| Show near starvation waiting for work A shocking situation was brought to our attention the other day when dana begay an educated navajo from kayenta kayetta Ka yenta and william and george adams representing the navajo pis placement cement service told of the condition in which 55 navajo people are living right light on the edge of monticello many of these people arel are suffering from i want of food and clothing simply because they can not liot find employment it is the intended program of afi the placement service to find I 1 employment for these navajos cavajos Nava jos ur or to make people aware that a placement service does exist whereby they may order help for farrris farms or otherwise apparently very few people have heard of this service which may account for its not being used more placement is under the direction of lucy IV adams of window rock ariz with her two sons five representatives outside uie the navajo reservation and seven on the reservation to a assist st in placement the agency is a government vern vernnie ment nt organized and controlled agency to make the navajos cavajos relf belt supporting I 1 many factors are to blame for the cie plight the navajos cavajos are in this year first has been the failure erf df most of their crops and herds on the reserve due to amax some people wonder why v hy if the navajos cavajos would be better off with vidhl their own people eve even ai if they are I 1 jobless have they congregated congregate dl here in such numbers this is par I 1 bally due to false reports on the reservation about avail available aWe jobs farther nor north th in tale he towns some som e of this has been agno ignorance barce and some of it has been given out by unscrupulous individuals individuaL 3 called wildcat recruiters 1 ca cruit alters ers who tell the ind indians that they have jobs waiting here for them and that for a orice they will haul navajos cavajos up in theirl their trucks then when they have collected and delivered the navajos cavajos to the edge of town they leave I 1 I 1 never to be heard from again I 1 thus many navajos cavajos give their last savings for transportation only to find that the jobs were mythical and they then have no way ray to return the reason the placement service representatives were here talt last week was to either place the navajas navajos in some lucrative em aorl or to arrange for taking them back to the reservation if there are any farmers orl or other employers who need labora labor they may write to employment service ce 55 west 3rd ard south salt lake qty ety or for more dr orders write dana begay navajo placement service kayenta kayetta Ka yenta ariz or placement and welfare window rock ariz the correct procedure is simply to state the number of employees needed and the date and length of time they will be need ed esther temporary or perma cent employment is welcomed |
