Speech #630144500

Mr. President. I submit to you that if this were a private owner who owned all of the land of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. and if he were expecting. as the Government has a right to expect. that there would be a large amount of immigration to that region. and if he were expecting. as the Government has a right to expect. that there would be a considerable influx of people into the town site of Poplar. he would be consulting his own individual business interests to offer free to any church organization lots in the town site of Poplar upon which to erect a house of worship. I undertake to say that no man who located a town site anywhere in that part of the country would be so blind to his own interests as to refuse to say to two or three church organiza4tions. "Come in here and select any one of these lots. and I will be glad to give you a deed to them." Why. those who go to this region for the purpose of finding homes will seek their homesat least we hope they willin the neighborhood of churches and schools. Thus. sir.