<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>"Letter to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Requesting Consideration of HR 17288 for Early Retirement of Non-Indian Civil Service Employees"</dc:title><dc:date>1974-11-13</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_009_2_67_20_0003</dc:identifier><dc:description>The letter is addressed to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, advocating for the early retirement of non-Indian Civil Service employees from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The letter argues that this would advance Indian self-determination, address injustices faced by non-Indian employees, and improve morale within the organization. It also includes a list of signatures from current Bureau of Indian Affairs employees in support of the proposed early retirement option.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>