Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-09-17
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE MENACE
American Red Cross Announces
Budget Of S48,2OO,O00
For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance of Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United States-$21 ,0OO,0 900
Less Than Last Year.

program of relief and service to-
ward which appropriations Of $48,-
100000 have been made has been out
lined for the American Red Cross for
the fiscal year, July 1, 1920, to July /,
1921, according to official announce
ment by national headquarters of the
organization at Washington. The fig
ures for 1920-21 are $21, 100000 below
those of 1919-2O, in which SEQ, 100000
was spent.
Important among the items Of the
budget for the present year Is the ap-
preparation of $31, 800 900 for relief in
foreign lands, which includes $11 ,000,-
900 in purchased supplies on hand and
not distributed
Must Protect United States.
This will enable the American Red
Cross to continue its humanitarian eff
fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab-
lish themselves, to fight the disease cpl
denies 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 large scale
that will have 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. Typhus decreased much during
the summer months where last winter
it had its greatest stronghold, but ply
sicians who investigated the situation
at the behest of the League of Red
Cross Societies have given their I'M
qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see a recurrence on an I'M
precedented 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
fight against it. Hospitals were estab
lished wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the I'M
dernourished populations, who by rea-
son Of their undernourishment were
easy prey to the epidemics. Where
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to the great inroads made by the dis
ease, by virtue Of it's knowledge of the
disease and the presence Of we'll es-
tablished hospital centers, the Ameri-
can Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with new confidence
Including the total Of $11 ,00O,0 900 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the $31 100000 is $21, 100000 less than
the expenditures for 1920.
Appropriations for domestic actiyi-
ties total $16,7OO,OOO
The largest item Of this "home"
budget is $7,S00,000 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, $5,000,000 is
held in reserve for the carrying out of
>ctual disaster relief.
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross invariably is the first
thought of community visited by ca
lamity. With this in mind, it was de-
termined by the Executive Committee
in preparing the budget Of 1920 to
have a fixed reserve fund from which
to draw in these Instances
For assistance to soldiers. sailors