Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
$7,OOO,OOO TO BE ASKED
FOR INDIAN SERVICE
Interior Department Making Study to
Find Needs for Bringing Branch Up
to Date in Health and Education.

aries to be fixed according to the new
classification as approved by the Per-
sonnet Classification Board. ~
Bringing institutions already author
lied by law which are to be kept as
permanent up to reasonable standard
of repair and equipment.
Establishing public health clinics.
Adding additional grades to existing
Indian day schools, opening new schools
and providing transportation.
Hiring additional labor force at board
ing schools to reduce the amount Of
purely productive labor required Of In
dian children.
,Jchn II. Edwards, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, who is directing the
special study of these recommendation
Being made by the department., said
that they are being given $120, 900 worth
of consideration as a magnificent con-
tribution by interested Americans eager
to help the Government efficiently per-
form its full duty toward the Indians.
They are being studied sympathe ticaDy.
Such recommendations as may not De
acted upon by the department will DE
balanced with information available TO
the department showing why they are
not going TO be urged upon Congress or
carried out through administrative
order.
Ths spirit with which the field serv-
re welcomes these recommendations Is
shown in a bulletin on Our Future
Citizer-the Indian" published by the
bureau of public hoanh of the state
of New Mexico, which says: its one
is fair and It's findings tally we'll With
what we who live in the West know 10
be the facts. In no sense Is 1t mere
petty criticism, but a constructive plan.
T1a%a ri Y3ac
! ing lis recommendation to the Budget
Bureau, which are By law prohibited
/ from being disclosed pending the trans"
mission OF the budget to Congress, has
not announced any definite position on
| any specific recommending the entire
! program has had the earnest support
/ of DR.. Work during his administrator.
/ He has called attention to the trenlers
/ cio,Is turnover, which classification seeks
/ to remedy in rart-physicians, % per
/ cent; nurses, 122 per cent; teachers, 48
1 per cent With an average turnover Tor
I all permanent employees OF 81 per cent.
Need Long Program.
| After an official survey Of obstacles
/ against which the officers of the In
terrier Department have had to struggle
| in their endesvors to properly care Tor
/ the Indians, Dr. Work said: They are
| not conditions which may be corrected
/ in a day or year, nor would unlimited
appropriation Of funds by Congress
prove TO be a facile remedy. With the
cooperation OF the budget and Con-
gress, the department has progressed
in Indian work during the last few
years through increased appropriations
and careful administration. Only
wise financial policy and reasonable an
nual increase in appropriations VIII
continue to build up the Indian
service
The Interior Department, showing its
deep concern In the future Of the Ia
dian service and the Importance Of the
recommendations by the Institute for
Government Research, has issued seven
documents covering various phases OF
the subject These disclose that:
Social and economic conditions at
present prevailing among the American
Indians constitute national enler-
gency that demand immediate atten-
ton, increased appropriations by Con-
gress making possible the employment
CT a more competent personnel, and an
increased attention to social and eco
nomic problems as contrested with
those that are administrative.
The vitality of the American Indians
Is so low anu VARIOUS QiSCdSSS dA0 %
prevalent that their condition becomes
serious national problem.
The American Indian is capable Of
acquiring an education that under
proper conditions, viii convert him
INTO useful and productive citizen.
He needs education that win tend TO
develop his initiative. A more highly
trained and batter paid educational
personnel is indispensable.
An increase in productive labor on
the part of the Indian is a ftinda-
mental necessity If he Is to live on a
basis that will provide even the mini
mum standard of health and decency
required by civilization
The aboriginal Indian family has not
adjusted itself to the requirements of
life in contact with the white race and
| is failing to contribute as 1t should to
| the weilbeing of Its members.