Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-10-07
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE Menace
American Red Cross Announces
Budget Of s48,200,O00
For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance Of Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United states-s21 100000
Less Than Last Year.

program of relief and service to-
ward which appropriations of S4S,-
100000 have been made has been out
lined for the American Red Cross for
the fiscal year, July |, 1920, to July l,
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 1920, in which $69, 100000
was spent.
Important among the items of the
budget for the present year is the APP
preparation Of S31 100000 for relief in
foreign lands, which includes S11 ,O0O.-
600 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 epi-
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 flu
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
slcians who investigated the situation
at the behest Of the League of Red
Cross Societies have given their UNI
qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see 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-
clothing were distributed to the UNI
dernourished populations, who by rea-
son of their undernourishment were
easy prey to the epidemics. Where
DISCRIMINATION contributed last year
to the great inroads made by the dis
ease, by virtue Of it's knowledge of the
disease and the presence of well es-
tablished hospital centers, the Ameri-
can Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with new confidence
Including the total of $11OO0,000 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year.
the S31,5O0O00 is sd 100000 less than
the expenditures for 1919-20
Appropriations for domestic activi-
ties total $16,700O0O.
The largest item Of this "home'
budget is S7,8OO,OOO 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,OO0,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 community visited by ca.
lamity With this in mind, it was de.
termined by the Executive Committee
in preparing the budget of 1919-2O to
have fixed reserve fund from which
to draw in these instances.
For assistance to soldiers sailors
and marines in hospitals and in camps
this year S1,9OO,OOO has been set aside
-Four million two hundred thousand
dollars has been appropriated for i'm.
provement of health and prevention
Of disease throughout the United
States during the current twelve
months. The Red Cross is co-operat.
ing fully with the United States Health
Service in this work and through 1t,
Junior Red Cross is doing much ia
spread among children the principles
Of sanitation. An appropriation of ST..
100000 has been made for developing
the peace time program of the Red
Cross by service to its chapters in all
regions.
The appropriation of S4s.2OO,O00 1.
exclusive of the local expenditures Of
the 5000 or more chapters
Administration expenses this year
will be s1,So0,o0O. Last year they
were $2,30O,OOO.