Your Red Cross money is safeguarded by the best business procedures. Disbursing orders rather than cash are given to eligible disaster victims, and purchases of household items are made in the hometown. Contracts for rebuilding are drawn up between a local contractor and the family. You gave them a new start This chair was the sole livelihood of a Kansas City barber who could not meet the costs of starting over without your financial help. He had nothing left. The barber is now back in business after you in¬stalled a new chair at another location and bought adequate equipment for a new start in his life. very precaution is taken by the Red Cross to protect the confidence of families assisted and to make sure that the help given is adequate. Each family's case is presented to the advisory committee by number rather than by name. After the proposed award has been reviewed and the family is notified, the family selects a contractor, and the plan of repair or rebuilding is discussed with the Red Cross building adviser. When the job is complete, the adviser checks the work to see that everything was done according to contract. After the building is approved, the adviser notifies the Red Cross accountant, who pays the contractor by check. Some people rebuild on the same lot, others move to new locations, a choice that is theirs. The assistance you give disaster victims through the Red Cross is a gift, not a loan. The thanks and appreciation the victims express is deep and moving and shows the gratitude they feel to neighbors and friends who gave their money and efforts to help. This is your story, for you are the Red Cross before Typical of the homes with major damage is this home in worst hit Manhattan area, now condemned. after Typical of the many repaired or rebuilt homes is this house in Kansas City, Kansas, a gift from you, the American people.