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Show I 1 Named to Head March of Diaries i ; ' i I - , s 1 i 5.' i i 4 ( - i '" - ' - ' .' - t ' ' " -v " , yA : v f i Senator Ira A. Huggins I Senator Ira A. Huggins of Ogden will serve as Utah State Chairman of the 1948 March of Dimes Jan. 15-30, for bis seventh year at the helm of the annual fund-raising appeal. His appointment was announced today by Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile In-fantile Paralysis. The campaign will mark the tenth anniversary of the National Foundation, set up by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to "lead, direct and unify" the fight against Infantile . paralysis. The Foundation is supported solely by the March of Dimes each January. Senator Huggins. a native of Utah, has been active in state affairs af-fairs for years and has served in the state's upper chamber continuously continu-ously since his election in 1930. He has been a National Labor Commissioner Commis-sioner in the state and is a member of the Jackson Democratic League, the Ogden Kiwanis Club and the American Legion. ' Mr. O'Connor, announcing that Senator Huggins had accepted the state chairmanship, revealed that since 1943 infantile paralysis has taken a 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 nationally did not approach the awful total of 1946. ."The cost of the 1946 epidemic alone will run to some $30,000,000, without taking into account the 3e sums necessary to care for I Uios'e stricken this summer. We do I not know what 1948 may bring, but j we must be prepared." |