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New York vote a change in the distribution of funds this year—not entirely because of the situation outlined above, but because of the ddition to our three major programs—Medical Care, Research, and Professional Education—of a fourth program—Polio Prevention. It is estimated that this fourth program alone will cost 265 rifillion dollars this year—19 million dollars of which will be spent for gamma globulin and 75 million dollars to conduct the validity tests of the Salk vaccine.
In order to warrant the success of this Polio Prevention Program, 1/3 of all. funds received this year in the 1954' March of Dimes will be set aside for Polio Prevention; the remaining funds from the March of Dimes will be divided as heretofore on a 50-50 basis.
The National Foundation, after sixteen years, through the efforts of thousands of volunteers, now moves * from a defensive position to one of attack. In any war, it costs more to attack than to defend, and the fght aganst polio is no exception. Our Chapters primarily intereted in the care of those patients within their communities now face the additional burden of doing their share to provide gamma globulin and vaccine to take care of fcvery child in the community. It now becomes a program of major interest to everyone—every parent free from fear—every child free from public. ' t
Should anyone be interested in the actual figures covering funds spent in Virginia from 1944 to the present date, they will be* gladly furnished upon request to our State Office_
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