The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-11-24
RAILROAD |
| GET RAT
,657 Allotted for Cur.
/ Program of Relief
and Service.
Propose TO Red
Return All Il
Reduction |
Ms FOR VETERAN AID
FULL TEXT OF!
Aid for European Chill.
n Will Cost $6,OO0,.
600 This Year.
Statement by Th'
Chairman OF I
y Railway Es

Shington.-Expenditures totallins
f657 for carrying through its
100 IN of relief and services In the
.., u ,ha u States and overseas are out
.onnt,v Mr. Tfn the budget Of the American
chairman Of tffross for the current fiscal year.
way Executivetota otal Is more than $5.OOO,OOO low
statement: ian the expenditure during the
At meetinEiscal year, when the disburss-
Railway Execb reached $24, ,492,741. it is an
termined by Iced at National Headquarters In
ohitea o'a'eftement calling attention to the
d reuue'ion ssity Of continued support Of the
-t Ill snization by response to the An
o,,d III Roll Call, November IL to "a
rates Il "1 "oiA VI tue society 10 10
An applied SHectveiy carried on.
diately to outstanding among the items of the
Labor Boarf festc budget is the appropriation
of train seTS5669,256 for work in behalf of
remove then disabled ex-service man and his
made by thelv, This appropriation represents
July @o' As|o I"hht allotted to this work from
hu 'nei Headquarters only and does
pe' n Unto consideration the mil
"a ,,hor % tho I spent in chapters for re-
,ahor IN savera1 teS World War veteran 1t
carriers operate tchapter that the greater
To Reduce Rates aspent in meeting this obli-
The foregoing ac' Red Cross, the announce
understanding that sles, manifested by fig
such reduction in Nscal year 192O-1921 when
OF the reduction thHs approximately $4,000
with the concurreroHl S2,692,0 ,094 represented
state Commerce Conn lent of National Head
ed to the public the remainder was the
of existing railroad nribution to this field Of
far as this redu@Eice.
been made in the Ark for Dis.hI.d
inahaSenieh's ha'o ~ the Subdivisions Of
course III 'ie" VI 'net tOn for work with vet
the fact that the whea .b .,,,c,-,,. ,+soI.
activity have been clos IN disabled mon and
poihI WHICH oiihss uSarnment hospitals. This
uess 10 the en.iie OO, an increase of more
something hus' pe n over the appropriation
again In operatonf work in last years bud
The SITUATION "nvide those personal
railroads Is extrersabled and their families
railroads In 1e2O Indispensable to supplement
way operating NEEDED by the government
00o 900 upon pror of the Veterans Bureau
over $4,000 0o0.OE expressed his desire that
amount of $62,00GroSs should continue and
mail pay for pr1orese "humaniZing services"
the governments OF the appropriation for
$4,000 000 thus'elef are proportonately in
operations OF thu An additional appropriation
kl sidered, actvtO has been made for Red
4. ing any allows ork in connection with regu-
'nr dividends. my and Navy hospitals and
The vaeu<he regular Army and Navy.
m a Foe disaster relief, the Red Cross
t$has set aside for the current twelve
months appropriation of S543.9T6,
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-l921.
More than $2000000 is provided for
service and assistance TO the $500
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization
Helping Destitute Children
I'd Other items of the domestic budget
IA include $40S,546 for miscellaneous ac-
Ia tivtieS, including contributions re-
Ia stricted for special purposes and $685.
I'D 900 for management. Each of these
~ items represents large reductions over
"a similar appropriations of the previous
III year.
IA From fund of $1O,OOOOOO S5,OOO,-
M 600 Of which contributed through
M the European Relief Council campaign
M and $5,OOO,00O allotted by the Red
Ia Cross for child welfare work in
Fb Errope, there remains $S,765,1OS still
|4 available, of which 1t is estimated
I# that $6000,0O0 will be required for
Nh this work during the current year.
Ms For Red Cross participation in the
E joint effort to relieve famine condi-
tions in Russia for final work in the
# China famine, for Junior Red Cross
8f and other overseas activities including
E the closing Of the old general relief
|# program in Europe S4.97S,OOO is made
~ available.
~ In announcing the national budget
8A the Red Cross makes 1t clear that
<M the figures do not include chapter ex-
|XF pendtures or place any cash estimate
~ on the invaluable service of volun-
kH teers in chapters.