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Show Governor Maw to Aid With Paralysis Drive NEW YORK Goprnor Herbert B. Maw of Utah- vifednesday accepted ac-cepted membership in the National Na-tional Governor's committee for the 1942 "Fight Infantile Paralysis Para-lysis Campaign." Responding to the invitation of Keith Morgan, national chairman of the Committee for the celebration celebra-tion of the President's birthday for the National Foundation 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 climax on January 30, the Diamond Dia-mond Jubilee celebration of President Presi-dent Roosevelt's sixtieth birthday. In Utah the drive will be led by Senator Ira A. Huggins of Og-den Og-den who has accepted the State chairmanship. In welcoming Governor Maw to the National Governor's committee, commit-tee, Mr. Morgan said: "The cooperation of Governor Maw will be a vital contribution toward the success of the coming com-ing drive. With his able support and the experienced leadership of Senator Huggins, we are confident confi-dent that an all-out effort will be made against this enemy of youth." Hie mayors of Utah munlci- palities are now forming a mayors' may-ors' committee to cooperate with the state chairman and the Governor Gov-ernor in the 1942 drive. Among the first to lend his support is Mayor William Evans of . Logan. The year now closing has brought Utah a decrease of 18 cases of Infantile Paralysis compared com-pared with the first 46 weeks of 1940, Mr. Morgan said. During the summer and fall months, however, how-ever, the disease prevailed in many parts of the state, with the I United States public service re- porting 33 cases. During the cor-' cor-' responding period of 1940, 56 cases ca-ses were reported. "Meanwhile," said Mr. Morgan, "the nation as a whole has suffered suf-fered its third consecutive major i attack of the crippling disease. Thousands of men, women and children have been stricken, hundreds hun-dreds of thm left crippled, twist-i twist-i ed and helpless. '"Bus is why we are making our most fervent appeal for aid this year. Unlike so many other epidemic epi-demic diseases, Infantile iPara-Ivsis iPara-Ivsis leaves the greater part of I the work to be done after the eoicknic is over. Only then can I we know the full weight of the task ahead of us and begin the work of restoring to health and usefulness the victims of this terrible disease. |