Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-10-09
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American Red Cross Announces
Budget OF SA3.20O,O00
FOT Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance Of Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary TO Protect
United States-s21 600 ooo
Less Than Last Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN

A program OF relief and service to-
ward which appropriations OF $4S,
100000 have been made has been ou;-
lined for the American Red Cross for
the fiscal year, July l, 1920, to July l,
1921. according TO official announce
ment by national headquarters OF the
Organization at Washington. The fg
ures for l92021 are S2l,0000o0 below
those OF l9l9-2O, In which $50 100000
was spent.
Important among the items Of the
budget for the present year is the np
preparation Of SCI 100000 for relief In
foreign lands, which includes $1,000
600 in purchased supplies on hand and
not distributed,
Must Protect United States.
This will enable the American Red
Cross 10 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 II Is regarded as social as well
as physical sanitation on large scale
that will have direct bearing on 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 whore last winter
II had its greatest stronghold, but ply
sicians who investigated The situation
st 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 II must continue preventive meas
ures abroad to keep this and other
deadly malsdles from the United
States.
Millions for Work Al Home.
When the disease was sweeping Cen
| tral Europe last winter the American
! Red Cross. with the aid Of the govern
| fnents Of afflicted nations undertook the
| fight against It. Hospitals were estab-
lished wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the un'
derpourished, .nopulatinns -xhn 81 rssa,
son Of their undernourishinent were
easy prey to the epidemlcs Where
Discrimination contributed last year
10 the great lnroads made by the dis.
ease. by virtue Of its knowledge Of tn"
disease and the presence of we'll es
tablished hospital {, nters, the Ameri
can Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with new confidence.
Including the total Of 81 900 900 In
supplies left from the last fiscal year
the S31 500 non Is S21 100000 less than
the expenditures for 1920
Appropriations for domestic activl
ties total $l6700,O00
The largest Item OF this home
budget IL $500 600 for civilian relief
work This includes service and a.
sistance for families OF soldiers. sail
ors and marines. and work incidPntal
70 disaster Of the total approprIa
tion for civilian relief, 5000 900 IL
held in reserve for the carrying out OF
actual disaster relief
Reduced Overhead Expense. =
The Red Cross invariably Is the first
thought Of community visited by ca
~t,k ,,,t, 4
termned by the Executive Commute,
In preparing the budget OF 1920 Il
have fixed reserve fund from which
TO draw In these instances.
For assistance m soldiers sailors
and marines IN hcerItals and In camps
This year 81 900 O"0 has been set aside
Four million Two hundred thousand
dollars has been appropriated for I'm
provpmpnt OF health and prevention
CT disease throughout the United
States during the current twelve
months The Red Cross Is co-opprat
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 81.
900 600 has been made for developing
the peace time program Of the Red
Cross by service to ts chapters In all
regions
The appropriation OF s4s 1000 Is
exclusive Of the local expenditures OF
the 3 600 or more chapters
Administration expenses this year
Will he 81 100000 Last year they
we're S2300,OOo