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stances the positions would be temporary because the Service does not have enough work in the particular field to justify the permanent retention of a specialist in it; in others, because the specialist needed is an outstanding man in the field and could only be secured temporarily for the single project. Some of these specialists would be drawn from other organizations in the national government, notably the Public Health Service, the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Education, the Federal Board of Vocational Education, the Children’s Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the United States Employment Service. In many instances in developing an agricultural program for a reservation, it would be desirable to retain temporarily specialists from the local state experiment stations and the state agricultural colleges, not only because of their specialized knowledge of local agriculture but also because through them effective plans of codperative work between the national and the state governments can be perfected, thus facilitating the ultimate passage of the Indians from their status of wards of the national government to that of full fledged citizens of the state. Often specialists from colleges or universities or from private foundations or organizations will be found desirable, especially when they are representatives of organizations such as the American Red Cross, the National Tuberculosis Association, the American Child Health Association, or others like them, which may be in a position to render substantial aid on a cooperative basis in the actual execution of the plans after they have been developed. At times it will be desirable to have on these projects staff representatives of private organizations, which are particularly devoted to Indian affairs, and of missionary organizations which are at work in the field and whose intelligent understanding of the plan and effective codperation in its prosecution are greatly to be desired even though they may not be absolutely essential. This device of having them represented in the formative stage would bring to the Indian Service the advantage of their knowledge and experience, and would at the same time tend to minimize that friction, now fairly frequently encountered, which generally has its origin in misunderstandings.

For the major activities of the Service which are continuous, the effort should be made to retain permanently highly qualified specialists who will quickly acquire a detailed knowledge of the Indian