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Resolution No. 49 - continued


dictions and have held other important offices in the professional, political and business world, and 

WHEREAS, time alone [[strikethrough]] stays our hand from [[/strikethrough]] a long recital of honored and venerable men, descendants of the first citizens of our native land, Indians, fellow citizens with ourselves in this our great America:

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that those who would do them and theirs dishonor by portraying them as low, mean and treacherous (and incite the bloodthirsty but unbrave moron to wrongful thinking) for filthy lucre, for their own aggrandizement and worldly gain and for rabble-rousing, be and they are, hereby admonished that they deter the advancement of a noble race, our American Indian, hamper his progress, and hinder his association with his neighbors and those who, understanding him, would be his friends; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, (that greater art and with quite as much truth) [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] that the valor, patriotism, heroism and love of country innate in the American Indian can be displayed in pageantry, drama, press and literature with the American Indian in his true light; and that cheap thrillers should be confined to [[strikethrough]] the experience of the thug, the disgruntled, and the [[/strikethrough]] stories of gangsters, anti-social public enemies [[strikethrough]] of mankind, and [[/strikethrough]] etc.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and to each of the motion picture producers, press and radio associations, and individuals whose names are attached hereto.

Mr. Madrano moved that Resolution No. 49 be adopted. Motion was seconded by Mr. Rainer. Motion was agreed to.