Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-10
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
S19,361,657 Allotted for Cur.
rent Program OF Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN Aid
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren Will Cost S6,OOO,-
900 This Year.

neutrality-suspicious. totalling
S19,3Gl ,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 $1,000, 900 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
4 statement calling attention to the
necessity of continued support of-the
organization by response 10 the An
nual Roll Call, November II to 81,
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 $500, ,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
is in the chapter that the greater
amount is spent in meeting this obii-
cation Of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by tiy-
urcs of the fiscal year 192O-lS21 wheu
ihe total WAS approximately $9,uOJ,-
900, OF which s. ,692 09i 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 Wilh vet
Grams is that which concerns itself
with assistance to disabled men and
women in government hospitals. This
itrIn of $l,I9U, GOO, an increase of more
than S10IHGO over the appropriation
for the same work in last years bud
get, viii provide those personal sery-
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 c.>pies.>rd his desire tliat
the Red Cross should continue and
extend these ''humnniZiug SERVICES.
Other items of the .nruprati0n for
veterans relief are pr"portionately i'll
creased IN additional appropriation
OF S4G9.O $50 has been eiade for Red
Cross work in connection with reSu-
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 $143,91G,
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-l92l.
More than %2000,000 is provided for
service and assistance to the $500
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization.
Helping Destitute Children
Other items of the domestic budget
include S40S,546 for miscellaneous ac-
tivities, including contributions re-
strictcd for special purposes and $685.
GEO for management. Each of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations of the previous
year.
From fund of S1O,O00,O0O, $1,000
OGO of which was contributed through
the European Relief Council campaign
and $5,0OO,OoO allotted by the Red
Cross for child welfare work il
Europe, there remains $S,TGI, 1OS StS
available, Of which it is estimated
that S6.000,O00 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
the closing of the old general relief
program in Europe $4,91S,Go0 is made
available.
In announcing the national budget,
the RedN Cross makes it clear that
the figures do not n~,"dc chapter OK
pendturoS or place any cash estimate
on the Invaluable service of volun-
teeys in chapters.