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2. The creation of new positions in the fields of health, economic advancement, education, and social development at salaries to be fixed according to the new Indian Service classification, as approved by the Federal Personnel Classification Board.
3. Bringing institutions already authorized by law which are to be kept as permanent to a reasonable standard with respect to state of repair and equipment.
4. Establishing public health clinics.
5. Adding additional grades to existing Indian day schools, opening new day schools and providing school transportation for day school pupils, with a provision that not to exceed $300,000 may be spent for necessary construction. The object should be to provide for children not now in school and to reduce the present overcrowding in boarding schools by making provision for children to attend school in the neighborhood of their homes.
6. Hiring additional labor force at the boarding schools to reduce the amount of purely productive labor required of Indian children, with the provision that not more than $200,000 may be expended for the purchase of labor-saving machinery.

The classification and salary standardization of existing positions requires further explanation. The basis for the classification should be what the duties of the position will be when the Service has been brought to a reasonably high standard and what qualifications will be required for the efficient performance of those duties. The classification should not be based on the duties and qualifications of existing incumbents in those cases where the present incumbents are deficient in training and experience and hence cannot perform efficiently the duties which should be attached to the position for good administration. Such positions should be classified according to what they should be. The present incumbents who do not possess the qualifications for the positions as thus classified should be treated as temporaries, holding the positions only until they can be replaced with qualified employees. Since they are not qualified to occupy the positions permanently, they should not be given the salaries of qualified incumbents. So long as the position is occupied by a sub-standard temporary employee, the salary should be that