Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-11-19
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN.
Continuance Of Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United States-$21 ,00o, 900
Less Than Last Year.

A program Of relief and service to-
ward which appropriations Of $4S,-
zoe. 200 have been made has been out
lined for the American Red Cross for
the fiscal year. July l, 1920, to July 1,
1921, according to Official announce
ment by national headquarters Of the
organization at Washington. The fg-
ures for 1e2o-21 are $21, 900, 900 below
those Of 1920, In which $69, 400, 900
was spent.
Important among the items of the
budget fer the present year is the ap-
preparation of $31. 5so, 900 for relief in
fereign lands, which includes $11, 000,-
900 in purchased supplies ON hand and
not distributed.
Must Protect United States.
This will enable the American Red
Crsss to continue us humanitarian eff
fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab-
lish themselves, to fight the disease cpl
demics 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 teday 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
slcians whs investigated the situation
at the bepest of the League of Red
Cross Societies have given their I'M
qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see 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 affiicted nations, undertook the
fight against 1t. Hospitals were estab-
lished wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed to the I'M
dernsurished populations, who by rea-
son of their undernourishment were
easy prey to the epidemics Where
dlsorganization 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 $11,000000 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the $31, 100000 is $21, 0e0, 900 less than
the expenditures for 1920.
Appropriations for domestic activi.
ties total $16,700,000.
The largest item of this home
budget is S7,s0O,O00 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 appropria
ton for civilian relief, 100000 II
held in reserve for the carrying out Of
actual disaster relief
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross Invariably is the frs
! thought of community visited by ca
lamity With this In mind, It was de
termined by the Executive COMMITTEE,
In preparing the budget of 1920 t.
have fixed reserve fund from which
to draw in these instances
For assistance to soldiers, sailor,
, and marines in hospitals and In camp
this year $1,900,000 has been set aside
r Four million two hundred thousan,
dollars has been appropriated for i'm
provement of health and prevention
of disease throughout the Unite,
States during the current twelv,
/ months. The Red Cross is co-operat
, ing fully with the United States Healtl
Service in this work and through 1t
Junior Red Cross Is doing much t
spread among children the principle
! of sanitation. An appropriation Of 81,
OO0,0O has been made for develop.s
the peace time program Of the Re,
Cross by service to its chapters In al
regions.
+ The appropriation Of $4S,2o0 900 /
exclusive Of the local expenditures o
the 5000 or more chapters.
Administration expenses this yea
win be $1.80O,000. Last year the
were $2,300000.