Evening star., 1941-02-21
Red Cross Reports
War Relief Outlay
OF S19,496,SO5
Two Ships Brave Mines
To Deliver Supplies; Third
Trip Planned
BY the Associated Press.

greatest mother of them all"-re-
ported today it had furnished $19,-
496,8o5 in money and supplies to
relieve suffering abroad In the first
year and a half of war.
Hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
can women have shared in knitting
carloads of sweaters. Tens of mil
lions of surgical dressings have been
sent to war zones. Two char
tered ships have braved mine-streWn
waters to deliver cargoes of food,
clothing and medicines. Night and
day in embattled areas Of Britain,
Continental Europe and China men
and women have worked to distrib-
ute the supplies.
But if all the SIG, ,496, ,805 total had
been sent to unoccupied France
alone, it would have represented
only S6.50-the price of a school
frock-for each of the 100000 chill
dren there whom the Red Cross to-
day was informed are in grave need
of food, clothing and medicines"
The plight of the French young
sters was cabled to Chairman Nor
man Davis by Richard Allen. Ameri-
lean Red Cross representative who
is in Vichy awaiting the arrival OF
the S. S. Cold Harbor.
Supplies Reach Cadiz.
That vessel, chartered by the Red
Cross, has docked at CadiZ, Spain,
where it is unloading part of 4,500
tons of whole wheat flour, $50 tons
of powdered whole milk and $50
tons of evaporated and condensed
milk consigned to Spain. The ship
ment will be divided between Cadiz,
Seville and Barcelona.
The ship later will dock at Mar
seille to unload $50 tons of pow
dered and canned milk, $500 lay
cites, 1900 sweaters, 1000 girls
dresses and 1900 boys shirts, all
made of new materials by Red Cross
volunteers, and 100000 worth of
drugs and vitaminS.
Col. Cary T. Crockett, head of the
American Red Cross in Spain, ca
bled he had made tour of Estra-
madura and Andalusia and found
the food shortage especially grave
in the regions of Almeria and Alba
cette.
Some people have had no bread
since Christmas" he cabled. Il saw
many people gathering leaves, herbs
and roots"
The Red Cross supplies are be-
ing distributed in Spain-as in other
Countries-by a staff of American
Red Gross representatives., of whom
there are now 80 in Europe and
Asia. The Americans cooperate with
the Red Cross societies of the va
rious nations, churches and well
fare organizations.
No Reports of Diversion.
Mr.. Davis has repeatedly stressed
that it is the responsibility Of the
American representatives to see that
the supplies-down to the last can
of condensed milk-go to those for
whom they are intended So far
there have been no reports of di- !
version.
Further aid for Spain is en- route.
The S. S. AregaS is on the high !
seas bound for Vigo carrying in its
regular cargo a Red Cross con- |
signment of 957 tons of whole .
wheat flour, 21.OOO sacks OF the
-four and 10000 cases of evaporated |
milk On another ship sailing
March S will be 5000 tons of -four
and milk.
The Red Cross also is seeking
to charter a third special ship to /.
carry relief supplies exclusively |
under grant of safe conduct from |
the belGgerent powers. Safe con-
duct arrangements are in effect for !
the relief ships now operating.
The American Red Cross has II !
representatives stationed in Great !
Britain. Soon this number will be
augmented by rs additional workers
who will staff the American Red |
Cross Harvard Hospital to be erect
ed in Southwest England to study |
communicable disease under war
time conditions.
Draws From Two Funds.
In distributing relief the Ameri- /
can Red Cross has two funds from +
which to draw at present-the S21,- /
827 SOB war relief fund subscribed .
by the public and an s18,0OO0O0 |
allotment set aside for the Red
Cross in the s50,00O000 Congression-
al appropriation for foreign war
relief.
The total figure-SI9 .496 .8O5-in .
relief distributed up to February l, !
includes S8,178,617 in expenditures
and commitments from the Ameri- /
can Red Cross and S5,485 ,409, a
valuation placed on chapter pro-
duced garments and surgical dress
ings and donated supplies. The
was drawn from the |
congressional allotment
Here is how the supplies were dis
tributed, by nations:
Great Britain, S10,277 ,O89; France,
So ,2o1,191; Finland, S1,834,513;
Greece, $1,432 304; China, ST $40;
Spain, S403,756; Polish relief, $685.
922; Belgian relief, S57,050; Cana
dian relief, $70,489; Netherlands
relief, $4,000; Norwegian relief, |
S45,740; Swiss relief. s11,272; not |
allocated by nationality, S815,535.
The Red Cross said yesterday
there are 178 Americans in Lisbon
now awaiting transportation to this
country. About 230 others, it said,
are expected to reach Lisbon, most
of them coming from Paris, during
the remainder of February.
Arrangements have been made
for 100 to sail on American export
ships in February and the remainder
on sailings in March.