APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1941

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 4. Ang HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

EDWARD T. TAYLOR, Colorado, Chairman

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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL, 1941

HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. EDWARD
T. TAYLOR (CHAIRMAN), JED JOHNSON, OKLAHOMA, JAMES G.
SCRUGHAM, JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, CHARLES H. LEAVY,
HARRY R. SHEPPARD, CALIFORNIA, ROBERT F. RICH, ALBERT E.
CARTER, AND DUDLEY A. WHITE, OF THE COMMITTEE ON AP-
PROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR 1941, ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS, NAMELY:

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1940.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

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STATEMENTS OF JOHN COLLIER, COMMISSIONER; WILLIAM ZIM-
MERMAN JR., ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER; S. W. CROSTHWAIT,
ASSISTANT TO THE COMMISSIONER; W. BARTON GREENWOOD,
FINANCE OFFICER; J. M. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF LANDS; L. D.
ARNOLD, ACTING DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY; A. C. COOLEY, DIREC-
TOR OF EXTENSION; A. L. WATHEN, DIRECTOR OF IRRIGATION;
CAT H. SOUTHWORTH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IRRIGATION;
W. W REATTY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION; P. L. FICKINGER,
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION; J. G. TOWNSEND, DIREC-
TOR OF HEALTH; L. W. WHITE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
HEALTH; H. M. CRITCHFIELD, SUPERVISOR OF CREDIT; E. A.
POYNTON, DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION

Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma. The committee will consider the Budget requests for appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and we have with us this morning the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Hon. John Collier, who will please take the witness stand.

Mr. Collier, do you care to make a brief general statement to the committee first before we consider the various items?

Mr. COLLIER. I will make it very brief, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma. Let me suggest that you include in your statement, if you will, any changes in policy or important changes in the appropriation requested for 1941, or any other material changes in this bill from last year, and such other matters as you might especially like to call to the attention of the committee.

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr. COLLIER. The principal change is a Budget cut of $3,760,000. Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma. Mr. Commissioner, if the Indian Service has been cut only $3,000,000 you have fared well as compared with

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