Milford chronicle., 1958-09-05
sHoULDERING A BIGGER JOB


than polio.
Here is The National Foundations new
concept:
1t will become ian organized voluntary
force in the fields of medical research, pa
tient care and professional education, with
specific initial goals but flexible enough to
meet new health problems as they arise"
Research will be at the heart of this new
concept 1t will expand its virus-disease ex-
plorations, and extend Investigations into
disorders of the central nervous system. But
if scientists find new leads for solving other
human Affections, they will be encouraged to
pursue them.
To polio, The National Foundation will
now add the No. l U. s. crippler- -arthritis-
and birth defects, the major childhood health
problem.
1t will help train more medical workers
doctors, researchers, nurses, therapists, medi-
cal social workers-sorely needed to send
the disabled back to their home and jobs.
This news. coming from the health or
ganization that gave us the Salk vaccine
against paralytic polio, will bring hope to
millions of sufferers. Arthritis tortures any
where from Ii to 80 million people in the
u. S. Their loss in working hours and income
runs into billions of dollars. AS for birth |
defects, some 25O,OOO American babies are
born each year malformed.
So when The National Foundation says
it will seek the causes, remedies and preven-
tives of these afflictions," we can expect re-
suits
This does not mean that polio will be |
neglected. The National Foundation still
pledges patient aid to polio victims. 1t still
urges vaccination. With two of very five per-
sons under 10 still unvaccinated, polio isn't l.
finished yet.
If you are one of those unvaccnated, /
don't delay another day. Only when every
body has had the complete series of three
Salk shots will The National Foundation be /
really ready to shoulder it's big new job.
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BASEBALL MOVING DAY
Ball teams are getting itchy feet. After
many years with no, change in cities, the
American League has seen Philadelphia re-
placed by Kansas City, and st. Louis by
Baltimore In the National League the Ros-
ton team moved to Milwaukee. Most sur
prising of all, New York mas lost its famous
Giants to San Francisco and Brooklyn its |
Dodgers to Los Angeles.
Nor is the process stopping here. The /
American Leagues Washington Senators are,
it is reported, on the verge of move to
Minneapolis. Now the Cleveland Indians an
nounce that, without much larger patron
age, they too must go.
1t is stated, what seems incredible, that /
in Cleveland this year local business men
bought only five season tickets for use by
themselves or their customers. Toronto,
Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston have all
been suggested to succeed Cleveland. The an
nouncement has brought into being Cleve-
land "Save the Indians" committee
So far the moves have improved teams
bank balances. Yet they play havoc with
minor leagues, which must give up their
best-paying cities to the majors. When San
Francisco and Los Angeles joined the Ma
tional League, the Pacific Coast League was
forced to content itself with substituting
Phoenix and Salt Lake City,
Probably television keeps many at home
who would otherwise buy tickets. In Cleve-
lands case it is said that the sport fans spare
cash is being drained off by the race tracks.
Whatever the cause, or causes, of declining
attendance, the future of professional base
ball will be dark unless some panacea is
found.
CALL OUR SYSTEM WHAT YOU WILL (
The American system of doing things has
various descriptive names. One is free en-l