QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Why does the Red Cross still employ so many people and spend so much money in time of peace? At its wartime peak, the national Red Cross had 25,500 persons on its payroll, around the world. This has now been reduced to 5,000; therefore the national Red Cross has dismissed almost 4 out of every 5 of its wartime workers. Its annual campaign goal has been cut from 200 millions to 60 millions, so it asked in 1949 only 30 percent of what it asked in 1945. The decreased value of the dollar, its vast war-related responsibilities, the National Blood Program, and very heavy disaster costs have prevented further reductions. The Red Cross has asked less than it needed ever since the war's end. The deficit has been made up by applying overages subscribed in the war years. These reserve funds are now almost exhausted. Why doesn't the Red Cross join with the Community Chest to cut down the number of fund drives? The Red Cross has specific obligations imposed by its congressional charter. The governing body of the Red Cross has re¬peatedly studied this question and has concluded that only by a direct appeal to the American people in its own name can the Red Cross successfully finance its obligations and maintain the necessary freedom of action required in time of national emergency. Red Cross chapters are almost unanimous in this conviction.