Evening star., 1934-05-10
ROOSEVELT GIVEN
$1,OD3,03O CHECK
Sum, Derived From Birth
day Balls, Put to Work
at Once.
BY the Associated Press.

the hundreds of Roosevelt birthday
parties, was put to work today for a
three-way attack on infantile
paralysis.
Into the checks feet long and
for exactly 3,O3OO8-went the
proceeds of the gay dances given
throughout the Nation in observance
of the Presidents birthday last
January.
President Roosevelt received the big
check last night in the east room
of the White House in the presence
of persons who organized the parties.
He remarked with a smile that he
was nervous in handling a check so
large, adding:
Il never saw one before"
Then he turned it over to trustees
of the Georgia Warm Springs Founda-
ton with an announcement it would
be split into:
A 100000 fund to be used ma
tionally Ito stimulate and further
IltlltOl lUuS NUlh al bAAC AACAA
of infantile paralysis"
A S650.000 fund to further present
work done by the foundations insti-
tuition at Warm Springs, Ga"
A S253,03008 fund "for building,
maintenance and contingencies of the
foundation" .,.
Grayson Presents Check.
On behalf of the National Birthday
Party Committee, Rear Admiral Cary
T. Grayson, retired. gave Mr.. Roose-
velt the check as the outpouring OF
the heart of America"
Estimating that at least 100000
persons bear some mark of infantile
paralysis, President Roosevelt said
modern medical science could restore
a large proportion to useful citizen
ship.
1T remains, therefore" he said
"only to spread the gospel in every
part of the Nation to enable us to
make the same relative progress that
we have already made in the field of
tuberculosis"
The President said he was sorry he
couldn't go to the dinner party which
the Birthday Ball Committees were
holding.
Blame Congress for it." he humor-
ously admonished. Legislation is COM
ing down so fast from the Hill I have
to stay here and work.
Gives Check to Trustee.
When he had finished his serious
prepared speech, the President ex-
planned he would give the check first
to a Warm Springs trustee. Arthur
Carpenter, who would turn it over to
the treasurer, Basil O'Connor.
Just for or 10 seconds, Carp" he
said, handing over the check. Il
wouldn't trust you longer with it,"
And when the Warm Springs treas
urer finally got the million, the Presi-
dent said to the crowds:
Il appoint you all a committee of
the whole to watch Doc O'Connor!"
The following is the text of the
Presidents remarks as he received the
check:
THE birthday ball initiated by your
committee for the creation of a fund
to further the infantile paralysis work
OF the Georgia Warm Springs Founda-
ton gave me most happy ami
versary last January. I continue to
get much genuine satisfaction from
thlS generous action and the wonder
1ul response which was given to your
suggestion. In accepting this million
dollar check, want again to express
my heartfelt appreciation to all who
participated
Sees Work Stimulated.
The trustees of the foundation
naturally have given much thought
to the proper discharge of the re-
sponsibility which you impose on them
through this presentation. They
have reviewed the work of the foun-
dation and considered with me the
ways and means by which it can be
most useful in the future through
the added impetus of the fund which
you now make available The plan
for utilizing your gift, which shall
outline to you. is based on a realiza-
tion of the scope of the problem
created by disease which alone ac-
counts for one-third of those people,
children and adults, in our country
who are crippled from any cause
other than injury in accidents.
There are no complete statistics to
show just what infantile paralysis has
done to our people but it seems con-
servative to estimate from figures that
we have, that there are at least 2OO,-
600 people in the United States who
bear the marks of it in degrees rang
ing from the impairment of few
muscles to being reduced to total
physical helplessness A large pro-
portion of this great number to which
new victims are added annually, need
er-treatment and care for long
periods of time. Treatment cannot
be measured in terms of days and
weeks but must be computed in
months and years. To take care of
this number on a hospital basis
would require very large sums OF