The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1921-10-27
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
$19,361,6 ,657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program Of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren Will Cost S5,000,-
600 This Year.

Washingt On.-Expenditures tOtalling
S19,361,057 for carrying through it's
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 Is more than S5,OOO,OOO low.
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the dlsburse.
ments reached $24,492,74l, 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 IL to -,
II the vital work OF the society is to
be effectively carried ON.
Outstanding among the Items OF the
domestic budget Is the appropriation
Of $3,669.250 for work In behalf OF
the disabled ex-serylce man and his
family. This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work from
National Headquarters only and does
not take Into consideration the mil.
lions icing spent In chapters for re-
lief OF the World War veteran. II
Is In the chapter that the greater
amount Is spent In meeting this obll-
gatlon OF the Rcd Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by ng-
ures OF the fiscal year i020.l02i when
the total was approximately $1,000.
200. OF which S2,002,00i 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.
erans Is that which concerns itself
with assistance to disabled men and
women In government hospitals. This
Item OF Sl,TOO,OO0, 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 10 supplement
those provided by the government.
The director OF the Veterans Bureau
has recently expressed his deslre that
the Red Cross should continue and
extend these "humanizlng services"
other items OF the appropriation for
veterans relief are prOpOrtlonateiy In
creased. An additional appropriation
OF Si00,GOO 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 S0i3,9I0,
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year l020-t92i.
More than S2.OOO,OO0 Is provided for
service aud assistance 20 the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization.
Helping Destitute Children
other items OF the domestic budget
include S40s,540 for miscellaneous ac-
tiyitles, including contributions re
stricted for special purposes aud S76s,-
900 for management. Each Of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations OF the previous
year.
From fund OF Sl0,OO0,OOO, 5000
900 OF which was contributed through
the European Relief Council campaign
and S5.OOO,OOO allotted by the Red
Cross for child welfare work In
Europe, there remains SS,705,lOs still
available, OF which Il Is estimated
chat S6,OOO.O00 win be required for
this work during the current year,
For Red Cross participation In the
Joint effort 10 relieve famine condl-
tlons 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 S4,07s0OO Is made
available.
In announcing the national budget,
the Red Cross makes II clear that
the figures do not include chapter ex-
penditures or place any cash estimate
on the invaluable service Of yolun-