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Page 28 <br /> Annual Town Meeting March 6, 1972 <br /> Article 34 continued. <br /> K.D.O'Connell speaking: <br /> ',1e work all cash is not necessary. Your efforts and talents can be <br /> construe-c-3 as money a-rid the money will be reirnbursed, A couple of hours <br /> now and then of your time and talents and we could get this project <br /> done. The $2,000.00 M . Benway recormended would buy some supplies <br /> if we could get some labor down there. TS it worth anything to you? <br /> ,,,all someone to go dolw-n an.'` help. <br /> T <br /> Lehmann: We have lots of builders doing well in Hlashpee. They are <br /> making out Okey - and not losing money! It seems to me some of" them <br /> could donate a couple of hours of their work teams and do-natte to <br /> this project. Question to Roland Wilson - about how many builders? <br /> Ans-wer: About 10. T <br /> .Lelh,mann: Would they donate some of their know <br /> how - man hours - otherwise this is going to be one of the most expen- <br /> sive monuments that Mbshpee w1 .1 <br /> ever have.' (laughter. ) <br /> Hrs. Bingham: We have an architect lwho is -,x7illing to donate his time <br /> and talents to this project any time there is anyone to work with. <br /> I <br /> Mrs. Gillis : Do you have any organization or schedule? V.Lou can't <br /> iusi[_- go down with a Daint brush or bag of nails and begin. <br /> Mrs. Bingham: We h,ve tried this before. We are willing to try it <br /> again. We haven' t given up. <br /> Mrs. Aiken: We have a lot of newcomers - a lot of-7 strangers. "Indian" <br /> doesn't mean anything to them. But it is just as much their town as <br /> ours. The trouble with the Mashpee people is that they are jealous <br /> of each other. Welve . got to get this business of this or that cousin <br /> out of our head. Mrs. Bingham has been working hard. I take nmy hat <br /> Off to her for what she hos done - is doing. by don' t you show these <br /> white people or negro people what we can do? As for others - stop <br /> being so jealous of the Indians - because we ears. here when you came- <br /> and there ' s not a thing you can do about it. (laughter & applause) . <br /> Lehmann: You have convinced me. . . . . . I want to spend 2 hours a day for <br /> one full week putting that thihg together. . . . now it may not fLay that <br /> way (Iaughter) . . . .just one thing. . .are there any contractors in the <br />