Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-06-27
Henry P, Dawson Gives Out
Statement of What Figures
From All Parts of Country
Show,
FUNDS TO BE USED
TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING
Special Commissioners to Be
Sent to Russia and Ru-
mania, Where Conditions
Are Extreme.

Isr MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiREl
Washington, June 26.-The ma
tons contribution to the Red Cross
in response to the call for a 500, 900, -
600 war fund, was estimated at $l14,-
100000 tonight by Henry p, Dawson,
chairman Of the Red Cross war coun-
Gil.
This figure assumes" said Mr.. DAY.
ison.' that stockholders in COM
panies which have declared special
dividends amounting to some 2O,OO0,-
600 will turn their dividends over to
the Red Cross"
The policy of the Red Cross in eX-
pending this big sum, Mr. Dawson
said in IL statement thanking the mill
lions of contributors, will be to con
duct all our work with the utmost
publicity, and to take the public as
completely as possible into our conf
dence," Primarily the fund will be
devoted to deeds of American soldiers
and sailors and seCondarily to relief
work among the allies.
DR.. Frank Billing will head the
Red Cross commission of more than
twenty experts to be sent to Russia
to study needs there, Mr.. Dawson
announced. His statement says:
% per Cent mt Home.
Local chapters of the Red Cross
are entitled to retain for their own
work 25 per cent of the total amount
collected, but it is evident that the
National Red Cross will have a gem
erous fund with which to begin its
tremendous task,
The result which has been
achieved is indeed gratifying Never
before in the. history of the world Voc
such fund for the relief of human
suffering raised by voluntary SUBJ
scription in so brief a period.
mo time will be lost by the Red
Cross in its efforts to accomplish re-
suits with the large resources with
which it has been supplied. Some of
the plans which are being developed
and which we hope promptly to carry
into execution are the following:
Work to BE Done.
First, we shall provide, as we may
be called upon by the army and navy.
for the care and safety of our soldiers
and sailors wherever they may be.
we shall provide funds whereby
the American Red Cross commission
may take over administration of
American relief work In France. Maj.
Grayson n. p. Murphy, head of the
French commission, has been appoint
ed by General Pershing a member of
his staff, and the Red Cross has ap-
propriated at Major Murphy's cahed
request $1,000, 900 to take care of inn
mediate needs
We have cabled each of the allied
governments, seeking authority to in
stall American dispensaries in each of
n it,afN nrtn ~ ut
measure of relief urgently needed.
we shall send to Russia commits
sion of some twenty experts, under the
leadership of DR.. Frank Billing of
Chicago, to study the needs and the
best means of aiding the Russian peo-
pie.
Will Assist Rumania
THE commission will be equipped
with materials, instruments and facil-
ties for extending immediate relief in
urgent cases and the Red Cross will
meanwhile organize to render large
and effective aid along the battle line
and elsewhere In Russia where there
Is acute distress. We shall send
similar commission to make survey
and likewise equipped with supplies
and instruments to extend immediate
relief to the people of Rumania."
Oversu description of the 800, 0,000,-
eco originally sought was accom-
plished largely in the final roundup
yesterday, when nearly 10000, 900 in
new subscriptions was obtained. A
score OF cities will extend the cam
paign period throughout the week.
More than 200 of the larger cities
raised more than their allotments.
Among the states which exceeded
their quotas were Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah and Idaho. All sections of the
country passed the goals, with the