Show another lenother presidents birthday ball the following letter received the first c of f the wee week k i Is s s self el f e explanatory x p 1 a n a to ry N new cn v Y york 0 r k 1 december e c e m b er 7 1034 mr S L the park record pork park city utah dear mr president franklin D roosevelt as you are arl aware has again consented to 1 lend end his birthday as the occasion for another nationwide nation wide series of benefits to raise additional dit ional funds to combat infantile paralysis the original birthday ball held last january in which park city so generously participated resulted ineth in the e raising of a fund in excess of on one m million I 1 ilion dollars to enable georgia warm springs foundation to continue its work of treating victims of this dread disease at the presidents own suggestion which Is also the recommendation of f the trustees of the foundation no part of this years proceeds will go to the foundation seventy per cent of the proceeds proceed raised by ench each local birthday ball will be retained in its respective geographical area under the direction of a committee of each such area to rehabilitate their infantile paralysis victims thirty per cent will come to the national committee tor for delivery to the president to be presented to a national commission which he will create to widen re research efforts aimed to wipe out the die disease ase itself exactly as medical science hea has a successfully cess fully smallpox diphtheria uphold fever yellow fever and other maladies last year the general chairman of your birthday ball was wa 3 mr john F welsh and we shall again welcome his co opera tion will you be good enough to secure his consent to again serve in this humanitarian ani aril tarlan work sincerely HENRY L DOHERTY national chairman mt mr welsh was waa consulted and gladly consented to again serve as general chairman I 1 and his consent wired to the national chairman th the great birthday ball for the president will be on wednesday jan january U ary 30 1835 1935 and will be a certainty to be even a grander success than the ball of 1834 1034 because times will be better in park city as elsewhere throughout the nation |