian
ands were other examples of legis-
alton national in scope.
BILLS AFFECTING MONTANA
Some of these bills, however, were
If special interest to the State of |
dontana. For example, Public Law
IA, which was sponsored in the Sen
tie by Senators Murray and Mans
ield, and in the House by me, au-
horizes the Secretary of the Interior
o enter into a contract with the
'oston Irrigation District, Montana,
. furnish water on a temporary basis
or not more than 10 years, provides *
Or repayment of costs, and antici-
ates ultimate negotiation of long
,rm contract. /.
Public Law 1911, which Senator
ansfield introduced in the Senate.
stends for a five-year period the