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Resolution No. 12: The Resolution Committee presented Resolution No. 12, requesting that the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and all other public officials give their regard and considerations of Charters of tribes organized under the Indian Reorganization Act. Mr. DeMers moved that the resolution be adopted and Mr. Cross seconded the motion. 
Mr. Cross: Mr. Chairmen, as I understand this resolution here, it does not mean that there is something the the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner to give their attention to the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act. 
Mr. DeMers: It calls upon the Secretary and the Commissioner to give more attention to the provisions in the Constitutions and Charters which were adopted under the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act. 
The question was called for from the floor and the resolutionwas adopted by unanimous vote of the assembly. 
Resolution No. 13: Mr. DeMers presented No. 12 which extends the thanks of the National Congress of American Indians to the Cosmopolitan Hotel management, their staff, newspaper staff, radio stations and the citizens of Denver for their wholehearted cooperation to the delegates to the national Congress of American Indians in Denver, Colorado, November 15-18, inclusive. Mr. DeMers moved thatthe resolution be adopted, seconded by Mr. Cross. The question was called for from the floor and the resolution was adopted by unanimous vote. 
Resolution No. 14: Mr. DeMers presented Resolution No. 14, making it a first order of business of the National Congress of American Indians to give thought to the full-blood minority in the Indian tribes and requests that this matter be called to the attention of the United States Congress, the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and other interested officials. Mr. DeMers moved that the resolution be adopted and Mr. Cross seconded the motion. 
Mr. Short: I agree with the Chairman of the Committee that this is very important. As I say, I represent the mixed-bloods. Our Chairman spoke of a blanket covering the Indians the other day. I represent the majority of the Indians  of the Five Civilized Tribes and I want to get out from under your blanket, but at the same time we want that blanket to protect the full-bloods in our tribe and neighboring tribe. I think I can truly say that is the sentiment of the mixed-bloods of all of our tribes to protect the full-blood members of all our tribes. I think that the effect will be good and it will be long tasting. I want to make a motion that the Executive Council be requested to examine into the possibilities of readjusting the administration of Indian Affairs so as to make it more efficient in keeping with the recommendations of this resolution. 
Mr. Dwight: Mr. Short, I will have to rule that motion out of order at this time, but I will be glad to entertain it later on in the program.