Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-09-17 | Page 7 | Dr. James Tells of Abuse of Indians

Dr. James Tells of Ahuse of Indians r ' Dr. George Wharton Jams, a member of Dr. Hubert Work's committee of let te Investigate the workings of the government's In-disa In-disa bursa ue. noted authority na the American abertglnee, author of two-ace re book dealing with Indian In-dian life and cuatom, and member i by adoption of more than forty tribes of Indiana, addreaasd the Flrat Congregational church Sunday Sun-day evening. Dr. Jamea characterised the traditional tra-ditional conduct of the Indian bureaus bu-reaus aa Imbecile In the extreme. He elated that a complaint anade by aa Indian - agalnat hla local agent waa promptly referred back by the government te the Identical agent complained ef who. or course, made auch explanation aa the premises required which always al-ways appeared to be aatlafactory te the government, and lhat the complaining Indian' let thereafter thereaft-er wa mad doubly hard because of hi complaint. '