Williams. of the W. P. A.. disclaims any responsibility for the drought refugees from the Great Plains. Mr. Edward J. Rowell. regional labor adviser of the United States Resettlement Administration. in a report. Drought Refugee and Labor Migration to California in 1936. writes: Those States characterized as drought States continued to be the heaviest sources of migrants. Of the total of 71.047 migrants entering the State during the year (ending June 15. 1936). 56.225. or 79.1 percent came from the drought States. During the first 6 months of 1936 the proportion of Dust Bowl refugees was even greater than in the last half of 1935. Of all outofState migrants 85.5 percent fled from the drought area during 1936 as compared with 74.8 percent in 1935. Oklahoma alone contributed 24.6 percent of all outofState migrants and the States of Oklahoma. Texas. Arizona.
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