Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-10-07
RED CROSS GIVES
annual. BUDGET
$l9,361, 657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program Of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren viii Cost $6,OOO,.
600 This Year.

WRshIngton.-Exp totalllng
$l0,30l 1857 for carrying through its
! program Of relief and services IN the
| United States and overseas are out
/ lined In the budget of the American
Red Cross for the current fiscal year.
| This total Ii more than $S,OOO000 low.
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year. when the dlsburse.
ments reached S2i 1921, It is an.
nounced ut National Headquarters in
a statement calling attention to the
necessity of continued support Of the
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Call, November II to "a
IL the vital work of the society is to
be effectively carried on,
Outstanding among the items OF the
| domestic budget is the appropriation
OF S3,GG0,256 for work in behalf Of
the disabled eX.service man and his
family, This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work from
| aNuliNhsil NCio ohiy uih Npto
not take into consideration the mil
hons being spent in chapters for re-
lief of the World War veteran, It
/ is In the chapter that the greater
amount is spent in meeting this obi
| cation Of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by ng-
ures of the fiscal year l920-192l when
the total was approximately $4,000.
900, Of which $2,692,094 represented
| the disbursement of National Head.
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution to this field OF
Red Cross service.
Vast Work for Disabled
Chief among the subdivisions of
the appropriation for work with vet
Grams is that which concerns Itself
with assistance to disabled men and
women In government hospitals. This
Item of $l,700O00, an increase of more
| than 100000 over the appropriation
| for the same work In last years bud.
get, will provide those personal serv-
Ices for the disabled and their families
which are Indispensable to supplement
those provided by the government.
| The director Of the Veterans Bureau
has recently expressed his desire that
the Red Cross should continue and
extend these "humanlzing services"
Other items Of the appropriation for
veterans relief are proportionately In
creased. An additional appropriation
of S469600 has been made for Red
Cross work in connection with regu-
lar Army and Navy hospitals and
with the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red Cross
has set aside for the current twelve
months an appropriation of $543,976,
virtually doubling the appropriation
/ for the same purpose for the fiscal
year l92O-1021
More than 100000 is provided for
service and assistance to the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization.
Helping Destitute Children
! Other items of the domestic budget
include S49S,546 for miscellaneous &C.
tivlties, including contributions re-
strlcted for special purposes and $685.
600 for management. Each of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations of the previous
year.
From fund of S1O,OOO,OOO, $780,
600 of which was contributed through
the European Relief Council campaign
and S5,OOOOOO allotted by the Red
Cross for child welfare work in
Europe, there remains $S,7G5,1OS still
available, of which it is estimated
that 100000 will be required for
this work during the current year.
For Red Cross participation in the
joint effort to relieve famine condl-
lions in Russia, for final work In the
China famine for Junior Red Cross
and other overseas activities including
the closing of the old general relief
program IN Europe $4,97S,OOO is made
available.
In announcing the national budget,
the Red Cross makes It clear that
the figures do not include chapter eX-
Ipendltures or place any cash estimate
on the invaluable service of volun-
teers in chapters.