Williams news., 1920-10-08
MAKING WAR ON
 DISEASE MENACE
American Red Cross Announces Budget of S48,20O,OO0
 For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance sf Heavy Work Abroad Deemed Necessary to Protect United States-$21 ,ooo, 600
 Less Than Last Year.

Less Than Last Year. A program of relief and serv.ce to.
 ward which appropriations of S4S.- 100000 have been made has been out 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 fig ures for 192o-21 are $21. .oo0. 900 below those of 1e1e-20, in which $69. .4oo. 900 was spent.
 Important among the items of the budget for the present year is the ap- propriation of $31. .500. 900 fer relief in foreign lands. which includes $11 .ooo.- 900 in purchased supplies on hand and not distributed
 Must Protect United States.
 This will enable the American Red Cross to continue It's humanitarian ef- fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab- fish themselves, to fight the disease epi- denies which threaten many countries and to efrace largely the remaining traces of the blight left by the World War. It Is regarded as social as well as physical sanitation on a large scale that will have a direct bearing on fu- ture conditions in America
 Central Europe, the chief sufferer from the conflict, to-day Is facing am other winter of famine, pestilence and ruin- Typhus decreased much during the summer months where last winter 1t had It's greatest stronghold. but phy- 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 Gen. tral Europe last winter the American Red Cross, with the aid of the govern ments of afflicted nations. undertook the light against it. Hospitals were estab- lished wherever possible and food and clething were distributed to the un- lsrnsurished pepu1affens, whS by req eoa Sf their uAderaouPishment were easy prey te the eDiAemics- Where dissrganizatfsn contributed last year te the great inroads made by the dis- ease. by virtue of It's knowledge of the disease and the presence of well es- tablfshed hospital centers, the Ameri- can Red Cross this year will undertake the work with q new confidence.
 Including the total of $11. .oo0. 900 in supplies left from the last fiscal year, the $31, SOC. 900 is $21, ,OoO. 900 less than the expenditures for 1919-2o.
 Appropriations for domestic activi- ties total $16. FOG, 900.
 The largest Item of this nome" budget Is $7,SOO.OO 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. S5,oOO.OOO Is held in reserve for the carrying out 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- l termined by the Executive Committee | in preparing the budget of 1S19-20 to | have a fixed reserve fund from which | to draw in these instances.
 For assistance to soldiers, sailors | and marines in hospitals and in camps | this year $1,0OO,OOO has been set aside. | Four million two hundred thousand | dollars has been appropriated for fm- provement of health and prevention l sf disease throughout the United States during the current twelve months. The Red Crsss is co-operat- Ing fully with the United States Health Service in this work and through it's Junior Red Cross Is doing much to spread among children the principles of sanitation. An appropriation of $1.- poo. 600 has been made for developing | the peace time program of the Red Cross by service te It's chapters in all regions.
 The appropriation of $4S, POO. 900 is exclusive of the local expenditures of he 5000 or more chapters.
 Administration expenses this year will be $1 800. 900. Last year they were g. .3o0. 900.