CEO Gail McGovern tried to kill investigation
"But when the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, opened an inquiry last year into the Red Cross’ disaster work, McGovern tried to get it killed behind the scenes."
https://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-ceo-tried-to-kill-government-investigation
"When Gail McGovern was picked to head the American Red Cross in 2008, the organization was reeling. Her predecessor had been fired after impregnating a subordinate. The charity was running an annual deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars."
"The Red Cross board had asked McGovern to eliminate the operating deficit in two years. By 2010, she had done that, an accomplishment she described as “an important turning point.”
Could some of the missing $500M of
Hattian donations gone to cover this deficit?
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-corporate-takeover-of-the-red-cross
Look at the add displaying at the bottom of the page right now. I'll attach a screenshot in case it goes away.
1889 Secretary of State Knox and the Red Cross
The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club was a Pennsylvania corporation which operated an exclusive and secretive retreat at a mountain lake near South Fork, Pennsylvania, for more than fifty extremely wealthy men and their families. The club was the owner of the South Fork Dam, which failed during an unprecedented period of heavy rains, resulting in the disastrous Johnstown Flood on May 31, 1889.
It was the worst disaster event in U.S. history at the time, and relief efforts were among the first major actions of Clara Barton and the newly organized American Red Cross which she led. The death toll from the 1889 flood was approximately 2,209, about one-third of whom were never identified.
Despite some years of claims and litigation, the club and its members were never found to be liable for monetary damages. Johnstown was a steel center.
Knox was both a member and an attorney and represented the club in the aftermath. He was also a founder of US Steel. Interesting coincidence that several members were in the steel business and the flood wiped out the steel industry in that area.
Club members included among others:
Philander Knox – Senator, Attorney General, US Secretary of State
James Hay Reed – Federal Judge
James M Schoonmaker – J.M. Schoonmaker Coke Company
Andrew Mellon – Banker
George Franklin Huff – Senator
James W Brown – Congressman
Andrew Carnegie – Industrialist
James W Brown – President of Colonial Steel Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Fork_Fishing_and_Hunting_Club
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/johnstown_flood/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood