The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-10-08
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE MENACE
American Red Cross Announces
Budget of $48,2OO,OOO
For Current Year.
new DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance Of Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United States-$21 900 900 :.
Less Than Last Year.
New DISASTER RELIEF PLAN

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.
1921, according to official announce
ment by rational headquarters of the
organization al Washington. The fig
ures for I920-2l are 21,OOO,OOO below
those of 1920. in which S69, 400, 900
was spent,
Important among the items of the
oudgel f0l the present year is the ap.
preparation of $31, 100000 for relief In
foreign lands. which includes &ll 600.
OOO In purchased supplies on hand and
not distributed.
Must Protect United States
This will enable the American Rec
Cross to continue its humanitarian eff.
fort to aid stricken peoples to re.r<tab.
fish 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 II is regarded as social as wen
as physical santa ton on a large scale
that will have a direct bearing Oh 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 IN.
precedented scale The Red Cross
feels 1t 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 Gen.
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-
SOB Of their undernourishment were
easy prey to the epidemlcs. Where
Reorganization 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 a new confidence.
Including the total of $11, 100000 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the $31,500,000 is $21,O0O,OOO less than
the expenditures for 1920
Appropriations for domestic activi-
les total $167OO,O0O
The largest item Of this home"
budget is $7.S0O,O00 for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as
slstance for families of soldiers, sail
ors and marines, and work incidental
~. 60 a;u.,'o - Wv" o. o opp ono
no,s - nosa.,a e. t.s 9o'ooo'ooo 70
,,~ ~, ~ ~, .'e CARRYING Out oi
"e'u"' u'S's'er reilei'
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross invariably is the first
thought of a community visited bv ca
Iamity With this in mind it was de-
'eruiE9d by the Executive Committee
in preparing the budget of lolg 20 r.