Causes for continued heavy migration are given as follows: Unemployment. displacement of farm operators. tenants. and workers by machinery. inadequate local relief. ill health. and increased moving due to automobiles. Where do they come from? The Farm Security Relief rolls in 1938 showed the origin of the migrants as follows: Oklahoma contributed 42 percent. Texas 16 percent. Arkansas 11 percent. and Missouri 7 percent. Between 75 and 80 percent of the migrants come to California from these four States. SCHOOLS In Tulare County alone. the total elementary school enrollment has increased on an average of 1.100 to 1.200 each year for the past 4 years. This increase would not result in a serious problem if it were spread throughout the schools of the State. However. the fact i3 that the migrants are concentrated in labor camps in a few sections. and the schools in those sections receive the brunt of the increased enrollment through the migrant influx. There is a migratorylabor camp near Visalia. Calif.. in the socalled Union School District.
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