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Show Named to Head March of Dime- - ' - ' .fti: ' . . - J 1 ! . v---.. v6i4h I n -'!'' i . .!. Ji SENATOR IRA A. HUGGINS Senator Ira A. Huggins cf Ogdr w serve as Utah Stale C'halriua of (lie 1918 March of Dimes Jar 15 30, for hin seventh year at tli helm of the annual fund -raisin nppeal. Ilia u)ioii)tment was nnnounci today by IIuhII O'Connor, prculilci of the National Foundation for Ii fantilu I'aialyHls. The taiiinalp will niaik the tenth anniversary t the Nalionul Foundation, net up b. I'lesidelit Fi'Uliklill I). Roosevelt l( "lead, direct and unify" thi- fish: against infantile paralysis. T!i Foundation is supported solely by the March of Dimes each January Senator HiiKRinn, a native ol I 'tali, huu been active in state af fairs for years and has served If the Htate'b upjier chamber continu otiHly since his election in 1930. Hi has been a National Labor Comniis Blotter in the slate and is a membei of the Jackson Democratic League, the Ogden Kiwanls Club and the American Legion. Mr. O'Connor, announcing thai Senator Hugging had accepted the Plate chairmanship, revealed (bat since 1943 infantile paralysis hat taken n tragic toll, with more than 72,000 Americans having been stricken. "Thousands," he warned, "continue "con-tinue to face a long fight for recovery. recov-ery. This summer, fortunately, we had a 'breathing spell' as polio Incidence Inci-dence natlonully did not approach the awful total or 1916. "The cost of the 1916 epidemic alone will run to some $30,000,000, wlthouttaklng into account the large sums necessary to care for those stricken this summer. We do not know what 1948 may bring, but we must be prepared." |
