for the school building without going down by the dairy barn, the employees' building would have to be replaced soon. Now, it is very inconvenient as it is, and some of the people down there have been criticizing us for putting the school building where it overlaps that building. We realized that situation. We went there with our eyes open and with the full expectation of replacing that building in the next 2 years, but we have selected these other items of first priority. Mr. JOHNSON. What would you say about the needs at Concho Indian school? Would you class that as being somewhat urgent? You did a year ago. Mr. DODD. I would say that perhaps the dormitory facilities are the most urgent. Mr. JOHNSON. Has the need for improving the heating system at the Concho School been brought to your attention? Mr. DODD. Just recently; yes. We had an allotment from the appropriation for public works for a new heating plant, but no pro sion was made for relaying the distribution mains. It has been found, upon careful investigation in the field, that the distribution mains are in very poor condition. This matter was not brought to our attention. however, until after our estimates for 1938 had been completed. Mr. JOHNSON. You feel that there is an urgent need for overhauling the distribution lines? Mr. DODD. Yes, sir. Mr. JOHNSON. Do you have in mind what it will cost to do that work? Mr. DODD. Approximately $25,000. Mr. JOHNSON. I have also had some correspondence concerning the sewage disposal at Fort Sill. What do you know about that situation? Mr. DODD. That is another matter that has been brought to our attention since our estimates for next year were prepared. Mr. JOHNSON. Have field studies been made of the situation? Mr. DODD. Yes, sir; we received a field report the other day indicating that the situation was quite bad; that it had been condemned by sanitary officials, and that not less than $20,000 would be required to install a satisfactory sewage-disposal system. Mr. JOHNSON. With these items in mind, I would like for you to indicate what, in your opinion, should be the order of priority for the improvements you have outlined at the Riverside and Fort Sill schools, under the Kiowa jurisdiction, and at Concho. Mr. DODD. It would be difficult to choose, because of the importance of some of the items. My best judgment would be (a) the dormitory at Riverside; (b) the schoolbuilding at Fort Sill; (c) the repairs to the heating system at Concho; (d) the improvement of the sewer system at Fort Sill; (e) two physicians' cottages at the Fort Sill Hospital; (f) two cottages at the Riverside School; (g) dormitory facilities at the Concho School; (h) a new employees building at the Riverside School. Mr. JOHNSON. Your judgment coincides with mine, in general. I have been to each of those schools and know of the conditions there. I know the needs are extremely urgent. DISTRIBUTION OF ESTIMATE, BY JURISDICTIONS, FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION REQUESTED OF BUDGET BUREAU For the information of this committee, I will ask you, Mr. Dodd, to insert in the record at this point, the details by jurisdictions of the amounts you requested for new construction in your estimates presented to the Bureau of the Budget for 1938. Mr. DODD. In accordance with your request, the following statement is submitted for the record: For the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of school, agency, hospital, or other buildings and utilities, including the purchase of land and the acquisition of easements or rights of way when necessary, and including the purchase of furniture, furnishings, and equipment, as follows: Alaska: Day schools and quarters, including remodeling of existing buildings, $200,000; hospitals and quarters, $490,000. Blackfeet, Montana: Remodeling and repairing school buildings, $30,000; two dwellings, $15,000; jail and police quarters, $15,000; remodeling office buildings, $6,000. Carson, Nevada: Central heating plant, $80,000; reconstruction of power lines, $5,000; school building and gymnasium, Walker River, $40,000; addition to office, $10,000; arts and crafts building, $17,500. Cherokee, North Carolina: Two dwellings, $14,000; dormitory facilities, $75,000. Cheyenne and Arapaho, Oklahoma: School plant for predelinquents, $280,000; dormitory facilities, $50,000; employees building, $27,500; classroom building, $58,000. Cheyenne River, South Dakota: Classroom building, $95,000; improvement of day school facilties, $57,500. Chilocco, Oklahoma: Cottage, $5,000; grain elevator, $20,000. Choctaw, Mississippi: Quarters for employees, $10,000; general repairs to school and agency buildings, $6,000. Claremore, Oklahoma: Two dwellings, $13,000. Colorado River, Arizona: Telephone line, $10,000; improvements to water system, $9,000; miscellaneous small projects $10,400; general repairs to school and agency buildings, $9,200. Colville, Washington: Three dwellings, $19,500; power line, Little Falls to Wellpinit, $10,000. Consolidated Chippewa, Minnesota: General repairs to buildings and utilities, $20,000; nurses homes, White Earth and Fond du Lac Hospitals, $40,000. Consolidated Ute, Colorado: Nurses home, $15,000; employees building, $20,000; shop, warehouse, and machine shed, $11,500. Crow, Montana: Improvement of water system, $10,000; jail and police quarters, $15,000; garages and shop, $20,000. Crow Creek, South Dakota: School units, $153,000; dormitory facilities, $30,000. Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma: Day-school facilities, $35,000; improvement of sewer and water systems, Wheelock Academy, $5,000; improvement of sewer system, Jones Academy, $5,000; one dwelling, Wheelock Academy, $6,000; one dwelling, Jones Academy, $6,000; milk and poultry houses, Wheelock Academy, $2,500. Flandreau, South Dakota: Improvement of sewer system, $20,000; school building, $245,000. Flathead, Montana: Two dwellings, $17,000; general repairs to buildings and utilities, $10,000; nurses' quarters, Ronan, $7,000; office building, St. Ignatius, $5,000; remodeling garage into quarters, $3,500. Fort Apache, Arizona: Improvements to hospital, $14,000; two dwellings, $13,000. Fort Belknap, Montana: Elevator, hospital, $8,500; quarters and dispensary, Lodge Pole, $7,500; office building, $10,000. Fort Berthold, North Dakota: Improvement of water system, $15,000; remodeling hospital, $8,500; jail and police quarters, $10,000. Fort Hall, Idaho: Improvement of sewer and water systems, $35,000; farm station, Bannock Creek, $7,500; day school facilities, $70,000; two dwellings, $15,000. Fort Lapwai, Idaho: Improvement of heating system, $10,000. Fort Totten, North Dakota: Improvement of heating plant, $5,000; cne dwelling, $7,500. Great Lakes, Wisconsin: Repairs to hospital, Hayward, $14,919; school building, Lac du Flambeau, $147,000; warehouse, Odanal, $5,000. Haskell Institute, Kansas: Dormitory repairs, $25,000; remodeling schoc! building, $10,000. Hopi, Arizona: Employees building, $27,500; sewer systems, day schools, $13,500. Keshena, Wisconsin: Day-school building, $5,000. Kiowa, Oklahoma: Riverside, dormitory facilities, $73,000; two dwellings, $12,000. Fort Sill, school building, $73,000; three dwellings, $20,000. Klamath, Oregon: Improvement of heating systems, $5,000; enlargement of office building, $10,000; enlargement of hospital, $10,000. Mescalero, New Mexico: Hospital and quarters, $148,000; two dwellings, $13,000; office building, $15,000. Mission, California: Sewer and water system, Pala, $11,000; remodeling hos pital, Soboba, $10,000; improvement of sewer and water systems, Morongo $5,000. Navajo, Arizona: General headquarters, employees building, $72,500; dwellings. $72,500; day school facilities, $100,000; dwellings, outlying stations, $65,000, Crown Point, hospital and quarters, $195,000; Fort Defiance, central heating ani power plant, $145,000; two dwellings, $15,000; Leupp, remodeling hospita $10,000; Winslow, improvement of heating system, $10,000; landscaping and improving grounds, $25,000; Fort Wingate, dormitory facilities, $30,000; improvement of heating and power systems, $47,500; Kayenta, general repairs. $7,000. Paiute, Nevada: Improvement of water system, $13,500. Phoenix School, Arizona: Nurses home, $20,000; improvement of sewer and water systems, $20,000. Pierre, South Dakota: Quarters for employees, $25,000. Pima, Arizona: Improvement of day school facilities, $33,500; two dwellings, $13,000. Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Dormitory facilities, $120,000; dairy barn, $15,000; three dwellings, $22,500. Pipestone, Minnesota: Improvement of water system, $10,000. Pueblos of New Mexico: Improvement of day school facilities, $50,000; seven dwellings, $49,500; general repairs, Santa Fe Hospital, $10,000; dormitory facili ties, Albuquerque School, $20,000; remodeling quarters, Zuni, $15,000. Quapaw (Seneca School), Oklahoma: Two dwellings, $10,000; farm buildings. $7,000. Red Lake, Minnesota: Improvement of water system, $12,500; improvement of heating and power plant and distribution system, $43,000; shop, $20.000. Rocky Boys, Montana: School building, $58,000; two dwellings and dispensary, $22,500; jail and police quarters, $15,000. Rosebud, South Dakota: Heating and power plant, $87,500; dormitory facili ties, $145,000; improvement of sewer system, $20,000; apartment building, $20,000; two dwellings, Yankton, $15,000; day school facilities, $30,000; adminis tration building, $40,000. Sac and Fox, Iowa: Improvement of heating system, $15,000. Salem, Oregon: One dwelling, $8,500. San Carlos, Arizona: Two dwellings, $15,000. San Xavier Sanatorium, Arizona: Two dwellings, $15,000. Sells, Arizona: Three dwellings, $19,500; day school facilities, $30,000; warehouse, $15,000. Seminole, Florida: One dwelling, $6,000; office building, $5,000. Sequoyah, Oklahoma: Enlargement of employees building, $15,000; improvement of water system, $5,000; one dwelling, $4,000. Shawnee Sanatorium, Oklahoma: Remodeling and enlarging ambulatory buildings, $48,000; men's semiambulatory building, $58,000. Shoshone, Wyoming: Improvement of quarters, $58,000. Standing Rock, North Dakota: Dairy barn, $15,000; dormitory facilities, $72,500; three dwellings, $22,500; school building, $82,500; office building, $25,000. Tacoma Sanatorium, Washington: Improvement of power plant, $25.000; improvement of water system, $8,000; general hospital and quarters, $270,000. Tongue River, Montana: Heating and power plant, $58,000; two dwellings, $14,000; office building, $25,000. Truxton Canyon, Arizona: Improvement of heating system, $10,000; quarters for employees, $13,500. Turtle Mountain, North Dakota: Day school facilities, $62,500; employees' building, $20,000; office building, $20,000; Uintah and Ouray, Utah: Central heating plant, $50,000; improvement of sewer and water systems, $25,000; improvement of power distribution system, $15,000; two dwellings, $12,000; Wahpeton, North Dakota: Improvement of heating system, $10,000. Warm Springs, Oregon: Improvement of water and electric systems, $27,000; office building, $20,000. Western Shoshone, Nevada: Improvement of sewer and water systems, $15,000. Winnebago, Nebraska: General repairs, $6,000; two dwellings, $14,000. For administrative expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; not to exceed $2,500 for printing and binding; purchase of periodicals, directories, and books of reference; purchase and operation of motorpropelled passenger-carrying vehicles; traveling expenses of employees; rent of office and storage space; telegraph and telephone tolls; and all other necessary expenses not specifically authorized herein, $400,000; in all, $6,732,019. CONSTRUCTION NEEDS OF IGNACIO SCHOOL, COLORADO, REQUESTED OF BUDGET BUREAU Mr. JOHNSON. I do not find any new construction proposed for the school at Ignacio, Colo., in the district represented by our chairman. Did you ask for any new projects at that place? Mr. DODD. Several. Two of the outstanding needs are a nurses' home for the hospital constructed there several years ago, and the construction of a new employees' building to take the place of present unsatisfactory quarters. With the construction of these two buildings the Ignacio plant will be in excellent shape, except for some minor structures such as a warehouse and machine shed. Mr. JOHNSON. You feel that the construction of those two buildings you mention are justified? Mr. DODD. Yes, sir. Mr. JOHNSON. What would each of them cost? Mr. DODD. The nurses' home would involve an expenditure of about $15,000; the employees' building approximately $20,000. Mr. JOHNSON. And you asked for those two items in your original estimates? Mr. DODD. Yes, sir. Neither of them were allowed. ALLOTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION FUNDS TO INDIAN SERVICE Mr. JOHNSON. How much has the Indian Service received from the Public Works Administration for construction purposes comparable to those outlined in the item now before us? Mr. DODD. Roughly $16,000,000. Mr. JOHNSON. Since when? Mr. DODD. Our first allotment was in August 1933. Mr. JOHNSON. So that in less than 4 fiscal years you have had $16,000,000, or approximately $4,000,000 a year? Mr. DODD. Yes, sir; and that is exclusive of allotments for irrigation work and for the construction of roads. Our total allotments from the appropriation for public works is about $30,000,000. About $10,000,000 was for i rigation; $4,000,000 for road work, and the remaining $16,000,000 for the construction of day schools, hospitals, sewer and water systems, heating and power plants, quarters for per sonnel, and miscellaneous structures at our Indian Service schools and agencies. Mr. JOHNSON. What about allotments from the Works Progress Administration? Mr. DODD. No direct allotments have been made to the Indian Service for relief by the Works Progress Administration. Some of our field units have cooperated in establishing work-relief projects, but the money has been allotted through State agencies. No direct allotments have been made to the Indian Service. ANNUITIES AND PER-CAPITA PAYMENTS FULFILLING TREATIES WITH SENECAS OF NEW YORK Mr. JOHNSON. On page 255 is an item for fulfilling treaties with the Senecas of New York, $6,000. Mr. DODD. I offer the following justification for that item: This appropriation, a permanent annuity, is made pursuant to provision in the act of February 19, 1831, as follows: "That the proceeds of the sum of $100,000, being the amount placed in the hands of the President of the United States in trust for the Seneca Tribe of Indians. situated in the State of New York, be hereafter passed to the credit of the Indian appropriation fund; and that the Secretary of War be authorized to receive and pay over to the Seneca Tribe of Indians the sum of $6,000 annually in the way and manner as heretofore practiced, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated." This money is paid in equal shares to about 2,400 members of the Senees Nation, and any small balance is deposited to the credit of the tribe. A small agency maintained at Salamanca for the benefit of Indians in New York State including the Senecas, has an office force consisting only of a specis! agent and a clerk. Approximately $5,000 of gratuity appropriations is expended annually, of which about $900 is for health purposes including compensation of å local physician employed to treat the Indians on a contract basis at the annual rate of $600. In addition to the per capita distribution of this appropriation and of the goods and money provided for the Six Nations, attention is given to leasing and other matters of interest to the New York Indians. The children are edɩcated in public schools and in the Thomas Indian School, no Government schools being maintained. Some of the Indians are well supplied with land and equipment and are successful farmers, while others lease their land to white farmers. Those not engaged in farming for themselves in normal times find employment in factories or mines, with the railroads, or with local farmers, dairymen of orchardists. FULFILLING TREATIES WITH SIX NATIONS OF NEW YORK Mr. JOHNSON. The next item is for fulfilling treaties with the Six Nations of New York, $4,500. Mr. DODD. The following justification is submitted in support of that item: This appropriation is made annually in fulfillment of a treaty obligation for permanent annuity in accordance with the act of November 11, 1794, which reads in part as follows: * * and "In consideration of the peace and friendship hereby established with a view to promote the future welfare of the Six Nations and of their Indian friends aforesaid, the United States will add the sum of $3,000 to the $1,500 heretofore allowed them by an article ratified by the President on the 23d day of April 1792, making in the whole $4,500, which shall be expended yearly forever in purchasing clothing, domestic animals, implements of husbandry, and other utensils suited to their circumstances, and in compensating useful artificers who shall reside with or near them and be employed for their benefit." |