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Show 177 of operating within this Ary structure and half the children will attend for 12 months. Practically all of the youngsters who will be placed in this school will be from the Navajo Reservation--a ma jority will be non-English-speaking when they are received. Many will be more than 12 years old and entering school for the first time. For these older pupils, an intensive short er educational period must be planned. As a result, the total operating cost will be somewhat greater than for the average boarding school which is not faced with these cost greater about because problems In Bushnell of these greater costs, the operation of this purpose will epresent a savings to the for it will begin to receive some continuing the original investment for property which now spite for Government, benefit on stands idle. To clarify the apparent intent of S.170, which is to transfer this property between agencies of the Federal Government without reimbursement or transfer of funds, it is recommended that the bill be amended by inserting after the word ":tnterior" in line 5, the phrase "without reimbursement or transfer of funds." Congressional time schedules will not permit ascer taining in advance the relationship of this proposed leg islation to the program of the President. Thts report? therefore, does not constitute a commitment respecting the Presidentys program. ' Sincerely yours, Secretary War J. A. of the Krug, Interior. Assets Administration, Washington 25, D.C., January 24, 1949. Hon. John L. Chairman, McClellan, Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United states Senate, Washington 25, D.C. Dear Senator McClellan: Reference is made to your letter of January 18, 1949, requesting the views of this Administration with respect to S.170, a bill to authorize the transfer Df certain property to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes. The proposed legislation would authorize and direct the War Assets Administrator to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior, for use as a vocational school for Indian children and a center for housing and training adult Indians, the Buhnell General Hospital, near Brigham City, The ho s pa tal covers an area of Utah. ,298.5 acres, upon which are located 115 buildings, utility lines, and fire No personal property is located at fighting equipment. |
