Detroit evening times., 1945-03-26
Sisferkenny Aids
Congress Probe
se..l.I to Tnr prTRoIr inns

MINNEAPOLIS. March "a
Sister kenny today announced
that She Was ready 10 turn over
TO any congressional Investigating
committee any evidence she might
have and also 20 appear in person.
one ol Miss kennyN key cNhib-
ITS which She was ready 10 lay
before Coucre>, Was a series OF
kilograms between herself and
Basil OConnor. head OF the Ma
;ional Foundation tor lniantllc
Paralysis.
TELLS OF TELEGRAMS
The Australian nurse declared
in an interview.
II cannot at this time reveal
what il in the telcgrams that
O'Connor has sent me. hut he
did SAY 10 me at the end OF
them:
"I haze Rioen you he'll, and
YOU haze paid for it IN your
health "
She also revealed that she had
bad heart condition originating
from her work a. r. RtfSeth World
War ! when she was assigned on
hospital ship with meningitis
patients. IL had not been helped
by the political opposition which
She said had confronted her lor
FIVE years.
Rep Donald -QTnale ef Aeu
York has introduced a resolution
IN Congress calling tor creation of
a special committee 10 investigate
underground forces that have
tried 10 block Tor I'VE years any
research into the Kenny method
OF treating iniantile paralysis
WIRE TO O'TooLE
Miss Kenny last night wired
O'Toole:
"AnN congressional committee
should undertake 10 determine
whether have made delib-
crate misrepresentation az has
been stated in "A paper published
nv the American Medical AssO-
citation"
Warning that dread polio. which
was a rare disease some decades
ago. WAS on the increase IN the
United States she SAID
when first came here I
had chosen the United states
because there was more mate
rial here on. which Ia try my
methods than there was In my
own country. have watched
the disease achieve new highs
every wear. while research in
the proven Kenny methods has
been stifled.
''In my own country during
the last Ave years there have
been but four cases Of infantile
paralysis.
BIG FIELD N L. =.
Here In this country, there
IL, therefore, a great field. But
there il no effort 10 further the
research Of this new concept Of
the causes of the Gripping ef-
feet Of polio.
when there l. no research
amongst this abundance OF ma
terial for research, and when
there are plenty Of other coun-
tries interested i'm doing re-
search. l would serve the chill
dren Of America better by leaN-
ing and getting ahead with the
work I'm those other countries"
Sister Kenny Sottened her warn
ing on the increase OF polio 10y
adding that its Gripping effects
had been considerably mIugateC
by the new concepts of thcI
cause. She added
After the last fund drive of
the national foundation which
used my name in its advertise
ment-althOugh the Kenny In
Stitute received none of the
funds--O'Connor took IL upon
himself Ia thank every one con
nected with the drive for their
help I'm reducing the threat Of
paralysis 10 the children Of the
nation.
NAME IGNORED
"He thanked the individuals
in the cities and towns who
directed their own local drives.
He thanked the radios for their
efforts and the newspapers and
the movie stars and all. He
credited the new modern treat
ment with reducing the Grip
pling effect OF polio
But he did not say what the
treatment WAS or who had first
introduced it,"
Sister Kenny added that She did
not wish 20 criticize the individual
doctors of the nation.
She said
"IOtS of good doctors are trN-