The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-10
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE Menace
American Red Cross Announces
Budget of s48,200,000
For Current Year.
New DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance OF Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United States-$21 100000
Less Than Last Year.

4 program Of relief and service to-
ward which appropriations Of S4S,-
100000 have been made has been out.
lined for the American Red Cross for
che fiscal year, July l, 1920, to July l,
1921, according to official announce.
nent by national headquarters Of the
organization at Washington. The fg-
ues for 192O-21 are s21, 100000 below
those Of ls1e-2o, in which ses, 10000
Was spent.
Important among the items OF the
budget for the present year Is the ap-
preparation Of sS1, SOC, 900 for relief In
foreign lands, which includes S11 1,0O0..
900 in purchased supplies on hand and
not distributed.
Must Protect United States.
This will enable the American Red
Cross to continue its humanitarian ef-
fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab-
Ash 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. It is regarded as social as well
as physical sanitation on large scale
that will have q direct bearing on fu-
Iture con nditons In America.
j Central Europe, the chief sufferer
lfrem the conflict, today Is facing an
ether winter Of famine, pestilence and
ruin. Typhus decreased much during
the summer months where last winter
II 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
tef will see q recurrence on an un-
precedented scale. The Red Cross
feels II must continue preventive meas
Ues abroad to, keep this and other
deadly maladies from the United
States.
:, Millions for Work at Home.
J. When the disease was sweeping Cen
| tral 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-
hshed wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the un-
dernourished populations, who by rea-
Zen Of their undernourishment were
easy prey to the .epidemics. Where
DISCRIMINATION contributed last year
10 the great inroads made by the dis
ease, by virtue Of its knowledge Of the
disease and the presence Of we'll es-
tablished hospital centers, the Ameri-
ean Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with new confidence.
Including the total Of $l1, 100000 In
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the s31, 100000 is $21, 1,000,O00 less than
the expenditures for 1s19-2o.
Appropriations for domestic activi-
t1es total s16,70o000.
: The largest item Of this "home"
budget is s7,s00,00o for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as
lsistance for families Of soldiers, sail
.ms and marines, and work incidental
, to disaster. OF the total appropria-
ton for civilian relief, $5,000000 is
held in reserve for the carrying out Of
arfual dIsa ster relief.
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Rel Cross invariably is the drst
thought of a community visited by ca
!lamity. With this in E!na, 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.
coo 900 has been made for developing
the peace time program Of the. Red
Gross by service to its chapters n all
regions-
The appropriation Of $4S,2oo,0Oo is
exclusive of the local expenditures OF
The 5000 or more chapters.
Administration expenses this year