The Archive · 1937

Red Cross Relief in Manila

Assistance to be Given to Cost of Passages Washington, Aug, 28.

The American Red Cross, cooperating with the Department of State, in the allocation of the $1,500,000 Chinese relief fund, said to-day that at least a portion of the amount would be expended in Manila, 4 The allocations are dependent, however, upon individual cases, and reports indicate that the majority of arrivals in Manila from China are relatively self-sustaining.

Attention was called to the gen= eral policy of assisting evacuants to return to their homes or to localities where they may become self-sustain= ing, instead of attempting to feed and house them in refugee havens,

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