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delegates to the Governors' Interstate Indian Council, and your own second vice-president. Mr. George has already done much of the spadework necessary in setting up a state committee patterned along the Minnesota lines, and he and I shortly hope to present a plan to the Governor and his advisors providing for such an organization. The Governor has already expressed his approval, and before the next meeting of the Interstate Council in December, we should have such a committee organized.

In closing, I hope that I do not overstep the bounds of my invitation to appear before you when I suggest that an endorsement of the Governors' Interstate Indian Council by this Congress, representing Indians in all states, will go a long way towards strengthening that organization and what it can do in dealing with Indian Affairs.
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Introduction of delegates and guests by Frank George.

Announcement of committee assignments by Justice Johnson, viz.:

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION 
Frank George, Chairman. 
.John Gates 
Carl Whitman, Jr. 
Nelson Lupe 
Edward M. Wilson 
Lorena M. Burgess 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC RELATIONS
Helen L. Peterson, Chairman
John A. Bosin
Frank George
Francis McKinley
I. W. Flood
James Hammett

COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL RELATIONS
D'Arcy McNickle, Chairman. (absent)
George Adams, Acting Chairman.
Herbert John
Joe Duncan
Vernon Jackson
Josephine Kelly

ORGANIZATION AND BUDGET COMMITTEE
George P. LaVatta, Chairman
Robert L. Bennett
Helen L. Peterson
Avex Miller
John C. Rainer
Josephine Kelly

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
Dan M. Madrano, Chairman.
Joseph Garry
Lorena M. Burgess
W. H. H. Pilcher
George Friedlander
Reginald O. Curry
David A. Johnson, Sr. 
Mrs. Wilamette B. LaVatta
Edward M. Wilson
George Pambrun
Tandy Wilbur
Bertha P. Lightfood, Secretary

1951 CONVENTION COMMITTEE
Manford Weeks, Chairman.
Helen L. Peterson
Connor Chapoose

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Hiram W. Clark, Chairman.
Alfred Jackson
Joe Vizenor
George N. Adams
Reginald O. Curry
George LaVatta
Amanda Finley
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
John C. Rainer, Chairman
Chas. E. Grounds Walter S. Wetzel
COURTESY COMMITTEE: Leona Hayes, Chair.
Amanada Finley Herbert John

MEETING ADJOURNED

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