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Form 3547
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CHILOQUIN, OREGON
VOL. 5 NO. 11
KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
NOVEMBER 1960
Mcrrynan Campagna Studies Cosmetology,
Finds Training Gruelling But Profitable
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A 195() Chilomiin llii:h Sclioo
graduate with the goal of be
coming a licensed beautician is
Mcrrynan Catupagna. Mcrrynan
was active in glee club and pep
club in liijjh school and also wrote
a gossip column, "orchids and
onions", for the school paper.
She started her beauty training
at Klamath I '.canty College,
Klamath Falls, last June and at
this point is able to say "I really
like it", although she admits it
does get somewhat tiring at times
what with the K hours per day,
6 days per week schedule con
fronting all beauty students.
The standard beauty course,
covering approximately one year,
takes up such studies as manicur
ing, facial and scalp treatments,
haircuts and hairsets, mixing and
application of tints and bleaches,
and business management.
Mcrrynan and the other students
in her class, some M) in all, soak
up this learning in two principal
ways: classroom instruction and
on-the-job practice. At Klamath
Beauty, oii-thejob training is em
phasized as a means of develop
ing beauty skills. Students devote
no less man Hours ot tnc 40-
hour week to on-job training, the
balance of the time being spent
in the classroom.
The on-job training consists
primarily of the students giving
various beauty treatments to the
customers who patronize the
school. One inducement for these
customers to offer themselves
up as objects of practice is the
lower fee charged by the school
in comparison with that of the
regular beauty shop. More im
portant as an attraction, Mcrry
nan states, is an understanding on
the part of the customers that the
students are very conscientious
and anxious to please, and are
willing to perform services tail
ored to suit individual tastes.
Whatever their motive, the cus
tomers by paying their fees pro
vide the school with the main
wherewithal to keep operating
and therefore must be regarded
as all-important. Student tuition
is secondary as a means of de
fraying school costs.
The students themselves re
ceive no pay for their work, al
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EXEC.-COMM. MEETS,
REPORT ON PROGRESS
In response to the Fx. Com
mittee's urgent request for in
formation regarding the status of
the Klamath claims, Donald
(lormlcy, attorney from Wash
ington made a surprise visit to
the regular committee meeting
on November 15, 1960, and pre
sented a detailed and somewhat
encouraging report regarding
these claims.
Some of the questions asked by
the committee in their letter to
Gormley, dated October 27, I960,
and the explanation given by the
attorney in his report to the com
mittee are as follows:
1. Why is it necessary or de
sirable to combine the claims
into a package settlement?
Gormlcy related the back
ground of the proposal made by
the claims commission that the
tribe consider a package settle
ment for all Klamath claims. Ac
cording to him the department
of Justice from 1951-1958, refused
to settle any claims short of go
ing through trial. This policy,
however, changed around 1957
and several cases were negotiated
during the years 1958-1960 by
which the department agreed to
the package settlement. Such
cases he said included those on
behalf of the Ute Tribe which are
now completely settled with the
money appropriated to the credit
of that tribe.
Gormlcy went on to explain
that since this procedure was
found to be satisfactory the de
partment suggested that the same
procedure be used for the Klam
ath claims. Since September the
tribal attorneys have been work
ing on the angle of using the
package settlement. He advised
that particularly with termination
next year it would make sense to
arrive at a package settlement
but added that it would only
make sense if the settlement is
reasonable.
2. In view of the government
stand that only the govern
ing body of the tribe can
negotiate settlements, what
will happen if the claim cases
HEARS ATTORNEY'S
OF TRIBAL CLAIMS
are not settled prior to
termination?
Gormlcy assured the committee
members that although the at
torneys of the tribe under the
contract may discuss settlement
they could not reach a settlement
on the tribe's behalf. It was
pointed out that the tribe itself
must approve any settlement and
that the Secretary of the Interior
must also approve it. The tribal
attorneys will present a figure
which they consider to be fair to
the tribe for their decision and
such a decision would involve the
consent of the Fx. Comm. and the
general council. This practice was
followed in the settlement of
claims by such tribes as the
Colville and the Utes.
The claims commission has re
quired the question of a settle
ment to be presented a the en
tire general council of the tribe
as well as the business committee
which in the Klamath cases would
be the Fxce. Comm. according to
Gonnlev. The minutes must be
verified and filed with the com
mission and this commission has
the full right to lay down the
conditions on which they will ap
prove. In Gormley's opinion the
general council will have to be
the council that existed before
termination. However, according
to the termination law both the
withdrawing and the remaining
members will have the right to
participate in the council and that
for the purposes of negotiating
with the government on the
claims cases a general council
could be held.
In Gormley's opinion the de
partment of Justice and the de
partment of Interior have been
talking with each other about
the desirability of concluding the
Klamath claims prior to or along
with termination. "I think," he
concluded, "that is why we got a
package settlement proposal."
3. What progress has been
made thus far?
Gormlcy pointed out that the
settlement of the Indian claims
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