Milford chronicle., 1920-12-10
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE MENACE
American Red Cross Announces
Budget of $48,20O,000
For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Of Heavy Work Abroad
, Deemed Necessary to Protect
United states-$21, 900, 900
Less Than Last Year.

A progVm of relief and service to
ward uish appropriations of S4S.-
. 10000 have been made has been out
i. line for the American Red Cross for
ssrtb fiscal year, July l, 1920. to July l,
1921, according TO official announce
ment by national headquarters of the
Organization at Washington. The fig
ures for 1920-21 are S21, 100000 below
those of 1919-20. In which 69,400O00
was spent.
Important among the items of the
budget for the present year is the ap-
preparation of 100000 for relief in
foreign lands, which includes $11, ,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 eff
fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab-
fish 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 well
as physical sanitation on large scale
that will have a 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 where last winter
it 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
ter will see a recurrence on an un-
precedented scale. The Red Cross
feels 1t 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 un-
dsFnourished populations, who by rea,
son of their undernourishment were
easy prey to the epidemics. 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 $11,000,000 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the S31, 800, 900 is So, 100000 less than
the expenditures for 1919-20.
Appropriations for domestic activi-
lies total S16,700,O00.
The largest item of this "home"
budget is $7,S00,000 for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as
for families of soldiers, sail
ors and marines, and work incidental
to disaster. OF the total approprla-
tion for civilian relief, $5,000,000 is
held in reserve for the carrying out of
lctual disaster relief.
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross invariably is the first
thought of a community visited by ca
amity. With this in mind, 1t was de-
ermined by the Executive Committee
n preparing the budget of 1920 to
nave a fixed reserve fund from which
o draw in these instances.
= For assistance to soldiers, sailors
md marines in hospitals and in camps
his year 81, 100000 has been set aside.
Four million two hundred thousand
lollars has been appropriated for i'm
Of health and prevention
4 disease throughout the United
states during the current twelve
months. The Red Cross is co-operat-
ng fully with the United States Health
service in this work and through its
unior Red Cross is doing much to
pread among children the principles
( sanitation. An appropriation of ST.
00, 1000 has been made for developing
be peace time program Of the Red
russ by service to it's chapters in ali
egions.
The appropriation Of s4s,200,000 is
of the local expenditures Of
he 5000 or more chapters
Administration expenses this year
I'LL be s1.S00,000. Last year they
ere s2s00,000.