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Show Is Truth Told About Fallout? Is the present Republican dominated government telling the public the truth about atomic fallout? The question crops up regularly only to be quieted again when Atomic Energy Commission members get up and swear , they are telling all. The vital question is with us once more, brought on by recent publication of Department of Defense and Atomic Energy Commission Studies which bring to light a much heavier rate of fallout than had previously been officially estimated. Here in Utah, where we are next door to one of the nation's major atomic testing grounds in Nevada, the question of fallout has special urgency. It is the duty of government to protect its citizens. It begins to appear the Republican administration is not living up to this duty. (Continued on Page Four) Don't Relax Polio Vigil (Continued from Page 1) Remember four short years ago when everybody was trying to get Salk vaccine? It was in short supply. There were even rumors of a "black market" in the vaccine. Everybody seemed to want this wondrous new protection against one of the most fearful of man's diseases. Organized effort brought the vaccine to most of our school age children and to many adults. Polio cases dropped dramatically ' in 1955, 1956 and 1957. It looked like a complete victory over a dread disease. The National Health Council has recently pointed out, however, that although the effective vaccine is now in good . supply, cases of paralytic polio increased 44 per cent in 1958 over 1957. Why? Studies show that more than half of our children under 5 years of age are not fully protected against polio and that three fourths of our people, 20 to 40 years old, are not protected. Polio epidemics occurred last year in Detroit, Virginia and West Virginia, and New Jersey. "Soft spots" of 1 unprotected people may be present in every town or city, constituting con-stituting a threat of new epidemics in the late summer of 1959. The Council, acting at the request of the U. S. Public Health Service and in collaboration with the American Medical Association Asso-ciation and the National Foundation, calls upon every city and town to take a good look at its protection against polio. It suggests that we, ourselves, find out how well we are protected pro-tected whether we have large numbers of people who have no more protection ow than before Jonas Salk perfected the vaccine. The Council has pointed out that, over and above the intensive national efforts, a community "face-to-face" job now needs to be done. It has urged national health, welfare and civic organizations,' working with local health authorities and medical organizations, to encourage their local leaders to get behind "Community Action Against Polio." This makes sense. Let's find out whether our people andl our town are protected adequately against polio. Let's get the facts and take whtaever action is needed to be sure that needless death and crippling will not visit us this summer. |