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Show ' ' ' 'J , - ; :-. " i I ' ' T ' f , t 'V1 ' ' - ' . - , -4 ? 1 .v . . , , "' . , ft - j' ; , ; i I r- c- - w "j I S- - -. - . t I ... UTE DELEGATION VISITS WASHINGTON Utah Ute Indians came to Washington 1 j s. week to describe their plan to partition their tribe between mixed and full bloods, and S p 'nitiaie a program leading to eventual full citizenship for all 1600 Uintah Basin Utes. , aKrllclPants in the joint Senate-House hearing are show here, grouped about a hearing room j!bla: Sianding, Russell Cuch, and Connor Chapoose, full-blooded Ute delegates; Albert i dele9ale for the mixed bloods; John S. Boyden, Salt Lake City attorney; R. O. Curry, Su . bal Business manager; Ralph Gelvin, Phoenix, Arizona, area Indian Director; and 1 ' of Harry Gilmore, of the Uintah-Ouray Reservation. Seated, Rep. E. Y. Berry, chairman 1 fai House Indian Affairs CVommillee; Glenn L. Emmons, commissioner of Indian Af- j,lrs'' And Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and j near'ng chairman. , .The Utah tribesmen were commended for their initiative in making recommendations j iecf51 lhe Federal Government in terminating its supervision of their affairs. Bills to ef- l wis liberation are now before board houses of Congress. |