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Show Infantile Paralysis I Drive Picks UpSpsed J In Every Utah County 'I ; ' Celebrations of Various I Types Scheduled to I 1 Honor President With only a short time remaining & before the ' entire nation will cel- " ebrate the President's birthday on I January 29 in the fight against ln- fantile paralysis, reports from every county in the state indicate more interest in the drive against the dread disease than ever before. This announcement was made to- " day by C. Clarence Neslen, state ! chairman of the committeo for the celebration of the president's birthday birth-day to fight the disease. The committee com-mittee consists of moie than 40 prominent leaders in various fields throughout the state. y, The funds obtained from some 200 I celerations ' throughout the state this year will go toward establishment establish-ment of a permanent national foun- 1 dation for infantile paralysis. Many Tickets Sold In Salt Lake County already there have been many tickets sold at 25 cents each. The first of ?.0,000 printed print-ed for distribution in the county was- bo-ught by Governor Henry H. Blood. Two types of celebrations I have been arranged for the county. On January 31 there will be a dance in the Coconut Grove ballroom and in addition theri. will be an athletic carnival, with wrestling on Friday, January 28, and boxing Monday, January 31, at McCullough's arena. The 25 cent President's birthday tickets will be accepted as admission to the athletic events plus 15 cents ' per ticket to defray expenses,, de- i clared John Doyle, promoter ; and leisee of the arena. Support of the establishment of B the ' new national foundation ..has come from many prominent Utahns, ' including Governor Henry H. Bipod, ej who said: rlfj ''Utah, whose citizens have always s 0l responded generously to sound appeals ap-peals for orderly and effectively assistance as-sistance in Lattling disease and disaster, di-saster, will be found in the forefront na1 in the campaign against infantile : cc- paralysis. Here is an ensmj of hu-s hu-s man welfare tha knows no distinction distinc-tion between rich and poor, between black or red or white, between Whitehouse or humblest cottage. It y leaves misery or disability cr death A in it3 wake. ' I "To combat this menace, to dis-'J dis-'J cover the best means for prevention ' of the disease and for fighting it when incurred, a national foundation founda-tion ' will be established with the proceeds of the entertainments to be r given throughout the United States on the President's birthday. Grant Comments "I urge support from every Utah resident to this humanitarian movement, move-ment, in accordance with his or her ability." President Heber J. Grant of the Latter Day Saints Church, said, "I am heartily in favor of any fight for a worthy cause and I know this cause is worthy." Dr. J. L. Jones, state health commissioner, com-missioner, said that in the last eight years, since 1930 there had been 116 cases of infantile paralysis in Utah, resulting in 28 deaths. The full picture pic-ture cannot be presented, he explained, ex-plained, until the number of victims who have not fully recovered is determined. de-termined. "Only a small percentage of those afflicted ever recover fully," he declared, de-clared, "and many are left dependent depen-dent on their families and on society the remainder of their lives. Establishment Estab-lishment of the foundation is indeed a noteable step forward in the fight against the disease." "Heretofore," said Mr. Neslen, "only dances have been held for the purpose of raising money to fight the disease which once attacked the president. This year all types of celebrations will be held anything to raise money for the establishment establish-ment c " the permanent foundation to fight the malady. There will be shows, bazaars, athletic events, dances and other forms of entertainment entertain-ment to attract contributions to this great cause. The celebrations are entirely nonpartisan." Committee Members In addition to Mr. Neslen, the members of the committee are: B. H. Robinson, Richard R. Hart, Dr. J. L. Jones, state health commissioner; commis-sioner; Mrs. Reed Smoot, John E. Jones, Hendrik Romeyn, representing represent-ing the state press association; W. H. Tibbals, George L. Crowther, Dr. Samuel C. Baldwin,, all of Salt Lake City; Mrs. R. B. Porter, Dr. Joseph R. Morrell, S. M. Welch, Ira A. Hug-gins, Hug-gins, David S. Romney, all of Og-den. Og-den. Dr. L. L. Cullimore, Elmer Miller, both of Provo; George D. Preston, Dr. C. C. Randall, Joseph E. Car-don Car-don and Frederick P. Champ, all of Logan; . Nello Christopherson and Judge Lewis Jones of Brigham City. J. Bracken Lee, mayor of Price. David Stevens, Fillmore; Clifford F. Young, American Fork; Dr. D. A. McGregor, St. George; Henry Gardner. Gard-ner. Spanish Fork; Frank Martines. Richfield; A. H. Belliston, Nephi; Dr M. J. MacFarlane, Cedar City; Clarence E. Baker, Tooele; Grant Tolton, Beaver; June Kendall, Nephi; David H Calder, Vernal; H. Fred Egan, Park City; Frank Bon-acci, Bon-acci, Helper; , G. V. Billings, Duchesne; Du-chesne; Henry W..,. Jones, Fairview, and Cenrad Frischknccht, Center-field. Center-field. I Gives Birthday ! In initiating the establishment of ; the new national foundation last September the president said: "I firmly believe that the time has now arrived when the whole aUack on this plague should be led and directed, though not controlled, by one national body." Shortly afterward the president gave his birthday in perpetuity forever to the new national founda-. tion and asked the American people peo-ple to join with him in establishing j the foundation to fight infantile paralysis. The committee for the celebration of the presiuent's birthday, headed by Keith Morgan of New York, lists four fronts for immediate action ac-tion in the fight on the disease: Scientific research, epidemic first first aid, proper care and dollars to orthopedic centers, hospitals clinics for combating human wreckage. , The "proper care" front entails : the dissemination to doctors and parents present and new knowledge of the proper care which may prevent pre-vent sad after effects, such as crooked backs, curvature of the spine, twisted bodies and contracted limbs. Two Epidemics In this connection, significant observations ob-servations have been made by Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general, of the United States and a leading public health authority. He said. "In spite of the lengthy and significant sig-nificant strides made in all branches of medicine in the last five decades, the two largest infantile paralysis epidemics in the world's history occurred oc-curred right here in our own country coun-try within the last 20 years. This disease quite evidently j challenging challeng-ing us to establish new methods of prevention and cure. "Much research has been undertaken under-taken with regard to the possibilities possibili-ties of immunization against infantile infan-tile paralysis, with results which are . far- from encouraging .... "It is the immediate after-care of the individuals stricken with infantile infan-tile paralysis which authorities at the present time consider the mor'. important phase on which to concentrate. con-centrate. Antiquated methods of treating patients threatened with permanent crippling or twisted deformity de-formity must be brought up to date. Many Dependent "It is not by any means the actual ac-tual cases of infantile par&lys.s occurring oc-curring yearly in the United States' which tell the correct story, statistical sta-tistical or human, of the ravages cf the' disease. The cumulative total of those who have been afflicted, and who have supposedly 'recovered' 'recov-ered' (meaning only that th ;y have not died) forms the basis of need from which this national founda tion is to be created. The thousands incapacitated through this illness rendered physicially dependents cn others and forced to bear the burden bur-den of a partial or total powerlers-ness, powerlers-ness, must have fewer and fewer counterparts through the next years, until we can remove this after-effect of the disease entirely." |