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Show MAKING WAR ON DISEASE MEN ACE 'American Red Cross Announces , Budget of $48,200,000 For Current Year. jNEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN I Contlnuanco of Heavy Work Abroad I Deemed Necessary to Protect 1 United States $21,000,000 1 Less Than Last Year, K A program of relief and serrleo to-I to-I ward which appropriations of $48,- 200,000 havo bcon mado has been out-9 out-9 jllned for tlio American Red Gross for ' tho fiscal year, July 1, 1020, to July 1, M '1021, according to official announce-9 announce-9 ment by national headquarters of the H , organization at Washington. The flg-ffi flg-ffi ures for 1020-21 arc $21,000,000 below H those of 1010-20, In which 509,400,000 U was spent Kg Important among tho Items of 'the IS budget for the present year Is tho up- m .proprlatlon of $31,000,000 for relief In H jforclgn lands, which Includes $11,000,- m iOOO In purchased supplies on hand and I not distributed. U Must Protect United States. HI Tills will enable tho American Red JRj Cross to continue Its humanitarian ef- M fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab- m llsh themselves, to fight the disease epl- IS dcmlcs which threaten many tountrlcs II and to efface largely 'tho remaining H traces of tho blight left b7 the World IS War. It Is regarded as social as well j as physical sanitation on a large scale JH that will haro a direct bearing on fu-m fu-m ture conditions In America. M Central Europe, tho chief sufferer H from the conflict, today Is facing an- jn other winter of famine, pestilence and m jruln. Typhus decreased much during m ithe summer months where last winter H It had Its greatest stronghold, but phy- slclans who Investigated tho situation I at the behest of tho Lcaguo of Red I 'Cross Societies have given their un-B un-B qualified opinion that this coming win-fj win-fj tor will see a recurrence on an un-n un-n precedented scale. The Red Cross H feels It must continue preventive mens- ures abroad to keep this and other ffl deadly maladies from the United I States. H ' Millions for Work at Home. When the dlsense was sweeping Con- trnl Europo last winter the American II Red Cross, with tho aid of the govern-m govern-m incnts of afflicted nations, undertook the JH fight against it Hospitals were estnb-n estnb-n llshcd wherever possible and food and w clothing were distributed to the un-H un-H dernourlshcd populations, who by ren-H ren-H son of their undernourishment were K easy prey to the epidemics. Where 1 disorganization contributed last year 1 to the great Inroads mado by the dls- 1 ease, by virtue of Its knowledge of tho 1 disease and the presence of well cs- U tnbllshed hospltnl centers, the Amerl- 9 can Red Cross this year will undertake the work with a new confidence. Including the total of $11,000,000 In Bupplles.left from the last fiscal year, I the $31,500,000 Is $21,000,000 less than 1 the expenditures for 1010-20. I Appropriations for domestic actlvl- 1 ties total $10,700,000. I Tho largest Item of this "homo" I budget is $7,800,000 for civilian relief I work. This Includes service and as- slstnnce for fnmlllcs of soldiers, snll- ors and marines, and work Incidental 1 to disaster. Of the total approprln-I approprln-I tlon for civilian relief, $5,000,000 is H held in reserve for the carrying out of I actual disaster relief. Reduced Overhead Expense. I The Red Cross Invariably is the first W thought of a community visited by ca- Inmlty. With this In mind, It was de-jffi de-jffi termlned by the Executive Committee H in prepnrlng the budget of 1019-20 to I have n fixed reserve fund from thlch rto draw In these Instances. p-For nsslstnnco to soldiers, sailors nnd mnrlnes In hospitals and In camps this yenr $1,900,000 has been set aside. Four million two hundred thousand dollars has been appropriated for Improvement Im-provement of health and prevention of disease throughout the United States during tho current twelve months. The Red Cross Is co-operating fully with the United States Health Servico In tills work nnd through Its Junior Red Cross Is doing much to spread nmong children tho principles of snnltntlon. An appropriation of $1,-000,000 $1,-000,000 has been made for developing the peaco time program of tho Red Cross by service to Its chapters in all regions. The appropriation of $48,200,000 Is exclusive of tho local expenditures of the 3,000 or more chapters. Administration expenses this year will be $1,800,000. Last year they were $2,300,000. |