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A demand may reasonably be made that the survey staff present in exceedingly brief outline its recommendations for action, in the order in which it believes action should be taken by the administration.

1. To improve the quantity, quality, and variety of diet available for Indian children in boarding schools, seek from Congress at the earliest possible moment an additional appropriation of one million dollars, to be immediately available.
2. For the directing, developmental, and planning work of the Service, seek from Congress at the earliest possible moment, to be immediately available, appropriations for the following purposes:
   1. The establishment of the recommended Division of Planning and Development, $250,000.
   2. The employment of six medical specialists to aid the director of medical work and for their necessary expenses, $50,000.
   3. The employment of a senior personnel officer and an assistant personnel officer and for their necessary expenses, $15,000.
   4. The employment of a senior statistician and of statistical clerks and for the purchase of statistical equipment, $20,000.
3. For the general improvement of the Indian Service, seek from Congress for the next fiscal year an emergency lump sum appropriation of $5,000,000, to be available for:
   1. Classification and salary standardization of existing positions in the Indian Service according to the Classification Act of 1923, such classification and salary standardization to be subject to the approval of the Federal Personnel Classification Board and to be based on the duties and qualifications which will be required to bring the positions up to a reasonable standard. This subject will be explained at some length in a subsequent paragraph.