Abstract

A New Deal for the Red Men

The forces fighting for reform in Indian affairs have gone through their first major struggle and have come out only partly victorious against a formidable and stubborn foe. Their adversary was Representative Louis C. Cramton of Michigan, chairman of the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations which handles the appropriations for the Department of the Interior. The gentleman from Michigan, who since 1921 has practically controlled Indian administration, is responsible for cutting down the appropriations asked by the U.S. President Herbert Hoover to stop the slow starvation of Indian children in government boarding-schools. Fortunately the U.S. Senate, backed by public opinion, forced Cramton in the end to allow twice as much money for food as he at first approved.