Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-27
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE. MENACE
American Red Cross Announces
Budget of S48,2OO,OOO
For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance of Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United States-$21 ,oo0, 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 1,
( 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 500, 100000
| was spent
Important among the items of the
budget for the present year Is the ap-
preparation of $31, 100000 for relief in
| foreign lands, which includes $11, 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 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
sicfans who. Investigated the situation
at the behest of, the League. of Red
Cross Societies have given their IN
qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see recurrence. on al 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 1t. Hospitals were estab
lished wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the I'M
dernourished populations, who by rea-
son Of their undernourishment were
easy prey to the epidemfcs. 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 a new confidence
Including the total of $11 100000 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year.
the S31 100000 is $21 ,0O0, 600 less than
the expenditures for 1920.
Appropriations for domestic activi-
ties total S16,70O,0o0.
The largest item of this ''home"
budget Is $7,SO0,000 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 first
thought of a community visited by ca
Iamity With this In mind, it was de-
termined by the Executive Committee
in preparing the budget of 1919-20 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 81 100000 has been set aside
-Four million two hundred thousa nd
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.
OO0, 600 has been made for developing
the peace time program of the Red
Cross by. service to its chapters in all J
regions.
The appropriation of $4S,200,0OO is !
exclusive of the local expenditures of !
the 5000 or more chapters.
Administration expenses this year |
will be $1.so0.oo0 Last year they
were 81, 100000.