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INITIAL MEETING (NEWS RELEASE)
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Return Surplus Lands to Indians Project
Your local committee
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FOR RELEASE
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Return Surplus Lands to Indians Project(RSLIP) is a new citizens committee currently being formed in the Los Angeles area. The initial organization meeting will be held at the Los Angeles Indian Center, 600 S. New Hampshire, at 7:30  P.M., on Monday, July 19, 1971.

The national RSLIP organization based at Davis, California, began in April 1970, gained impetus recently when President Nixon stated (re: New York Times, April 1971) that the federal government is planning to transfer (give away) 6.8 BILLIONS of dollars worth of federally owned land to local governments, commercial and industrial firms.

According to Choctaw Indian, Ray Locke, Los Angeles Chairman for RSLIP, "The federal government has moral obligation to give Indian tribes and organizations an opportunity to bid on these original Indian lands, now declared excess or surplus."

People interested in helping Indians secure federal excess[surplus sites for education, health, culture and other purpose are urged to attend his important meeting.

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