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KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
FEBRUARY, 1957
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IRWIN CRUME NOW TAKING SECOND -YEAR
OF AUTO MECHANICS AT O. T. I.
"The course is rough, hut very
Kood," says Irwin Crume about
his work at O.T.I. He is taking
the second year of a two-year
auto mechanics course.
At the beginning of his course
Irwin spent some three hours
daily in the auto mechanics shop
working on comparatively simple
jobs such as wheel balance, sus
pension, brake jobs, and drive
line jobs. At the same time he
spent two hours a day in Techni
cal Related classes and some time
in elective courses.
Gradually, however, along with
the other students, Irwin spends
more and more time in the shop
until at the end of this year he
will be in the shop five to six
hours every day. Already he has
done complete engine overhauls.
Among the Technical Related
classes he has taken, Irwin con
siders engine theory, welding and
rebuilding engines to be the most
interesting courses.
Irwin says he has a good in
structor, Mr. Hailcy, and has met
a lot of new friends from differ
ent parts of the State at school.
In his last two terms Irwin will
take up trouble analysis. In
"trouble shooting", as it is called,
students learn to determine what
is wrong with a vehicle, how
much the repair estimate will be,
and how much time the flat rate
manual allows for completion of
the work. Then the students pro
ceed to do the entire job in the
allotted time.
Irwin has a wife and three
children. He lives in Spraguc
River and commutes daily with
Phil Tupper, Hob David, and
Vincent Hodner. He says it is a
tiresome drive but it saves money.
About the education program
Irw in says : "I think the program
is a great opportunity. I think
there ought toJe more who take
advantage of it. There's a lot of
fellows who could be taking ad
vantage of it if they would put
themselves forth."
When he gets through his train
ing Irwin wants to have a shop
of his own, and in view of the
shortage of skilled auto mechan
ics this desire seems to be an
excellent one.
MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS GIVE FINAL
REPORT; GOVT. PURCHASE RECOMMENDED
The following article is the
final in a series of reports by the
Management Specialists and con
tains the Specialists' recommen
dations for the amending of
Public Law 587. The Klamath
Tribune has not taken a stand
for or against their position but
its staff has been happy to pub
lish these reports as an informa
tion service to the Klamath
Indian People.
P. L. 587 WILL HURT TRIBE
The termination of Federal
supervision over the Klamath
Tribal property will have lasting
effects, both on the Indian people
themselves and on the timber and
other resources which they own.
Whether these effects are good
or bad depends on the manner in
which the termination is brought
about. Let us see whether the
present provisions of Public Law
P. L. 587 Amendments
Introduced In
Congress
Four bills concerning Public
Law 587 have been tossed into
the legislative hopper so far in
this first session of the 85th Con
gress. ICdith Green, Congress
woman from Oregon, introduced
two bills on January 3, 1957. One
bill woidd suspend operation of
certain of the M an a g e m e n t
Specialists' duties under Public
Law 587 for nine months, but
wotdd provide for continued cut
ting of timber under the present
sustained yield program.
The second of Representative
Green's bills directs the use of
federal rather than tribal funds in
defraying the expenses of termi
nation. Senators Ncubcrgcr and Morse
in the Senate and Representative
Ullm an in the House, all of Ore
gon, arc sponsoring a bill which
wotdd provide for an 18 month
delay of the sale of tribal property
by the Management Specialists,
make available federal funds to
reimburse the tribe for expenses
of termination, and extend the
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KLAQATH COBHTY Li... '
587 will safeguard the interests
of tribal members or will protect
their vast resources.
The Klamath Reservation, as
you know, has been managed and
operated by the Department of
the Interior, through the Hureau
of Indian Affairs, for the benefit
of the Klamath Tribe. One result
of this management is the per
capita payments which in the past
few years have averaged about
$8(X) annually to each member of
the Tribe--Man. woman, and
child. A large number of the
Tribal members have lost their
incentive and initiative because
of their total dependence upon
these per capita payments. Many
have neglected to take fill 1 ad
vantage of the educational op
portunities which have been open
to them through Public Schools
and have also missed the exper
ience and training of competitive
business practices. As a result the
Klamaths as a group are not pre
pared to assume the responsi
bilities necessary for the success
ful management of important
affairs. Many members of the
tribe are conscious of this fact
and concur in the theory that the
Tribe as a whole is unprepared to
manage its estate, should that
responsibility be thrust upon it.
This is one of the major reason.
why every safeguard must be pro
vided for the Indians in any
termination program, both by the
Management Specialists and the
Federal Government. These facts
which pertain to members of the
Klamath Tribe could well per
tain to the members of any seg
ment of our population who had
lived under the same conditions.
The second problem which
.should be considered in connec
tion with the termination law is
the conservation of the vaU
forest resources. It is not only
possible but quite probable that
should the present terms of Public
Law 587 be carried out, a large
portion of the timber on the
Klamath Reservation would be
clear cut and this forest resource
largely destroyed.
(Continued Vmgm 3, Col 3)