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Show ... f . i ' , - - . - v . ; t PageTWcT "Ul FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1958 THE SALT LAKE TIMES FOLIO HALL OF FAME TO HONOR 17 I Dr. YonHe! DrWickm 'Dr.Lan Dr Dr.Arm Dr. Paul Dr. Francis Dr. Sabin Dr. Melnick j Artist's drawing of Polio Hall of Fame, Warm Springs, Go., fo be dedicated at ceremonies January 2 marking 20th anni' versary of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. " Dr Dr. Bocran Dren Dr. Salk Fifteen scientists whose work spanned two continents over a period of more than a century, and two famous laymen who or-ganized the dramatic polio fight of the last 20 years, have been selected for membership in the Polio Hall of Fame to be estab-lished at Georgia Warm Springs this year. Bronze busts of the 17 will be unveiled during ceremonies of the 20th anniversay of the Na-tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, parent organization of the March of Dimes, which has sponsored polio research since 1938. One of the laymen, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the first fouri of the scientists described here, are now deceased. It is expected that the remaining 12, including the other layman, Basil O'Con-nor and Dr. Jonas E. Salk, de-veloper of the Salk vaccine, will be on hand with many other not-ables for the dedication cere-monies next month. Here are the honored 17: Jacob von Heine First to de-scribe polio clearly. Author of the first book on the disease, published at Stuttgart, Germany in 1840. Oskar Medin Swedish scien-tist who first recognized polio as an acute infection, in a report published in 1890 in Stockholm. Ivar Wickman Swedish pio-neer in the study of polio epi-demics. In 1907, commented on the wide prevalence of non-paralytic polio. Karl Landsteiner Viennese physician, who demonstrated the polio can be transmitted to anj experimental animal, the mon-- , key. Published paper on subject! in 1909. Thomas M. Rivers Dean of American virologists; chairman of the National Foundation com-mittee which planned the suc-cessful 1954 vaccine field trials. Charles Armstrong Public Health Service physician, who discovered in 1939 that certain strains of polio virus could be transmitted to cotton rats great-ly simplifying some types of study. John R. Paul Yale University virologist; first virus research grantee of the National Founda-tion (1938). Contributed to the knowledge of how polio spreads. Albert B. Sabin Cincinnati University scientist and leader in the search for a live virus vac-cine for polio. Helped show how the virus reached the central nervous system. Thomas Francis, Jr. Univer-sity of Michigan epidemiologist. Director of the evaluation of 1954-5- 5 which demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of the Salk vaccine. Joseph L. Melnick Yale Uni-versity scientist, now at National Institutes of Health, whose stud-ies of polio in many parts of the wqrld helped clarify the de-velopment of immunity in popu-lations exposed to the virus. Isabel Morgan Johns Hopkins University scientist, now at Co-- j lumbia University, who pre-- , pared an experimental vaccine' from virus inactivated with for--; maldehyde that protected mon-keys from paralytic polio. Howard A. Howe Johns Hop-kins scientist who was first to j show that chimpanzees can ac-quire polio infection by mouth; carried out small scale expert-- ' ments in human beings with a formalin-treate- d vaccine. David Bodian Johns Hopkins scientist, whose studies showed that the virus gets into the blood stream before reaching the central nervous system and can be blocked by antibodies in the blood. John F. Enders Scientist at the Children's Medical Center, Boston, who led the way in find-ing how to grow polio viruses in cultures of non-nervo- us tissue, a big step toward production of a safe and effective vaccine in quantity. Dr. Enders and his co-workers won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Jonas E. Salk University of Pittsburgh scientist, who de-veloped the vaccine which bears his name. He tested the vaccine on himself and his three chil-dren and gave it to thousands of children in the Pittsburgh area before the nationwide field trial of 1954. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Became the nation's 32nd Presi-dent despite severe disability! caused by paralytic polio, and founded Georgia Warm Springs Foundation in 1927 and the Na-tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1938. Basil O'Connor New York lawyer, and known as the ar-chitect of the fight against po-lio; president of the fight against polio; president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paral-ysis since its formation in 1938 and of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation since 1945. The busts, to be mounted on a marble wall, are the works of the noted sculptor, Edmond R. Amateis, of Brewster, N. Y. f LOOKS LIKE HIM Stuart Whitman, left, is ahead on points as the choice to play Jack Dempsey, right, in the movie "The Jack Dempsey Story." Whitman, an ex-box- er with 31 wins in 32 fights, bears a striking resemblance- to the Manassa Mauler. (Seliind ike Jdeadlined " '" ' " " " law. Jenner, like Bricker in Ohio, was regarded as a sure winner in Indiana. His retirement leaves Indiana Republicans in a Qtij dry. A road fraud involving X-- thefts of Federal and state high-way funds occurred last year under the administration of for-mer Gov. James Craig, a Re-publican. Craig, personally exonnerated, is ruled out of the Senate race by the onus of the road frauds. His succesor, Gov. Harold Hand-le- y, is anxious to succeed Jenner in the Senate. But unrelenting Democratic attack is also identi-fying him in public minds with the frauds, certain to be a key issue in the '58 elections. The only Republican friends feel is free of the stigma is the son of the late Wendell Willkie, unsuccessful 1940 GOP presi-dential candidate, who died" 1944. Young Willkie is remi bered for the good work done as counsel for the U. S. Senate Subcommittee on Morals and Ethics in Government, whose chairman, Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois lauded Willkie. Republicans are fast losing hope of winning control of Con-gress and especially the Senate in the 1958 Congressional elec-tions, Republican weaknesses, and Democratic strength have darkened GOP prospects. And a new and unexpected problem is the spreading retirement of sure winners from races for re-electi- It began when Senator William Knowland, sure of re-electi-announced his retirement to try for the Governorship of Califor-nia. Backstage maneuvers avoid-ed a head one primary clash be-tween Knowland and Governor Goodwin Knight, who was per-suaded to seek Knowland's seat. But the "switcheroo" has added a note of uncertainty to Califor-nia politics that has buoyed the Democratic hopes. However, it is the complete re-tirement from politics of other key Republican Senators usual-ly regarded as "sure winners" that has skyrocketed Democratic hopes and plunged GOP Chair-man Alcorn into gloom. One time Presidential aspirant John W. Bricker of Ohio, decides after all, to quit. The white- - If there is anything the In-diana GOP now needs it is an . able, vigorous, popular, anti-machi- ne independent, able to identify the Hoosier Republican organization with morals and ethics again. In Washington, friends of Na-tional Chairman Paul Butler and ironically, his worst enemies, are urging him to seek the Demo-cratic nomination for the Senate Jenner is giving up. Butler, an Indiana lawyer, has had the Sen-atorial "bug," and he has been busy building a personal ma-chine in Indiana via favors from Washington. But it is Butler's foes in the Democratic party who seem to be most anxious for him to seek Jenners' seat. Butler has been under steady party pressure to resign. He has been hit for his handling of Adlai Stevenson's '56 campaign. Congressional Demo-crats ignore him. His recent as-sertion that "powerful, forces seek control of the 1960 Presi-dential convention" won him no friends. He has denounced the Southern Democrats and Ameri-cans for Democratic Action alike. Democrats anxious to replace Butler without reopening party wounds now feel they can en-tice him to retire as chairman of the National Committee then, if given a chance at Jenner's Senate seat. thatched frustrated author of the Bricker treaty-limite- d Amend-ment would follow GOP Sena-tors Knowland, Ed Martin of Pennsylvania, Alexander Smith of New Jersey and William E. Jenner of Indiana. Others are also expected to bow out. Bricker, at 65, has been urged to avoid another hard election campaign against growing Ohio Democratic strength. Mayor An-thony Celebrese of Toledo is expected to be a strong Demo-cratic contender for Bricker's Senate seat. But Ohio Republi-cans could not agree on a strong conservative candidate of re-place Bricker. Ironically, the GOP machine has ignored the magic of the Taft name in Ohio. For friends are urging Republican Mayor Chas. P. Taft of Cincinnati, a liberal who differed with his brother, the late Senator Robert A. Taft, to get into the race. They feel he could make the best race as an 'Eisenhower Republican." But Taft, loser in previous bouts with the conservative GOP organiza-tion is wary of another try. So is Philip Willkie, son of an-other prominent Republican, in Indiana. Willkie, president of a Rushville bank, is being urged to see kthe GOP nomination for the seat Sentaor William Jenner has also siad he will give up at the end of his term to practice |