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Show Governor Maw Will Assist In Infantile Paralysis Campaign Governor Herbert B. Maw today accepted membership In the National Na-tional Governors' Committee for the 1942 "Fight Infantile Paralysli Campaign." Responding to the invitation of Keith Morgan. Naionai Chairman of the Committee for the Cele-braUon Cele-braUon of the President's Birthday for the National Foundalon for Infantile In-fantile Paralysis, Governor Maw declared: "I am happy to accept and shall do whatever I can to speed the splendid work you are doing." The 1942 campaign will be launched officially on January 12, and will work toward a grand riimn nn Januarv 30. the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of President Roosevelt's sixtieth birthday. In Utah the drive will be led by Senator Sen-ator Ira A. Hugglns of Ogden who has accepted the State Chairmanship. Chairman-ship. In welcoming Governor Maw to the National Governors' Committee, Mr. Morgan said: "The cooperation of Governor Maw will be a vital contribution toward tlie success of the coming drive. With his able support and) the experienced leadership of Senator Sen-ator Hugglns, we are confident that an all-out effort will be made ' against this enemy of youth." The mayors of Utah municipalities municipal-ities are now forming a Mayors' Committee to cooperate with the State Chairman and the Governor in the 1942 drive. Among the first to lend his support is Mayor William Wil-liam Evans of Logan. The year now closing has brought Utah a decrease of 18 cases of In- Bfantlle Paralysis compared with the first 46 weeks of 1940, Mr. Morgan said. During the Summer and Fall S months, however, the disease prevailed pre-vailed in many parts of the State, with the United States Public Service Ser-vice reporting 38 cases. During the corresponding period of 1940, 58 cases were reported. "Meanwhile," said Mr. Morgan, "the nation as a whole has suffered its third consecutive major atack of the crippling disease. Thousands of men, women and children have been stricken, hundreds of them left crippled, twisted, helpless. "This is why we ure making our l most fervent appea for aid this year. Unlike so m. ay other epidemic epi-demic diseases, Inf.ntile Paralysis I leaves the greater p irt of the work I to be done after the epidemic n over. Only then car: we know the full weight of the task ahead of us and begin the w rk of restorlns to health and usefulness the victims vic-tims of this terrible disease. |