The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-27
Roosevelt 60 Years
 Old Next January 30
Diamond Jubilee Birthday Celebration Funds Again to
 Be Used for Fight Against InfantiIe Paralysis

this, I am glad to authorize for
 the ninth successive year, the use
 of my birthday for the raising of
 funds throughout the nation to
 fight Infantile Paralysis.
 T think 1t is a splendid plan to have the State Chairmen of the
 Committee for the Celebration of the Presidents Birthday for the
 National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis assemble In Washing ton on December second for 8 general discussion of the campaign objectives, and I will be happy to
 meet with them at the White House at five o'clock on that day.
 T have received a report from Mir. Basil O'Connor, President of the National Foundation for In- fantile Paralysis which shows that the Foundation has vastly expand ed its activities during the past year, and has not only added hum dreds of new chapters in the va- riouS communities, but has swung into action on a dozen fronts where epidemics ragged during the summer months. It has also made noteworthy progress in the field of research and in many other ways.
 These many serious epidemics
 have again proved the necessity
 for continuing this work and re-
 newing 1t on an even larger scale
 because, as you know, nothing is closer to my heart than the health
 of boys and girls and young men
 and young women. To me, 1t is one of the front lines of our ra-
 tional defense"
 Mfr Morgan, in releasing the an- nouncement of the coming Celebra- ton of the Presidents Diamond Jubilee Birthday said that he be- heved that all Americans, young and old, iR all walks of life, and in every hamlet of the country, would be interested to know that the last three years have been the three worst years in the epidemic history of Infantile Paralysis in the United States.
 He pointed out that the epidernics of the last three years have pro- duced over 25 900 new cases. Analy- sis of the average cost of treatment for the first year after the on- slaught of this disease shows that 1t costs over $1,O00 for just one years treatment per case.
 On a basis of seventy-five per cent of patients requiring treatment for crippling after-effects and at a rate of 5000 per case (which is a very conservative tabulation), the more than 25,000 new cases of the past three years would require over $lS,750,000. This total has to be spent either by the federal, state, county and local governments, the hospitals and the family of the pa- tients. That these figures are very conservative is shown by the fol. lowing estimate issued by F. Wilson Keller, Superintendent of the Hos- pital for Ruptured and Crippled of New York City:
 Room-365 days ......... .$1 ,02S
 Operating-room charges ... 100
 Laboratory charges ........ 50
 AnaeStheticS ............. 50
 Physiotherapy treatments. 300
 Braces, Splints and other
 apparatus ........... 100
 Occupational therapy ...... 100 Total .$2, 2,525
 These figures do not include the enormous amount of money needed to take care, even only in minor way, of the thousands upon thou sands of cases that have accumu- lated over the years.
 Realizing the enormity and grav- ity of the situation, MT. Morgan an- nounced that in order to intensity the activities for funds and to en- large the results greatly, it had been decided to call all of the 4S State Chairmen to an executive meeting in Washington on Tuesday, December End. Plans for the coming Celebra- tion will be fully completed at that time.
 The President will receive the chairmen at the White House in the late afternoon. In the evening a dinner will be given by the National Committee to the State Chairman and many distinguished guests who will participate in making the cele- braticn of the Presidents Diamond Jubilee Birthday an outstanding