Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-11
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE MI: mace.
American Red Cross Announces.
Budget Of 49,200,O0O
For Current Year.
new DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance of Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United states-s21, 900, 900
Less Than Last Year.

A program of relief and service to-
ward which appropriations Of $4S,-
100000 have been made has been out
lined for the American Red Cross for
the fiscal year, July 1, 1920, to July L.
Is2l' according to official
ment by national headquarters of the
organization at Washington, The fig
ures for 1920-21 are s21, ooo, 900 below
those of 1919-2O, In which $50, 400. 600
was spent.
Important among the items of the
budget for the present year is the ap-
preparation Of $31, 100000 for relief in
foreign lands, which includes $11, 600
0o0 in purchased supplies on hand and
not distributed.
Must Protect United States.
This will enable the American REQ
Cross to continue it's humanitarian eff
fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab-
l1sh themselves, to fight the disease cpl
demics which threaten many countries
and to efface largely the remaining
traces of the blight left by the World
War. 1t is regarded as social as we'll
as physical sanitation on q large scale
that Will have a direct bearing on fu-
ture conditions in America.
Central Europe, the chief sufferer
from the conflict, today is facing an
other winter of famine, pestilence and
ruin. Eyphus decreased much during
the summer months where last winter
1t had its greatest stronghold, but ply
slclans who investigated the situation
at the behes Of the League of Red
Cross Societies have given their un-
qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see a recurrence on an IN
p~recedented scale, The Red Cross
feels it must continue preventive meas
ureS abroad to keep this and other
deadly maladies from the United
States.
Millions for Work at Home.
When the disease was sweeping Cen
trail Europe last winter the American :,
Red Cross, with the aid of the govern
ments of afflicted nations, undertook the
flSht against it. Hospitals we're estab-
liShed wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the I'M
de~rnouriShcd populations, who by rea-
son of their undarnourishment were
easy prey to the e~pidemics. Where
DISCRIMINATION contributed last year
to the great inroads made by the dis
ease, by virtue of it's knowledge of the
and the presence of well es-
tabli&hed hospital c%enters, the Ameri-
can Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with q new confidence.
Including the total of $11, 900, 900 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
~$3l,5oo,ooo is $21, O00,0 coo less than
the expenditures for 1920.
Appropriations for domestic activi-
ties total S16,7OO,C coo.
The largest item Of this "home'
budget is !S7,SOO,0OO for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as
sistance for families Of soldiers, sail
ors and marines, and work incidental .
to disaster. OF the total appropria-
ton for civilian relief, S5,OOO,OOO is
held in reserve for the CARRYING out Of
actual disaster relief.
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross invariably is the first
thought OF a community visited BY ca
With this in mind, it was de-
termined by the Executive Committee
in preparing the budget Of 1890 to
have a fixed reserve fund from which
to draw in these instances.
For assistance to soldiers, sailors
marines in hospitals and in camps
this year $1,9O0,OO0 has been set aside.
million two hundred thousand
dollars has been appropriated for i'm
proveInent of health and prevention
Of disease throughout the United
during the current twelve
The Red Cross is ~co-oDerat- i.
ng fully with the United States Health
in this work and through it's
Red Cross is doing much to
spread among children the principles
sanitation. An appropriation of ST.
has been made for deyeloping
he peace time program of the Red.
Jross by service to it's chapters in all
The appropriation of $4,000, 900 is
of the local expenditures of
he 5000 or more chapters.
Administration expenses this year
will be $1,S00,0OO. Last zeal they
we're $1,000, 600.