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Show RED CROSS FUNDS USED EFFICIENTLY Of interest to all persons who have contributed lo tho American Red Cross is the statement just received at local administrative offices for the first half of 101S, showing that it costs but 2 cents of every dollar con-j III I I 1 1 I lr ' -. 1 , Iributcd to operate the administration bureaus in the United States. More interesting still is the fact that for every dollar contributed by ho Amor- i ican people for war relief more than $1.01 is expended for that purpose, the extra cent being provided by interest in-terest on the fund. The statement has been sent from the Denver headquarters of the Red Cross for the purpose of explaining how contributions are expended. It shows that the operating expenses ot national headquarters and the four- teen divisions In the United States are all paid out of a fund arising from 'j membership dues, no money of tho funds contributed for relief work bo- ; ; ing used for overhead expenses. |