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When the noted French nuclear physicist, Mme. IRENE
JOLIOT-CURIE, toured major American cities, she visited with
Prof. ALBERT EINSTEIN at Princeton, N. J.
Congress Moves to Honor
Salk for Polio Conquest
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Rep.
Brent Spence, chairman of the
House Banking and Currency
Committee, indicated that a
joint resolution to present a
suitable medal of honor to Dr.
Jonas Salk, Jewish doctor who
developed poliomyelitis vaccine,
would receive early and favor-
able action. The Salk resolution
was introduced by Rep. Steven
B. Derounian of New York.
In Rochester, Minn., Dr.'
Charles W. Mayo of the Mayo
Clinic, announced that the con-
queror of polio, has been named
the recipient of the $10,000 Mu-
tual of Omaha Cross Award and
gold medal for 1955. Dr. Mayo,
who headed the board of judges
for the award, said that Salk's
discovery "may well be the
greatest contribution to medi-
cine in our generation."
Dr. Salk will also be the first
recipient of the Bela Schick
Award for an outstanding con-
tribution to pediatorics, spon-
sored by the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine of Yeshiva
University.
Dr. Salk was to have received
the Schick Award last- June at
a dinner following the corner-
stone laying at the new medical
school, but he refused to accept
it until results of the tests, then
under way, proved the vaccine
effective.
The University of Pittsburgh
researcher graduated from high
school at the age of 15, and en-
tered- the College of the City of
New York. He worked during
summer vacations and part-time
during the school year.
After graduation from City
College he entered New York
University's School of Medicine.
At N.Y.U., his professor of bac-
teriology was Dr. Thomas Fran-
cis, Jr., who prepared the evalu-
ation report of the Salk vaccine.
Later he worked with Dr. Fran-
cis at the University of Pitts-
burgh, which chose Dr. Salk to
start its virus laboratory. His
major interest was to find a
more effective flu vaccine and
he did this, in 1953, even while
he was working on the polio
vaccine.
In Ann Arbor, Dr. Salk re-
mained untempted by a host
of promotional offers, includ-
ing three separate offers to
make a movie about his life.
Fie said that his only aim at
the moment is to get back to
his laboratory and work on
proof "that it is possible to
produce close to 100 per cent
immunization against polio—
as we know theoretically, it
is possible to do."
He explained his reluctance
be lend himself to efforts by
some avenues of communication
to transform into a hero-
scientist legend by saying that
he didn't see how personal stor-
ies could advance solution to the
problems or save a life.
"How," he asked a reporter,
"can I possibly get back to con-
tinue a job that needs to be
done in this or any other area
by suddenly changing and be-
coming the person I never set
out to be?"
A $10,000 a year grant for Dr.
Salk was proposed by Senator
McNamara of Michigan. Senator
Potter of Michigan proposed
that Dr. Salk be honored with a
U.S. Medal.
Field Test New Vaccine
For Polio in Israel
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Na-
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis said this week that
"not a drop of proved and clin-
ically • acceptable polio vaccine,
licensed for use in the United
States, is being sent to Israel.
The statement was prompted
by an announcement by the Is-
rael Health Ministry that it
would undertake a national im-
munization campaign against
polio this month, using Salk
vaccine.
The Foundation said there
had been complete misunder-
standing on the part of the Is-
rael government, which is con-
cerned over the increasing polio
epidemics.
The Foundation declared that
Dr. Joseph Melnick of Yale Uni-
versity, who has been conduct-
ing polio research for many
years under grants from the
Foundation, had volunteered to
conduct a field trial in Israel,
using an experimental vaccine,
different from the Salk formula.
The Israel government, aware of
the experimental nature of the
vaccine proposed by Dr. Melnick,
had agreed to a field test involv-
ing 100,000 children.
The Foundation said that it
has demanded specific release
from responsibility in the use of
this experimental v a c c i n e.
Meanwhile„ Dr. Melnick and Is-
rael have made tentative ship-
ping arrangements for the vac-,
tine, if all other factors can be
resolved.
Documentary on Israel
Honored by Film Council
The documentary picture, "Is-
rael, Land Reborn," has been
honored by the Film Council
of America, which selected it for
the final competition at the 1955
Golden Reel Film Festival, re-
cently held in New York City.
The documentary was filmed
by A. Tyler Hull under the
sponsorship of the American
Christian Palestine Committee,
a Christian group dedicated , to
promoting peace in the Holy
Land. Hull is a distinguished
film producer, whose latest work
is a documentary of the Second
Pan-American Games in Mexi-
co.
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—
Friday, April U. 1955
Fleischman, Stanley White, Saul Rose, Giilbert Silverman, Louis
Redstone, Robert Brody, Louis Berry, Harold Berry, Edward Tann,
Harold K. Brown and Leonarc'. Simons.
Hostesses at the reception after the program included: Rep-
resenting the Art Museum Founders Society, Miss Isabel Wea-
dock, Mesdames Trent McMath, David B. Moreing, William H.
Rea and Warren W. Shelden; representing the Detroit Tercen-
tenary 'Committees, Mesdames Henry Wineman, Irving Small,
Nathan Spevakow, Philip Slomovitz, Samuel B. Danto, Charles
Feinberg and Harry L. Jackson.
"For the first time, the crea-
tion of Israel has meant that
Jews are a subject of history,
not an object," Mr. Beckelman
said. "Those who came to Israel,
who make up the staggering
total of 805,000 newcomers, know
this historical process. The bil-
lion dollars of the UJA has been
an important instrument in this
process. It became an instru-
ment of Jewish policy."
Reporting on the horrible con-
ditions in the mella—the ghetto
—of Casablanca, and in Jewish
areas elsewhere in North Africa,
Mr. Beckelman warned that the
20th century is coming fast in
that area, but in the form of
narrow nationalism and not in
the guise of western civilization.
He said that Jews are in danger,
that time is running out and
that unless immediate h e 1 p
comes Jews will be caught be-
tween the hammer and t h e
anvil.
"The sword of Damocles is
over their heads and the Jews
in Morocco see this sword," he
said. "Will we meet the chal-
lenge of time? Jews face death
and grinding misery. They don't
make headlines=but unless we
help them they will make' head-
lines and it will be too late to
help them. It is our responsibil-
ity as human beings is life."
Mrs. Karbal, pointing out that
the dinner marked the tenth
anniversary of the Women's Di-
vision, said that the women had
raised $4,500,000 during the de-
cade and they were motivated in
their campaigning by two ad-
vantages: The opportunity af-
forded them to help family and
community through the welfare
accomplishments in the drive
and the fact that they are
blessed with more time for com-
munal work than the man.
A message was read by Mr.
Fisher, from Mr. L u r i e, who
was in Florida; where his mother
is ailing. The invocation was by
Dr. Leon Fram. Mrs. Abraham
Cooper, accompanied by Mrs.
Royal Mass, led in the singing of
the national anthems.
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