The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-10-14
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
$19,361,657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren Will Cost $6,OO0,-
600 This Year.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

shington.-Expenditu totalling
$1,000, 657 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 S5,0O0,000 low
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
ments reached $24,492,741 it is an
nounced at 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 "a,
If the vital work of the society is to
be effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the items of the
domestic budget is the appropriation
of $3,669,256 for work in behalf of
the disabled eX-service 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 being spent in chapters for re-
lief of the World War veteran. 1t
lie In the chapter that the greater
amount is spent in meeting this obli-
cation Of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by fig
ures Of the fiscal year 1920-1921 when
the total was approximately $4,000
600, Of which 1892, 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 S1,790,O00, 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 "humanizing services" |
Other items of the appropriation for
veterans relief are proportionately in
creased An additional appropriation
Of S469,600 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 S5i3,976,
doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 192O-1021.
More than 100000 is provided for
service and assistance to the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
Helping Destitute Children
Other items Of the domestic budget
include S40S,5i6 for miscellaneous ac-
dvities, including contributions re-
strlcted for special purposes and $685.
300 for management. Each of these
Items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations of the previous
year.
From a fund of S1O,OO0OO0, S5,0O0,-
300 of which was contributed through
the European Relief Council campaign
and S5,OOO0O0 allotted by the Red
Cross for child welfare work in
Europe, there remains SS,765,10S still
available, OF which 1t 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 condi-
lions in Russia, for final work in the
China famine, for Junior Red Cross
and other overseas activities including
he closing of the old general relief
program in Europe S4,97S,0O0 is made
available.
In announcing the national budget,
the Red Cross makes 1t clear that
the figures do not include chapter ex-
Dendltures or place any cash estimate
IN the invaluable service Of volun-
-eers in chapters.