Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-15 | Page 6 | Navajos Face Run, Claims Indian Group

NAVAJOS FACE RUN CLAIMS INDIAN GROUP Charges Congress Helpless Bureau Procrastinates In Emergency By DJ Associated Press WASHINGTON Feb 15 15 Emer Erne gency action to save Navajo faced with economic ruin was called for today in an open statement by th the American Indian Dc Defense ense association The association charged congress is helpless in the situation in the ab sence of initiative by the thc Indian bu eau and accused the bureau of oC procrastination pro inviting disaster STORMS STOR DISASTROUS The storms of two months ago Ih the association said threaten to leave in their wake a ua permanent economic disaster through the holding back o of necessary relief relic by the government More than halt hall of the Navajo tribe is witnessing the swift annihilation of its only means of support sell it said It referred to losses of ot sheep asserting assert ing lag have died and more will perish within the next month The government or the charitable t public may shortly be compelled to feed reed these Indians who never ne before have depended on either gov or private charit charity the asso elation said raid CHARGES INACTION Meantime the Indian bureau whose procrastination through the thelast thelast thelast last six weeks has invited the impending impend ing lag disaster still postpones the making making mak make ing ins of or any comprehensive plan of relief re rc lief liet regardless of the plea made by Senators Cutting Republican New Mexico Bratton Democrat New Mexico Mex ico Ashurst Democrat Arizona and Hayden Democrat Arizona One month ago when the disaster appeared to be of far less magnitude than now Commissioner Rhoads of the Indian bureau announced that he heS S was as prepared to ask the American Red Cross to help Now in the face of ot magnified disaster disaster dis aster the pleas of the senators addressed addressed ad dressed to the commissioner to enlist enlist en list the help of the Red Cross or 01 to launch an adequate governmental plan apparently fall all on deaf ears