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On Infantile Paralysis and the President Roosevelt
Birthday Ball
Paul M. Hebert
Date: 1937-01-29
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On Infantile Paralysis, January 29,1937. Paul M. Hebert Speech Files, Archival Collection LLA0002, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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Thank you Mr. Anderson.
Ladies and Gentle�en:
It is a pleasure to speak to you tonight on behalf of the local
committee, sponsoring the President Roosevelt Birthday Ball which will
be held tomorrow night,
Saturday, January 50, at the Gymnasium Armory
cam pus of the Louisiana State University,
on the
Everyone within the sound of my voice,
I am sure,
a gener�l way with the idea back of this ball.
is familiar in
Through the press and
over the radio with the kind cooperation of Station WJBO, we are urging
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all Baton Rougeans
Your local committe
to do their pnrts to make the 1957
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has been working hard
and expect your cooperation in purchasing
show a financial return for Baton Rouge,
Ball a huge success,
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toward this
tickets so
that the Bal1 will
of which we may be proud.
Now a brief work as to the cause.
I suppose tb&t there is
nothing more touching or more heart-rending that could
to any family than
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end and we urge
to have a young child,
perhaps
possibly haonen
ior a beautiful
��;y
baby girl, stricken with thl'l dreaded disease of infantile paaalysis.
Yet we know that several hundred thousand
hundred
thousandl �families ht
f
�
persons and several
e been so afflicted.
The insidious
thing about this disease lies in the very fact that its victims are
primarily young children in the full bloom, vigor,
optimistic anticipation of youth.
happiness and
To be suddenly stricken with infantile
paralysis is an affliction pitiable in the extreme.
must be done for the victims of this disease.
Somothing can snd
Sporadic cases of
infantile paralysis occur fro� time to time but the major
1951,
1954 and 1955
outbreaks of
have all served to focus the attention of the Lmericnn
people to the dise�se and have accentuated the general feeling that
something must be done,not only to aid those who arP. victims already,
but by a program of research in t.he
/
�n
field of prevenLive medicine -'*
;
method of immunization may be devised.
Medical
science
M
is
making �efinite strides in this program of research and doublless
further exuerimentation snd clinlcal
trials will result in some more
effective method of treatment.
Tomorrow ni?ht,
Ball,
through the medium
of the President's Birthday
Baton Roueeans will be given the opportunity to assist in the
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fight that is being waged
to curb the disease of infantile paralysis.
Tickets for this Ball cost
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a t i ck et and attend the Ball.
buy
Jo'�
tickets
t the worthy
It has
balls
held in
If you do so,
cause.
�
re than
buy one or two
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bee n estimated tha
S,000,000 nersons will attend
6,000 cities and towns in celebration of President
mo re than
anniversary.
Roosevelt's fifty-fifth birthday
Seventy per cent of the money �hich will
victims of
the disease in
other needy orthonedic cases.
be raised lo call y will
to be disbU'J.• sed by your loc a l committee
remain right h e re in Ba.ton Rouge
in assisting
you will be dancing i�
If you cannot attend,
order that others may walk.
Why not
per couple or individual.
�1.25
Thirty
this locality
per cent of
and in assisting
pr oceed s of the
the
Ball will be forwarded t o the president of the United States t o be
presented by him to the Warm Springs Foundation of War�
Your local c ommittee will,
able,
work out plans for suending
locally
in
with the best
in a wise manner and in
otthopedic
medical advice that is obtain-
the seventy uer cent to be retained
a manner calculated to reliP.ve di st r ess
cases.
From every
out in
Snrings, Ga.
indication it apoears that Baton
Rougeans
vril l
•turn
� large numbers and the support that your local committee
has been receiving from all who have been approRched is indeed gratifying.
If you have not bought your Licket,
do
so tomorrow morning.
will..-., be on sale at the door on Saturday night.
opened
her
Booths h av e be�n
b.J
J\ S• 9�!a!en
� f �..
Street ],l nde r the d re� tion o
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on Third
i
committee of la d ie s.
'Tickets
e Lo io
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d'.enjoy
Jrselves in danci g -an
the special program of entertainment that has been planned for you,
Sandford Herthum's orchestrP r.ill furnish the music and a
of student talent
will entertain you with a floor show.
splendid
arrey
The two
vivacious Bonnette sisters will dance, there will be vocal solos by the
charming Miss
the
Jones Boys,
arcel l
an d
a
Miss Frances Greer.
master of ceremonies.
Girard,
�
Q
h l,
a comedy skit that you
should not m£ss by
a rm o n y trio including the Greene Twins and
In addition,
we will have Roy
ffioe Anderson
as
The entire program, under t h e direction of Gerry
has been carefully planned for your enjoyment.
A special feature of the ball will be the introduction of the
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-
!our
guests of honor,
the children 1bo $poke to you over thi�
last nigbt and the introd�ction
1
Rdjoining
owns wh
�a
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-
st.. tion
Of th& mP-yorS Fnd delegatione f�O� the
re coming ospocially to show their interest
in tnis
worthy proj&ct.
PrGsident Roosevlet1e message to the 6,000 Birthday Balk.throughout
the country till be received at
10: �5
p.m.
through �n amplifying system.
Your attendance at the �All r.ill enable you to participate in the
drawing
for
C88h Prizes
Of
e1S.00, �10.00
tS.00
Rlld
Do no! feil t o be present at the lc.. 11 to"lorrow night.
small
contribution,
the President of
the United
St�tos,
By your
through the
Warm Springs foundation and the national committee will be en�bled to
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extend the light on
ae
patrons
and
infantile into more than
cupporters of ttis
�leasure wbtAh
A?mes
7,000
worthy cause,
with the rcaliz�tion of a
communitiee
will
�nd you,
PXperience that
charit�ble and a civic
duty well pc�fo.,.ned.
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Time:
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- the Gymnasium Armory at LS
9 to 12 tomorrow night;
the cauoe
\k
The Plsce
- to fight infnn�il&
the entertninment
pnrlysis.
U.
- exc llent;
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