Evening star., 1939-01-12
Mrs. Roosevelt Asks
Women 10 Assist
In Paralysis Drive
Leaders From % States
Map Plans to Get Funds
To Fight MoIody

10 TI9ht ~uIuuy
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a
Nation wide broadcast from the
White House yesterday. asked the
women of the country to volunteer
their services in raising funds for
the Fight Infantile Paralysis" cam
paign which will open Monday.
Women leaders from % States
participated in the round table dis
cussion of which the broadcast was
part.
Mrs. Roosevelt explained that the
meeting was called at the White
House to enlist aid for the new
plan which will go into effect at
the close of the campaign.
The National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis. she said, proposes
to set up in every section of the
country permanent local chapters
to act as year-around centers for
informa ton, advice and first aid to
infantile paralysis sufferers.
Funds from the dime contribu-
tions and the birthday balls will be
divided between the central group
Of the national foundation and local
committees for the celebration OF
the Presidents birthday, the latter
half to be held in trust for the
local chapters when they are formed.
Types of Help Suggested.
Women, she saio, could make
themselves useful in their own COM
munities by helping to set in motion
the machinery for the founding of
local chapters. Clerical work, ar
rangements for local benefits
throughout the year and entertain
ments at local institutions where
infantile paralysis victims are cared
for were among the types of work
she suggested that women could do.
Describing the work already being
done in institutions for those af-
f1icted with the disease. she de-
clared: There must be more such
havens of refuge and rehabilitation.
Those which exist must be further
equipped and expanded, for they
are more than a source of healing
for crippled bodies; they are veri-
table fountain of courage and
hope"
Representative Edith Nourse Rog-
ers of Massachusetts, who partici-
pated in the broadcast, added her
appeal to Mrs. Roosevelt's for wom-
en- to support the campaign.
I'm practice" she said. 1--WE women
are usually the front line workers
in the field of human welfare. For
human welfare is merely an extern
sion of family welfare"
Miss Carrico Cited as Example.
Mrs. Roosevelt introduced Miss
Cathreen Carrico of Clinton, Md,
who she said was "a living example
of what can be done for infantile
paralysis victims today because of
the work which has been done in
this field.' She explained that Miss
Carrico, a well-known singer, had
contracted the disease as an infant
and was crippled through childhood.
IF this new National Foundation"
Miss Carrico said, means more
homes, more boys and girls given
treatment that can make them
happy. leading normal lives again,
it has the blessing of everybody
who ever had infantile paralysis
Mrs. Roosevelt, in assuring Miss
Carrico that such a program was
the hope of the foundation for
every child in the United States,
urged women everywhere ito do your
bit to stamp out this terrible
disease"
Others participating in the radio
broadcast were Mrs. Clifford Pin
chot, wife of the former Governor
of Pennsylvania; Miss Mary Mar
garet Mcbride, radio actress, and
Mrs. Harry H. Woodring, wife of
the Secretary of War.
White House Guests.
White House guests included State
vice chairman in charge of women's
activities for the campaign, Mrs.
L. A. Heidel of Montpelier, VT,
State chairman, and other members
Of the National Women's Council for
the celebration of the Presidents
among whom were Mrs.
Woodring, Mrs. James A. Farley,
wife of the Postmaster General;
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife
Of the Secretary of the Treasury;
Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the
Secretary of the Interior; Repre-
sentatives Rogers and Caroline
O'Day, New York; Miss Mabel T.
secretary of the Amer
lean Red Cross; Mrs Pinchot; Miss
Mary Anderson, head of the Wom-
ans Bureau, Department of Labor;
Miss Fannie Hurst, authoress; Miss
Henrietta Addition, director of hous-
ing and welfare for the New York
Fair; Mrs. Emily Newell
Blair, authoress of Alexandria, Va;
Miss Mary w. Dewson, former men,
ber Of the Social Security Board;