until the 1st day of December: Under the present method of opera tion we can pay that school district nothing for the amount thst Eas been earned from September 15 to the date of the approval of ti contract, because the contract is not retroactive. This language w permit us to pay for the full school term. We pay on the basis actual attendance and not on the basis of enrollment. So if a tract is made, say, for 80 pupils at 50 cents per day, the attendan may be equivalent only to 65 pupils for the quarter and we mase pa ment on the quarterly basis.

Mr. LEAVY. It would not result in the Indians overpaying any circumstances?

Mr. Dopp. No, sir; not at all. There is another factor, ar d is sending some youngsters to correctional institutions or other tv: of institutions where we have to pay for the service. Sometim have to move with some speed in those cases. The Governme procedure in getting contracts through is slow, and it is costit more in the end. As we see it, it would be good business to be to make the contracts and have the Government meet its obligati fairly.

Mr. O'NEAL. What is being done with the deaf and dumb Inn children?

Mr. DoDD. In 1936 we spent about $13,000, and this year webs authorized expenditures amounting to $14,857 from gratuity f and $4,200 from Indian tribal funds. We have children in sci for the feeble minded, we pay a tutor for a crippled girl, and we have children in schools for the deaf.

Mr. O'NEAL. Where are those schools located? Are they Ste institutions?

Mr. Dopp Yes, sir; they are State institutions pretty well scattered throughout the Indian country. A full statement of that is to found on pages 37 and 3% of the justifications. The demats fe this type of service have been so great in the last 2 years, that asking for an increase in the limitation of $5,000,

Mr. O'NEAL. Is deafness as prevalent among Indians as a white people"

Mr. COLLIER. It is about the same.

GROUPS ABLE TO DISPENSE WITH GOVERNMENT CARE

Mr. O'NEAL What Indian tribes or groups have now reach el.. a stage of development, both financially and otherwise, as to be ca able of separating themselves from Government control or guar ship, or are in a position to assume the full obligations, dut es privileges of citizenship?

Mr COLLIER The best answer I could give to that word furnish a list of the tribes to which, in my judgment, it would be to submit that question

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ABANDONMENT OF BISMARCK, N. ÞAK, SCHOOL

Mr. JOHNSON Is there anything further on this item
Mr Dopp There are three items in connection with the

school-support fund that I would like to call to the attention of e committee. There are two items which we did not have inci

the estimate, and which we are not asking for, but which we will consider in connection with the 1939 budget.

We propose the abandonment of the school at Bismark, N. Dak. We have made no provision in this budget for a caretaker, but we will absorb that charge of $3,000 this year.

DEFICIENCY IN ESTIMATE

Then, in our calculation of public school tuition and day school operations with the Budget Bureau, we were short-changed to the extent of $7,155. We simply want to make a record of that at this time, as we will have it up for consideration next year.

PER CAPITA COST OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TUITION

Earlier in the hearings, we discussed the amounts paid for public school tuition in the various school districts from this appropriation, and we were requested to prepare a statement for insertion in the record showing the number of pupils in each district, the rate paid for the fiscal year, and the per capita cost in the various local public school districts. I offer this statement for printing in the record at this point, in compliance with that request.

(The statement is as follows:)

1 $0.50 grade; $0.55 high. Deduct 5 cents from rate if nurse and home economics teacher are not employed.