Show WAR ON DISEASE MENACE KIM american red cross announces budget of for current year NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN continuance of heavy work abroad deemed necessary to protect united states 21 less than last year A program of relief end and service toward which appropriations of 48 have been made lias has been on ou lined for the american lied red cross for the fiscal year july I 1 1020 to july 1 1921 according to official announce ment by national headquarters of the organization at washington the fia ures for are belon those of in which GO was spent important among the items of the N budget for the present bear ear Is the ap sp of 31 for relief in foreign lands which includes in purchased supplies on band hand and not distributed must protect united states this will enable the american bed red cross to continue its humanitarian ef fort to aid stricken peoples to re themselves to fight the disease epi demies which threaten many countries and to efface largely the remaining traces of the blight left by the 1 world I orld aar ar it Is regarded as social as well as physical sanitation on a large scale that will have a direct bearing on fu lure ture conditions in america central europe the chief sufferer from the conflict today Is facing an other winter of famine pestilence and ruin typhus decreased much during the summer months where last winter it bad had its greatest stronghold but phy who investigated the sItu situation allon at the behest of the league of cited cros societies have given their un an qualified opinion that this coming win fer ter will see a recurrence on an on an scale the red cross feels it must continue preventive mens ures abroad to keep this and other deadly maladies from the united states million millions for work it at home hanle when the sweeping cen aral europe last winter the american hed cross with the aid of the govern dents ments of afflicted nations undertook the fight against it hospitals were fished wherever possible and food and clothing were distributed to the un der populations who by rea aon son 0 at their undernourishment were easy easy prey to the epidemics ft here ds disorganization organization contributed last year to the great inroads made by the die dis ease by virtue of its knowledge of tho the disease and the presence of well ea es hospital centera centers the amerl can red cross this year will undertake the work with a new confidence including the total of in supplies eft left from the last fiscal year the at Is 18 21 ODO less than the expenditures for appropriations for domestic acrivi ties total the largest item of this home bome budget is ir 7 for civilian relief work this includes service and as si distance stance for families of sold soldiers lers sail sall ora ors and marines and work incidental tol to disaster of the total tion for civilian relief Is held in reserve for the carrying out of actual disaster relief reduced overhead expense the red cross invariably Is the first thought of a community visited by calamity with this in mind it was de ter mined by the executive committee in preparing the budget of 1019 20 to have a fixed reserve fund from abich to draw in these instances for assistance to soldiers sailors and marines in hospitals and in camps this year 1000 has been set a ald four million two hundred thousand dollars has been appropriated for im Drover provement pro nent of health and prevention tion of disease throughout the united state states during the current twelve months the red cross Is co operal ing fully with the united stales states health service in this work and through its junior red cross Is doing much to spread among children the principles of sanitation an appropriation of 1 has been made for developing the peace pence time program of the lied red cross by service to its it chapters in all regions the appropriation of Is exclusive of the local expenditures of the 3 or more chapters administration expenses this year will be 1800 last year they were 2 |