Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-10-21
MAKING WAR ON
! DISEASE MENACE
American Red Cross Announces
Budget Of $4s,200,0oo
For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
CsWtInuanes q Heavy Work Abrsad
Z osemsd Necessary 70 PROTEST
United states-S21, 900 90
Lee Than Last Year.

Go0o nan LAX year.
4 program Of relief and service t..
ward which appropriations Of $4A,-
2oo,000 have been made has been est
hnsd for the American Red Crsss fer
ME Ascal year, July 1, 1929. to July 1.
t1e2. according to Official announce
lnent By national headquarters Of the
organization at Washington. The -
ures for 192c-21 are $21. o0o. 900 below
these Of 1920. In which Sso, ~. 900
was spent. : ftst
Important among the items Of the
budget for the present year u The ~
,Drspriation Of 315O0 900 fer relief In
foreign lands. which Includes I'll. 49,
- IN purchased supplies o. hand aAl
: Must Prstsst Uaitsd statss.
TAis will enable TIE American lei
Crsas to continue ID hunanitariaa, a.
1Dst to aid stricken peoples to rs-estah-
dish thsnsslvss, to AgAt tie Aissass 49,
IAsnies vAicA thrsatia HAay ?ctsstrtss
sd to s1aes largely he remaining
'tracss Of the blight is3t BY tAs Wssld
War. It u rsgarded - social - veil
~ physical sanitation On Q large scale
tat will have Q dlrset bearing - f.
tnFs conAitisns h America.
4 Central Europe. TIE chief sufferer
frsn the cssfict, today IL facing an
other winter Of famine, pestileace and
ruin- Typhus decreased much during
~ summer months where last winter
Il had Its greatest stronghold. but ply
Isiciaas who Investigated the situation
tat the behest Of the League Of Red
Gross Societies have given their un-
qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see q recurrence on IN IN
Iprecedented scale. The Red Cross
feels 1t must continue preventive meas
urss abroad to keep this and ether
deadly maladies from the United
States.
Millions fer Work at Home.
When the disease was sweeping Cen
trial Europe last winter tho American
Red Cross, with the aid Of the govern
ments Of afflicted nations, undertook the
Aght against 1t. Hospitals were estab-
lished wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the IN
lAernourished populations, who by rea-
SON Of their undernourishment were
eRsy prey to the epidemics. Where
Reorganization contributed last year
ITO the great inroads made by the dis
cease, by virtue Of its knowledge Of the
disease and the presence Of well e.
ttablished hospital centers, the Ameri-
can Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with q new confidence. |
Including the fetal Of $1,000, 900 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the 81, 500, 900 is $21, 900 900 less thaA
the expenditures for 10000. N
Appropriations for domestic activi-
ties total t16.700,0 900. I8M sa
The largest item Of this "home"
budget Is 1880. 600 for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as-
stStance for families Of soldiers, sail
ors and marines, and work incidental
to disaster. OF the total appropria-
ton for civilian relief, $4,000, 900 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
lamity. With this in mind, 1t was de-
termined by the Executive Committee
in preparing the budget Of 1920 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 81, 600, 900 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.
O00, 900 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. 100000 is
exclusive Of the local expenditures Of
the 5000 or more chapters
Administratken expenses this year
will be $1.0oo,o0 Last year they
were s., SOC, 900.