The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-29
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RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET.
$19,36l ,657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program OF Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren viii Cost $1,000
600 This Year.

on.-ExpenditSres totalling
$1e,36l ,657 for carrying through its
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 $h,0OO.OO0 lew
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
n,ents reached $24, 492,741, 1t ia an
nounced at National Headquarters In
a statement calhng attention to the
necessity Of continued support Of the
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Call, November IL to "A.
il the vital work Of the society Ia to
be effectively carried on.
Outsta nding among the items Of the
domestic budget Is the appropriation
of $5,669, z56 for work In behalf Of
the disabled ex-serviee man and his
family. This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work from
National Headquarters only and does
not take into consideration the mill
lions being spent In chapters for re-
lief of the World War veteran. IT
Is In the chapter that the greater
amount is spent In meeting this obu-
CATION Of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by hg-
ures Of the fiscal year l920-192a when
the total was approximately $1,000
600, of which s2.692. 094 represented
the disbursement of National Head
quarters while the remainder was tho
chapters contribution to this held Of
Red Gross 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 Ia government hospitals. This
item of 81, 100, 900: 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 tnat
the Red Cross should continue and
extend these "humanizing services" "
Other Items Of the appropriation for
veterans RELIEF are propordonately in
creased. An additional appropriation
of $469,60 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 S543.976,
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-1921.
More than $2,OOO,OOe is provided for
service and assistance to the soy
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization. y~~
Helping Destitute Children
Other items Of the domestic budget
include .$498,648 for miscellaneous ac-
tivities, including contributions re-
stricted for special purposes and $685.
600 for management. Each of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations Of the previous
year.
From a fund of s10,0OO,OOO, $780,
600 of which was contributed through
the European Relief Coancil campaign
and 100000 allotted by the Red
Cross for child welfare work In
Europe, there remains sS,785.10S still
available, of which 1t Is estimated
that $6oOO,oOO will be required for
this work during the current year.
For Red Cross participation In the
toint effort to relieve famine ccndi-
lions in Russia, for Anal work In the
China famine, for Junior Red Cross
and other overseas activities including
the closing Of the old general relief
program in Europe $4,97s,0O0 is made
available.
In announcing the national budget,
the Red Cross makes 1t clear that
the figures de not include chapter ex-
penditures or place any cash estimate
on the Invaluable service ct voiun-
teers In chapters.