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Show ! Child Health Day By the President of the United States of America i A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Congress by joint resolution of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 617), has authorized and requested .the President of the United States to proclaim annually May 1 'as .Child Health Day; and I WHEREAS the health and security secur-ity of its children are essential to the well-being of the Nation; and j WHEREAS it is advisable this I year as we launch the social security secur-ity program to encourage by every 'possible means the development of j plans to promote maternal and child ! health and to extend child welfare services: j NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANK -LIN D. ROOSEVELT, President the United States of America, do I hereby proclaim and designate the I first day of May of this year as Child Health Day, and do urge all agencies, public and private, concerned con-cerned with the health and welfare jof children, on this day to study the plans for Federal, State and lo-' lo-' cal cooperation in promoting the 'health and security of children, to ! note the extent to which those plans Jhave so far been put into effect, and to make arrangements for carrying car-rying thsir benefits to the children in every county in the United States. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington Wash-ington this 13th day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the In-(Seal) In-(Seal) dependence of the United , States of America the one hundred and sixtieth. By the President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. CordeU Hull, The Secretary of State. The Crippled Child's Bill of Rights "The handicapped child has a right First, to as vigorous a body as human skill can give him. Second, to an education so adapted adapt-ed to his handicap that he can be economically independent and have the chance for the fullest life of which he is capable. Third, to be brought up and edu- cated by those who understand the nature of the burden he has to bear and who consider it a privilege to help him to bear it. Foui'th, to grow up in a world which does not set him apart; which looks at him, not with scorn or pity or ridicule, but which welcomes him, exactly as it welcomes every child; which offers him identical privileges and identical responsibilities. Fifth, to a life on which his handicap hand-icap casts no shadow, but which is full, day by day, of those things which make it worth while; comradeship, com-radeship, love, work, play, laughter, and tears alike in which these things bring continually increasing growth, richness, release of energies, ener-gies, joy of achievement." International Society of Crippled Children A Seven-Point Program for Crippled Children of Utah Plans are now being formulated upon the basis of facts uncovered in the survey to: 1. Seek medical examination and treatment of every crippled child not under oare. 2. Secure most effective results in . followine ud the crippled child by supervision while he is still in the hospital and continued through until complete recovery. recov-ery. 3. Utilize existing hospital resources re-sources to the best advantage to provide hospitalization for at least the most emergent cases. 4. Bring to every crippled child at least the legal minimum of education. ed-ucation. 5. Cooperate with the Rehabilitation Rehabilita-tion service of the state board r for Vocational Education by referring re-ferring cases eligible for vocational voca-tional training. 8. Educate parents and guardians by pamphlet, letter and personal person-al visit of county nurses and case workers. 7. Enlist active interest and participation par-ticipation of individuals, organizations or-ganizations and officials throughout the state in an effective ef-fective cooperative program for the crippled child. Marcella Mclnnerny, Director, Crippled Children's Service. o |