The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-29
Birtliday Bull Heud Culls
 ~ Ndtion to Fight Paralysis

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 NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Picturing infantile paralysis as the dark horse of major national diseases and one that win wreak havoc if it is allowed to run wild over the country col. Henry L. Doherty, Chairman of the 1885 Birthday Ball for the President. called on leaders who raised a million dol lars last January for the Warm springs Foundation to redouble their efforts in the 1885 campaign,
 Money. raised at the parties, which will be held in communities throughout the nation on the even ing of the Presidents 53rd birth day anniversary, January 30, win be divided this year, following a suggestion made by President Roose- welt himself. At bis request. em- bodysng the recommendation of the trustees Of Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, no part of this years funds will go to that Institution, Seventy cents of every dollar will be used for the rehabilitation ot handicapped children within the community raising the fund ol within the geographic unit of which the community IS a part The other 30 cents will be turned over to President Roosevelt to be used by national commission appointed by him for widening the research efforts aimed at wiping out the disease itstlf.
 Tn his statement, Col Doherty said that the program last January, in spite of it's amazing success, raised funds that were pitifully inadequate when it came to coping with the national war against the disease,
 Only by a renewed and far more comprehensive effort this year can we, hope to launch a successful na- tion-wide drive that will eventually succeed in stopping the disease and in giving adequate aid to it's vic tims,"a Col. Doherty said. ''-.
 He emphasized that the disease, unlike smallpox, tuberculosis, can cer, diphtheria, typhoid fever, vel low fever. and similar nlaladies, has not until recently been given its proper importance as national menace.
 Although the money raised last year by the birthday celebrations for the President has done unlim- tied good" he said, perhaps more good will come from the fact that the work has focused the spotlight on infantile paralysis and revealed how the task of preventing it and rehabilitating it's victims has been neglected Speaking in the most conservative terms, the disease is a peril whose gaunt hands annual ly bring death or physical destruc- ton to thousands of American homes, steals more than a third of billion dollars of the nations wealth every year, and costs it's survivors hardships that can be overcome only after years of ef- fort @
 The need for funds to fight it, he pointed out, is best summarized in a statement made by the late William H. Woodin, former Secre- tary of the Treasury, who said "To be very, very conservative, infantile paralysis costs the country each year in impaired individual earning and buying power some $3oo,00O .Oo0. Furthermore, this cost ly sum represents only the loss of incolne-it does not represent the millions Of dollars of annual outgo which afflicted people must pay in the fight for recovery"
 Again being radically conserya- tive,' Col. Doherty stated, this last expenditure can be estimated by multiplying the estimated num- Der of victims 900 for the na- tion-by the cost of caring for each of them during year. Put the figure at $300-a ridiculously low sum-and you have an annual cur ative cost of $sOOoO,ooO No won- der the President has so generously loaned his birthday anniversay in 1885 to another nationwide party dedicated to financing the war against the disease!"