April 27, 1955

USSR agrees to meeting of Big-4 Ambs May 2, preliminary to Big-4 foreign mins conf, notes to West; sees no need for Ambs meeting, but agrees to it; US sees treaty signing in May; Austrians pleased; Deputy Min Kreisky sees neutrality guarantees given after treaty signing

Scheele denies distribution slowdown; lauds voluntary controls set up at Washington conf; Hilleboe confident NYS can inoculate 1 million before June 30; Foundation comments; Harriman names NYS com under Hilleboe to recommend how much vaccine should go to pub programs and to commercial outlets; list; proposed amendment to NYC Sanitary Code would bar Salk vaccine possession without prescription by anyone other than dr, pharmacist or person licensed to dispense drug; Baumgartner awaits word on deliveries for NYC; confident on program; mfrs cut off all supplies to commercial channels; Scheele repts 10 million cc cleared

Dulles gives priority to arranging Formosa area cease-fire, comment on Chou bid, news conf; sees Communists restrained by Asian-African Conf

Mayor Wagner, Govs Harriman, Meyner and Ribicoff urge re-study of Fed CD Act in light of present problems, joint statement; hold state and local authorities cannot assume tech, financial and directional responsibilities in event of attack; hold CD is task of Fed Govt because of nation-wide scope

Yankee (brigantine) in NYC after world cruise; illus