Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-27
], {, 4, CLAIMS TO m $21,O00,O00
 ABROAD, AT HOME
bdv Comitted to Work to Cost This Amount

O,OOO, the national war work
 il announced today.
 Concentrations made at re-
 joint meeting of the executive
 Finance committee of the coun~
 to the use of any unexpended
 lee included continued support
 elfare activities among AmeTi-
 orces, and among forces of the
 "beyond 1920 if the seriously
 tiled conditions occasioned by
 war continue.'
 reserve fund for Y. M. c. A i
 ce in any grave national
 gency" to be held for at least
 years, was urged.
 ntinuance of the educational
 ram for former service men and
 of the needs of wounded
 Fans now receiving vocational
 ing were advocated.
 was recommended that use of
 oximately $500,000 "the total
 mt that now seems to have ac-
 Id in the operation of the can
 P be made for the benefit of
 her service men. This should
 accomplished, the committees said
 er through an appropriation dir
 to the American Legion, O. to !
 relief of incapacitated veterans. !
 to such other purposes for the
 Eft of former service men as may
 agreed upon between officers o'
 council and those of the legion l
 this connection, it was pointed i
 that the canteen fund is larger
 anticipated because of cancella-
 by the American and French !
 ernments of charges aggregating
 P0O,000 for which the organiza-
 had maintaiAed reserve fund.
 Money Available.
 lore money than was anticip! sf
 all of the work is available it
 shown, because the demobililA-
 of military and naval force
 more rapid than expected; the kernment took over the associa
 h's educational work shortly afte,
 armistice was signed, assuminr
 support of about 460 association
 rkers and reimbursing the organ
 tion for a large amount spent for kt books; the French government mitted the large item of railwav
 nsportation and the American gov nment remitted sfreight charge
 transports and American railway
 rance. Charges for certain largc ses, such as oil and gasoline used motor transport also were can. He'd. An approximate unappropriatef flance of S17,000,000 was" .showr the financial statement coverino : le councils activities fronl>its or Rnlzation in April, 1917 to Januar, |ot this year, made public simultane Isly with the joint committed, {commendations. William Sloane alrman of the council reporte1 sat the council had received tota' ( !, Sl6l ,722,649 from campaigns an1 ther sources in this period. A tota7 ,soS,809,642 was spent on soldiers allors and marines in the United { tates, and the amount for those { Ferseas, less income from salvage { 'eratlons and the operations of the ost exchange, was $52 1882 ,736 03. The { nm spent in service of the allied ( Smles and prisoners of war wae l9,1S2,192 and other expenses in- $ 'lvlng the work both at home and l 'erseas, such as training and select t g secretaries, and general activi- { es expenses aggregated more thar ( '.000,OOO. < MT. Sloane emphasized the sue ( 'ss of the organizations salvage t 'eratlons, total receipts from which to December 31 last were morr an $6,000,0OO. salvage operations overseas were 'ceptionally successful. Sale of mo T T equipment alone brought in S1. 2,o0O up to October 31, 1919. I IS found that the organization had any cars which had seen rough us- 'e Tn motor transport, and that the ( arket was overstocked with cars t 't Tn running condition. So a plant f as organized for rebuilding cars 1 ld oOO French mechanics employed 1 th 50 American Y. M, c. A. secre- C lles who. were experts in motor i echanlcs acting as executives. Here ( proxlmate1y 50 rebuilt cars a week f 're turned out, and these were dis i sea seq of rapidly at excellent prices ', much of the same procedure was V flowed in the reconstruction of amos, talking machines, organs z d other articles. .
 Sell Many Huts. C M ore than 50O,OOO francs were req, s ed from the sale of theatrical ma rials, including ,A3,OO0 costumes t ,ich , mad been used in travelling | loler shows. At first these goods T emed to have little, if any, salvage ' Huts proved the most difficult { oolem, but many were disposed \ at nominal price to the Belgian Vernment for use as school build ss. Others were used as churches the devastated areas. Receipts 'ih nuts, tents and similar mater V 7s S oo eo October 31, 1919 amounted to T salvage operations in the United q aIes a1 nave been on a much smaller d 'ie. Salvage headauarters were a abolished in New York and here j stocks returned from overseas. 0 lslsting chiefly of athletic goods, :" which little sale was found in sshce, were placed. si aAcept Tn Germany and Silesia. n salvage operations overseas have a an virtually closed. In the United 't ates tney are being continued as ailable. pp''s @NS ne result of the post exchange or B ..een operations, as shown by the c, uAs 10 October 31, is "book pro- " esa, od S666 6,553, which was reduced " ! 3ooo'S99 by subsequent adjust ol nts, aS The report points out that ft ,tag talge nas been made against the ts o,vs e,ven, however, for wages or living rE rETalces and expenxes of canteen 's+..' ,s, Tor rent ofx6uts, cost of ''eructlon of can 6n facilities or ,da,s ans oi the ex [ses at the Paris l! NJ rL ua rters off tI ,a,. ns BOOK lqss0f $1,47S,os4 in the Q 'vas puni3shed last Maleh ex- n 2 lSu uYF the iAct that fhx 4ffr,,. I 1<