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attached.) The budget outlined for Dr. Lindeman was explained by Roy E. Gourd, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Finances. 

Nest a program of action was outlined by Charles Heacock, Temporary Chairman. Members of the group who had been previously appointed by the Temporary Chairman as chairman of sub-committee, as listed below, were asked to lead the discussions on their respective assignments and to take notes on those discussions to serve later as the basis of their future activities as sub-committee chairmen. 

1. Legal Basis of the Organization - Kent FitzGerald, Chairman
2. Finances - Roy E. Gourd, Chairman
3. Publicity - D'Arcy McNickle, Chairman
4. Relations With Other Organizations - Cleo D. Caudell, Chairman
5. Constitution & By-Laws - Archie Phinney, Chairman
6. Member Association - Mark L. Burns, Chairman
7. National Convention - Ben Dwight, Chairman
8. Publication - D'Arcy McNickle, Chairman
9. Projects - D'Arcy McNickle, Chairman

Each of the topics listed above was fully discussed at the meetings on these three days. The attitudes of the group were well expressed and each sub-chairman, equipped with his notes on these discussions, left the final meeting with a fairly well-outlined plan of section to be followed. 

The evening meeting on May 25 was devoted to a discussion of the formulation of a constitution and by-laws. Membership, jurisdiction, and objectives of the organization received the most attention. The group was in agreement that active membership should be limited to Indians and that the provisions for membership should be stated in rather broad terms, leaving the problems of specific requirements to local determination insofar as possible. 

The principal question on jurisdiction of the national organization was "for whom should it (or would it be qualified) to speak, and to what extent should its decisions be binding on individual members and member organizations." The answer was that the organization would hope to speak for the American Indian, but that its authority and powers could consist only of what were granted to it by its membership. 

There was also spontaneous agreement on the principles and objectives for