Mr. BRATTON. Mr. President, a parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator will state his inquiry. Mr. BRATTON. What disposition has been made of Order of Business 1823? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. On objection of the Senator from Ohio [Mr. FESS] it has been passed over. Mr. WHEELER. Mr. President, I wish the Senator from Ohio would withdraw his objection. Let me say to the Senator from Ohio, and to these other Senators who have just spoken about this matter, that the Senate committee has had this investigation going on for something like six months. I have not the time to answer the criticisms that have been made, but I want to say to the Senate that if these bills are passed, I propose to answer the explanation made by the Senator from Arizona and the Senator from Oklahoma. Consolidated with No. 82. Consolidated with No. 81. 1025 more pupils. 1150 more pupils. Employees' quarters segregated. 18 Transferred to conservation of health. Transferred from gratuity funds. The committee has taken testimony, and there are three volumes of the testimony which the committee has taken. We did send investigators out, because there have been more complaints coming to the Committee on Indian Affairs by reason of what has been going on in the Indian Service than as to almost any other department of the Government. When it is remembered that the Indian Bureau has under its charge something like a billion six hundred thousand dollars and 250,000 Indians in the United States, and that there has not been any real investigation conducted into that branch of the service, and that the Indians are dying off on various Indian reservations throughout the country, it seems to me that the Senate ought to be willing to make an appropriation of $15,000, so that we might complete the investigation which has already been started. Mr. FESS. Mr. President, will the Senator yield? Mr. WHEELER. I yield. Mr. FESS. After listening to statements of a Member of the Senate who I think knows as much about Indian Affairs as any man in this Chamber, namely, the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. THOMAS], I want to look into this matter further. I am not going to withdraw the objection now, but I may the next time the resolution is reached on the calendar. Mr. WHEELER. Let me say to the Senator from Arizona and to the Senator from Ohio Mr. HEFLIN. Let us have the regular order. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The regular order is demanded. The Senator from Montana has the floor. Mr. WHEELER. And I propose to keep it and to speak for five minutes. Mr. HEFLIN. That is all right. Mr. WHEELER. Mr. President, the Senator from Arizona said that witnesses have not been confronted with attorneys and have not been given an opportunity to be cross-examined. That is only partially true. It is true, as I understand it, that when the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. FRAZIER] and the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. PINE] and a few other members of the committee were out in the State of Washington, some witnesses were called before them and no one was there to cross-examine, but ever since the committee has been in session here in the city of Washington the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Mr. Burke, has sat in the committee room, has had his counsel there, has cross-examined witnesses, and has interrupted witnesses. He not only did that, but he came before the committee and then flamboyantly gave to the press of the country a statement charging that one Member of the Senate, the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. PINE], was in a conspiracy to injure not only himself but the Indian Service of the country. We called him and asked him to prove those charges. There was not a scintilla of evidence produced, but there has been a determined effort on the part of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to stop the investigation by one means or another ever since it began. Mr. COPELAND: Mr. President, will the Senator yield? Mr. WHEELER. Certainly. Mr. COPELAND. Is there any notion on the part of the Senator that it is unwise to go forward with the investigation? Mr. WHEELER. None whatever. Mr. COPELAND. If the Indian Bureau is above all suspicion, as we assume it is, nevertheless the bureau itself ought to be willing and glad to have the investigation. For my part I want to say to the Senator that I think there should be a sweeping investigation of the activities of the bureau in order that the public may know how the Indian properties are cared for. We find evidences of disease among the various tribes, and it is important that we should have such a thorough investigation as to enable us to determine whether the Congress is doing its full duty in relation to Indian affairs. Mr. WHEELER. I thank the Senator from New York. Let me say in closing that during the investigation which is being conducted we have the spectacle of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs constantly lobbying among Senators and talking to them with reference to the investigation. The investigation has been conducted fairly and honestly and decently, and there has not been any attempt on the part of anybody to do anything except to try to find out if the Congress of the United States should enact some further legislation that would be beneficial to the Indians. I say to the Senator from Ohio Mr. FESS. Mr. President, I will say to the Senator from Montana that I would be very willing to cooperate with him along the lines he has suggested. I do not want to withdraw my opposition now in view of the statement made by the Senator from Arizona. I would like to look into the matter. Mr. WHEELER. What statement has been made by the Senator from Arizona? did not reach the Calendar until 11.15. The Clerk will report the next bill on the Calendar. The resolution (S. Res. 308) continuing until the end of the first regular session of the Seventy-first Congress, Senate Resolution No. 79, authorizing a general survey of Indian conditions, was announced as next in order. Mr. HAYDEN. Mr. President, reserving again the right to object, though I do not intend to do so, I desire to address the Senate on the resolution just stated. Mr. GEORGE. Mr. President, it is quite evident this matter can not be considered now, and I hope the Senator will not consume the entire calendar time by further discussion of a resolution which seems to be in controversy among some of the Senators. Mr. HAYDEN. I assure the Senator so far as I am concerned that the resolution may pass, but I desire to occupy five minutes. Mr. GEORGE. The Senator has that right, but he has already consumed and there has been consumed quite a good deal of calendar time when it was perfectly obvious that Senators were wrangling among themselves over the merits or demerits of the question. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Chair understand the Senator from Georgia to object? Mr. GEORGE. No; I do not object. I express a hope. Mr. HAYDEN. Mr. President, I have no objection to the passage of the resolution in its present form, but I desire to inquire of the chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs [Mr. FRAZIER] whether he intends to press an amendment which he offered to the resolution which continues the committee indefinitely? The amendment to which I refer was printed on January 26 last, and states that the committee is authorized to sit and act at such times and places as it may see fit through the Seventieth Congress and succeeding Congresses. Mr. FRAZIER. Mr. President, I will say to the Senator that the proposed amendment was withdrawn. The time has just been extended through the first session of the Seventyfirst Congress. Mr. HAYDEN. Then I offer the following amendment to the resolution. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendment will be stated. The CHIEF CLERK. On page 1, line 5, insert the following proviso: Provided, That any officer or employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs whose official conduct may be under investigation by such committee shall have the right to appear before the committee in person or by counsel and cross-examine all witnesses appearing before the committee. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the amendment submitted by the Senator from Arizona. Mr. BRATTON. Mr. President, before the resolution is adopted I desire to address myself to it briefly. I have no objections to the investigation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. I think proper investigation looking to defects in the administration of the bureau, if any there be, with a view of correcting those defects by evolving a better system of administering the affairs of the Indians as to life and property, is a step in the right direction. I now make no criticism of the committee. I do think, however, that those who are assailed in the course of the inquiry should have the right to appear and defend themselves as provided in the amendment just adopted. Soon after the investigation got under way certain selfstyled uplifters of the Indians throughout the country manifested a deep interest in the matter. I think they are exercising entirely too much power and too many prerogatives in connection with the Indians' affairs. I think some of these socalled uplifters are detrimental instead of helpful to the Mr. FESS. The Senator from Montana heard the statement Indians. of the Senator from Arizona. Mr. WHEELER. Yes; I heard the statement, and nothing in opposition has been stated by the Senator from Arizona, who has looked into the matter himself and does not object. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The time of the Senator from Montana has expired. Mr. EDGE. Mr. President, a parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New Jersey will state the inquiry. Mr. EDGE. What is the business before the Senate? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate is about to consider Calendar 1824. Mr. EDGE. Why not the unfinished business? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Because the unanimous-consent agreement provided for two hours on the calendar and we Under date of January 26, last, a member of this committee inserted in the RECORD an article which had previously appeared in the current issue of the magazine Good Housekeeping, under the title "The Cry of a Broken People." In that article criticisms were directed against Indian conditions throughout the country; that is to say, in practically every State where Indians live and reside. Criticism was directed against two of the Indian schools in my State, one located at Santa Fe and the other at Albuquerque. Acting in the belief that this criticism reflected upon the people of the two cities mentioned, I immediately requested the Governor of the State of New Mexico to head a committee to investigate the Indian school at Santa Fe. He did so. The committee wired a telegraphic report of his investigation and followed it with a detailed report. 1 have the message and the report here. I also requested the mayor of the city of Albuquerque to head a like committee to investigate the school at Albuquerque. That was done. I have a copy of the report here. Two or three other schools in the State of New Mexico were investigated as a result of the illconsidered and fallacious criticism, which I think rests largely upon imagination. I desire at this point to have these data respecting the several schools in New Mexico thus examined printed in the RECORD. These are excellent schools and are doing a splendid work among the Indians. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The data referred to are as follows: Hon. SAM G. BRATTON, SANTA FE, N. MEX., January 30, 1929. United States Senator, Washington, D. C.: Committee consisting of Gov. R. C. Dillon, Dr. G. S. Luckett, director of State bureau of public health, and E. Dana Johnson, editor of Santa Fe New Mexican, spent four hours at United States Indian industrial school here to-day; examined entire plant and quesWill forward tioned superintendent, many employees, and pupils. Food found abundant, clean, and detailed report by mail to-morrow. of good variety and check of individual weight charts which are kept on all pupils shows steady gain in weight. Clothing found adequate, warm, and of good quality. Pupils receive hospital care with resident and new building under construction physician and trained nurse Disease apparently will afford improved modern hospitalization. There are now 42 cases of trachoma which under good control. physician and nurse say is decrease of 25 per cent during school year Report all precautions taken to preand 8 per cent of enrollment. There was one tubercular case this year vent spreading in school. according to physician, who says it was removed to hospital at Laguna. No jail could be found and superintendent and disciplinarian say Sleeping accommodations appear clean pupils are never locked up. and adequate with exception of some crowding in two rooms of girls' Cleanliness, dormitory. Found no evidence of overwork of pupils. No sanitation, ventilation, and general living conditions found good. pupils made complaints and children appeared contented, normal, happy, and healthy. R. C. DILLON. REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF UNITED STATES INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL At the request of Hon. SAM G. BRATTON, United States Senator from New Mexico, and of Hon. Edgar L. Meritt, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, transmitted through Superintendent Burton L. Smith, of the Indian school, the undersigned committee of citizens visited and inspected the United States Indian Industrial School at Santa Fe, spending four hours at the institution on January 29, 1929, examining the buildings and questioning the superintendent, employees, and numerous pupils. Following this investigation the committee sent the following telegram to United States Senator BRATTON : Committee, consisting of Gov. R. C. Dillon, Dr. G. S. Luckett, director of State bureau of public health, and E. Dana Johnson, editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican, spent four hours at United States Indian Industrial School here to-day, examined entire plant and questioned superintendent, many employees, and pupils. Will forward deFood found abundant, clean, and of tailed report by mail to-morrow. good variety, and check of individual weight charts which are kept on all pupils shows steady gain in weight. Clothing found adequate, warm, and of good quality. Pupils receive hospital care with resident physician and trained nurse, and new building under construction will afford improved modern hospitalization. Disease apparently under good control. There are now 42 cases of trachoma, which physician and nurse say is a decrease of 25 per cent during school year and 8 per cent of enrollment. Report all precautions taken to prevent spreading in school. There was one tubercular case this year, according to physician, who says it was removed to hospital at Laguna. sample menus, furnished by the superintendent. These are prepared, The management gave the cost of food as about 18 cents per capita daily, at Government contract rate, which is much lower than retail prices. This does not include transportation costs, which are not charged against the school. This would probably be equivalent to 40 cents daily at retail prices. The chief clerk stated that the school is allowed $25,000 per year for general food supply, in addition to which $10,000 worth of vegetables and milk is raised on the grounds and $4,000 worth of hogs annually. The dairy, he stated, yields 30 to 35 gallons of milk daily; it is desired to increase the milk supply to 1 quart per day per pupil, but there is not money enough to increase the dairy herd to this extent. The chief clerk also states that 150 pounds of dried milk is conConsumption sumed weekly, equivalent to 600 pounds of liquid milk. He said the school of flour is twenty-five 100-pound sacks per week. obtained beef at 15 cents a pound, dried fruit at 61⁄2 cents, bacon at 17 cents, and cheese at 22 cents, these prices being averages. We observed in the kitchen a large washtub over half filled with All bread is served in waste bread left from the breakfast table. large slices about 1 inch thick. Both white and whole-wheat bread are served. The kitchen appeared clean and the food properly handled. A new bakery is under construction. NUTRITION OF PUPILS Practically all pupils were observed, and the committee was present All pupils, so far as we could see when the noon meal was served. in such a short time, had a healthy, well-nourished appearance, full of vitality and spirits, and playful as normal children anywhere. Dr. J. F. Lane, resident physician, Superintendent Smith, Chief Clerk Vaughn, and Principal Anderson state that the children are all weighed once a month. The weight records of about 200 were inspected, and A sample chart is atwith very few exceptions showed uniform gain. tached as Exhibit B. Doctor Lane stated that any who do not show gain are given cod-liver oil three times a day and milk twice a day in addition to meals; that these pupils are checked up daily and made to Dr. H. J. Warner, of the United come to the hospital for oil and milk. States Pulbic Health Service, and now in charge of Indian medical service in this region, confirms these statements. CLOTHING All the children were well clothed and none appeared to be suffering from the cold. The chief clerk stated that outside workers are proClean clothing from vided with gloves and overshoes for protection. the laundry and that in storage was inspected and adjudged of excel- were two extra suits of clothes and a pair of silk socks which the matron HEALTH The Doctor Lane, who resides at the school and cares for near-by pueblos, into domestic science and assembly quarters. is that usually followed-grattage, silver nitrate, argyrol, etc. No jail could be found, and superintendent and disciplinarian say pupils are never locked "R. C. DILLON. The committee herewith makes the following more detailed report: FOOD The doctor stated that the number of trachoma cases in the school had been All pupils have their own towels and the supply is ample. The doctor said that one throat-tuberculosis case was found in the school last fall There have been no pulmonary and sent to the hospital at Laguna. Doccases, and there are no known tuberculars among the pupils now. tor Lane stated that all pupils are examined on admission and again during the school year, and that at any time children showing elevation The chief nurse said of temperature are hospitalized for observation. The quality of food as observed was generally good, excepting three that hospital admissions average about 20 weekly for all The flour was good, with no evidence pieces of beef that were strong. including observation. of insects or mice. There is attached to this report as Exhibit A causes, |