Telegram from Dr. W. A. Spencer to President Dwight D. Eisenhower Regarding the Distribution of Commercial Polio Vaccine

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The White iljouse il OWA044 DL PD 1755 APR 15 PM 2 29 MY HOUSTON TEX APR 15 1955 1224PMC THE PRESIDENT, ATTN JIM HAGERTY THE WHITE HOUSE NEWSPAPER PRESS RELEASE CREDITS YOU WITH ADVOCATING DISTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL POLIO VACCINE EQUALLY AND BY POPULATION DENSITY. THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO DEPLOYING AN ARMY ACCORDING TO POPULATION AND NOT WHERE AN ATTACK IS INEVITABLE. IN MANY AREAS-NOTABLY-CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, FLORIDA, MICHIGAN POLIO HAS OCCURRED AT AN EPIDEMIC RATE FOR FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS.