The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-10-01
MAkINe War ON
DISEASE MENACE
American Red Cross Announces
Budget Of $48,200,000
For Current Yea.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
c~sn&innanos 81 Heavy ,Werk Abroad
0ssmid Necessary to prsteet
un,tsd osatss-$21. ooo, 200
Lseo Than Laet Year.

&#a
Lsss Than Lass Year.
"A proxram 81, re,ief md services TO-
ward which appropriations .of S4S,-
2OoyO00 have seen4 made LAx. been cat.
lined FOR the sAmerfcas Red Cross for
the nscal yeaf. July I. 1e.o. to July |,
1921. according to official announce
ment b. national hfsadqda rt9rs Of the
. organization at Washington. The As-
u'es for .ls20-2l are iS2i.OoQ,QQo below
those Of 1890. In which So, 4oO, 100
was spent. - .-.-
Important. among. The. items of the
budget for the present syear is the sp-
preparation Of $sl. atsf.oOC for relief in
foreign lands. which ip%cIddes' 81 900
ooo in purchased .applies On hand and
not dis,rihuted.
Must. Protect United states.
This will enable the American Red
Cross to continue its- humanitarian ef-
fort TO aid stricken peoples to re-estab-
!lsh themselves. 10 fight the disease cpl
denies which threaten many countries
and to enace largely fhe remaining
traces Of the blight left by the World
War. II is regs rdcd as social as we'll
a. physical sanitation on a iarss. S,aie.
thai will have 4 direct bearing oa fu-
ture conditions in America.
Central Europe. the chief sufferer
from the conflict. today Is facing AL
other winter Of famine. pestiience 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 I'M
qualified opinion that this ceming win
ter Will SEQ q recurrence on an IN
I p~recedented scale. The Red Cross
feels It must continue preventive meas
ures abroad to- keep this and other
deadly maladies from the United
States.
MiI'iens Ter work At Home.
When the disease was sweeping Cen
trail Europe last winter the American
Red Cross. With fhe aid Of the govern
ments Of u infected nations. undertook The
fight against II. Hospitals were estah-
lisled wherever possible and food and
riOthihg were distributed 10 the m
d~ernvufi~l,-A populations, who by rea-
son Of iiteir undern0urishment were
easy prey to. the el.idsMics. Where
disOrga nization contributed last wear
to the. great inroa.ls made by tile dis
ease nv virtue Of its k9cwietlEe of the
.lisea>e and the presence of we'll es-
tablisl!ed hospital centers. the .Ameri-
can Rcd Cross this year viii undertake
the work with q new confidence.
Including the total OF 81 | mn 1900 In
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the $3l. 100000 is $2l .OOOo0O less than
the expenditures forAl9l9-2O.
Appropriations for domestic actiyt-
ties total $1,000. 900,
The largest item Of this home
budget is 81 5000 900 for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as
sistance for families OF soldiers. sail
ors and marines, and work incidental
to disaster. OF the total a%pproprIa-
ton for civilian relief, $4,000, 400 Is
held In reserve for the carrying out OF
actual disaster relief.
Rsdveed Overhead Gxps~ss.
The Red Cross Invariably II the Arst
thought Of Z community visited BY CO.
.lanaity. With this IN mind, II WAS d.
ternineA ~ the Executive Ceanittss
IN. preparing the budget 81 111o-20 t.
have Z 1xeA. reserve fund frSu whlal,
% draw b thees instaaces.
Fer assistance - soldiers, sellers
aad martnessi II hesDitals and II cspps
this year4t1D0.0oe has beea sotaastAe.
Fssr nilllsa tive hpnAfsl thevse m
Asilars has. been aDnr~Dr!ateA fev ~
prevsneat 81 heaItA; sad br4veatien
u dlssas> throughout The uWitsd
States Asriag fAS csYrsst ivsits
AentAa.. The nAA Crees - co. eperot-
- ,fualyawlth he Daits1 1sat4e uae,th
DasE4eAs hFytAi9 ,tpsIsAeAsps rssehs ito
JSofos Rcd Cross. u A1iaG nuth Il
sDs0al .anSRg ehllAree The prineip}1s
~ sanitation. A appropriated Of IL.
0No.o0o has heea Maae for A~evelApisg
the p>ace .ttne presraM ~ the Red
Crsss ~ service . itq cAaptere In ~
rsglena..
Na apDrapriatisa o. s4A2eA.eoe Il
eIeluetv6 ef the lecal expenditures Of
| the. 8.1O0 o. more chaptsrs.
Administration .sxpeases this ysav
WILL. ~ ol.o0N,oOo. Last pear they
ssrs 92.3ee.eoo.