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Eisenhower backs purchase plan for polio vaccine
President Eisenhower proposed to buy all commercial output of the Salk polio vaccine to ensure universal and free access. He pledged equitable distribution to all states and asked Congress for authority to secure vaccine supply if needed. The plan aims to have vaccine available for all children by August 1 through a state allocations system.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Union
White House
James C. Hagerty
Congress of the United States
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
National Foundation For
Hagerty
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare Department
The
Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Minois
Indiana
de. Hart van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
National Institute of Health
van Riper
Scripps-Howard