Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-09-25
MAKING, WAR. ON ..::. "'
 DISEASE MENACE
American Red Cross Announces Budget of s48,200,000
 For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance of Heavy Work Abroad Deemed Necessary to Protect United states-$21 ,ooo. 900
 Less Than Last Year.

Less Than Last Year.
 A program of relief and serVlce to- ward which appropriations of $48.. POO. 900 have been made has been out lined for the American Red Cross for the fiscal year, July l. 1920. to July |, 1921, according to official announce nent by national headquarters of the organization at Washington. The hg. ures for 192o-2l are $21. 900. 900 below these of 19l9-20, In which $69. 400, 900 was spent,
 Important among the items of the budget for the present year is the ap- Irspriation of $31, SOC. 900 for relief ia foreign lands, which includes $11. .ooo.. 600 in purchased supplies on hand and net distributed.
 Must Protect Uaitst States.
 This will enable the American RSl Crsss ts continue It's humanitarian sf. fort ts aid stricken peoples ts re-estab- fish themselves, to fight the disease spl. denies which threaten many countries and ts effacs largely the remaining traces sf the blight left by the World War. It is regarded as social as we'll as physical sanitation on . large scale that will have . direct bearing sa fs. tsre conditions iu America. ,.... .-.
 Central Europe, the chief sakSrss frsn the csaaict. today s faclAs an. stLer winter of famine. pestilsacs aAd ruin. Typhus decreased nucA during the sumner months whore last wiAtsf 1t had its greatest strsashsld. but pAy. sieiaas whs investigated the sitSatisn at the behest of the League fl nta Crsss Societies have givea thSir VI. lualiAeA opinion that this cSniiAg win. ter will zee . recurrence en an n. Drscedeated scale. The Red CttSa feels 1t must continue preventive TIT. urss abroad to keep this and sttsk deadly naladiss fren the URitSl statea ..&l.g. W.a sa MiIiisNs fer Work at NsH,s. a5
 When the disease was sweeping Cen tral Europe last winter the American Red Cross, with the aid of the govern nents of afflicted nations, undertook the AsAt against it. Hospitals were estab- hsAsd wherever possible and food sad elsthing were distributed ts the un- dsrnsurished populations. who by req sen sf their undsrnourishmen were easy prey to the epidemics. Where Reorganization contributed last year ts 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 Amefi- can Red Cross this year will undertake the work with new confidence,
 Including the total of $11, ,000, 900 in supplies left from the last fiscal year. tho S31, 800. 900 is $21 ,00o, 900 less than the expenditures for 1919-20 F'.Ef
 Appropriations for domestic sctivi- ties total $16, 700, ,000 ,r4a' ysr "a
 The largest item of this 'home' budget is $7,800, 900 for civilian relief wsrk. This includes service and, as- sistance for families of soldiers, sail CTS and marines, and work incidental to disaster. Of the total appropria- ton for civilian relief. $5,00o, 900 is held in reserve for the carrying out of actual disaster relief. '''>: ':
 Reduced Overhead Expenses
 The Red Cross invariably Is the first thought of community visited by ca- lamity! With this in mind, 1t was de- termined by the Executive Committee In preparing the budget of 1919-20 to have a fixed reserve fund from which to draw in these instances.
 For assistance to soldiers, sailors and marines in hospitals and in camps this year $500, 900 has been set aside. Four million two hundred thousand dollars has been appropriated for im- provement of health and prevention sf disease throughout the United States during the current twelve months. The Red Crsss Is co-operat- ing fully with the United States Health Service in this work and through its Junior Red Cross Is doing much ts spread among children the principles of sanitation. An appropriation of $1.- 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 $4S, 200 900 is exclusive of the local expenditures sf the 5000 or more chapters.
 Administration expenses this year will be Sr,S00O00. Last year they were $2.S000OO.