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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 4, folder \"Office of Minority Business\nEnterprise (Commerce)\" of the Bradley H. Patterson Files at the\nGerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 4 of the Bradley H. Patterson Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nDEPARTMENT\nOF\nCOMMERCE\nUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE\nOffice of Minority Business Enterprise\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nWashington, D.C. 20230\nAugust 5, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR\nAlex Armendaris\nDirector\nTHRU:\nWalter Larke Sorg\nAssistant Director for\nFROM:\nJoseph Indian Program Advisor C. Resources Vasquez Division\nSubject:\nCurrent Events Indian-Office\nI coordinated with George Clark, Assistant Director, Office of Native\nAmerican Programs (ONAP) pertaining to a telephone conversation I had\nwith Tom Sawyer, a one time employee at OEO. Tom Sawyer had indicated\nto me that George Clark had promised him a $22,000 contract for techni-\ncal assistance to Indians in the State of Utah; however, the stipulation\nwas that because it falls within the normal jurisdiction of OMBE\n(Business Development) it should be channelled through OMBE. I followed\nup with George Clark and found that he had told Mr. Sawyer that if he\ncould locate matching funds he would consider funding his Utah project.\nJ and M Machine Shop in Wisconsin an Indian Business had asked me for\nassistance since they were having difficulty and poor business activity.\nTo render assistance I contacted Mr. James Walser, Minority Purchasing\nfor General Motors, Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Walser told\nme to inform J and M Machine Shop to contact him and he would attempt\nto help. Today I received word that the Machine Shop has received ample\ncontracts for the year and as a result have increased the working force\nfrom 7 to 19 employees.\nSenator Abourezk recently notified me that the meeting between Commerce\nand the American Indian Policy Review Commission scheduled for July 30,\n1976 will be held July 27, 1976.\nA competative bid was let for a BDO in Arizona, to replace the Indian\n&\nFORD\nDevelopment District of Arizona (IDDA) LBDO, the contract was awarded\nto Marshall Christie of Phoenix Arizona, a name for the LBDO will be\ndeveloped later, contract was for approximately $134,000 for one year.\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nAuthorization was approved by Walter Sorg, Henry Zuniga with my\nconcurrence to allow American Indian Consultants, Inc. (an OMBE\nREVOLUTION\nAMERICAN\nBICENTE\nE\n1776-1976\nPage 2\nContractor) to perform specific Business Evaluation Summaries (BES'S)\nfor the Dallas Regional Call Contractor until such time as the Dallas\nOffice assigns a contract to the Regional Call Contractor.\nNeil Daniels of EDA and I (OMBE) met with Ms. Norma Brown, from GAO,\nregarding a full investigation of all federal monies going to the\nNavajo Indian Nation, as requested by Senator Barry Goldwater, Arizona.\nI received a telephone call July 15, 1976 from a White House Staffer,\nrequesting me to attend a meeting between 200 Indian Leaders and\nPresident Ford on July 16, 1976 at the White House. Self determination\nwas thoroughly stressed without termination of Federal Assistance. The\nHonorable Theodore Marrs announced that this was his last day as\nSpecial Assistant on Indian Affairs to the President. No replacement\nhas been named to date.\nOn May 7, 8, 1976 I attended the dedication of Milks Camp Industries,\nat the Rosebud Indian Reservation. The results of the dedication will\nbe published in the next issue of ACCESS.\nOMBE received a copy of the letter from Paul G. Dembling, General\nCounsel, U. S. General Accounting Office. Regarding procurement\nDocument 6-36801 (R) issuing activity: at Office of Minority Business\nEnterprise, U. S. Department of Commerce, indicating a formal protest\nfor various reasons by Cunningham/Short/Berryman and Associates, Inc.\non the North West Call Contractor for Indians. The RFP's have been\nevaluated and the contract is pending award by Ms. Althea Kearney DOC\nTechnical Assistance Section.\nThe OMBE Indian Office Coordinated with the Department of Agricultures\nIndian desk, Mr. Stuart Jamieson and Ms. Cunningham, to update them\non the newly formed Indian Business Committee.\nFurther we met with the Head Indian Desk, Mr. Reeves Nahwooksy,\nDirector, regarding an update and providing and latest publication.\nOMBE also met with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI),\nregarding future Indian Business Development Conferences.\nI coordinated with Gorden Evans, Acting Chief Industrial Development.\nRE American Indian National Bank request for more training money, EDA,\nBIA and OMBE could not agree to the request.\nSenator Schreier, Mr. Ruben Porras and I discussed and rehashed the\ncurrent SIBDO Contract (Grant) and presented to the Director for\nsignature changes necessary, as per agreement by both parties.\n10AD i LIBRARY GENALD\nPage 3\nCoordinated with Mr. Baill and Ms. Kay Lonka of EDA Technical Assistance\nDivision, I suggested that EDA use our BDO's and our Call Contractors\nfor Business Development. I furnished them with several copies of the\nOMBE Funded Organizations Directory which were sent to the EDA Regional\nDirectors.\nThis brief report updates highlights from June 1, 1976 through July 31,\n1976 not including the every day routine work.\nStatus of Projects\nAlaskan Federation of Natives\nTarget Date October 1, Negotiating\nextension for 1977\nAmerican Indian Development Associa- Extended 1 year thru June 30, 1977\ntion\nAmerican Indian Business Association\nExtended 1 year thru May 31, 1977\nEastern Band of Cherokee Indians\nExtended 1 year thru February 1, 1977\nIndian Enterprise Development Corp.\nNew Contract thru Aug. 1, 1977\nMinnesota Chippewa Tribes\nOn going thru December 15, 1976\nNavajo Small Business Development\nDue October 1, 1976 on target\nCorp.\nOklahoman for Indian Opportunity\nDue August 31, 1976 on target\nPassamaquoddy Basket Cooperation\nCompleted\nWichita Caddo Delaware ent.\nPending extension\nThirgitHiada Construction Corp.\nPending extension without additional\nfunding\nSouth Dakota Indian BDO\n1 year contract renewed thru\nJune 30, 1977\nUnited Indian Business Development\n1 year thru April 30, 1977\nAssociation\nAmerican Indian Consultants\n1 year thru March 14, 1977\nNorthwest Call Contractor\nNegotiations in process"
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