Evening star., 1921-11-22
RED CROSS RESULT
BEHIND SCHEDULE
Returns Are 36 Per Cent Of
These at Corresponding
Period Last Year.

Red Cross returns at present are
less than Sc per cent of what they
were at this time last year, accord
ing to a statement made public AZ
the roll call headquarters. 14l4 r
street. today
Every availah1e effort and resource
will be used Ny F. A. Mitchell, the
roll cali Manager. and his commit
tees during the remaining three days
to bring the contributions up TO the
quota. it was announced.
The Red GROSS goal at present IS
in the dim distance. though seVeral
auxiliaries and committees have not
yet been heard from. and t is hoped
that a large amount has been con-
tributed by government depa -tments
which up to the present tlme nave
not reported" Mr.. Mitchell stated.
Only S0,:07 Assured.
Actual cash coilectiUns nom booths
and mail returns show tnat onl!
$6.207.33 Is already, assured. whereas
last year the returns on the seNsntn
day Of the campaign. were Sl6,IEI.o+.
Volunteer workers Who are So
liciting memberships or the DISTRICT
CHAPTER report th;.l there eAists
sentiment against the Red Cross re-
garding its number of salar.eu en-
nlDveS
In view of these criticisms which
have been brought to the attention OF
Mr.. Mitchell, report was obtained
today from national headquarters Oh
the American Red Cross which SHOWS
that during the last fiscal year q oe
crease in Red Cross saiaried pefsohhel
of so per cent has been made ana
decrease in salaries preportionateiy.
The ratio of management oi Tue
American Red Cross to tie total eN-
penditures during the fiscal year,
July, 1920. to July. 1921. las --.o
per cent. The budget for the present
fscal year, from July. 1921. to July
LIZ. viii snow a percentage o.
) 97-l00 per cent. which Is d silsh'
reduction from last year.
Salary Figures Given.
Regarding salaries. statement
made public yesterday by George A.
Sloan. assistant to the executive COM
mittee chairman OF the national Or
ganlzation, showed that for the hscal
year ending June ~, ~ iysU, sas saiafien t',s
the year ending June 50. 1871. the
total salary roll was sa6S.UU0. ana
the annual rate as of November l,
1921, will bring the total this year
TO s140.O00. 49,
the average monthly rate for 1919
1920 was $4,000; for 1920-l92i. S'2,-
900. and for the present month II Is
$4,000. This shows a reduction from
1919 In the average monthly pay roii
OF s27. 900.
The reduction Of personnel at ma
tional headquarters is shown 70 De
more than 50S per cent by the follow
ing table giving the number of work
ers employed here by the American
Fed Cross: January l, 1920. sol: jan
uary l. 1921, 562: July l, 1871 500
November l. 1921. 400.
In addition. Judge John Barton
payne. the present chairman. is serr-
ing without salary. whereas his pred
ecessor received salary of $4,000 a
Another self explanatory table of
statistics. issued by Mr.. Sloan fol-
lows:
Salaries at, Paris headquarters:
January, 1920. s264.000 a month; jan
uary, 1921. sI39.000 a month: June,
1921, sSS. 600 a month, and September.
1921. S31 900 a month. Personnel en-
ployed at Paris headquarters, Janu-
cry. 1920. 1ss; January, 1871 S4S;
July, 1921, 239: September. 1921, l63.
In January, 1920. there were TWEEN
ty-one persons at Paris headquarters
receiving $4,000 year or more,
whereas, at present only nine are on
this preferred salary list.
notwithstanding the slowness OF re-
turns from the District for this an
nuaI membership eampaig Mr.. Mitch
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