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Show LMiHG WAR ON DISEASEMENACE American Red Cross Announces Budget of .$48,200,000 For Current Year. NEW DISASTER RELIEF PLAN Continuance of Heavy Work Abroad Deemed Necessary to Protect United States $21,000,000 Less Than Last Year. 4 program of relief and service toward to-ward which appropriations of $4S,-200,000 $4S,-200,000 have been made has been outlined out-lined for the American Red Cross for . the fiscal year, July 1, 1920, to July 1, 1P21, according to official announce-; announce-; meut by national headquarters of the organization at Washington. The figures fig-ures for 1920-21 are $21,000,000 below : those of 1919-20, in which $69,400,000 was spent. Important among the Items of the budget for the present year Is the ap-i ap-i propriatlon of $31,500,000 for relief in foreign lands, which Includes $11,000,-000 $11,000,-000 In purchased supplies on hand and not dlst ributed. ; Must Protect United States. This will enable the American Red j Cross to continue Its humanitarian ef-j ef-j fort to aid stricken peoples to re-estab-l llsh themselves, to fight the disease epl-! epl-! demies which threaten many countries ' and to efface largely the remaining traces of the blight left by the World j War. u Is regarded as social as well ; as physical sanitation on a large scale that will have a direct bearing on fu-; fu-; ture conditions in America. ' Central Europe, the chief sufferer from the conflict, today Is facing an-; an-; other winter of famine, pestilence and I ruin. Typhus decreased much during i the summer months where last winter It had its greatest stronghold, but phy-i phy-i sicians who Investigated the situation ! at the behest of the League of Red Cross Societies have given their un-1 un-1 qualified opinion that this coming win-, win-, ter will see a recurrence on an unprecedented un-precedented scale. The Red Cross feels U must continue preventive meas-: meas-: tires abroad to keep this and other deadly maladies from the Cnlted ! States. Millions for Work at Home. When the disease was sweeping Central Cen-tral Europe last winter the American Red Cross, with the aid of the govern-1 govern-1 ments of afilicted nations, undertook the fight against It. Hospitals were established estab-lished wherever possible and food and clothing were distributed to the undernourished un-dernourished populations, who by reason rea-son of their undernourishment were easy prey to the epidemics. Where disorganization contributed last year to the great Inroads made by the dis-: dis-: ease, by virtue of Its knowledge of the : disease and the presence of well established es-tablished hospital centers, the Ameri-1 Ameri-1 can Red Cross this year will undertake the work with a new confidence. Including the total of $11,000,000 In 1 supplies left from the last fiscal year. the $31,500,000 is $21,000,000 less than j the expenditures for 1919-20. Appropriations for domestic activities activi-ties total $16,700,000. The largest Item of this "home" : budget Is $7,800,000 for civilian relief work. This Includes service and assistance as-sistance for families of soldiers, sailors sail-ors and marines, and work Incidental to disaster. Of the total appropria-' appropria-' tlon for civilian relief, $5,000,000 Is held In reserve for the carrying out of : actual disaster relief, i Reduced Overhead Expense. The Red Cross invariably Is the first , thought of a community visited by ca-! ca-! lamlty. With this In mind, It was de-j de-j twmined by the Executive Committee In preparing the budget of 1919-20 to ; have a fixed reserve fund from which to draw In these instances. For assistance to soldiers, sailors and marines In hospitals and In camps j this year $1,900,000 has been set aside. : Four million two hundred thousand ! dollars has been appropriated for Im-! Im-! provement of health and prevention of disease throughout the United Stales during the current twelve months. The Red Cross Is co-operat-I Ing fully with the United 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,-000.000 $1,-000.000 has been made for developing the peace time program of the Red Cross by service to Its chapters In all regions. The appropriation ef $48,200,000 Is exclusive of the local expenditures f the 3,000 or more clia piers. Administration expenses this year will be SI.SOO.OOO Last year they were $2,300,000. |