COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIFTH, CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 2047

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION BY THE

UNITED STATES OF ALL TRIBAL LANDS OF THE KLAMATH

TRIBE OF INDIANS

OCTOBER 2 AND 4, 1957

PART 1

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

JAMES E. MURRAY, Montana, Chairman

CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico GEORGE W. MALONE, Nevada

HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington

ARTHUR V. WATKINS, Utah

JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming

HENRY DWORSHAK, Idaho

ALAN BIBLE, Nevada

THOMAS H. KUCHEL, California

RICHARD L. NEUBERGER, Oregon

FRANK A. BARRETT, Wyoming

JOHN A, CARROLL, Colorado

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona

FRANK CHURCH, Idaho

GORDON ALLOTT, Colorado

RICHARD L. CALLAGHAN, Chief Clerk

N. D. MCSHERRY, Assistant Chief Clerk

STEWART FRENCH, Chief Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

RICHARD L. NEUBERGER, Oregon, Chairman

CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico ARTHUR V. WATKINS, Utah

FRANK CHURCH, Idaho

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona

JAMES GAMBLE, Staff Member

ROBERT WOLF, Forestry Consultant

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CONTENTS

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S. 2047.---

Reports of agencies:

Department of Agriculture.

Department of the Interior.

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STATEMENTS

Bowles, Rollin E., Portland, Oreg., chairman, legislative committee,

Oregon division, Izaak Walton League of America, Inc.

224

Brooks, Charles, assistant to Hon. Wayne Morse, United States Senator

from the State of Oregon.-

152

Brown, Dan, representing the Francis Brown Sawmill of Klamath Falls. - 106

Chandler, Robert W., editor, Bend Bulletin, Bend, Oreg---

204

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.-

263

Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Wade, members of Klamath Tribe executive

committee

123

Ganong, William, Jr., Indian affairs committee, Klamath Falls Chamber

of Commerce..

67

Hemso, Dick, Klamath Water Users Protective Association.

72

Jackson, Boyd, member, Klamath tribal executive committee, accom-
panied by Jesse Kirk, Elnathan Davis, and Dibbon Cook. -

36, 254

Keroow, John, State representative to the Oregon Legislature from

Klamath County ---

104

Kirk, Olivia N., Post Office Box 271, Beatty, Oreg-

275

Lang, Delford, chairman, Klamath tribal executive committee..

253, 274

Langslet, Chester L., Klamath Sportsmen's Association-

73

Leupold, Norbert, representative, Oregon Audubon Society.

202

McAnulty, Mrs. Dorothy, member of the Klamath Tribe-

59

Morse, Hon. Wayne, a United States Senator from the State of Oregon,

presented by Charles Brooks

152

Morse, William B., western field representative of the Wildlife Manage-

ment Institute

188

Netzorg, Leonard, representing Western Forest Industries Association.. 99

Platt, Mrs. Martha Ann, 2738 Northeast 14th Avenue, Portland, Oreg.,

chairman, Conservation Committee of the Mazamas.

193

Pucket, O. K., representing Puckett & Scherer.

78, 270

Rademaker, Dr. John A., professor of sociology, Willamette University,

Salem, Oreg-

233

Reid, Nelson, representing Klamath Falls Citizens Committee.

64

Robbins, Hyrum R., member of the Klamath Tribe.

145

Stephenson, C. B., president, First National Bank of Portland, Oreg-- 198

Strantz, Maurice, manager, Tule Lake Irrigation District..

119

Watters, T. B., chairman, Management Specialists, 139 South Seventh

Street, Klamath Falls, Oreg --

10, 271

Watts, Lyle F., 1426 Northeast Thompson Street, Portland, Oreg., former

Chief of the United States Forest Service..

183

Weyerhaeuser, George, assistant to the executive vice president of the

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co..

156

Wilcox, Earle, forester, Management Specialists.

76

Wilderman, Sam, member, Oregon State Legislative interim committee

on Indian problems.

155

Wilkinson, Glen A., 744 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C., attorney for

Klamath Indian Tribe..

238

LETTERS, TELEGRAMS, AND MEMORANDUMS

Boivin, Harry D., Oregon State senator, letter to Senator Neuberger....

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Pago
223

67

284

262

285

285

66

117

79

262

275

276

12.1957, to

281

274

Chandler, Robert W., editor, The Bend Bulletin, Bend, Oreg., letter, dated

October 9, 1957, to Senator Neuberger...

Crepeau, J. S., State representative, Oregon, telegram to Senator Neu-

berger

Davis, Clarence A., Acting Secretary of the Interior, letter, dated August

11, 1955, to Lawrence Witt, Klamath Tribal Committee

Ellingson Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Oreg., letter, dated October 15,

1957, to Senator Neuberger...

Emmons, Glenn L., Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs:

Letter, dated October 14, 1955, to T. B. Watters, chairman, Manage-

ment Specialists.-

Letter, dated October 14, 1955, to Wade Crawford, Seldon Kirk, and

Lawrence Witt.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, letter, dated October

31, 1957, to Senator Neuberger.

Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Portland, Oreg., letter, dated

October 23, 1957, to Senator Neuberger re Dan Brown's statement-

Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., letter,

dated October 31, 1957, to Senator Neuberger, with enclosures

International Woodworkers of America, 418 Governor Building, Portland 4,

Oreg., letter, dated October 11, 1957, to Senator Neuberger...

Kirk, Olivia N., P. O. Box 271, Beatty, Oreg., member of Klamath Tribe,

letter, dated October 29, 1957, to Senator Neuberger containing a state-

ment.

Klamath Executive Committee:

Letter, dated November 12, 1957, to Senator Neuberger, with en-

closure, re S. 2047..

Letter, dated November 12, 1957, to Senator Neuberger, re timber

values

Lang, Delford, chairman, Klamath Tribal Executive Committee, letter,

dated October 26, 1957, to Senator Neuberger containing a supplemental

statement.----

League of Women Voters—Klamath County Unit, document containing

views.

McKeown, Martha Ferguson, telegram to Senator Neuberger.

Morse, Hon. Wayne, a United States Senator from the State of Oregon,

letter, dated November 4, 1957, to Walter Leuthold, president, National

Lumber Manufacturers Association, re their statement of October 30,

1957.

National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1319 18th Street NW.,

Washington, D. C., letter, dated October 30, 1957, to Senator Neuberger

containing views on S. 2047.--

Palmerton, Loren L., Klamath Falls, Oreg., letter, dated September 28,

1957, to Senator Neuberger.

Puckett, 0. K., 636 Pine Street, Klamath Falls, Oreg., partner, Puckett &

Scherer, letter, dated October 3, 1957, to Senator Neuberger, containing

a supplemental statement.

Tule Lake Irrigation District, Post Office Box 787, Tule Lake, Calif.,

letter, dated October 1, 1957, to Senator Neuberger, containing a state-

ment of Sam Anderson and a resolution.-

Ullman, Hon. Al, a Representative in Congress from the Second Oregon

District, telegram to Senator Neuberger--

Watters, T. B., 139 South Seventh Street, Klamath Falls, Oreg., chairman,

Management Specialists, Klamath Indian Tribe, letter, dated October

30, 1957, to Senator Neuberger containing a supplemental statement re

Weyerhaeuser statement.

Western Pine Association, Yeon Building, Portland 4, Oreg., letter to

Senator Neuberger---

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma Building, Tacoma 1, Wash., letter,

dated October 21, 1957, to Senator Neuberger, with a chart.

Wilkinson, Glen L., 744 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C., member,

Wilkinson, Cragun, Barker & Hawkins:

Letter, dated November 23, 1956, to Glenn L. Emmons, Commissioner

of Indian Affairs..

Letter, dated November 14, 1957, to Senator Neuberger.

Wormser, H. E., Acting Secretary of the Interior, letter, dated November

30, 1956, to Klamath Tribal Executive Committee.

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266

267

122

270

120

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271

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287

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Analysis of proposals for implementing termination for the Klamath Res-

ervation, with staff memorandum from Robert E. Wolf, forestry con-

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sultant, to Senator Neuberger.

288

Audit for the period May 9, 1955, to June 30, 1957, of Management

Specialists, Klamath Tribe of Indians--

20

Esquimalt and Nanaimo purchase, recommendation of Chief Justice

Gordon M. Sloan: Article from Western Logger and Lumberman,

September 1957..

253

Experts Discuss Indians' Timber; article, by William M. Blair, from the

New York Times, October 1, 1957--

260

Marsh, excerpt, containing explanation of marshland, from report of

Management Specialists.-

75

Material submitted on Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management
timber sales, laws, regulations, and cutting records.-

79–96

Petition of Klamath Falls Citizens Committee re Public Law 587-

64

Record of Bureau of Indian Affairs Long Creek Sale No. 1, 1953–54.

248
Relationship of the present value of a stand of timber to be sold in equal

amounts over varying periods of years to the aggregate price received
for such timber (chart)-

182
Report on the progress of the Klamath Indian Termination Act, series of

articles from the Eugene (Oreg.) Register-Guard, August 4-9, 1957,
written by William Dean..

207

Resolutions:

Klamath Basin Water Users Protective Association.

72

Klamath Executive Committee.-

41

Klamath Falls Central Labor Union, Klamath Falls, Oreg-

53

Klamath Sportsmen's Association.

73

Lake County Chamber of Commerce, Lakeview, Oreg-.

122

Tule Lake Irrigation District--

121

Some of the Social Implications of Public Law 587, study by Klamath

Management Specialists.-

55

Statement of policy of the Klamath County division of the Oregon

Education Association..

123

Summary of tentative plan of management and recommended form of legal
entity for the Klamath Indian people---

17

Termination, an Individual Problem, editorial from the Eugene (Oreg.)

Register-Guard, August 15, 1957.-

218