Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
ROOSEVELT COMMISSION
FOR INFANT1LE
PARALYSIS RESEARCH
Dedicated To Work Toward An.
81 nlhIIaLlng Disease

New York, Jan. S.--A natiOn-wid,
scientific hunt for a micrObe whose
victims number hundreds OF thou
sands came one step nearer its goa
here today when the chairman of the
Birthday Ball Commission for In
fantile Paralysis Research, called to-
gether by President Roosevelt, an
nounced that the commission will
organize on a year-rOund basis in
an effort ito wipe the disease from
the face of the earth"
The commission has membership
OF eleven leaders in national phi
lanthrOpy and research. They are /:
Col. Henry L. Doherty, chairman;
Jeremiah 'Milbank, vice-chairman;
Paul deKruif, secretary; Edward S.
Hardness, treasurer, and Mrs. Mich
Olas Brady, Felix NJ. Warburg, Sem
at0r James Couzens, John s. Burke,
Edsel B. Ford, Lessing Rosenwald
and Raymond B. Fosdick.
''The fact that the President has
appointed such a commission is in
dication of the way war against in
fantile paralysis has grown from
something of minor interest to a
major national movement" Col.
DoheTty said I'm a statement for the
research group issued today BE
hind the movement are thousands of
communities which held birthday
panties for the President last year,
plus more than $500 which are ex-
pected to hold similar affairs on the
Presidents 53rd birthday anniver-
sary, January 30th."
Proceeds from the birthday parties
this year, it was pointed out. will be
divided on national basis. 80 cents
of every dollar to be turned over to
the commission. while the other 20
cents is used. to rehabilitate infan-
tile paralysis victims in the COM
munities raising the funds or in the
geographic unit of which they are a
part.
I'VE feel that this growth in inter-
est will not only raise large sums
for research, but will also result in
re-doubled effort on the part of |
scientists who seek a preventative |
for the disease" the statement con-
tinued. THE Commission is Organiz- |
ing on year-round basis to stimu-
late this effort. We intend to~do
everything in our power t0 give the
nation full benefit of the money
raised by promoting year-in-year-
Dut work aimed at wiping the dis
ease from the face of the earth"
The commission membership. ap-
pointed by the President. has long
Ieen prominent in philharmonic and
'eseafch work. Col. Doherty was
chairman of the national committee
or the 1884 Birthday Ball for the
resident, and is serving in the same
'apacity this year. jeremiah Mil /,
'ank is treasurer and trustee of the
institute for the Crippled and Dis
.bied in New York. Paul de Kruif,
a bacteriOlogist at Rookie {
elleF Institute, is the author of
MicrObe Hunters" Edward S. Hark-
ess Is a trustee of the resbyterian ;
lospital, New York. .'ai. . I
Activities of other members in
lude; Mrs. Nicholas Brady, chair
IAN of the board of directors of the a
irl Scouts of America and vice t
hartman of the WOmen's Crusade
n Mobilization of Human Needs, t
which Mrs. Franklin ID. ROose- L
elt is chairman; Felix NJ. Warburg, D
hartman of the Federation for the
lppoN of the Jewish Philanthropic 7
Ociety ofNew York: Senator James
ouzens, president of the ChiIdren's
ospital of Michigan; John s. Burke.
.es1dent Of'the Altman Foundation:
lsel b. Ford, long administrator +
the Ford charities: Lessing Rosen-
aid' treasurer of the Julius Rosen-
lid Foundation, and Raymond B. II
'sdick, trustee of the Rockefeller a
'undatiOn and the Rockefeller In n,
itute for Medical Research. h,