December 30, 1965 (20 pages)

N ORTHERN MINES & CALIFORN IA REPORTS Seaman PEI EEE + EET eg key +P HEH +e hE OE F.E.P.C.Reports Indians Are Isolated California Indians, with the largest rate of population growth of all the state's ethnic groups, also lag most in employment, education, and income, according to'a new report from the State Fair Employment Practice Commission, . ’ "As a group, California Indians have been isolated from the social and economic advances made by other minorities in recent years, " saidC, L. Dellums, FEPC chairman, in releasing the 41 page study titled "American Indians in California," The booklet is the fourthin an FEPC series, Previous publications have dealt with Negroes, the Spanish-surnamed, Japanese, Chinese and Filipinos, Dellums pointed out that the new study showed a 95 percent increase--compared to 48 percent for all ethnic groups--in Indian population between 1950 and 1960, rising from 20,000 toa reported 39,000. "Even that high rate of increase may not reflect the actual growth of their numbers in the state, " Dellums said, “Some sources have estimated the Califomia Indian population near 75,000.” He explained that several reasons accounted for the-increase--d high birthrate, improving health conditions, and the relocation program of the U.S, Bureau of Indian Affairs which assists Indians who leave reservations to settle in urban areas, In the five year period ending with 1960, 18 percent of all Indians over five years of age in California had migrated from other states, mostly as a result of relocation programs, Accompanying this migration, Dellums said, has been a shift in Indian population from rural to urban areas, “The problems resulting from this shift, especially in employment and housing, are among the major difficulties the Indian faces today," hesaid, "So far, community and government resources have failed to deal effectively with those problems, But they must be confronted and solved,” Dellums saidthat Indian unemployment was undoubtedly the gravest problem revealed by the FEPCreport, For Indian men the unemployment rate in 1960 was over 15 percent, compared to 12 percent for Negro men and 5 percent for whites, The unemployment rate for Indian women, 11 “percent, was equal to that of Negro women and second to the 13 percent for Filipino women, Thirty-nine percent of all employed Indian men work in the manufacturing industries as operatives and craftsmen, An additional 28 percent were farm laborers or occupied with other unskilled tasks. Less than four percent of Indian men were employed.as professional or technical workers. Se Elks Dances For Teenagers The Christmas dance for teenagers sponsored by the Youth Committee of the Nevada City Elks at their Pine St, Lodge drew over 500 in attendance, completing a year of the hugely successful semi-monthly events, Another series of dances featuring top rock bands from the valley and the local area will begin in January, according to general chairman Don Baker, . The dances have served well over 5,000 teenagers during the year, The most popular Christmas dance featured the "New Breed" from Sacramento, Lodge secretary H. L. Childers stated that “these dances have not been entirely free of bad behavior or disturbances, but the Elk committee has worked hard to eliminate problems as they become apparent. It is only through their sincere desire to CARY HOBBS AND CATHY McLEOD danced to the make available good clean rectune of the "New Breeds. Careers In Conservation Is The Topic Of New Book By Agriculture Aide Ray Borchard, Work Unit Conservationist, Grass Valley, announces that a new book entitled “Careers in Natural Resource Conservation," by Fred W. Her‘berthas recently been published, It is a 110-page book with twenty-one illustrations, It describes the background of the modern conservation movement and gives a broad and realistic view of careers in conservation, The book contains chapters on Conservation Meanings and Career Questions, Conservation in the Old World and the New, Problems, the Work of Conservation Aids and Technicians, the Conservation Environment, the Johnson Has Top Record For Voting Congressman Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson of the Second District hasbeen credited with one of the highest voting participation records of the California Congressional Delegation, A tabulation of voting participation for the first session of the 89th Congress showed Congressman Johnson present and casting his vote on 95 per cent of the 201 “yea" and “nay” roll-call votes during 1965, Only six other members of the 38 Congressional delegation from California equalled or exceeded this record, Outlook and the Challenge. Seven principal professional conservation careers, Soil Science, Agronomy, Range Conservation are described in detail. The book is designed to give high school and college students and their teachers and counselors complete information on conservation careers, At the present time, federal agencies and industry have great need for qualified people in conservation, This book, therefore, is timely in interesting students in this challenging field, Herbert has had 46 years inthe & U.S, Department of Agriculture, his most recent position having been Assistant California State Conservationist for the Federal Soil Conservation Service. He has authored numerous articles on conservation and has received many honors from conservation organizations, including that of Fellow in the Soil Conservation Society of America, For a short period Herbert was Executive Secretary of the California Association of Soil Conservation Districts, Included in his book is a description of the district movement and the close relationship between district and professional and technical men serving them, A copy of Mr. Herbert's book can be had by making application at the Soil Conservation office located at 654 Nevada City Highway, Grass Valley, The price is $3,75, reation that they have stuck to it, and eliminated their problems, “These dances now would make grown-ups ashamed of the ones they attend, Ours is a ‘great bunch" of young men and women and I think the Elks and the committee are to be commended for their perserverance in developing clean, wholesome, foot stomping fun for the many boys and girls of the area, " Baker has been assisted in chaperoning the dances by his wife Frances, John Graham, Babe Childers, Jim and Carol Kendrick, THE ELKS CHRISTMAS teenage party drew 500 dancers to Nevada City, among them Mary Williams, above. Bring Attendance Of 5,000 During Past Twelve Months Mr, and Mrs, Bez Barry, Sharon Pello, Lillian Pello, Dan Pello, Jack Hingston, Jim DeMartini, Jack Townsend, and Mr, and Mrs, Bill Akers, Jr. Policemen are on duty for all the dances, Leake Attacks Tax Plan The State Board of Equalization opened a yuletide package of proposed federal legislation last week, decided it could cost California historic taxation rights andnearly $100 million in annual revenue, and refused the parcel. Board Member Paul Leake said the bill, designed tocorrect some sales tax problems for multi-state firms, was a "Trojan Horse” that could also cost the State dearly in unfair business competition and pave the way for an exodus of firms, The Board formally opposed the bill of Congressman Edwin E, Willis (D) of Louisiana (H.R. 11798) as a usurper of historic rights in sales and use tax field, A delay is sought in January 26 hearings on the billin Washington to allow the states to assess its impact, "This unprecedented federal invasion into the state tax field is intended to ease the compliance burden of interstate sellers, but it goes too far," Leake warned, "It tries to repair the watch with a sledgehammer, " The Board said that under the formula proposed in the new federal-state “partnership” on sales and use taxes, revenues to California cities and counties ' would be cut an estimated $20 million annually, and the State would lose $75 million, _ States could choose to continue their present sales tax law, but would have to surrender most of _ their powers to require interstate sellers to collect and pay sales and use taxes, States desiring to increase their power to tax interstate transactions must adopt a uniform sales anduse tax law which gives the U.S, Secretary of the Treasury administrative and rulemaking authority, The Board said this provision would "cause an upheaval in our procedures, It would institute new concepts of taxation costly to the State, " Under the bill, certain out-ofstate companies could compete here sales tax-free against California firms which would have to add the 4 per cent tax, © ° e e z o < > Q. f (2) ° i= o a < Zz e @ e e e 0 oO fe) i) 3 Loy @ “ oS oO b ve) fo>) on ?

N ORTHERN MINES & CALIFORN IA REPORTS Seaman PEI EEE + EET eg key +P HEH +e hE OE F.E.P.C.Reports Indians Are Isolated California Indians, with the largest rate of population growth of all the state's ethnic groups, also lag most in employment, education, and income, according to'a new report from the State Fair Employment Practice Commission, . ’ "As a group, California Indians have been isolated from the social and economic advances made by other minorities in recent years, " saidC, L. Dellums, FEPC chairman, in releasing the 41 page study titled "American Indians in California," The booklet is the fourthin an FEPC series, Previous publications have dealt with Negroes, the Spanish-surnamed, Japanese, Chinese and Filipinos, Dellums pointed out that the new study showed a 95 percent increase--compared to 48 percent for all ethnic groups--in Indian population between 1950 and 1960, rising from 20,000 toa reported 39,000. "Even that high rate of increase may not reflect the actual growth of their numbers in the state, " Dellums said, “Some sources have estimated the Califomia Indian population near 75,000.” He explained that several reasons accounted for the-increase--d high birthrate, improving health conditions, and the relocation program of the U.S, Bureau of Indian Affairs which assists Indians who leave reservations to settle in urban areas, In the five year period ending with 1960, 18 percent of all Indians over five years of age in California had migrated from other states, mostly as a result of relocation programs, Accompanying this migration, Dellums said, has been a shift in Indian population from rural to urban areas, “The problems resulting from this shift, especially in employment and housing, are among the major difficulties the Indian faces today," hesaid, "So far, community and government resources have failed to deal effectively with those problems, But they must be confronted and solved,” Dellums saidthat Indian unemployment was undoubtedly the gravest problem revealed by the FEPCreport, For Indian men the unemployment rate in 1960 was over 15 percent, compared to 12 percent for Negro men and 5 percent for whites, The unemployment rate for Indian women, 11 “percent, was equal to that of Negro women and second to the 13 percent for Filipino women, Thirty-nine percent of all employed Indian men work in the manufacturing industries as operatives and craftsmen, An additional 28 percent were farm laborers or occupied with other unskilled tasks. Less than four percent of Indian men were employed.as professional or technical workers. Se Elks Dances For Teenagers The Christmas dance for teenagers sponsored by the Youth Committee of the Nevada City Elks at their Pine St, Lodge drew over 500 in attendance, completing a year of the hugely successful semi-monthly events, Another series of dances featuring top rock bands from the valley and the local area will begin in January, according to general chairman Don Baker, . The dances have served well over 5,000 teenagers during the year, The most popular Christmas dance featured the "New Breed" from Sacramento, Lodge secretary H. L. Childers stated that “these dances have not been entirely free of bad behavior or disturbances, but the Elk committee has worked hard to eliminate problems as they become apparent. It is only through their sincere desire to CARY HOBBS AND CATHY McLEOD danced to the make available good clean rectune of the "New Breeds. Careers In Conservation Is The Topic Of New Book By Agriculture Aide Ray Borchard, Work Unit Conservationist, Grass Valley, announces that a new book entitled “Careers in Natural Resource Conservation," by Fred W. Her‘berthas recently been published, It is a 110-page book with twenty-one illustrations, It describes the background of the modern conservation movement and gives a broad and realistic view of careers in conservation, The book contains chapters on Conservation Meanings and Career Questions, Conservation in the Old World and the New, Problems, the Work of Conservation Aids and Technicians, the Conservation Environment, the Johnson Has Top Record For Voting Congressman Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson of the Second District hasbeen credited with one of the highest voting participation records of the California Congressional Delegation, A tabulation of voting participation for the first session of the 89th Congress showed Congressman Johnson present and casting his vote on 95 per cent of the 201 “yea" and “nay” roll-call votes during 1965, Only six other members of the 38 Congressional delegation from California equalled or exceeded this record, Outlook and the Challenge. Seven principal professional conservation careers, Soil Science, Agronomy, Range Conservation are described in detail. The book is designed to give high school and college students and their teachers and counselors complete information on conservation careers, At the present time, federal agencies and industry have great need for qualified people in conservation, This book, therefore, is timely in interesting students in this challenging field, Herbert has had 46 years inthe & U.S, Department of Agriculture, his most recent position having been Assistant California State Conservationist for the Federal

Soil Conservation Service. He has authored numerous articles on conservation and has received many honors from conservation organizations, including that of Fellow in the Soil Conservation Society of America, For a short period Herbert was Executive Secretary of the California Association of Soil Conservation Districts, Included in his book is a description of the district movement and the close relationship between district and professional and technical men serving them, A copy of Mr. Herbert's book can be had by making application at the Soil Conservation office located at 654 Nevada City Highway, Grass Valley, The price is $3,75, reation that they have stuck to it, and eliminated their problems, “These dances now would make grown-ups ashamed of the ones they attend, Ours is a ‘great bunch" of young men and women and I think the Elks and the committee are to be commended for their perserverance in developing clean, wholesome, foot stomping fun for the many boys and girls of the area, " Baker has been assisted in chaperoning the dances by his wife Frances, John Graham, Babe Childers, Jim and Carol Kendrick, THE ELKS CHRISTMAS teenage party drew 500 dancers to Nevada City, among them Mary Williams, above. Bring Attendance Of 5,000 During Past Twelve Months Mr, and Mrs, Bez Barry, Sharon Pello, Lillian Pello, Dan Pello, Jack Hingston, Jim DeMartini, Jack Townsend, and Mr, and Mrs, Bill Akers, Jr. Policemen are on duty for all the dances, Leake Attacks Tax Plan The State Board of Equalization opened a yuletide package of proposed federal legislation last week, decided it could cost California historic taxation rights andnearly $100 million in annual revenue, and refused the parcel. Board Member Paul Leake said the bill, designed tocorrect some sales tax problems for multi-state firms, was a "Trojan Horse” that could also cost the State dearly in unfair business competition and pave the way for an exodus of firms, The Board formally opposed the bill of Congressman Edwin E, Willis (D) of Louisiana (H.R. 11798) as a usurper of historic rights in sales and use tax field, A delay is sought in January 26 hearings on the billin Washington to allow the states to assess its impact, "This unprecedented federal invasion into the state tax field is intended to ease the compliance burden of interstate sellers, but it goes too far," Leake warned, "It tries to repair the watch with a sledgehammer, " The Board said that under the formula proposed in the new federal-state “partnership” on sales and use taxes, revenues to California cities and counties ' would be cut an estimated $20 million annually, and the State would lose $75 million, _ States could choose to continue their present sales tax law, but would have to surrender most of _ their powers to require interstate sellers to collect and pay sales and use taxes, States desiring to increase their power to tax interstate transactions must adopt a uniform sales anduse tax law which gives the U.S, Secretary of the Treasury administrative and rulemaking authority, The Board said this provision would "cause an upheaval in our procedures, It would institute new concepts of taxation costly to the State, " Under the bill, certain out-ofstate companies could compete here sales tax-free against California firms which would have to add the 4 per cent tax, © ° e e z o < > Q. f (2) ° i= o a < Zz e @ e e e 0 oO fe) i) 3 Loy @ “ oS oO b ve) fo>) on ?