Message by Commissioner of Education Earl McGrath

MESSAGE* The threat of infantile paralysis as each summer approaches is of particular concern to the schools of this nation. Educators, as well as parents, want more factual knowledge about the disease and the procedures to follow when it occurs. Such information has been provided by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in a leaflet, "A Message about Polio," for distribution through the schools. This timely health measure carries the hearty endorsement of school administrators. The reliable data in the leaflet, the common-sense precautions, the assurance of medical care will bolster morale should epidemics occur. Fear can be as infectious as polio itself and as harmful, unless people are given the guidance and reassurance they need. If the National Foundation's leaflet is given every pupil to take home, I believe there will be far less anxiety and confusion about this disease. *By Earl James MoGrath, U. 8. Commissioner of Education, Federal Security Agency, Washington, D. C., for 1950 "Message About Polio", issued by National Foundation of Infentile Paralysis, March 1950 (National Foundation News, April 1950)