The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
The RED CROSS

The following is authorized by the
War Council of the American Red
Cross:
It cost the American Red Cross but
two cents of each dollar of the mill
ions appropriated to operate the ad-
ministrative bureaus in the United
States which took vital part in the
management Of the greatest relief
program the world has ever known.
For each dollar contributed by the
American people for war relief work
more than one dollar and one cent is
expended for that purpose, the extra
cent being provided by interest on the
funds. These are two of the striking
statements in the annual financial re-
port of the Red Cross covering the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1918.
All the expenses of operating the
national and divisional headquarters
of the organization, whose sheltering
arm has embraced large part of the
earth in the last eighteen months,
come from fund provided by men,
bership dues the war fund not be-
ing drawn upon for any but relief ex-
penditures. The total management
expense of the organization for the
fiscal year was $2,164,865. Included
in this total was the amount neces-
sary to maintain tha organization at
national headquarters in Washing
ton, the heart and brain of the Red
Cross, and the fourteen divisional
headquarters, the arteries of the or
ganization running through con-
tinental and territorial United States
These divisions have immediate SUI
pervision over some 1864 Chapters
which in turn divide themselves into
many thousands of branches.
The above total expenditure fol-
the administrative bureaus at head.
quarters was divided as follows
War Council staff, which includes adj
visory committees and clerical forces
reporting to the War Council, the
latter body directing all Red eros:
activities, $58,537; general man.
ayers office, S111,640; department
of development, which directs thu
money raising and membership cam
paigns and the work of the chapte,
organizations, $197d26; department
of publicity including costs of print
ing, postage, ETC., $197,812; Office o
treasurer, $22,348; Office of secre
tary, $1,000; bureau of standards
| $685. department of foreign re
lief, $685.; bureau of cables, $3,463
bureau of insurance, $940; admin
istrative supplies, $40,816; op
GRAFTON of buildings and grounds
$92,05S. All the foregoing item
refer to the national headquarter
organization. The expenditure TO
maintaining the fourteen divisions
headquarters was s1,303,910.
| At the time the report was com
piled there were 1872 persons EN-
ployed in various capacities at nation
lial, divisional and the different fol
eign headquarters of the organizatio
and close to 1000 Of this number be
ing volunteer workers, are employee
overseas.
Of the 1924 paid workers, NOR
than 5000 receive $1,000 year 9
less, a majority, in fact, getting b.
tween $500 and $1,000 year.
There are 723 employees receivin
salaries of from 81, 800 to $4,000
year, 214 from $4,000 to $3.50
ninety-four from $4,000 to $4,000
seventy-seven from $4,000 to $4,000
twenty-eight from $4,000 to- ST, 00'
sixteen from 5000 to $4,000, twely
from $4,000 to $4,000 to $1,000, an
one $4,000. The Red Cross is
great business as well as relic
organization and requires specialist
in many lines. Many Of the exec
utives are volunteers who gave U
high salaries in private life to wor
for the Red Cross, not as dollar ;
year-men," but absolutely withot
salary recognition.
The unpaid workers on the rosie
are not to be COMPOUNDED with til
more than 100000 voluntet
women workers who perform Re
Cross labors in the workrooms of I'll
organization. The fact that the.
patriotic women give their servic,
free, turning out last year alor
finished articles with a value (
$44, 200, 900, makes it possible for Il