APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1941
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
AngrHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
EDWARD T. TAYLOR, Colorado, Chairman
CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri
CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, Virginia
LOUIS LUDLOW, Indiana
MALCOLM C. TARVER, Georgia
JED JOHNSON, Oklahoma
J. BUELL SNYDER, Pennsylvania
JAMES MCANDREWS, Illinois
EMMET O'NEAL, Kentucky
GEORGE W. JOHNSON, West Virginia
JAMES G. SCRUGHAM, Nevada
JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, New York
LOUIS C. RABAUT, Michigan
JOACHIM O. FERNANDEZ, Louisiana
MILLARD F. CALDWELL, Florida
DAVID D. TERRY, Arkansas
JOHN M. HOUSTON, Kansas
JOE STARNES, Alabama
ROSS A. COLLINS, Mississippi
CHARLES H. LEAVY, Washington
JOSEPH E. CASEY, Massachusetts
JOHN H. KERR, North CaroИna
GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas
HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California
BUTLER B. HARE, South Carolina
JOHN TABER, New York
RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts
WILLIAM P. LAMBERTSON, Kansas
D. LANE POWERS, New Jersey
J. WILLIAM DITTER, Pennsylvania
ALBERT E. CARTER, California
ROBERT F. RICH, Pennsylvania
CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, Vermont
EVERETT M. DIRKSEN, Illinois
ALBERT J. ENGEL, Michigan
KARL STEFAN, Nebraska
FRANCIS H. CASE, South Dakota
DUDLEY A. WHITE, Ohio
CLARENCE J. MCLEOD, Michigan
FRANK B. KEEFE, Wisconsin
MARCELLUS C. SHEILD, Clerk
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR DEPARTMENT EDWARD T. TAYLOR, Colorado, Chairman
JED JOHNSON, Oklahoma
JAMES G. SCRUGHAM, Nevada
JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, New York
CHARLES H. LEAVY, Washington
HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California
ROBERT F. RICH, Pennsylvania ALBERT E. CARTER, California DUDLEY A. WHITE, Ohio
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MAR 6-1940
DIVISION OF DOCUMENTS
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.
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;
CA 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.
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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