Evening star., 1922-11-06
RED CROSS BUDGET
TOTALS $9,739,872
Reduction, 1929, Com
pared With Previous Year,
Placed at $2,735,975.
HELD AS NATIONAL FUND
Activities Of Local Chapters Aug
ment the Expenditures-World-
Wide Work Reviewed.


condensation and coordination with
out affecting efficiency or accom-
plishment, the American Red Cross
has adapted budget for the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1928, showing
q reduction of $2.735,975, as compared
with the expenditures of last year.
The budget, $s.739,s72.47 for 1922
1923, is apportioned solely for the
activities Of the national organization.
and it is exclusive of the large finan-
cial operations of the $500 active
Red Cross chapters. which. it is es-
timated, added to the national budget
would show a total not far under
$2o.o0O,OOO
Budget allotments for domestic
operations aggregate $685.. 1859,
which Is $48S,015.32 less than expendi-
operations the total is $S.404.077.oS.
less by $2.247,959.90 than was spent
the previous year.
Saving I'm Overhead Costs.
The reduction in cost of domestic
operations represents a saving In
overhead expenses and decreased per-
sonnel through the combining of
divisional units. The foreign opera
tions, with the exception of the Junior
american Red Cross. were practically
terminated last July l with the
fulfllment Of obligations and COM
mitments abroad.
OF this retrenchment, Chairman
John Barton Payne in his annual re-
port says:
"One lesson learned from the war
Is that imitation is easier than re-
nd
siderable time to withdraw from Ea-
rope without giving our friends there
the impression that we were leaving
them In the lurch. They had learned
TO expect much from American
aitruism: but all legitimate expecta-
tlons s.rs nave now been honorably met.
The American Red Cross Will pre-
serve the confidence of the American
people by a conscientious and reso-
lutte effort to keep down overhead
expense without loss of efficiency In
those activities where the Red Cross
has unquestioned obligations and re-
sponsibilities."
One "Cnquestioned Obligation,
Four years after the end of the
world war the one "unquestioned OBJ
LEGATION" which the Red Cross is
both In funds and service, Is the work
for disabled ex-service men and their
dependents. OF the domestic budget.
$3.030.692.90 is set apart by the ma
tional organization for soldier serv-
more than was expended
in 1921-22. The increase is impera-
tive in order to keep pace with the
demands, for on June l last 27.4S7
ex-service men were under treatment
from the government. 1.1S7 more than
recorded last year. This figure Is
exclusive of service to 11,0s7 enlisted
men of the Regular Army and Navy
reported under treatment in govern
ment hospitals. Veteran aid is re-
garded as a Red Cross work which
rehabilitation under federal laws and
through Individual min
istration and interest.
Other outstanding domestic items in
the 1929 budget are: For disaster
relief. $750.000; for emergencies in
and assistance to chapters and their
$1.293.ooo; for assistance to
other organizations and educational
that train Red Cross
nurses and workers. 100000: for roll
call assistance furnished to chapters.
100000, and for unforeseen contin
gencies. 100000.
Management Expenses.
Less than $500.000 is set aside for
in the national organi-
zation. The ratio of management ex-
pense to the total expenditures last
year was 2-10 per cent. and it is ex-
pected that the ratio this year will
fall below per cent.
In the budget for foreign opera
tions, the items for the child health
program in Europe and medical and
hospital supplies for Russia repre-
sent more than two thirds of the en-
tire foreign allotment. The child
health program gets $641.314.l0, but
this is the balance of funds con-
to the American Red Cross
specifically for this purpose. The
s1,334,044.S3 for Russian supplies is
The balance of funds made available
BY the Red Cross for medical and
hospital relief in the famine-stricken
areas Of that country. and this money
the American Relief Administration.
Relief Activities in Europe.
or tho remainder Of the foreign op-
.rations budget, 392S,71s.15. there is
for the liquidation and
.elief activities in Europe 100000. |
which includes the expense Of relief !
work among thousands of Russian |
refugees quartered in Constantinople |
For assistance to the League of Red |
Cross Societies, 100000 is set aside |
rhe balance of the foreign funds pro-
tides $10S,000 for Junior American /
I5.71s.15 for the Warsaw training
,chool for nurses, which represents |
to the Red Cross re-
,trioted to this purpose, and lesser |
mounts for continuing the work in |