Show indian problem is discussed at welfare meeting A public welfare meeting of state stale and county welfare offic aftic bals was held thursday in monticello for the purpose of determining ter a welfare poli policy cy regarding the navajo indians in san juan the me meeting was necessitated by the fact that the federal in than dian service has discontinued L field work on the navajo reservation land and the responsibility ability is now up to ithe state As a result of the meeting the decision was made to hire an additional worker whose job will be to handle field fie 1 d work on the reservation according to R 11 lawrence welfare director for grand and san juan co plans were made to locate a per son for the job mr lawrence said that because of the indian problem in san juan the public welfare of f ice iw will ill be moved from moab to 0 o monticello the move will take place saturday if possible representatives from the fed eral indian service who were in atlen attendance dance at the meeting incle tied ded mrs lucy adams director of welfare on navajo reservation mrs ruby mcdermott supervisor per visor everett everest cox and mrs sylvia kerr social workers of the indian service all of window rock arizona officials of the state department of welfare were nvere H C shoemaker chairman welfare commission Corn mission james kerr staff member ana and karl J harris field supervisor local representatives were johnd rogers of the county co mission and the county welfare board lovinia redd reda her man butt marian G nielson and hilda nielson board members and fern wood public health nurse |