Mr. Chairman. we have had a lot of heat on this problem. but I do not know why we need to get all "het" up about it. All we want to do is give the small farmers. and not the large farmers. a chance to buy these camps and run them themselves so their migrant laborers may have proper housing. I am talking about the little farmers that raise cherries. peaches. prunes. plums. grapes. and all of those perishable crops. They can handle the problem much better than some of these professional people who run these urban housing projects. and by farmer operation give much better results to the laborers and farmers. The curious thing Is that the Associated Farmers are the ones who -in many instances have adequate housing facilities. I am anxious to get decent places to live in for these people from other parts of the country. who come to California to pick our perishable crops. The man who analyzes the statistics on that problem told me that thousands of Okies and Arkies who formerly were migrants are now landowners in California. So. conditions are not quite as tough as some people would make you believe. although I want them improved and think the Bramblett bill will result in better housing facilities as well as administration.
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