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One nice thing about it its pending before Mr. Justice Ballman's court, you remember his address to this group a year ago.
So that may give us some encouragement, then. But at any rate, coming back to the original question, this case doesn't have any affect on this situation.
Question lost.
Answer: It's a good question and maybe by this time next year that case Mr. Cragun referred to may have been decided.
Question: Define an individual Indian being a ward of the government.
I would think that in connection with this matter that we are talking about that that would be the situation where the government held this property in trust for the Indians. The government is the trustee for the Indian who has the benefit and use of the land and he is, as a result of that, the ward. Does that answer your question?
Any further questions? Now, I'm sure a number of you are concerned with the complications that arise out of this decision with respect to mineral rights. There are lots of you here who are vitally concerned with that and we would welcome any questions along that line or along any other line. Just because we can't answer all of your questions, don't give up on us.
Question: Does that include rock quarries?
Howard, do you want to take a shot at that?
(Howard) Well, I suppose that this gross production tax is applicable to any mineral, I am not sure whether it applies to rock quarrying or not. But it seems to me that as far as the Federal Government is concerned, we may be getting a repetition here, but only income derived by the owner of trust status lands is exempt from the levying of Federal Income Tax.
Question: Would you like to give a further clarification of the Northwest Commercial? 
Well, I would think that probably, unless they were fishing on their own allotted lands, that they would be subject to the income tax. Do you have anything to say on that, John?

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