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Congratulations and e x p r e s s i o n of gratitude.

April 13, 1965 [H. Con. R e s. 97]

Printing as House document; additional c o p i e s.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-APR. 13, 1965

[79 STAT.

Whereas this dread disease which once attacked as many as fifty-seven thousand Americans in a single year and made the smnmer months a time of fear and apprehension for parents across the Nation has now been eliminated as a public health problem; and Whereas this great medical victory was won through a unique partnership between the American people and medical scientists like Doctor Salk, under the auspices of the National Foundation March of Dimes, and with the outstanding cooperation of the United States Public Health Service; and Whereas a leading example of how this partnership is continuing and expanding is the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California; and Whereas this institute was conceived as a research center where scientists of international reputation could come and map out the high strategy of man's fight for health; and Whereas Doctor Salk and his colleagues from all over the world are now at work on projects aimed at discovering the basic concepts of life itself; and Whereas from this research can flow the specific methods to control disease and to promote the health and better understanding of man and his full potential: Now be it Resolved by the Senate {the House of Representatives concurring) ^ That Doctor Jonas Salk and the National Foundation March of Dimes be congratulated on this tenth anniversary of the announcement of the world's first effective vaccine against polio, that the Nation express its gratitude to Doctor Salk and to his colleagues concerned with this historic discovery and to the Foundation and that our confidence be expressed that the work of the National Foundation March of Dimes—specifically its fight against birth defects— and of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies will bring about the blessings of better health for our society and all its citizens. Agreed to April 8, 1-965. "OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS IT? HOW DOES IT FUNCTION?"

Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ That (a) with the permission of the copyright owner of the book "Our American Government—1001 Questions on How I t Works," with answers by Wright Patman, published by Scholastic Magazines, Incorporated, there shall be printed as a House document the pamphlet entitled "Our American Government. What Is It^ How Does I t Function?"; and that there shall be printed one million eighty-four thousand additional copies of such document, of which two hundred and six thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and eight hundred and seventy-eight thousand copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives. SEC. 2. Copies of such document shall be prorated to Members of the Senate and House of Representatives for a period of sixty days, after which the unused balance shall revert to the respective Senate and House Document Rooms. Passed April 13, 1965.

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