Show U S orders indian workers to cooperate with missionaries washington may alay 28 the india a service e arvice is asking its superintendents and field workers s to cooperate more actively with missionaries sio sion aries narles on oil the reservations A circular letter will be sent to all superintendents that each call conference confere acea to be attended by missionaries church workers and employees to develop lines ot of cooperative effort which will promote active participation in a common program the move was inspired by the board of indian commissioners a federal agency independent of the indian office which at the same ioime time suggested the mission au circularize their depre representatives senta tives in the same manner hitherto indian officials said there has been some conflict between representatives of the and missionaries in many juri a number of the 20 or more churches and denominations dealing with indians are represented sen ted while many have worked to promote indian welfare I 1 the officials feel the various groups frequently have been working at cross purposes the letter to superintendents will say all indian service employees are expected to maintain an attitude of respect toward divine ser nerices rices se and aad the morral moral teachings of religion adding the missionaries as a part of the local program independent and yet correlated with tb the government program the letter also alao will assert the missionary was active in ili the work of fitting the indians to be self sustaining self respecting american citizens long before the government entered it the indian service committee of new york a clearing ahouse se for the many mission boards has referred to each denomination a suggested draft of letters to be sent seat the missionaries ies they are expected to act independently but the indian office will not await their decision sending its own instructions immediately desert news |