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Problem of Indian Administration
  1. out by administrative officers or to assist in planning cooperative programs with state and local authorities or with missionary organizations or other private agencies.
  2. To visit schools and agencies and to report to the Commissioner upon the effectiveness of the administration in those branches of the work that are professional, technical, or scientific in character.
  3. To visit schools and agencies to advise and counsel with superintendents and other employees regarding the development and improvement of these specialized activities.
  4. Upon direction of the Commissioner to investigate and hold hearings upon matters of special complaint that involves technical or scientific subjects.

The division would operate on the project or assignment basis. For the development of fundamental programs for important jurisdictions committees would be organized, primarily from this division but often including administrative officers, and these committees would together formulate the recommendations after thorough field surveys.

Positions in the division would be of two types, permanent and temporary. Permanent positions should be established in those scientific and technical fields that are of major and fairly general importance. Temporary positions should be utilized to secure from time to time expert consulting service from other government agencies, from colleges and universities, from strong quasi public organizations specializing in particular fields, or from any other source from which recognized authorities may be secured. Temporary positions should also be utilized to employ representatives of agencies whose cooperation is essential or desirable in carrying out the plan, especially state and local government agencies or institutions, quasi public organizations specializing in restricted fields, church or missionary organizations doing work in the jurisdictions involved, and organizations particularly concerned with the protection of Indian rights. Representative Indians could also be secured through temporary appointments.

The number of temporary positions would of course vary from time to time, The survey staff wishes to make the following recommendations for permanent positions to be established at the outset:

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