The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-03
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
SIe,36I.657 Allotted Tor Cur.
rent Program Of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren viii Cost s6,ooo..
600 This Year.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

NH"WNhA"H tshltNNAnFfh t"tNtifuI
sipslJi.U5s for carrying through lls
program of relief and scrylccs In tho
United States and overseas are out.
lined IN the budget Of the American
Red cross for the current iscal year.
This total IL more than thOD.OCO low.
cr than the expenditure during tho
last FISCAL year. WHEN the dlsburrc.
mcnts reached ssi.tg2.7ii. Il In an.
nounoed at National Headquarters In
a statement calling attention 10 III.
Necessity of continued support u the
organization BY responsc 20 the An.
aual holl Call. November II 20 "a.
II the vital work Of the society u TO
be effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the Items Of ths
domestic budget Il the appropriation
u s3.600.25J for work In behalf Of
the disabled cx-scrvlce 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
l,ns being spent In chapters for 70
lief OF the World War veteran. IL
Is In the chapter that the greater
amount is spent In meeting this obli.
cation Of the He'd Cross. the announce
ment continues, as manifested by fg-
ures Of the fiscal year i0eO-i92l when
the total was approximately $1,000
600. Of which S2.092.09i 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 with vet
crans is that which concerns itself
with assistance TO disabled men and
women In government hospitals. This
Item OF Sl,700OO0. an Increase OF more
than $4,000 over the appropriation
for the same work In last year't bud
get, will 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 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 $4,000 has been made for Red
Cross work In competition 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.
doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-102l.
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 $49S,546 for miscellaneous ac-
tlvitles, including contributions re-
stricted for special purposes and $685.
300 for mans sement. Each of these
tens represents large reductions over
similar appropriations of the previous
year
From fund of $f0,0O0,OO0, $5,000,-
400 of which was contributed through
he European Relief Council campaign
md $5,000,000 allotted by the Red
Jross for child welfare work In
europe, there remains $s,765,1OS still
,vailable, of which 1t Is estimated
hat S6.000,000 will be required for
his work during the current year.
For Red Cross participation In the
oint effort to relieve famine condi-
ions In Russia, for final work In the
nina famine, for Junior Red Cross
nd other overseas activities including
he closing Of the old general relief
rogram In Europe S4,97S,000 is made
In announcing the national budget, :.
he Red Cross makes 1t clear that
he figures do not include chapter ex- /
or place any cash estimate
n the inyaluohlp service of yOlln-