Show WAR OW ON i DISEASE MENACE I 1 American Red Cross Crass Announces Budget of i j t For Current Year I i Ii NEW DISASTER RELIEF RE PLAN PLAN Continuance Cont of ot Heavy Work Abroad broad I O Deemed med to Protect United states j I Leu Lou Than Last Laa Year Y r. r t f l program of or relief nn and 3 service t to toward ward which appropriations of J hue have been made has been outs out lined hoed for for- forth forthe the American Red Cross f for forthe r the fiscal year rear July 1 1 1920 to July j j 1021 uron according to official announce 1 meat ment by national headquarters of thora the the th ora organization l atlon at Washington The fl flores 4 urea ores for 21 1020 are belov below beloy those of 20 1010 In which was rag 8 spent j Important among the Items of ot th the budget for tor the present year Is the a ar ap at appropriation r of for relief Ifa Iii ih foreign lands which Includes In purchased supplies on hand and ana not oot distributed I I Must Protect United States State t 1 This will enable the AmericAn RedCross RedCross Red Cross to continue Its Us humanitarian e el fort to aid stricken peoples to re re estad Ush lish themselves to fight the he disease ep epIdemics epI- epI demies which threaten many countries and to efface largely the traces of the blight left by the War Var It Is regarded as social as weil well as ph physical sanitation on a large scare scale that will have a direct bearing on f future fu ta tune tare conditions In America j Central Europe the he chief sufferer from the conflict today Is Is facing a ati an another other winter of famine pestilence arill and ana ruin Typhus decreased much during the summer months where here last Int winter r rit It had Its greatest stronghold but physicians phy who Investigated the situation at the behest of th the League of of ofT try d Cross Societies have given hen their unqualified unqualified un un- un qualified opinion that lint this coming winter win ter will see a recurrence on an nn unprecedented un un- scale The rhe Red fled Cr Cross s feels It must continue pre preventive meris meas measures ures ores ures abroad to keep this and and other deadly maladies from the United States I MIllions Million for Work at Home When the disease ase was sweeping Central Cen trai Europe EtIre last winter the American a n Red Cross Cros with the al aid of or the 1 govern governments m ments of f afflicted d nations undertook k the I e fight against It Hospitals were 1 established wherever po possible and food anci anh clothing were ere distributed d' d lo to the un un- undernourished populations who by rea ren- renson renson reason ren- ren son of their undernourishment were easy prey to the epidemics Where disorganization contributed last year to the great reat Inroads made by the disease disease dis dis- disease ease by virtue of Its knowledge e of the disease and the presence of well yell established established es es- es- es h hospital renters enteric the Hie he American Ameri can Red fled Cross this will undertake r 1 the work with a nt new confidence Including the total of or In sup supplies left lett from thE la last t fiscal year the Is less then that the expenditures for 1019 1 Appropriations for tor domestic activities activities ties total The largest Item of this home budget Is for tor civilian relief work This Includes service e and assistance assistance as as- for p families of soldiers sailors sailors sail sail- alor l. a or ors and marines and work In Incidental dental to disaster Of the total appropriation tion for civilian rell relief r Is held In reserve for the carrying out o of I actual dl disaster relief J Reduced Overhead Expense I IThe The Red Cross invariably is the first i thought of ot a community visited by ca ca- lamity With this In In mind It was determined determined de by the Executive Committee In preparing the budget of ot 20 1010 to have a fixed find reserve fund from which to to draw In these Instances leer For assistance to soldiers soldier sailors and marines In hospitals hospital and In camps this year ear has been set let aside Four million two VO hundred thousand dollars has been appropriated forim provement of health and prevention of disease disease throughout the United States during the current twelve months The Red Cross Is cooperating co In ing fully with the the United States Slates Health Service In this work and through Its Junior Red Cross Cros Is doing doln much to spread among children the principles of ot sanitation An of 1 1 has b be bc en n made for tor developing the the pence peace time program of ot the Red fled RedCross RedCross Cross by service e to Its chapters In all aU regions The appropriation of ot Is exclusive of ot the local expenditures t of f the or more chapters Administration expenses this year rear will be Last year the they were wele |