The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 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-$21 600, 600
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 l, 1920. to July l,
1871, according to official announce
] ment by national headquarters of the
organization at Washington. The fg-
ures for 192o-21 are s21. 100000 below
those Of 1919-20, in which $50, 400, 600
was spent.
Important among the items Of the
budget for the present year is the ap-
preparation of $31,5OO,0OO 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 well
as physical sanitation on a 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
1t had Its greatest stronghold, but ply
sicians who Investigated the situation
at the behest of the League of Red
Cross Societies have given their un.
| qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see a recurrence on an un-
| 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 1t. Hospitals were estab-
lished wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the un-
dernourished populations, who by rea-
son of their undernourishment we're
easy prey to the epidemics. Where
| disorganization contributed last year
to the great inroads made by the dis.
ease, by virtue of its 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 S11 100000 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the $31, 500. 900 is S21, 100000 less than
the expenditures for 1919-20
Appropriations for domestic activi-
ties total S16.700,000.
The largest item of this "home"
budget is S7,S00,Co0 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
actual disaster relief.
Reduced Overhead Expense.
4At ICd SIOSS lHN 10 illc III St
thought of a community visited by ca
lamity. With this in mind, It 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 S1,900,000 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 its
Junior Red Cross is doing much to
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,200.000 is
exclusive of the local expenditures OF
| the 5000 or more chapters.
| Administration expenses this year
will be S1,sooOoo Last year they
were s2,3o0,0o0.