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The Inside Story
Prior to this year, 50% of net funds raised in Virginia was retained by Virginia Chapters to pay for ' hospital bills, wheel chairs, braces, crutches and equipment for hospitals.* The 50% senf to New York was to pay for research, scholarships, epidemic aid to chapters and management.
This 50-50 split was based on an estimate of 10,000 to 12,000 polio cases annually and, for a time, worked according to pattern. - During the last five years we have had National incidence averaging over 30,000 cases per year, and in those areas of high incidence in Virginia, practically all of our Chapters are without funds. The demands 6n the normal two to three million dollars in the Epidemic J^id Fund in New York have been annually increased, and this year will be in excess of ten million dollars.
Every step has been taken to put into use funds remaining in some of the larger areas where incidence has been low. Contributions from Virginia Chapters this year alone to our Epidemic Aid Fund are approximately $100,000. Facing this ever-increasing demand on Headquarters for additional funds to support Virginia cases, and particularly those longterm recovery cases which remain in hospitals for several years we find balances in *our Chapters at a new low with one or two exceptions.
The same condition is true nationally and it was necessary, therefore, that the trustees of the National Foundation at a recent meeting in—
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