Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-25
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PRESS.
WARM SPRINGS, Ca, November
25.-The text of the address delivered
last night by President Roosevelt at
the dedication Of Georgia Hall follows
Most people have visions OF things
they would like to see accomplished.
Fortunate are those who with their own
eyes see the accomplishment becoming
fact. -.
Most of you who are here tonight
know the story of Warm Springs dur
ing the past nine years. You know Of
the hopeful handful Of crippled chill
dren and adults who came seeking to
walk again and Of the growth of our
physical facilities and of our medical
care to the point where the completion
of Georgia Hall gives us clear idea of
the rounded picture of the Georgia
Warm Springs of the future.
In all these years our splendid prog
ress would have been impossible had we
not had the sympathy, the understand
ing and the help of our neighbors; and
tonight I express my appreciation and
thanks, first. to you. my neighbours OF
Warm Springs and Meriwether County.
for your true friendship toward me
here, and, secondly, to you, the people
of Georgia, whose welcome hospitality
has eliminated in this splendid gift to
the foundation and made me Tel
prouder than ever to call this my
other hcme.'
Spirit of Understanding.
1t is the understanding spirit on the
part of these who surround us that has
contributed SO greatly to what we call
the spirit of Warm Springs" No per-
fectly appointed hospital. no medical
care of the highest skill can accomplish
the best results unless at the same time
we build up, as Mr.. Galloway has sald.
confidence, self-reliance and cheerful
ness on the part of the patients them
selves. That is Why the Warm Springs
foundation has established itself as a
practical success in bringing back so
many crippled children and crippled
grown-ups to normal activities and at
the same time to a normal confidence
in themselves.
We hear much these days OF two
adjectives (social and economic. gen
orally they are used to denote Inherent
tnires. Here at Warm Springs we have
proved that in our work they go hand
in hand Let me give you an example
If a child is SO incapacitated. because
of infantile paralysis or accident or
some other cause. that the child is
unable to get about. take care OF him.
self and go to school, the chances are
that in most cases some grown-up per-
son must spend large part OF the
time in taking care of the child Every
social objective requires that the cnlld
be rehabilitated to lead normal life
TO become a useful member of society
In accomplishing this we reach at the
same time the economic objective, Tor
we restore the child and at the same
time we release a member of his family
from the constant supervision and care
OF the child, and enable that person SO
to be an economically useful unit In the
community.
100000 Crippled Children.
Figures show that there are well owe,
100000 crippled children In the United
number of grown-up people. 1t is my
belief. and I think the belief of the
doctors of the United States that the
great majority Of these citizens OF ours.
more than half million OF them. can
De restored to useful citizenship II We
can give chem the NEST modern. sclen-
tific medical and educational treatment
Toward the attainment of that goal the
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation seeks
to play a leading part. This work at
Warm Springs is not local. People come
here from every State in the Union and
from many foreign countries: 1t is
true that we can take care Of only
small proportion of those who need
care; but at the So me time the educa-
tional value of the methods and OF
their results is making itself widely
felt in the care of the handicapped
the United States.
l wish much that people all over the
could be with us here tonigh.