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Mr. Chairman, and friends: I think I could perhaps inject just a little further explanation before I tell you the exact status of the law suit that has now been instituted. On behalf of the Ute Indian Tribe I had inquired into this matter some time ago when it came up and Mr. Buswell on behalf of the Indian Service expressed an interest and so at that time he came up to Salt Lake and we interviewed the Attorney General and explained to himall of the circumstances surrounding this case, to see if we couldn't get him to make an opinion before the Primary election. We were unsuccessful in so doing and after Mr. Presswell had been here we received another letter from the Attorney General saying that he couldn't see any reason why he should change the opinion that he had already given. Now at this point I had some reluctance in pressing this case myself, for fear he might inject political aspects into the case, becuase at that time as you have already been told, I was practically engaged in a political campaign. Now I didn't want to confuse my personal forces with the rights of the Indians and so at that time it was felt advisable that I not commence the suit, at least until we saw how this thing came out. So it was about that time that the NCAI arranged with the Washington firm of Wilkinson, Cragun, and Barker, Hopkins, and Bob Berker got in touch with me and we worked out the details as to a test on these. No Preson Allen, who is an Affiliated Ute, in other words he was one classed in the Public Law 671 of the 83rd Congress, as a mix blood, was the first one to be able to test this, because he was going to leave town, so he went to the County Clerk's office and asked for an absentee ballot. Of course, it was all arranged in advance as to how he would be denied, in order to form the basis for this law suit, and so when he went and asked for his ballot, he did not get it and the county clerk gave him a written letter saying why he could not receive a ballot to vote. And that formed the basis for this law suit. The complaint was then prepared in Washington and then mailed out here and I took care of the arrangements here went to the Supreme Court and was able to get three judges to concur in issuing a writ and having the County Clerk appear before the Supremem Court to show cause 2 hy he shouldn't allow the Indians to vote. And that case has now been set for October 8, at a special setting, so that the Indians will have an opportunity after the case has been decided,