LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS-Continued Bosworth, Marie M., 2425 East Main Street, Medford, Oreg.: Telegram, Letter, dated January 31, 1958, to Senator Neuberger, with a memo- Burke, Mrs. Edna L., 1192 Jefferson Street, Eugene, Oreg., secretary, Women's State Missionary Board: Telegram, dated February 12, 1958, to Senator Neuberger. Page 570 569 357 571 Chander, Robert W., publisher, The, Bend Bulletin, Bend, Oreg.: Letter, dated January 31, 1958, to Senator Neuberger, with an editorial, Seaton's Proposal... 565 Chilson, O. Hatfield, Acting Secretary of the Interior: Letter to, dated February 5, 1958, re hunting and fishing rights__ Collins, Charles S., Post Office Box 249, Roseburg, Oreg., executive vice 492 547 561 Crawford, Ida and Wade: Letter, dated January 22, 1958, to executive committee of Klamath Agency. 508 Davis, Elnathan, 730 North Ninth Street, Klamath Falls, Oreg., member. 571 Holmes, Robert D., Governor, State of Oregon: Letter, dated January 30, 1958, to Senator Neuberger Fritz, Emanuel, 102 The Uplands, Berkeley 5, Calif.: Letter, dated January 27, 1958, to Senator Neuberger 570 562 395 Letter, dated February 6, 1958, to Senator Neuberger. Jenkins, Frank, publisher of Klamath Falls Herald and News, Klamath Neuberger, Senator Richard L.: Telegram to, dated February 4, 1958- Jiminez, Mrs. Ima, president, and Mrs. Marie Norris, secretary, Klamath Klamath Falls Citizens Committee, Klamath Falls, Oreg.: Telegram, dated Kolbe, Ernest L., Western Pine Association, Portland, Oreg.: Telegram, dated February 1, 1958, to Senator Neuberger Lang, Delford, Chiloquin, Oreg., member, Klamath Tribe: Letter, dated Madigan, La Verne, executive director, Association of American Indian 439 575 509 569 570 571 568 570 Letter, dated February 7, 1958, to Under Secretary Chilson.. 520 526 Neuberger, Senator Richard L.: Moehl, Richard C., Klamath Falls, Oreg., assistant manager, Car-Ad-Co 543 566 584 Telegram, dated February 5, 1958, to Frank Jenkins and Glenn L. Letter, dated February 18, 1958, to Roy Beadle. 440 549 LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS-Continued Pomeroy, Kenneth B., 917 17th St. NW., Washington, D. C., chief forester, the American Forestry Association: Letter, dated January 29, 1958, to Senator Neuberger_ Pryse, Col. E. Morgan, 4613 Albemarle St., NW., Washington, D. C.: Puckett, O. K., 1927 Earle St., Klamath Falls, Oreg., partner, Puckett & Reed, Nelson, 216 First National Bank Building, Klamath Falls, Oreg.: Simpson, Lewis L., 518 East Main St., Medford, Oreg., secretary-manager, Stone, J. Herbert, regional forester, Department of Agriculture: Letter, Weyerhaeuser, George H., Tacoma Building, Tacoma, Wash., manager, Wilkinson, Glen A., 744 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C., attorney: Letter, dated February 19, 1958, to Senator Neuberger_ Page 564 581 562 569 559 311 567 565 570 359 573 560 502 576 358 497 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION American Forestry Association resolution endorsing S. 3051_. 564 588 Balance of tribal funds (table). 522 Chronological record of meetings of Management Specialists with tribal members and of information made available to tribal members regarding termination proceedings--- 593 Chronology of the steps necessary and the time involved in order to conduct the timber-sales program (under Public Law 587 and the administration bill) - - . 448 Education and training program of Klamath Indians 597 Estimate of funds required to defray expenses in Klamath litigation_ 502 324 Hoover Commission recommendation on use of career personnel. 358 Hunting and fishing rights of Klamath Indians (study by Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress). 492 Inclusion of per capita payment in Klamath Termination Act (memo). 487 318 Klamath Tribe Nears a Crisis (article by Mark A. Talney in the Christian 519 549 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-Continued List of minors or non compos mentis cases filed in Probate Court of Oregon (submitted by Mr. Crawford)__ Lumber companies that purchased timber on Klamath Indian Reservation Meetings attended by Klamath education staff members_ Minutes of Klamath General Council meeting of July 29, 1954 (extract) - Proposed sales of timber, Klamath Indian Reservation, Oreg. (announce- Resolution of Klamath Basin Water Users Protective Association, Route 2, Box 542, Klamath Falls, Oreg Seaton Denies Region Faces Power Shortage, article from the Portland (Oreg.) _Journal___ Seaton's Proposal, editorial from the Bend Bulletin. Specifications and minimum requirements for sustained yield (tentative Timber sales (Forest Service) since 1950 tributary to Klamath Falls area__ Page 499 518 599 515 510 463 449 555 548 566 383 360 332 425 AMENDMENTS TO THE KLAMATH TERMINATION ACT OF 1954 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1958 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:40 a. m., in room 224, Senate Office Building, Senator Richard L. Neuberger (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Neuberger and Watkins. Present also: William H. Coburn, special counsel; James H. Gamble, professional staff member; Robert Wolf, forestry consultant, Subcommittee on Indian Affairs; and N. D. McSherry, assistant chief clerk. Senator NEUBERGER. The subcommittee will please come to order. I have a brief opening statement I will read before we hear the first witness. I would like to open the meeting this morning by extending to all of those in attendance a most cordial welcome. The purpose of this hearing is to pursue further proposed amendments to Public Law 587, 83d Congress, the so-called Klamath Indian Termination Act. I think it would be proper to commence by sketching briefly the developments which have occurred in recent years on this subject. Public Law 587, enacted in 1954, has as its objective the ending of all Federal services to Klamath Índians because of their status as Indians. On several occasions I have stated publicly that the act was premature and ill advised. I think my judgment has been proven correct by subsequent developments. Since 1954 the Management Specialists charged with carrying out the program have been bringing to our attention the serious consequences of the law, not only with respect to the Klamath Indians, but to the entire Klamath Basin in the State of Oregon. In 1956 the chairman of the Indian Affairs Subcommittee, Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, of Wyoming, and the chairman of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, Senator James E. Murray, of Montana, conducted hearings on the Klamath questions. I deeply appreciate the interests that these two distinguished Members of the Senate have taken in the operation of the Klamath terminal program. The hearing held in 1956 showed conclusively that the Klamath Act, if carried out by its original terms, would have a very detrimental effect on the Indians, their valuable timber assets, and on the economy of the whole area in southern Oregon where the reservation is located. At the outset of the 85th Congress, I introduced, for myself and Senator Morse, S. 469, a bill which would, among other things, delay the sales of tribal property and give Congress an opportunity to study alternative ways of carrying out the termination program without adversely affecting the Indians or the community in which they live. S. 469 was enacted, although in a form not totally satisfactory to me. As passed by the Senate, the bill provided for a postponement until the end of the 2d session of the 85th Congress of sales of tribal property to satisfy the demands of members electing to withdraw from the tribe. It also provided for a 3-year extension of the law in order to provide for orderly marketing of tribal assets, and authorized sufficient appropriations to reimburse the Klamaths for the full costs of the termination program. In this form the bill contained the recommendations submitted to us by the Department of the Interior. The House did not agree with our language and provided only a 2-year extension and reimbursement for one-half of the termination costs. Although we took the bill to conference, the House version prevailed. This reprieve from certain destruction of a vital national asset, the Klamath Indian forest, has given us a brief opportunity to suggest a different approach to the present dilemma. In May of 1957, I introduced again for myself and Senator Morse, S. 2047, a bill providing for Federal acquisition of the Klamath tribal forest lands and the several thousand acres of tribal marshland. Under this proposal, the timberland would become national-forest land and the marsh a wildlife refuge. During October 1957, this subcommittee held hearings in Klamath Falls and Portland, Oreg., on S. 2047. I think it is fair to say that S. 2047 received the united support of the Klamath Tribal Council, the Management Specialists, labor, education, and civic groups in Oregon, the governor of Oregon, the Special Oregon State Legislative Interim Committee on Indian Affairs, conservation and outdoor groups, the press-indeed, virtually all segments of Oregon life. However, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of the Budget have submitted adverse reports on S. 2047, recommending that the legislation be not enacted. The communications to which I have just referred are dated January 13, 14, and 10, 1958, and, without objection, they will be included in the hearing record. (The communications referred to follow :) Hon. JAMES E. MURRAY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. DEAR SENATOR MURRAY: Your committee has requested a report on S. 2047, a bill to provide for the acquisition by the United States of all tribal lands of the Klamath Tribe of Indians. We recommend that the bill be not enacted, but we recommend the enactment of a substitute bill entitled "To amend the act terminating Federal supervision |