The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-10
MAKING War ON
DISEASE MENACE
American Red Cross Announces
Budget Of s4s,200,o00
For Current Year. 81
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance Of Heavy Work Abreaa
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United states-s21 ,ooo, 600
:. Less Than Last Year. sst


A program Of relief and service To-
ward which appropriations Of $4S,-
100000 have been made has been out
lined for the American Red Cross Tor
the fiscal year, July /, 1920, to July 4
1921, according to Official announce
ment by national headquarters Of the
organization at Washington. The hg-
ures for 1920-21 are S21, 100000 below
those of 1920, in which s6e, 400, goo
was spent.
Important among the items Of the
budget for the present year is the APP.
preparation of S81, 500 900 for relief ini
foreign lands, which includes S11,oOO,-l
COO 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-
Iish. 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 a direct bearing on fu-
ture conditions in America.
Central Europe, the chief sufferer
from the conflict, today Is facing am
ether 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 zee q recurrence on an une
precedented scale. The Red Cross
feels it must continue preventive meas
ures abroad to keep this and other
deadly maladies from the United
States.
; ttllIAl4U8 WIN &c gNSfssSa
I 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
eight against Il. Hospitals were estab-
lished wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the un-
dernourished populations, who by rea-
son Of their undernourishment were
easy prey to the epidemics. Where
Dissemination 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-
tablisheG hospital centers, the Ameri-
can Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with a new confidence.
Including the total Of 81, 00O, 900 In
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the $31, 100000 is $21. 100000 less than
the expenditures for 1919-2e.
Appropriations for domestic activi-
ties total $18,700,oo0.
The largest item Of this '1home"
budget Is $7,900,oOo for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as
slstanSe for families Of soldiers, sail5
ors and marines, and work incidental
to disaster. Of the total appropriate
ton for civilian relief, 100000 is
held In reserve for the carrying cut Of
actual disaster relief
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross invariably is the first
thought Of a community visited By ca
lamity. With this in mind, It was de-
ternained by the Executive COMMITTEES
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 ana In camps
this year 81 ,eoo, 900 has been set aside.
-Four million two hundred thousand
dollars has been appropriated for I'M
pFovement Of health and preventiOa
Of disease throughout the United
States during the current twelve
months. The Red Cross Ii co-opeFat-
Ing fully with the United States Heaita
Service In this work and through itG
Junior Red Cross is doing much to
spread among children the principles
of sanitation. An appropriation Of 81
10000 has been made for developing
the peace time program Of the Red
Cross by service 10 its chapters in al
regions.
The appropriation Of $4s,2oo.Ooo a
eEcluEive Of the local expenditures Of
the 1900 or more chaptera
Administration expenses this year
VIII be $I,s00.0e0 Last year they
were S2.3Oo.O00.