An Urgent Plea for Choc-Chic Land Payments1948-06-24Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_001_4_6_59_0003Mr. Jones is writing to Congressman Carl Albert about the payment to enrolled members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes for the sale of their lands to the government. Congressman Albert assures Mr. Jones that the full amount of $8,500,000 has been included in an appropriation bill and is expected to be approved. He is working to expedite the per capita payments to the tribes, acknowledging their need for the money. Mr. Jones expresses the urgency of the situation, emphasizing the poverty of the tribes and the importance of making the funds available quickly.