Concerns Regarding Layoffs at Talihina Indian Hospital
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_001_4_27_26b_0019
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Concerns Regarding Layoffs at Talihina Indian Hospital
- Date Created:
- 1957-01-01
- EDTF:
- 1957-01-01
- Creator:
- unknown
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Carl Albert Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/146
- Description:
- The document is addressed to Dr. Ray H. Vanderhook, the Area Director, expressing concern over the layoffs at the Talihina Indian hospital. The writer is receiving complaints that Indian employees are being discriminated against and laid off while there are no cuts in overhead personnel. The writer references a letter from Davis Folsom, a Choctaw Indian employee who has been at the hospital for 12 years and is now being laid off despite his plans to retire in 1960. The writer requests a full report and more consideration for the affected employees.
- Policy Area:
- Health
- Names:
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Topic:
- Indians of North America--United States
- Congress:
- 85th (1957-1959)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_1_4_27_26b_0000, Box, 27, 26b, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 Pages