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Show First, are the scientific and philanthropic foundations interested in research and in the welfare of the Indians. Second, would be contributing or sustaining memberships by the various participating governments. Third, would be the memberships of interested societies, and fourth, the memberships of interested individuals who would subscribe to the quarterly publications and the monographs that would be issued. I am in no position to say how much we may expect the philanthropic foundations to contribute. A number of them are vitally interested in the welfare of the Indians of the Americas, and interested also in the fields of ethnology and linguistics. I firmly believe that if properly approached, one or more of these foundations would contribute, at least initially, to the expenses of the Institute. Eventually, no doubt, the financial support must mainly devolve upon the governments and the individuals or bodies forming the membership of the Institute; foundation grants would reasonably be limited to perhaps a five-year period to encourage the organization to get under way and to make a demonstration of the services it could render. Suggestions Advanced As To Organization Of Institute As to organization, there probably should be a board of trustees to serve as custodians of property and funds, a governing body to give general direction to the program, perhaps an executive body to give general direction to the program, perhaps an executive committee or council that could meet more often than the whole governing body, and, finally, a small executive staff to carry on the day to day work. I suggest that the aim should be a small, not a large, overhead. As a method of getting the organization under way, I suggest that |