New-York tribune., 1912-04-30
PLAN PERMANENT RELIEF
Officers cf Red Cross Connittes
Have More than $4,000.
FIRST CALLS TOOK s50.ooO
In Typical Case Sum Has Been
Set Aside To Be Paid to
Family as Needed.

Although more than slSo.ot0 has bee, -.
ceived in various public funds for N. -.
lief Of sufferers from the Titanic dIsas,s,
/ and not more than $4,000 Of this amour,
has yet been expended, IL was said ves,sr.
I uay by officers Of the Red Cross con,r,,,.
| tee. into whose hands the major part Of ~.
! work Of relief has now passed, that 49,
! total amount subscribed and as much :,
can be obtained will eventually BE- an.
hurscd IN the work In carrying our n.
plans rs laid down by the committee.
The money is being spent in two yavs.
said ". Frank Persons director ot ths Pa,
Cross emergency relief committee. eTbs
first way was in immediate relief and the
second is in relief Of a moro pernans,t
character. Nine thousand dollars vas snen,
/ in immediate relief, in addition 70 N.
money spent in this way by the vom.n'.
committee. headed by Mrs. Nelson "A.
, Henry"
II is understood that the women rai..s
about $l,G.0. all of which has nesn e5.
pended This was in addition 10 ths clo,h.
ing given for sufferers and free LODGING,
supplied by various private persons iYlros.
diateIy after the Carpathia brought them
10 port
Immediate relief took the following
typical form" Mr.. Persons said - strong
young stone cutter, able 10 earn mis- living
was coming to this country with only ths
clothes he wore and $50 he had saved uu 20
buy himself tools with. lie lost everything
lie was given clothes and S25 by the women;
the Red Cross gave him $50, which he &c.
cepted with reluctance. 1t was immediate
relief that served TO put him in as GOOD
condition as though the accident had no,
happened TO him. That case therefore va
consider closed.
The other kind Of relief Is the Kind that
Is going to use up finally all the money
VIC have. woman living In thi. country.
with three children and about 70 become A
mother lost her husband, her sole means
OF support. All the children are less than
seven years old. We investigated and con.
yinced ourselves that she WAS not able 10
DO any work further than care for those
children. She had no relatives that could
help her.
I'VE therefore made hers a pension ease
and have set aside $1,000 from which money
for her support viii be paid 70 her. We
have made two payments OF t25 10 her So
far we have discovered eight cases that are
somewhat similar TO this, and have created
similar funds for their relief.
"Our aim is 10 extend the money for PEI
nnanent relief over as many cases as posi-
ble II We find that we can We shall In.
crease this woman's fund, but we atm 10
mako ar equitable division, 50 that sS
many deserving cases as possible can Be
eficlently helped on ss permanent basis
as possible.
I'VE are getting into communicates With
those in charge Of the administration OF
English and European relief work, and Il
there is a surplus left after we have gro
vided tor all the cages coming under the
jurisdiction OF the Red Cross COMMITTEES
here We shall apply IL in helping persons
in other countries affected by the disaster
The help would be extended 10 such cases
as destitute families. he said, and aged
parents dependent upcn some one iost in
the disaster. Besides this direct relief there
will be the expenses OF the administration
Of the fund to pay. In the case Of the
Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, which was
handled by the same committee. these ex-
penses were paid out Of the RELIEF fund IT,
self
The Red Cross emergency relief commit
tee works IN conjunction with the Amsri-
can Red Cross ~ cases OF disaster IN tims
of peace. having the district OF Southeast
Arn New York State under It's jurisdiction
More than $1,000 collected By the nat!ons'
organization was turned over 70 IL IN addi-
tion to tho Mayors fund, which reached.
it was announced Yesterday. mere than
Sill .NoO. There are other smaller funds
which it is expected will come into ms
"a ma. channel