Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-10-15
MAKING War ON
DISEASE MENAC'
American Red Cross Announce
Budget Of S4S,2OO,OO0
For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
centinuanee Of Heavy Work Abrsa
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United States-$21 600, 900
Less Than Last Year.

A program Of relief and service I'd
ward which appropriations of $4Sl
100000 have been made has been eut
lined for the American Red Cross 70
the fiscal year, July /, 1920, to July 1
1921, according to Official announce
ment BY national headquarters Of thu
organization at Washington. The Gg|
ures for 1920-21 are $21, 900 900 below
those Of 1920, in which $e9, O,OOd
was spent.
Important among the items Of the
budget for the present year is the ap-
preparation of $31,5OO,OOO for relief in
foreign lands, which includes $1,000
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 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 a large scale
that will have direct bearing on fu-
ture conditions In America.
Central Europe, the chief sufferer
from the csnnict, today Is facing an
ether winter Of famine, pestllsnce and
ruin. TypAus decreased much during
the summer months where last wlMteFl
1t had its greatest stronghold, but phyf
slciaAs whs Investigated the situatIOs
at the bOhest Of the League Of RED
CrSSs Societies have given their un
qualified opinisn that this coming win
ter will see q recurrence on an IN
precedented scale. The Red Cresa
feels 1t must continue preventive meas
ures abroad to keep this and other
deadly maladIeS from the United
States.
Mllllens fer Work at Home.
When the disease was sweeping Cen
trail Europe last winter the AmericanI
Red Cross, with the aid of the govern
ments of ahiicted nations, undertook the
fght 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 were
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 $11, 10000 In
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the $31, 100000 is $21, 900, 900 less than
the expenditures for 1019-2O.
Appropriations for domestic activi-
ties total $167O0,0OO.
The largest item Of this home"
budget is 100000 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, 100000 is
held In reserve for the carrying out Of
actual disaster relief. /
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross invariably is the Arst |
thought Of community visited by ca.
lNmity. With this in mind, It was de-
termined by the Executive Committee
In preparing the budget Of 1890 to
have Hxed reseEye fund from which