Chairman. I want to urge the adoption of the Poage bill. as it is legislation that will be of great help to the farmers of this Nation. The amendment that I offer at this time is offered as a further aid to the farmers and an aid to migrant workers of this country. and for the purpose of correcting an injustice that is now present in existing laws. This injustice that I refer to was brought about by a Senate amendment. to the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1949. The wording of the amendment operated to prevent and prohibit the employment of the children of these migrant workers. The result is that the migrant workers who are following the harvest in order to earn a living cannot use their children to assist them. In many cases these workers have large families. that is 9. 10. or 12 children. All of these children who are under 16 years of age cannot work in the harvest if school is in session in the district in which they desire to work. This creates a situation where the children of these migrant workers must be left to roam the streets or find something to do while their parents are working in the field. The law does not require them to attend school in those districts but prohibits them from working in those districts while school is in session. My amendment merely provides in effect that these children may work so long as they are not legally required to attend school.