Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-09-29
MAKING WAR ON
DISEASE Menace
American Red Cross Announces
Budget of S48,2oo,ooo
For Current Year.
NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN
continuanee OF Heavy Work Abro.s
Deemed Necessary to pro,so,
United states--s2l ,ooo. 900
Less Than Last Year.

program Of relief and service IN.
ward which appropriations of SAC.
100000 have been made has been ont.
lined for the American Red Cross for
the fiscal year, July |, 1890 to july /
1921, according to official announce.
ment by national headquarters Of ths
organization at Washington. The 40.
ures for l920-21 are S2i,o00, 900 below
those Of 1920. In which S6a. 100000
was spent.
Important among the items Of the
budget for the present year Is the an.
preparation of SS1,500.ooo for relief in
foreign lands, which Includes Sllooo.
600 In purchased supplies Oh hand and
not distributed.
Must Protect United States.
This VIII enable the American Red
Cross TO continue its humanitarian 81.
fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab.
lisb themselves, to fight the disease ept.
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 well
as physical sanitation on a large scale
that win have a direct bearing on fu.
ture conditions In America.
Central Europe, the chief sufferer
from the conflict, today Is facing an
other winter Of famine. pestllence and
ruin. Typhus decreased much during
the summer months where last winter
Il had Its greatest stronghold, but ply.
sicians who investigated the sltuadon
at the behes, Of the League Of Red
Cross Societies have given their IN.
qualified opinion that this coming win.
ter will see recurrence Oh 40 IN
precedented scale. The Red Gross
feels II 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 afflicted nations, undertook the
fight against IT. Hospitals were estab-
llshed wherever possible and food and
clothing were distributed TO the IN
dernourished populations. who by rea-
son Of their undernourishment we're
easy prey to the epidemlcs. Where
DISCRIMINATION contributed last year
to the great inroads made By the SIS.
ease, by virtue of its knowledge q the
disease and the presence OF well es-
tablished hospital centers, the Ameri-
can Red Cross this year VIII undertake
the work with a new confidence
Including the total OF slI.0000oo IN
supplies left from the last fiscal year,
the So. 10000 is s2l.O00. 900 less than
the expenditures for 1920
Appropriations for domestic actigi'
lies total S16,T00,O00.
The largest item OF this home"
budget is s7.s00.Ooo for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as
sistance for families OF soldiers. sail
ors and marines, and work incidental
&c disaster. OF the total aprropria'
ton for civilian relief, 100000 is
held in reserve for the carrying out OF
actual disaster relief
Reduced Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross Invariably Is the drst
thought OF community visited By ca
lamlty. With this In mind, II was de-
termined by the Executive Committee
In preparing the budget OF 1890 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 81. $1,000 has been set aside.
-Four million two hundred thousand
dollars has been appropriated for IN
provement OF health and prevention
Of disease throughout the Cnitee
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 iH
Junior Red Cross is doing much 10
spread among children the principles
Of sanitation An appropriation OF ~
100000 has been made for developing
the peace time program Of the heo
Cross by service to Its chapters In all
regions.
The appropriation of s4s,2o0OOo Is
exclusive OF the local expenditures Oh
the 5000 or more chapters.
Administration expenses this year
win be s1,So0,o00. Last year they