Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-10-18
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE Menace
American Red Cross Announces
Budget Of S48,2OO,O00
For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
Continuance Of Heavy Work Abroad
Deemed Necessary to Protect
United States-$21, 100000
Less Than Last Year.

Less IMAM Last year.
program Of relief and service to-
ward which appropriations Of S4S,-
100000 have been made has been out
lined for the American Red Cross for
the fiscal year. July /, 1920. to July l,
1921, according to official announce
ment by national headquarters of the
organization at Washington. The fiG-
ures for 192O-o1 are $2l,OOO,0OO below
those Of $1,000, in which $69,400,O0o
was spent.
Important among the items Of the
budget for the present year is the OPP
preparation of $31, 100000 for relief in
foreign lands, which includes $11 ,0O0,-
600 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-
lish 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. It Is regarded as social as we'll
as physical sanitation on large scale
!. that will have direct bearing on fu.
ture conditions ia 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
1t had Its greatest stronghold, but ply
slcians who t4yated the situation
at the behest Of the League OF Red
Cross Societies have given their I'M
qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see recurrence on an I'M
precedented scale. The Red Cross
feels 1t must continue preventive meas
ures abroad to keep this and other
deadly naladles 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 I'M
dernourished populations. who by rea-
son Of their undernourshment 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 we'll es-
ttablished hospital centers, the Ameri-
can Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with new confidence.
Including the total Of s11 100000 in
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the s31, 100000 is $2l.00o000 less than
the expenditures for 1920.
Appropriations for domestic activi-
ties total S1G,7O0,00O.
The largest Item Of this "home"
budget is S7,S00,0O0 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, $5,000,0G0 is
held in reserve for the carrying out Of
actual disaster relief.
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross Invariably is the first
thought Of community visited by ca.
lamity. With this in mind, 1t was de-
teEmined by the Executive Committee
in preparing the budget of $1,000 to
have q fixed reserve fund from which
to draw in these instances.
For assistance to solders sailors
and marines In hospitals and In camps
this year $1.9000OO has been set aside
Four million two hundred thousand
dollars has been appropriated for i'm
provement CT health and prevention
Of disease throughout the United
States during the current twelve
months. The Red Cross is co-operat-
ing fully with the United States Health
Service in this work and through Its
Junior Red Cross Is doing much to
spread among children the principles
OF sanitation. An appropriation of ST.
100000 has been made for developing
the peace time program Of the Red
Cross by service to its chapters in all
regions.
The appropriation Of S4s, 100000 IS
exclusive of the local expenditures of
the 5000 or more chapters.
Administration expenses this year
will be S1.so0,000. Last year they
were $2,300,000.